GROWING SCOUTS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1911, 20 November 1913, Page 7

GROWING SCOUTS.

' ■ ■ ■■' (H 1 —~— PLAN TO KEEP THE ELDER BOYS IN THE.MOVEMENT, "Wo liatte- tßToiiew schemes in hand," said the secretary of tho' Boy. Scouts' Association at headquarters recently. "Ono of them is to mates some arrangement for, keeping old Scouts in touch with the movement and the other is to . make a separate organisation for, the Sea Scouts. , _ "We find tlmt on reaching tho age of eighteen many boys leave their patrols, cease to observe the- Scftut taw, and drift out of touch with the movement. We are trying to devise same scheme, ■by which a body of Senior Scouts may be instituted, but nothing is' 'decided yet. '"The Sea Scouts, though they do not form a separate body, do exist under different conditions, and call' for Special 1 knowledge on tho part of the local com.fmssieiiea', which frequently ho does not possess.' It is therefore necessary to draw up certain special rules for them., and tho executive is considering the matter at. tho rnonw'nt." It is anticipated that the census of Scouts now being ta.fc.en will show ah increase of about 10 per cent.- over last year's figures. The move'fliont is 'still spreading abroad.. la Slam, membership of "tho Seouts has been made 'com" pulspry in the Royal College-'of Pages at Bangkok. In Chile, there are 7000 Scouts, Tho Argentine Association receives a Government subsidy of £5000 per annum..