ÿþ<META HTTP-EQUIV="imagetoolbar" CONTENT="no"> <script language=JavaScript> <!-- //Disable right mouse click Script //By Maximus (maximus@nsimail.com) w/ mods by DynamicDrive //For full source code, visit http://www.dynamicdrive.com var message="© Contents Copyright!"; /////////////////////////////////// function clickIE4(){ if (event.button==2){ alert(message); return false; } } function clickNS4(e){ if (document.layers||document.getElementById&&!document.all){ if (e.which==2||e.which==3){ alert(message); return false; } } } if (document.layers){ document.captureEvents(Event.MOUSEDOWN); document.onmousedown=clickNS4; } else if (document.all&&!document.getElementById){ document.onmousedown=clickIE4; } document.oncontextmenu=new Function("alert(message);return false") // --> </script><BODY background="mbsnklt.jpg" bgproperties="fixed" TEXT="#ffff00" VLINK="#ffff00" LINK="#ffff00" ALINK="#ffff00"> <font face="comic sans ms"><center> <a name="top"> <a href="triviabin.html"><img src="backarrow.gif" border=0 height="20" width="250"></a><br> <center> <img src="worlda.gif" width="250"><p><table bgcolor="green"><tr><td>To Listen to BACK TO GILWELL click <a href="backtogilwell.mid"><img src="sounder.gif"></a></tr></td></table><p> <a name="topp"> <font face="cooper black" size=5 color="red">Scouting Facts and Trivia<br><font size=4>A collection of facts and trivia which you might want to know about Scouting<br> <center><hr width="50%" color="green" height="6"><table bgcolor="green" width="90%" border=0 bordercolor="blue"><tr><td><img src="emailred.jpg" height="30" border=0></td><td><center><font face="comic sans ms" >Please enjoy and <a href="mailto:toveza@ciaccess.com?subject=Scouting Trivia&body.">let me know</a> of any errors, omissions, or suggestions to include so as to keep the information up to date. </tr></td></table> <p> <center><table width="90%" bgcolor="green" border=2 bordercolor="blue"><tr><td><center><font face="arial black" color="yellow" size="4">NAVIGATION: <a href="#top">START</a> | <a href="#history">HISTORY</a> | <a href="#faith">FAITH</a> | <a href="#centenary">CENTENNIAL</a> | <a href="#seaandair">SEA / AIR SCOUTS</a> | <a href="#uniform">UNIFORM</a> | <a href="#emblems">EMBLEMS</a> | <a href="#notables">NOTABLES</a> | <a href="#training">TRAINING</a> | <a href="#stats">STATISTICS</a> | <a href="#etc">STILL MORE</a></tr></td></table><p> <table width="90%" bgcolor="green" border=2 bordercolor="red"><tr><td> <a name="history"><center><table bgcolor="yellow" width="50%"><tr><td><center><a href="#topp"><img src="top.jpg"></a><br><font face="cooper black" size=5 color="red">HISTORY</tr></td></table></center><br> <p align="justify"><font face="comic sans ms" size=4> Scouting was founded by Lord Robert Baden-Powell of Gilwell in 1908.<br><center><img src="bp.jpg"><br><center><hr width="50%" color="yellow" height="6"><p align="justify"><font face="comic sans ms" size=4 color="yellow"> B-P as he became affectionately known was an officer of the British Army.<br><center><hr width="50%" color="yellow" height="6"><p align="justify"><font face="comic sans ms" size=4 color="yellow"> His uncle was Colonel Smyth who was the head of the Boys' Brigade in Britain.<br><center><hr width="50%" color="yellow" height="6"><p align="justify"><font face="comic sans ms" size=4 color="yellow"> Scouting is over 100 years old and is still doing good.<br><center><hr width="50%" color="yellow" height="6"><p align="justify"><font face="comic sans ms" size=4 color="yellow"> On February 8, 1910, William D. Boyce incorporated the Boy Scouts of America. He donated $1,000 per month to keep the organization afloat, on the condition that boys of all races and creeds be admitted.