Mutual Work

CsMutual Work The Origin of Scouting Mafeking, a town situated on the extreme northern boundary of Cape Province, South Africa, and on the edge of the great African "Karoo," (Kalahani Desert) , may properly be termed the cradle of the boy scout movement. It was during the South African Boer War (October, 1899, to June, 1902), while Mafeking was being besieged by the Dutch, that Lieutenant General Sir Robert S. S. Baden-Powell's chief staff officer, Major Lord Edward Cecil, organized the boys of Mafeking as a corps for general utility on scout lines, instead of having them serve as cadets, and the experiment was a complete success. This experience taught Sir Baden-Powell that if the training was made to appeal to the boys, they would learn rapidly, and furthermore it was ascertained that the boys were capable of taking respon- sibilities upon themselves to a far greater degree than was ordinarily believed, up to that time, if only they were trusted. Consequently, the boys were equipped with bicycles and were used extensively in delivering messages to the British troops who were scattered throughout the surrounding country. The older boys were also used in the ambulance service and the younger ones were placed at various points to direct the in- coming troops to their sleeping and eating quarters. Seeing the initiative and self confidence which Showing a King Scout, these experiences developed in the boys in South Africa, same as our Eagle Sir Baden-Powell, on his return to England in 1903, Scout, at Bloemfon- found that a teachers' training school had adopted tein, South Africa. Aids for Scouting, as a text book for character-train- ing. The years 1904-1905 were spent in gathering ideas for scouting as a training for boys, and in 1907, Sir Baden-Powell established a training camp for scout training at Brown sea Island, England, and its success was so marked that he was prompted to go on with the idea and so, that same year, he organized in London what might be called a Taken at Victoria Park, Bloemfontein, South Africa; 225 scouts were present at tht Jamboree, Sept. 26 to Oct. 3, 1925.

300 IMPROVEMENT ERA "Boy's Club." His purpose and chief desire in forming this organization was to teach and instill in the boys the principle of trustworthiness, loyalty and bravery. The boy scouts were first organized and later, after his marriage, he brought into existence another organization, which became known as "Cubs," for boys between the ages of 7 and 10, his wife, Lady Baden- Powell, acting as cub mistress. Subsequently he published a book entitled Scouting for Soys which became very popular and is used even today, as a text book or guide for the scouts of England and also of her colonies through- out the world. The boys under Baden-Powell quickly spread his teachings and during the 1 8 years which have elapsed since the first troop of boy scouts was organ- ized, nearly two million boys have enlisted in this wonderful movement. As the boys grew older, Sir Baden-Powell found that he would probably encounter trouble in his endeavors to keep them interested in scouting and so he organized "The Rovers" for boys who had reached the age of 16 or over. Boys admitted as "Cubs" at the age of 7, became "Scouts" at the age of/ 12, and "Rovers" at the age of 16. In British South Africa, how- ever, "Cubs" and "Rovers" are not included, since boys in that province are admitted as scouts, at the age of 12, on passing the tenderfoot test. — Leo Rulon Jensen, Kimberley, South Africa. Draper Ward Jubilee Draper ward, Salt Lake' 'county, felt the pulse of the great June Jubilee of the M. I. A., and was perhaps the first, or, at least among the first, that held a ward Jubilee This association is only a few months younger than the original organization of the Y. M. M. I. A. in Salt Lake City. A com- mittee was organized, the records were searched for the past fifty years, and the officers who had served during that time in either organization, were invited to be present on December 1, 1925, which was fifty years since the association was organized, and the Jubilee was held on that date. As the people gathered, they were met by a reception committee, and each person received a carnation, a white one for the older members, and a pink one for the workers of the past twenty-five years. The honored guests were seated in >the choir seats: eighty-seven were present, only seven being unable to attend. Many came long distances to be present. The house was crowded with 3 70 people in attendance. The following program was carried out: "True to the Faith," song; prayer, Soren M. Rasmussen, president of the Jordan stake; "Joy to the world, the Lord Will Come," a hymn, sung by a group of young women, daughters and granddaughters of the first members of the M. I. A., this song was also sung at the opening of the organization fifty years ago; Alto F. Andrus gave a history of the Y. L. M. I. A. for the past fifty years; May Hubbard rendered a vocal solo and Bishop M. B. Andrus gave a history of the Y. M. M. I. A. for the past forty-eight years. One of the "M" Men gave a piano solo. The audience repeated the 1925-26 slogan; two readings and a vocal duet followed. Julia F. Stewart, the oldest original member of the Draper Mutual, who was President of the Retrenchment Association made a few happy remarks, highly appreciated. She and her husband came from Logan to attend the Jubilee. Joseph M. Smith, one of the oldest members of the Y. M. M. I. A., bore a strong testi- mony as to the value of the organization; J. Z. Stewart of Logan, an early resident of Draper, expressed his delight at being present. The final speaker was Sister Katie C. Jensen of the Y. L. M. I. A. General Board, who bore a strong testimony coming from the heart. "The Spirit of God like a fire is burning" was sung by the congregation and the benediction was pronounced by Sister Emily C. Adams of the Y. L. M. I. A. General Board. Following the program, refreshments and dancing were enjoyed. The occasion was a great success and its influence will undoubtedly be a stimulus to the future activities of the organization. — Bennett Bailey.

