Word: woodcraft
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...meeting was in Washington, and 2,500 Boy Scout officials and 2,000 scouts were assembled. In large part Sir Robert Baden-Powell was responsible for the meeting. Although Dan Beard's Sons of Daniel Boone and Ernest Thompson Seton's Woodcraft Indians antedated the boy scout organizations, it was the Boy Scout Organization founded in England by Sir Robert which became the prototype of the Boy Scouts of America, which the Beard and Seton organizations formed by amalgamation. Amid a storm of pacifist ridicule, Baden-Powell started the organization in England. He first won the approval of Lord Roberts...
...first of April the staffs are pretty well complete so that it behooves a man to start in very early if he wishes this sort of work. Some special qualifications are usually required. A man must be a good swimmer, must be able to sail a boat, must understand woodcraft, nature study, and it is usually desirable that be have some experience either camping or as an attendant at some other summer camp...