<br><center><hr width="50%" color="yellow" height="6"><p align="justify"><font face="comic sans ms" size=4 color="yellow"> The program initially focused on boys aged 11 to 18, but as the movement grew, the need became apparent for leader training and programs for younger boys, older boys, and girls. The first Cub Scout and Rover Scout programs were in place by the late 1910s. They operated independently until they obtained official recognition from their home country's Scouting organization. <center><hr width="50%" color="yellow" height="6"><p align="justify"><font face="comic sans ms" size=4 color="yellow"> In the United States, attempts at Cub programs began as early as 1911, but official recognition was not obtained until 1930.<center><hr width="50%" color="yellow" height="6"><p align="justify"><font face="comic sans ms" size=4 color="yellow"> Girls wanted to become part of the movement almost as soon as it began. Baden-Powell and his sister Agnes Baden-Powell introduced the Girl Guides in 1910, a parallel movement for girls, sometimes named Girl Scouts. Agnes Baden-Powell became the first president of the Girl Guides when it was formed in 1910, at the request of the girls who attended the Crystal Palace Rally. In 1914, she started Rosebuds later renamed Brownies for younger girls. She stepped down as president of the Girl Guides in 1920 in favor of Robert's wife Olave Baden-Powell, who was named Chief Guide (for England) in 1918 and World Chief Guide in 1930. At that time, girls were expected to remain separate from boys because of societal standards, though co-educational youth groups did exist.<center><hr width="50%" color="yellow" height="6"><p align="justify"><font face="comic sans ms" size=4 color="yellow"> At the Scouts' first rally, at Crystal Palace in 1909, Baden-Powell was faced with a small group of girls, representing hundreds of others, who insisted they wanted to be Scouts too. In 1910, he formed the Girl Guides, asking his sister Agnes to look after the new organisation. <br><center><img src="agnesbadenpowell.jpg" width="180"><br><center><hr width="50%" color="yellow" height="6"><p align="justify"><font face="comic sans ms" size=4 color="yellow"> A few years later his wife Olave became involved and, in 1918, was appointed Chief Guide.<br><center><img src="olavebadenpowell.jpg"><br><center><hr width="50%" color="yellow" height="6"><p align="justify"><font face="comic sans ms" size=4 color="yellow"> By 1910, Argentina, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, India, Malaya, Mexico, the Netherlands, Norway, Russia, Sweden, and the United States had Boy Scouts.<center><hr width="50%" color="yellow" height="6"><p align="justify"><font face="comic sans ms" size=4 color="yellow"> Scouting developed largely spontaneously in response to 'Scouting for Boys'. In 1909 a Rally was held that led to a more formal organisation under the leadership of the founder. The Rally was held at Crystal Palace. Crystal Palace is in London and Baden Powell called for the Rally here at the suggestion of King Edward. Over 11,000 boys, and a small number of girls, turned up. <br><center><hr width="50%" color="yellow" height="6"><p align="justify"><font face="comic sans ms" size=4 color="yellow"> Brownsea Island is offshore from Poole in England and was the site of the first Scout camp in 1907. Gilwell Park is outside London and was bought for Scouts in 1919 by Mr de Bois Maclaren for £10,000. <br><center><hr width="50%" color="yellow" height="6"><p align="justify"><font face="comic sans ms" size=4 color="yellow"> <i><b>Scouting for Boys</i></b> was written by B-P. It first appeared in England in January 1908 as six fortnightly installments, and later in 1908 in book format. The parts were eagerly grabbed by boys in Britain<br><center><hr width="50%" color="yellow" height="6"><p align="justify"><font face="comic sans ms" size=4 color="yellow"> <i><b>Scouting for Boys</i></b> is now the fourth-bestselling title of all time.<center><hr width="50%" color="yellow" height="6"><p align="justify"><font face="comic sans ms" size=4 color="yellow"> One hundred years ago, Lord Baden-Powell ran an experimental camp on Brownsea Island on the South Coast of England, for 20 boys from different social backgrounds. It was there that Scouting gave birth to itself.