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  1. I notice elsewhere that there was reference to a change in Forest's essay... that being the original last word "boy" changed to "child". After Forest's death I approached Neva Witcraft and asked if I might have permission to make that minor change in keeping with Forest's change of employment/focus from Scouting to American Humanics. I sought to print the full text of "Within My Power" as part of our retreat manuals that were focused on young people preparing for careers within all 8 of America's largest national youth organization. Neva granted my request. To the best of my knowl
  2. This is great work, I took several classes from Forest at Salem College and when I later returned to Salem as the American Humanics administrator, I continued connection with Niva, his widow. Forest lived in Great Neck when he worked at 2 Park Avenue (Nat'l Scout Office prior to New Brunswick). I was destined to become the District Executive M/M of the North Shore District that encompassed Great Neck. Due to a heart attack and his work on the Scout Executive Manual circa 1958-59 his post retirement arrival at Salem was delayed 2 years. Both he and his predecessor Weaver M. Marr had worked c
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