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Re: On-Line Trail Signs List?
(no name) ((no email))
Fri, 25 Sep 1998 17:54:49 +0000
Brian Suddeth <Brian@SUDDETH.COM> asked:
>It means, "END OF THE TRAIL. I HAVE GONE HOME." (sniff)
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>I am looking for a website that includes such signs and symbols.
>Anyone know of any? What are the best books listing them?
I don't know of any sites that offer the trailing and stalking
signs (that's what they were called when I was a Scout....stalking
has the same meaning then as it does now, without the sexual
connotations); do you have access to one of the older Boy Scout
Handbooks?? In the 1959-73 editions, there's a section which
explains the various signs and symbols that Scouts use (to include
the circle with the dot...it's supposed to symbolize a doorbell)
and various ways that those symbols can be illustrated.... (it was
a Second Class Scout skill and later incorporated into the Hiking
Skill Award when we had Skill Awards).
>(Forgive me if I'm ignorant of any standard BSA guide to such
>signs, I was never a boy scout, and am new to cub leadership.)
But Brian, that's why this list exists....you're not being ignorant
at all!! We just don't *teach these things* for the most part
anymore, because the program considered them "passe" or "not strong
enough to carry through within the program today". I strongly
disagree with such thinking...and for every item that appeared in
the old books, there's a way to incorporate them into today's
Scouting and today's Scout. Just takes a little time, some thought
and the willingness to do it.
I'm glad you're willing to check it out and see what you can do
with your Pack and those symbols!
Settummanque!
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