<br><center><hr width="50%" color="yellow" height="6"><p align="justify"><font face="comic sans ms" size=4 color="yellow"> Boys were forming troops and asking parents, teachers, and ministers to lead them.<br><center><hr width="50%" color="yellow" height="6"><p align="justify"><font face="comic sans ms" size=4 color="yellow"> Scout troops spread like wildfire in Britain.<br><center><hr width="50%" color="yellow" height="6"><p align="justify"><font face="comic sans ms" size=4 color="yellow"> The first country outside Britain that formed Scouts was the Island of Malta which was part of the British Commonwealth at the time - 1910.<br><center><hr width="50%" color="yellow" height="6"><p align="justify"><font face="comic sans ms" size=4 color="yellow"> Canada became the first overseas dominion with a sanctioned Boy Scout program, followed by Australia, New Zealand and South Africa.<br><center><hr width="50%" color="yellow" height="6"><p align="justify"><font face="comic sans ms" size=4 color="yellow"> Chile was the first country outside the British dominions to have a recognized Scouting program. <center><hr width="50%" color="yellow" height="6"><p align="justify"><font face="comic sans ms" size=4 color="yellow"> The Scouts in Malta played a very important part during World War II. Shortly after the Island and its Islanders was awarded the George Cross by His Majesty King George VI, the Bronze Cross was awarded to the Scouts in Malta. <br><center><hr width="50%" color="yellow" height="6"><p align="justify"><font face="comic sans ms" size=4 color="yellow"> Fifty years afterwards a commemorative medal was struck and the Boy Scouts Association of Malta selected me as one of its proud recipients. <br><center><table><tr><td><img src="bronzeobv.jpg" width="100"></td><td valign="top"><i>The Medal</i><br>Left Obverse<p><img src="bronzerev.jpg" width="100"><br>Above Reverse</tr></td></table><br><center><hr width="50%" color="yellow" height="6"><p align="justify"><font face="comic sans ms" size=4 color="yellow"> <a name="notables"><center><table bgcolor="yellow" width="50%"><tr><td><center><a href="#topp"><img src="top.jpg"></a><br><font face="cooper black" size=5 color="red">NOTABLES</tr></td></table></center> <p align="justify"><font face="comic sans ms" size=4> Presidents John F. Kennedy, Gerald R. Ford, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton and Barack Obama were Scouts as youths, and Jimmy Carter was a Scoutmaster.<br><center><hr width="50%" color="yellow" height="6"><p align="justify"><font face="comic sans ms" size=4 color="yellow"> President Kennedy was the first Scout to become president. <br><center><hr width="50%" color="yellow" height="6"><p align="justify"><font face="comic sans ms" size=4 color="yellow"> Gerald Ford was the first and only Eagle Scout to become president<br><center><hr width="50%" color="yellow" height="6"><p align="justify"><font face="comic sans ms" size=4 color="yellow"> The first man to walk on the moon, in 1969, was Eagle Scout Neil Armstrong. He said  The Eagle has landed as soon as he did so.<br><center><hr width="50%" color="yellow" height="6"><p align="justify"><font face="comic sans ms" size=4 color="yellow"> For all but two years from 1925 to 1976, artist Norman Rockwell illustrated the annual Brown & Bigelow Boy Scout calendar  for free. <br><center><hr width="50%" color="yellow" height="6"><p align="justify"><font face="comic sans ms" size=4 color="yellow"> Norman Rockwell designed the first 12 Scout medals for the Boy Scouts of America.<br><center><hr width="50%" color="yellow" height="6"><p align="justify"><font face="comic sans ms" size=4 color="yellow"> Robert Baden-Powell (later honoured as Lord Baden Powell of Gilwell) was a distinguished British soldier. His book, 'Scouting for Boys' was based on his experiences in Africa and India. <br><center><hr width="50%" color="yellow" height="6"><p align="justify"><font face="comic sans ms" size=4 color="yellow"> Churchill was British Prime Minister & Douglas Bader was a WWII airman who had lost his legs in a flying accident before the war. Both were scouts.