MUTUAL WORK 301 Franklin and Oneida Stakes Fathers and Sons' Outing The Franklin and Oneida stakes held their annual Fathers and Sons' Outing in July last. They selected Willow Flat as a camp, a place sur- rounded by large mountains on either side and where the Cub river, clear and beautiful, springs out from the bottom of a large clift of rock. This river is formed by two streams which have such a similar beginning and flow down a beautiful and winding canyon. A committee looked after all parts of the work as outlined. The three days were spent at the camp. A bonfire was built and a Court of Honor held, the latter being one of the main features, for that night; badges were awarded to scouts of high rank. Scout songs were sung and interesting stories told, after which the company, ranging in age from 74 to 2 years, retired, being lulled to sleep by the music of the stream and the forest. After the morning setting up exercises, and the clear- ing of the breakfast dishes, the company assembled for a hike the second day, in different directions, the highest peaks of the mountain tops being the goals. On returning to camp, reports of the hikes were made. Games were played and after supper, another large campfire, at which a splendid program was enjoyed by all. On the third day, preparations for the return home were made in order and care, an outstanding feature of our entire outing. All the company seemed glad and satisfied. — E. A. Jensen, Preston, Idaho. $>: *%$& t'S^ *M 1 1 **% r«Sk * 1 IR ■ I if'' ORIGIN OF CUB RIVER, IDAHO

3 02 IMPROVEMENT ERA Y. M. M. I. A. Statistical Report, November, 1925 STAKES << Alpine Beaver e Benson Box Elder Carbon Cottonwood _ Deseret Emery Ensign Garfield Granite Grant Gunnison Jordan Juab Kanab Liberty Logan Millard North Davis— North Sanpete.. North Sevier_._ North Weber_. Oquirrh Panguitch Parowan Pioneer St. George . Salt Lake San Juan Sevier South Sanpete- South Sevier _ Tintic Tooele Wayne Weber Bannock Bear Lake Blackfoot , Bois£ Cassia Curlew Franklin Fremont Idaho Lost River Montpelier Oneida Pocatello Raft River Rigby Shelley Teton 1 OOOj 1 8 3091 5 5 62| 13 638J13 5901 10 71 8| 1 0 471112 525] 9 962 8 277] 8 10001 9 1232|14 288| 7 101 1 1 16 339| 5 228] 6 1350|12 6 1 5 1 1 1 344 450 736 270 742 462 ,261 491 776 6 8 2 [ 1 5 1073 | 1 3 182| 4 360| 6 480| 7 304| 8 179\ 5 398(10 160| 6 667| 8 242) 8 363 11 14 117| 91 4| 3 3 1 66 10 92| 109 _ 91|202 4| 36| 39 95| 104 1 1 0| 1 8 1 65| 50 79| 126 161 21 1001 100 72 71 48] 57 1 10] 1 28 44| 82 461 42 63 71 41 63 41 142 53| 60 40] 67 48) 100 67] 57 98J195 1 3 1 1 1 6 1 34| 49 48| 56 124| 7 73 6 48 4 37 8 65 4 34 15 124 172l 3 SJ- ll 0| 37 99 73 33. 