Court of Honour
Sergio Laurenti (sergio@ASORA.CCI.ORG.AR)
Tue, 21 Nov 1995 13:57:33 -0600
David Wilson wrote
>As a UK Scout Leader for the last six years, and a Scout for a not
>inconsiderable number of years before that, I must confess that I
>have never heard of a Court of Honour in relation to UK Scouting; I
>had always thought that it was a purely American term. In my Troop,
>the situation referred to would indeed be dealt with at a PLC
>meeting. I'd be intrigued to hear what Derry Hamilton, who first
>brought the topic up, meant by it. Perhaps things are different
>across the North Channel...
Perhaps I can butt in here.
"Court of Honour" was an ancient term used in quite
indistinguishable/interchangeable way with 'Patrol Leaders'
Council'. CoH was particularly used when the PLC met for
'judicial'(?) purposes. This term, I understand, has been
extensively used in Roland Philip's (a renowned Brit Scouter
himself) book: *The Patrol System*. It seems was used in
England and elsewhere (except the USA) between 1914 and
early sixties. It went, with many other good things, when
the Chief Scout Advanced Party was implemented.
While Philip's died in WW1 the book is (believe or not) a
classic in Spanish-speaking Scouting literature.
Quite a very good book, by the way. Ideal gift for Patrol
Leaders.
"Corte de Honor", the Spanish equivalent is still largely
used in many countries, particularly amongst the traditionalist
hardliners.
Bye,
I used to be a Lobo!
YiS,
David Wilson. <djh.wilson@ee.qub.ac.uk>
(SL, 1st Saintfield Scout Troop, Co. Down, N. Ireland)
Sergio Laurenti
---------------------------------------------- Buenos Aires, Argentina
E-mail: sergio@asora.cci.org.ar SERGIO_LAURENTI.parti@ecunet.org
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