<br><center><hr width="50%" color="yellow" height="6"><p align="justify"><font face="comic sans ms" size=4 color="yellow"> Rudyard Kipling was a famous author whose book, The Jungle Book, Baden Powell used as inspiration for Scouting for younger boys. <br><center><hr width="50%" color="yellow" height="6"><p align="justify"><font face="comic sans ms" size=4 color="yellow"> In the U.S.A. scouts have served at every presidential inauguration since Woodrow Wilson's in 1913.<br><center><hr width="50%" color="yellow" height="6"><p align="justify"><font face="comic sans ms" size=4 color="yellow"> The Boy Scout Memorial in Washington, D.C., marks the site of the first National Scout Jamboree in 1937. It is one of the few D.C. memorials to commemorate a living cause.<br><center><hr width="50%" color="yellow" height="6"><p align="justify"><font face="comic sans ms" size=4 color="yellow"> <a name="centenary"><center><table bgcolor="yellow" width="50%"><tr><td><center><a href="#topp"><img src="top.jpg"></a><br><font face="cooper black" size=5 color="red">CENTENNIAL</tr></td></table></center><br> <p align="justify"><font face="comic sans ms" size=4> In 2007 we celebrated our 100th anniversary. We celebrated the achievements of the past 100 years, we celebrate Scouting today and we will celebrate the commitment that Scouts worldwide undertake to make a difference in their communities. Most importantly, we will look ahead to a second century of Scouting.<br><center><hr width="50%" color="yellow" height="6"><p align="justify"><font face="comic sans ms" size=4 color="yellow"> Centenary Logo. The central element of this logo shows the relationship between our traditional fleur-de-Lys logo and the dove of peace, with peace rising with the sun into a bright future. The numbers 100 and 2007 are prominent, as well as the World Emblem.<br><center><img src="scouting2007centenary.jpg" width="250"> <br><center><hr width="50%" color="yellow" height="6"><p align="justify"><font face="comic sans ms" size=4 color="yellow"> Canada's Centenary Patch is clear and simple prominently showing the Canadian Scout Logo, the dove of Peace and of course the dates 1907 - 2007<br><center><img src="canadascoutin2007.jpg" width="250"> <br><center><hr width="50%" color="yellow" height="6"><p align="justify"><font face="comic sans ms" size=4 color="yellow"> Britain honoured Scouting on the occasion of the Centenary by issuing a special coin.<br><center><img src="scoutingcoin.jpg"><br><center><hr width="50%" color="yellow" height="6"><p align="justify"><font face="comic sans ms" size=4 color="yellow"> The Malta Scout Association issued a Centennial Medal to commemorate the Centenary of Scouting<br><center> <table><tr><td valign="top"><center> <img src="centennialmedal1.jpg" width="140"><br>Obverse</td><td valign="top"><center> Centennial Medal<br>(Malta)<p><img src="centennialpatch.jpg" width="140" ><p><center>Patch worn in uniform</td><td valign="top"><img src="centennialmedal2.jpg" width="140"><br><center>Reverse<br> </tr></td></table> <center><hr width="50%" color="yellow" height="6"><p align="justify"><font face="comic sans ms" size=4 color="yellow"> Scouts Canada issued a Centennial Medal to commemorate 100 years of Scouting<br><center> <table><tr><td valign="top"><center> <img src="canadaobv.jpg" width="140"><br>Obverse</td><td valign="top"><center> Centennial Medal<br>(Canada)<p><img src="canadarev.jpg" width="140"><p><center>Reverse<br><font size=2>The colours of the ribbon<br> represent the five<br> sections of Scouting - <br>Beavers, Cubs, Scouts, <br>Venturers, Rovers</font> </tr></td></table><center><hr width="50%" color="yellow" height="6"><p align="justify"><font face="comic sans ms" size=4 color="yellow"> Scouts have often been featured in the movies or on TV. A notable one is the 1966 Disney film starring Fred MacMurry, <i>Follow Me, Boys!