210 ______ 290 76 115 196 70 259 154| 1 7] 143| 14 lj 12401 2151 90 670 213 463 1041 3 1 ] 58| 66 1 1 72 1781 25 28| 2 1 8| 1 05 154| 42 74 14 141 1 84 1 30|._ 298 112 50 50 133 33 226 83 55 201 237 24 227 188 54 211 112 48 304 178 86 47 198 42 283 1 9] 1 25 491102 668 605 496 747 89 69 52 56 113 27 62 84 100 33 60 47 16 140|175 79 7501 89 871 3611101 38 32| 281 19 514 12 6 364] 8 3 111[ 6 5 124| 10 3 420|11 9 687 14 11 203 11 7 136 4 2 367 13 12 354 11 9 524 10 9 160 9 4 538 13 9 335 9 3| 300 8 3 31 62 26 78 64 80 45 25 37 23 69 9 9 50 13 66 43 75 21 76 79 80 73 18 47 40 95 166 74 19 76 74| 81 82 27 72 30 28 100 37 79 45 24 03 72 108 99 1 139 45 45|274 54 24| 71 54 1120 73 1 9 6 34 ______ | 41 20 7| 78 75 12| 1 14 31 5| 43 88 197 6 0 55 97 9 116 49 6 57 20 31 9 23 39 28 23 30 98 34 71 139 35 31 16 22 64 40 89 60 121 13 46 158 18 25 72 20 69 10 24 24 29 20 527 247 590 322 166 1119 426 267 185 487 168 775 340 313 381 407 531 756 63 37 92 36 34 109 56 37 35 53 29 95 46 30 38 53 62 104 33 | 102 69|135 9 12 62| 155 501 10 1 39| 45 87] 87 66] 42 26| 25 141 37 50 11 66 231|144 65 232 26 42 278 38 40j 201 26 122 22 15 235 19 28 338 46 46 126 15 7 439 499 60 258 50 47 382 57 53 230 38 53 94 22 16 155 28 38 114 16 13 292 56 56 609 71 102 190 36 40 70 10 10 335 52 43 336 47 47 499 59 57 107 17 22 312 51 44 133 21 23 101 18 21 73]116 27 50 49 53 57] 57 37| 77 108J108 881106 33 40 44 24 10 36 11 49 45 60 27 15 4 17 20 16 184|457 59)175 68i258 185J435 38| 106 451 8 2 J 3 2 5 156J344 166 27 180 143 508 61 568 386 32] 1 6 1 1361402 76 44 260 111 64 29 153 33 173 95 64 60 79 106 212 50 100 220 129 885 269 188 133 340 130 457 233 246 222 293 467 542 167 218 601130 31 44 90 25 131 41 67 47 25 21 19 59 80| 38 100] 14| 19 1 l| 10 54] 7 73 29| 93 56| 42 105 9| 15 351 13 37 51 14 16 19| 14 92 103 224 61 289 181 244 170 78 107 65 197 391 109 41 229 216 329 63 ISO 79 72

MUTUAL WORK 303 a -a •a .§"£, 3-3 O y a g STAKES 2p W ■a a a a S I o § M3 S3 || .2 1 5 3 "3 o T3 £ OS <J S | i_ a a = S "a 5 s 3 CO © is d i"3 |l fa *i E-i ■" •a o ,3 << CO S < < E-i Twin Falls ,_ 220 61 51 39 83 36 54 212 34 43 27 37 141 Yellowstone 396 10 6 48 79 53 73 253 38 55 31 52 176 Jaurez 115 5| 5| 30 78 20 ii 70 209 26 37 14 11 50 138 Alberta 302 ll|lll 9211: 140 1 176 528 64 79 77 150 370 Lethbridge - 223 9 7\ 59 j 61 65 23| 48 256 37 37 33 13 38 158 Maricopa 402 8 8 74| 126 101 27| 1 28 456 58 82 72 18 90 320 St. Joseph 370 15 12| 90 107 112 23 | 14 1 473 74 74 71 14 105 338 Snowflake 290 10 6 36 92 27 39| 62 256 28 50 17 19 42 156 Star Valley 359 11 11 101 68 109 27 95 400 73 59 83 22 66 303 Taylor 327 6 6 77 78 101 34 68 358 57 55 59 20 35 226 Woodruff . — 435 9 7 60 100 77 14 83 334 45 65 29 13 49 201 45 4 4 75 76 47 74 6 128 16 8 78 15 5 7? N. W. States . 276|20 15 65 130 37 19 15 266| 53 98 30 15 9 205 Y. M. M. f. A. Efficiency Report, November, 1925 u ■O M STAKES § i a < bfl ■5 a o ta K © © CO a 'S OT -= g 3 p S3 £ o "is T3 a a fa CO « r5 "a o H Alpine _ . .. 6 4 8 9 8 9 10 6 9 9 78 8 8 10 6 10 7 7 5 7 6 10 7 6 7 8 5 10 5 10 5 86 Benson 61 Box Elder - - 10 10 7 7 2 9 8 5 10 10 78 Carbon 3 6 4 2 1 10 6 . 10 4 46 Cottonwood 9 10 9 10 9 10 10 10 8 9 94 10 9 5 10 8 9 10 8 4 9 Id 9 9 8 10 5 5. 10 10 6 81 Emery 82 Ensign 7 7 10 10 10 10 5 5 10 10 84 Garfield ... 3 10 10 6 10 10 4 10 8 71 8 4 10 10 10 5 10 4 10 4 10 5 7 5 4 2 10 . 