Word: scouted
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...these historic woods, where the American Revolutionary Army under George Washington prepared for the Battle of Yorktown in 1781, the Scouts reflect a profile of young America, the face of its future. A Scout is white or black, Hispanic or Asian. He is not poor. He could be called the son of America's middle class...
Guided by his parents and his own instincts, a boy becomes a Scout because he senses that it will help him to grow up. He does not beat his chest with pride. But he cheers loudly whenever his troop or his home state is mentioned over the p.a. system. He is glad to belong to something outside his family, and his family is glad too, spending about $485 to send him here...
...Scout handbook issued in 1972 emphasized getting along in cities-and never once mentioned campfires. With its purpose obscured, the Scouts lost 2 million members over a six-year period. Last year a new handbook was published, restating the founder's enthusiasm for the outdoors. Membership began to grow again, and this year's jamboree was seen as an opportunity to show the world that Scouting was back where it belonged, under the stars...
...wrong when the Scouting movement turned away from the outdoors," says Scoutmaster Irvin Graybill of Middleburg, Pa. "A Scout learns self-improvement and self-confidence when he's out in the woods, away from home, with his buddies depending upon him. There will be times when he misses the comforts of home, but he won't quit and cry. His ability to prove he's ready takes hold and becomes part of his character...
Wearing red berets or khaki forage caps emblazoned with buttons, Scout knives dangling from every webbed belt, the youngsters here plunge into seven days of whirlwind activity. They compete in a wilderness decathlon, pitch horseshoes, brand leather, play soccer and Frisbee, build a bridge without any rope, set up a tent blindfolded, run an obstacle course with arms tied, fish, canoe, raft, fire air rifles on a marksmanship range...