</i><br><center><hr width="50%" color="yellow" height="6"><p align="justify"><font face="comic sans ms" size=4 color="yellow"> Baden-Powell fought in The Boer War, this is when he first started formulating ideas for Scouting.<br><center><hr width="50%" color="yellow" height="6"><p align="justify"><font face="comic sans ms" size=4 color="yellow"> The World Crest patch which can be worn by everyone at one time had to be earned by spending an overnight with an international Scout.<br><center><hr width="50%" color="yellow" height="6"><p align="justify"><font face="comic sans ms" size=4 color="yellow"> Lord Baden-Powell, the founder of Boys Scouts, was a friend of Rudyard Kipling. He asked his friend if he could base his new group for younger boys on Kipling's The Jungle Book. Kipling agreed and in 1916 Cub Scouts was born, using the wolf pack as the guide. <br><center><hr width="50%" color="yellow" height="6"><p align="justify"><font face="comic sans ms" size=4 color="yellow"> <a name="stats"><center><table bgcolor="yellow" width="50%"><tr><td><center><a href="#topp"><img src="top.jpg"></a><br><font face="cooper black" size=5 color="red">STATISTICS</tr></td></table></center><br> <p align="justify"><font face="comic sans ms" size=4> As of 2008, there were over 28 million registered Scouts and 10 million registered Guides around the world, from 216 countries and territories<center><hr width="50%" color="yellow" height="6"><p align="justify"><font face="comic sans ms" size=4 color="yellow"> 72% of Rhodes Scholars are Scouts.<br><center><hr width="50%" color="yellow" height="6"><p align="justify"><font face="comic sans ms" size=4 color="yellow"> 11 of the 12 men who walked on the moon were Scouts.<br><center><hr width="50%" color="yellow" height="6"><p align="justify"><font face="comic sans ms" size=4 color="yellow"> 26 of the first 29 astronauts were Scouts.<br><center><hr width="50%" color="yellow" height="6"><p align="justify"><font face="comic sans ms" size=4 color="yellow"> 85% of FBI Agents were Scouts.<br><center><hr width="50%" color="yellow" height="6"><p align="justify"><font face="comic sans ms" size=4 color="yellow"> Out of 100 Scouts . . .12 will have their first exposure to church through Scouting.<br><center><hr width="50%" color="yellow" height="6"><p align="justify"><font face="comic sans ms" size=4 color="yellow"> Out of 100 Scouts . . .One will enter the clergy.<br><center><hr width="50%" color="yellow" height="6"><p align="justify"><font face="comic sans ms" size=4 color="yellow"> Out of 100 Scouts . . .One will use a Scout skill to save a life.<br><center><hr width="50%" color="yellow" height="6"><p align="justify"><font face="comic sans ms" size=4 color="yellow"> Out of 100 Scouts . . .One will use a Scout skill to save his own life.<br><center><hr width="50%" color="yellow" height="6"><p align="justify"><font face="comic sans ms" size=4 color="yellow"> Out of 100 Scouts . . .Eight will enter a profession based upon and interest acquired in Scouting<br><center><hr width="50%" color="yellow" height="6"><p align="justify"><font face="comic sans ms" size=4 color="yellow"> Cub Scouts started in America in 1930 with 5,000 scouts.<br><center><hr width="50%" color="yellow" height="6"><p align="justify"><font face="comic sans ms" size=4 color="yellow"> In 2004 there were 1,875,752 boys and 517, 449 leaders.<br><center><hr width="50%" color="yellow" height="6"><p align="justify"><font face="comic sans ms" size=4 color="yellow"> It is estimated that if a Boy Scout attends his weekly patrol and troop meetings, participates in a monthly weekend troop outing and attends long-term summer camp with his troop, he will have spent as much time with Scouting in a year as he spends in the classroom.