5 10 5 89 Grant 49 Gunnison 9 7 9 3 9 9 6 5 9 7 7 b Jordan _ 6 ' 10 7 5 5 7 6 4 7 7 b4 9 7 10 10 10 10 6 10 8 7 10 10 9 7 7 5 10 10 8 10 8/ Kanab 86 Liberty 9 10 10 10 10 10 9 8 10 10 96 Logan .. 8 6 10 10 8 10 10 3 10 8 83 Millard 8 10 10 5 5 10 6 5 7 8 74 North Davis ____ 4 10 10 10 10 10 10 6 10 10 90 North Sanpete .. 6 10 8 8 8 8 7 4 6 8 73 North Sevier 6 10 8 7 7 10 6 5 10 3 72 North Weber . . 10 9 9 8 6 8 8 10 10 8 86 Oquirrh 7 7 10 10 10 10 10 5 10 10 89 Panguitch . . — 10 10 8 3 7 7 5 10 10 70 Parowan 7 7 8 8 6 9 2 6 6 4 63 Pioneer 5 10 9 7 7 9 5 4 8 8 n St. George . 8 10 10 10 10 10 6 5 10 79 Salt Lake 7 10 10 10 10 10 7 9 10 10 93 San Juan . 10 10 10 10 7 10 10 10 7 10 94 Sevier . 8 10 10 9 10 10 7 10 10 10 94

304 IMPROVEMENT ERA STAKES , 3 £ .0 B S a 1 a < « •5 a Q « 1 8 BO s '© TO -= E 9 & bi 3 £ o s *C9 fa s a BO « ©'■§ ■sl i 3 o South Sanpete .. 4 10 10 10 7 10 10 2 10 10 83 South Sevier __ 4 10 10 7 3 10 I 6 1 7 8 64 Tintic .. . 7 7 10 8 5 10 8 4 10 10 79 Tooele 9 10 8 4 3 9 7 8 5 7 70 Wayne 8 5 5 8 2 2 5 5 40 Weber 7 7 10 ~7 ~9 10 4 5 10 10 79 Bannock 10 10 10 — 10 10 5 10 10 75 Bear Lake 10 10 9 ~5 9 9 6 8 9 78 Blackfoot 4 10 9 5 5 10 5 7 10 8 73 Boise 2 10 2 2 2 4 2 2 2 2 30 Cassia 10 10 10 4 4 10 10 7 8 10 83 Curlew 9 6 10 2 10 3 9 5 8 57 Franklin 6 10 8 10 5 10 10 6 10 10 85 Fremont 8 6 7 10 7 8 7 5 8 8 74 Idaho 9 6 10 4 8 10 5 7 10 10 79 Lost River 5 6 5 3 2 2 5 1 5 3 37 Montpelier 8 10 7 5 4 7 6 5 6 6 64 Oneida 9 7 10 10 7 10 9 8 9 9 88 Pocatello 9 7 9 6 8 9 5 8 9 8 78 Raft River 7 9 7 3 7 10 7 8 7 65 Rigby 6 6 9 8 8 9 7 5 10 9 77 Shelley 4 6 3 1 3 3 2 3 3 3 31 Teton 3 10 3 3 7 10 5 10 5 56 Twin Falls 10 10 8 ~5 6 8 6 4 7 8 72 Yellowstone 6 10 10 3 7 10 10 9 10 10 85 Juarez 10 10 10 10 5 10 10 5 10 10 90 Alberta 10 10 9 7 8 9 9 9 9 9 89 Lethbridge 10 7 10 10 io ■ 10 10 7 10 10 94 Maricopa 10 10 10 6 9 10 10 9 10 10 94 St. Joseph 10 10 10 6 3 10 " 9 ' 8 10 10 86 Snowflake 9 6 10 10 2 10 6 6 4 8 71 Star Valley ____ 10 10 8 5 6 10 7 6 7 9 73 Taylor 10 6 10 10 10 10 9 10 10 10 95 Woodruff 8 6 1 io 1 8 7 9 5 7 4 9 73 Young 10 6 10 3 5 10 3 3 10 10 70 N. W. States .. 9 1 io 9 2 4 10 6 5 7 7 69 Note: Liberty leads with 9 6 points; Taylor follows with 95; then come Cottonwood, San Juan, Lethbridge, and Maricopa closely up with 94 each. Sixty- seven reported though nine were very late. Only 2 7 were silent. Why? Speed up the report for December, by January 10. Thanks. The Brigham Young University announces its Fifth Annual Leadership Week, to convene at Provo on January 25, to last for one week. Sixteen short courses supporting the central theme, Better Teaching of Religion, will be given. These courses follow: Religious education, methods of teach- ing religion, psychology for parents, story telling and reading for chil- dren, scouting, art as an aid to better teaching, pageantry, music, play pro- duction, recreation, health and home sanitation, genealogy and temple work, home problems, training for parenthood, farmers' conference, and social wel- fare. Anyone may attend, and it is free.