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| Cub Scout DerbiesDerbies of one kind or another have always been a part of Cub Scouting. As early as 1939, the BSA Supply Division listed kits for model planes, boats, and airplanes. The derbies have been viewed as a way to get parents and sons to cooperate on a project. An early Cub Leader's Round Table contained instructions for holding a Kite Derby. Competitions included the 100 yard dash, novelty kites, altitude race, artistic kites, kite battle, and the messenger race. The BSA Supply Service offered a pamphlet entitled Kites to teach kite making. In April of 1937, Scouters were given the directions for making the Cubmobile. The origninal intention for the Cubmobiles was that they be any contrivance on wheels. According to the How Book of Cubbing, "It may be drawn, pushed, or propelled by Cubs, or may be drawn by a trained animal-in fact, anything goes!" Most ended up patterned after the Soapbox Derby racers. The first reference to the Pinewood Derby in a Scout publication was in the October, 1954 issue of Boy's Life. The June, 1955 Program Helps listed "Wheels, Wings, and Things" as a theme. The Cub Scout Program Quarterly gave instructions for running the Pack Meeting Derby. The Supply Division's catalogs had kits available for $2.75 for a package of eight. Over 15 million kits were sold during the next 20 years. Regatta kits arrived in 1958 with kits for eight boats selling for $2.95. The rubber band driven Space Derby kits followed the start of the space race in 1961. Another derby was made available during the seventies; the Rocket Derby. The kits were later dropped from the Supply Division catalog. FEDERAL CHARTERBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA (.... will indicate non-essential parts omitted only because of space) Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, that (...names of first corporate officers of the Boy Scouts of America...), their associates and successors, are hereby created to a body corporate and politic of the District of Columbia, where its domicile shall be. Sec. 2. That the name of this corporation shall be Boy Scouts of America, and by that name it shall have perpetual succession, with power to sue and be sued in courts of law and equity within the jurisdiction of the United States; to hold such real and personal estate as shall be neccessary for corporate purposes, and to receive real and personal property by gift, devise or bequest; to adopt a seal, and the same to alter and destroy at pleasure; to have offices and conduct its business and affairs within and without the District of Columbia, and in the several States and Territories of the United States; to make and adopt bylaws, rules and regulations not inconsistant with the laws of the United States of America or any State thereof, and generally do all such acts and things (including the establishment of regulations for the election of assocates and successors) as may be necessary to carry into effect the provision of this act and promote the purposes of said corporation. Sec. 3. That the purpose of this corporation shall be to promote, through organization and cooperation with other agencies, the ability of boys to do things for themselves and others, to train them in Scoutcraft, and to teach them patrotism, courage, self-reliance, and kindred virtues, using the methods which are now in common use by Boy Scouts. Sec. 4 That said corporation may acquire by way of gift all the assets of the existing national organization of Boy Scouts, a corporation under the laws of the District of Columbia, and defray and provide for any debts or liabilities to the discharge of which said assets shall be applicable, but said corporation shall have no power to issue certificates of stock or to declare or pay dividends, its object and purposes being solely of a benelvolent character and not for pecuniary profit to its members. Sec. 5. That the governing body of the said Boy Scouts of America shall consist of an executive board composed of citizens of the United States. The number, qualifications, and terms of office of members of this executive board shall be prescribed by the bylaws. The persons mentioned in the first section (the officers at the time of the Charter) of this act shall consitute the first executive board and shall serve until their succcessors are elected and have qualified. Vacancies in the executive board shall be filled by a majority vote of the remaining members thereof. (....) Sec. 6. That an annual meeting of the incorporators, their associates, and successors, shall be held once in every year after the year of incorporation, at such time and place as shall be prescribed in the bylaws, when the annual reports of the officers and executive board shall be presented and members of the executive board elected for the ensuing year. Special meetings of the corporation may be called upon such notice as may be prescribed in the bylaws. The number of members which shall constitute a quorum at any annual or special meeting shall be prescribed in the bylaws. The members and executive board shall have power to hold their meeting and keep the seal, books, documents and papers of the corporation within or without the District of Columbia. Sec. 7. That said corporation shall have the sole and exclusive right to have and use, in carrying out its purpose, all emblems and badges, descriptive or designating marks, and words or phrases now or heretofore used by the Boy Scouts of America, in carrying out its program , it being distinctly and definately understood, however, that nothing in this act shall interfere or conflict with established or vested rights. Sec. 8. That on or before the 1st day of April of each year the said Boy Scouts of America shall make and transmit to Congress a report of its proceedings for the year ending December 31 preceding, including a full, completed and itemized report of receipts and expenditures of whatever kind. Sec. 9. That Congress shall have the right to repeal, alter, or amend this act at any time. Approved June 15, 1916 UNIFORM COSTS - YESTERDAY AND TODAY
The Many Names of Baden-PowellB-P was born Robert Stephenson Smyth Powell. When he was 3 years old, his mother changed the family name to Baden-Powell after the father, Reverend Baden Powell died. Hence B-P became Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell. In 1907 as Lieutenant-General Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell he conducted the experiment on Brown Sea Island which is thought of as the birth of the Scouting movement. In 1908 when he published Scouting for Boys, he used the name B-P, Lieut. General Baden-Powell C.B. He was a well known war hero and loved as B-P. In 1909, B-P was knighted by King Edward VII, hence he was Sir Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell. In 1919, Mr. W. de Bois Maclaren purchased an estate in Epping Forest called Gilwell Park and presented it to the Scouting movement. In 1921 King George V made B-P a baronet. Hence he became Lord Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell of Gilwell. He was born Robert Stephenson Smyth Powell. From 1907 to 1908 Lieut. General Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell founded Scouting. When he died in 1941, he was Lord Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell of Gilwell. Hence, Lord Baden-Powell couldn't have founded Scouting since he wasn't a baron or even a knight when he founded Scouting. Back to Boy Scouts of America History & Traditions. Please help me to complete Scoutings history. E-mail any comments, questions, information, or stories to: randywoo@aol.com Many thanks to the contributors that make this site an interseting place to visit. This site is not sanctioned by The Boy Scouts of America. Last update December 2, 1995
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