<br><center><hr width="50%" color="yellow" height="6"><p align="justify"><font face="comic sans ms" size=4 color="yellow"> Over 50 million boys have been Cub Scouts. <br><center><hr width="50%" color="yellow" height="6"><p align="justify"><font face="comic sans ms" size=4 color="yellow"> More than 1.5 million pinewood derby cars and almost 1 million neckerchiefs are sold each year in the United States.<br><center><hr width="50%" color="yellow" height="6"><p align="justify"><font face="comic sans ms" size=4 color="yellow"> Today, Scouting is a million times bigger and involves girls and boys, women and men from every origin, religion and culture, and mostly every country in the world.<br><center><hr width="50%" color="yellow" height="6"><p align="justify"><font face="comic sans ms" size=4 color="yellow"> The largest Scouting organization in the world is in Indonesia. <br><center><hr width="50%" color="yellow" height="6"><p align="justify"><font face="comic sans ms" size=4 color="yellow"> The second-largest is the Boys Scouts of America.<br><center><hr width="50%" color="yellow" height="6"><p align="justify"><font face="comic sans ms" size=4 color="yellow"> In the USA, out of over 120 proficiency/merit badges, the one earned most by Scouts is First Aid.<br><center><hr width="50%" color="yellow" height="6"><p align="justify"><font face="comic sans ms" size=4 color="yellow"> At the outbreak of World War I, the Boy Scouts of America was the largest uniformed body in the United States  twice as large as the U.S. Army, nearly twice as large as the National Guard, four times larger than the U.S. Navy, and 11 times larger than the U.S. Marine Corps.<br><center><hr width="50%" color="yellow" height="6"><p align="justify"><font face="comic sans ms" size=4 color="yellow"> <a name="training"><center><table bgcolor="yellow" width="50%"><tr><td><center><a href="#topp"><img src="top.jpg"></a><br><font face="cooper black" size=5 color="red">TRAINING</tr></td></table></center><br> <p align="justify"><font face="comic sans ms" size=4> Wood Badge Beads are the worldwide badge of advanced leader training. The original Wood Beads were taken by Baden Powell from a Zulu King's necklace. <br><center><hr width="50%" color="yellow" height="6"><p align="justify"> <font face="comic sans ms" size=5 color="yellow">The Wood Badge</font><br> <img src="images/wbbeads.jpg" width="300" v align="top" > <img src="images/maclaren.gif" width="300" v align="top"><br><font face="comic sans ms" color="yellow" size=4><p align="justify"> The beads are usually worn by Gilwellians with a special woggle made of leather woven in a Turk's Head, and a Gilwell scarf.<br><center><hr width="50%" color="yellow" height="6"><p align="justify"><font face="comic sans ms" size=4 color="yellow"> The patch on the back of the Gilwell Scarf, represents the MacLaren tartan in memory of W. F. deBois Maclaren the Scottish benefactor who purchased the estate at Gilwell Park in Epping Forest for the British Scout Association. Gilwell was the site of the first Scoutmasters' training course in 1919. It has remained the traditional "home" of Wood Badge since its inception.<br><center><hr width="50%" color="yellow" height="6"><p align="justify"><font face="comic sans ms" size=4 color="yellow"> All Scouters from across the world who hold the Wood Badge are known as Gilwellians and form the 1st Gilwell Troop. <br><center><hr width="50%" color="yellow" height="6"><p align="justify"><font face="comic sans ms" size=4 color="yellow"> Wood Badge is used by Boy Scout associations and combined Boy Scout and Girl Guide associations in many countries. Gilwell Park near London was purchased in 1919 on behalf of The Scout Association as an adult training site and Scouting campsite.<center><hr width="50%" color="yellow" height="6"><p align="justify"><font face="comic sans ms" size=4 color="yellow"> Baden-Powell could not single-handedly advise all groups who requested his assistance. Early Scoutmaster training camps were held in London in 1910 and in Yorkshire in 1911. Baden-Powell wanted the training to be as practical as possible to encourage other adults to take leadership roles, so the Wood Badge course was developed to recognize adult leadership training. The development of the training was delayed by World War I, so the first Wood Badge course was not held until 1919.