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Book on knots
Lew Bowling (LBOWLING@UKCC.UKY.EDU)
Wed, 15 Mar 1995 08:16:16 EST
> Pat Rado asks when was the requirement for a scout to be First Class
> before earning merit badges rescinded. This took place with the
> revised scout program in the Fall of 1972. At that time, boys were
> now required to earn the First Aid and Citizenship in Community badges
> for First Class, but could not work on other merit badges. At some
> time thereafter, maybe about 1976, the Citizenship in Community Badge
> requirement for First Class was dropped, and maybe this was when the
> boys were free to earn any merit badges before they were First Class.
Wasn't this the same time that the number of Scout registrations took a
nosedive? Hmmm..... Of course that wasn't the reason, but for those of
us from the dark ages of Scouting who were a bit less than enthralled with
the revised program there's a certain amount of poetic justice there.
Lew Bowling
T-21, Lex., KY
Kawida Lodge #480
Terry Howerton Sakima Group, Inc. SCOUTER Magazine Kansas City |
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