Boy Scouts - A Guide to Building & Running a Scout Troop - Softcover

Gilcraft

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1406797529 ISBN 13: 9781406797527

Verlag: Hesperides Press, 2006

Inhaltsangabe

Discover the essential principles and practical methods for successful youth leadership with Boy Scouts - A Guide to Building and Running a Scout Troop by "Gilcraft" (a pseudonym for various authors, notably Lt. Col. John F. Colquhoun). First published around the 1920s and 1930s, this book became the indispensable manual for Scoutmasters, Assistant Leaders, and Patrol Leaders globally.

Gilcraft's work is celebrated for its clear, systematic, and enthusiastic approach to implementing the vision of Scouting as set forth by Baden-Powell. It focuses not just on outdoor skills, but on the critical organizational structure, leadership development, and program planning necessary to maintain a vibrant, effective, and disciplined Scout Troop.

Contents include:

• The Architects Training: How Scouting Began.
• The Architects Designs: What Scouting Means.
• The Foundations of the Building: Scout Law.
• Beginning to Build: Tools ''Opened or Controlled''.
• Materials to Use: Practices. Beams and Girders:
• Individuality, Discipline.
• Assistance in Building: Parents, Church, School.
• Laying the First Courses: Tender Foot Tests, Investiture.
• Working to Plan: Outdoor Atmosphere.
• Adding Another Storey: Second-Class Tests.
• Roofing the Building: First Class Tests.
• Decorating: Badges, Handcrafts.
• Housekeeping: Records, Finance.
• The Domestic Staff: Scoutmaster, Assistant Scoutmaster, Troop Leader.
• The Family: Individual Scouts, Boy Nature.
• The Family Grows up: Looking Ahead, Employment.
• Annual Repairs: Troop Headquarters, Furnishing Gear.
• Entertainment: Rallies, Concerts.
• The Garden: Scouting and Religion, Church Parades.
• The Out-Of-Doors: Open-air-Scouting.
• Summer Holidays: Camping.
• Town and Country: Town Troops.
• The View from the Windows: Scouter's, Training, Brotherhood.

This book is a definitive classic for Scout leaders, youth workers, and Scouting historians seeking the authentic, time-tested methods and philosophy for building and running a successful and robust Boy Scout Troop.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Hesperides Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2006
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1406797529
• ISBN 13: 9781406797527
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 128
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
• Verantwortliche Person: gpsr@libri.de; gpsr@libri.de; ; Friedensallee 273; Hamburg; 22763; Deutschland