<center><hr width="50%" color="yellow" height="6"><p align="justify"><font face="comic sans ms" size=4 color="yellow"> <a name="emblems"><center><table bgcolor="yellow" width="50%"><tr><td><center><a href="#topp"><img src="top.jpg"></a><br><font face="cooper black" size=5 color="red">EMBLEMS</tr></td></table></center><br> <p align="justify"> Scouts from all over the world wear a badge based on a stylised three-petaled lily flower (Fleur de Lys) which was used as the emblem of the Kings of France. <br><center><hr width="50%" color="yellow" height="6"><p align="justify"><font face="comic sans ms" size=4 color="yellow"> Each Country Organization has its own design based basically on the Fleur de Lys.<br><center><hr width="50%" color="yellow" height="6"><p align="justify"><font face="comic sans ms" size=4 color="yellow"> In Scouting's early years, critics accused Baden-Powell of trying to turn boys into soldiers, holding up as evidence the Scout symbol, which they called "a spear-head, the emblem of battle and bloodshed". The Founder quickly replied, The crest is the "Fleur-de-Lis", a lily, the emblem of peace and purity.<br><center><hr width="50%" color="yellow" height="6"><p align="justify"><font face="comic sans ms" size=4 color="yellow"> In truth, he had chosen as Scouting's emblem the sign for the North Point, universally shown on maps, charts and compass cards, because "it points in the right direction (and upwards), turning neither to the right nor left, since these lead backward again..." Lady Baden-Powell added later, "It shows the true way to go."<br><center><hr width="50%" color="yellow" height="6"><p align="justify"><font face="comic sans ms" size=4 color="yellow"> Baden-Powell explained the origins of this sign. In the Middle Ages, mariner Flavio Gioja designed it to make the seaman's compass more reliable. In Italian, North was "Tramontana". Gioja used a capital "T" to mark it, and in deference to King Charles of Naples, whose crest was the Fleur-de-Lys, combined the letter with that emblem.<br><br><p align="justify"> To explain the meaning of the Scout emblem, Baden-Powell said, "The two stars on the two side arms stand for the two eyes of the Wolf Cub having been opened before he became a Scout... The three points of the Fleur-de-Lis remind the Scout of the three points of the Scout's Promise..."<br><center><hr width="50%" color="yellow" height="6"><p align="justify"><font face="comic sans ms" size=4 color="yellow"> In the World Scout emblem, the Fleur-de-Lis is surrounded by a circle of rope tied with a reef knot to symbolize the strength and unity of the world brotherhood of Scouting: "Even as one cannot undo a reef knot, no matter how hard one pulls on it, so as it expands, the movement remains united."<br><center><img src="wwosm.gif"><BR><font color="yellow">WORLD SCOUTING<br><center><hr width="50%" color="yellow" height="6"><p align="justify"><font face="comic sans ms" size=4 color="yellow"> The three tips of the Fleur-de-Lys represent the three main parts of the Scout promise: duty to God, obedience to the Scout Law, and service to others. The two five-point stars stand for truth and knowledge, and the 10 points on the stars remind us of the 10 points of the Scout law. The ring holding the emblem together represents the bond of brotherhood.<br><center><hr width="50%" color="yellow" height="6"><p align="justify"><font face="comic sans ms" size=4 color="yellow"> The symbol is white on a royal purple background, colors Baden-Powell chose because, in heraldry, white stands for purity and purple for leadership and helping others.<br><center><hr width="50%" color="yellow" height="6"><p align="justify"><font face="comic sans ms" size=4 color="yellow"> Since Scouting began, over 200 million Scouts have worn the Scout symbol, making it one of the more highly recognized emblems in the world. Today, over 150 World Scouting countries and territories, more than 16 million members continue to wear it with pride.<br><center><hr width="50%" color="yellow" height="6"><p align="justify"><font face="comic sans ms" size=4 color="yellow"><br> Here are some Emblems from across the World<center><table><tr><td> <center><img src="malta1.jpg" width="120"><br><font color="yellow">MALTA </td><td><center><img src="canada1.jpg" width="120"><br><font color="yellow">CANADA</td><td> <center><img src="quebec.jpg" width="120"><br><font color="yellow">QUEBEC </td><td><center><img src="usa1.jpg" width="120"><br><font color="yellow">U.S.A. </td><td><CENTER><img src="uk.jpg" width="120"><br><font color="yellow">U.K. </td><td></table><br><center><hr width="50%" color="yellow" height="6"><p align="justify"><font face="comic sans ms" size=4 color="yellow"> For a wider complete list of world emblems, I invite you to check out this: <i>[you will notice that some countries do not have a distinctive emblem but use the World Emblem]</i> <br><center><a href="http://www.mdsc-ic.org/wso/index.php">WORLD EMBLEMS</a><br><center><hr width="50%" color="yellow" height="6"><p align="justify"><font face="comic sans ms" size=4 color="yellow"> Distinctive insignia for all are Scout uniforms, recognized and worn the world over, include the Wood Badge and the World Membership Badge. <center><hr width="50%" color="yellow" height="6"><p align="justify"><font face="comic sans ms" size=4 color="yellow"> The swastika was used as an early symbol by the British Boy Scouts and others. Its earliest use in Scouting was on the Thanks Badge introduced in 1911. Lord Baden-Powell's 1922 design for the Medal of Merit added a swastika to the Scout fleur-de-lis to symbolize good luck for the recipient. Like Rudyard Kipling, he would have come across this symbol in India. In 1934, Scouters requested a change to the design because of the later use of the swastika by the Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei (Nazi Party). New British Medal of Merit, and Thanks Badge, were issued in 1935.<br><center><img src="swastikathanksbadge.jpg"><center><hr width="50%" color="yellow" height="6"><p align="justify"><font face="comic sans ms" size=4 color="yellow"> <a name="uniform"><center><table bgcolor="yellow" width="50%"><tr><td><center><a href="#topp"><img src="top.jpg"></a><br><font face="cooper black" size=5 color="red">UNIFORM</tr></td></table></center><br> <p align="justify"><font face="comic sans ms" size=4> Most Scout uniforms include a brightly coloured scarf or neckerchief. Usually the scarf will identify where the Scout comes from, or at times such as during large gatherings, that they are part of that gathering.<br><center><hr width="50%" color="yellow" height="6"><p align="justify"><font face="comic sans ms" size=4 color="yellow"> Though they varied from Country to Country, the uniforms were basically similar. <br><center><img src="uniforms.jpg"> <br><center><hr width="50%" color="yellow" height="6"><p align="justify"><font face="comic sans ms" size=4 color="yellow"> A Woggle is a fastener that keeps the scarf neatly tucked in front. They can be made from a variety of materials  leather, canvas or even wood are the more common. <br><center><hr width="50%" color="yellow" height="6"><p align="justify"><font face="comic sans ms" size=4 color="yellow"> The first woggle is reported as having been made by Bill Shankley who worked at Gilwell Park - it was based on the Turks Head knot. <br><center><hr width="50%" color="yellow" height="6"><p align="justify"><font face="comic sans ms" size=4 color="yellow"> The original uniform, still widely recognized, consisted of a khaki button-up shirt, shorts, and a broad-brimmed hat , referred to by the BSA as the campaign hat Baden-Powell also wore shorts, because he believed that being dressed like a Scout helped to reduce the age-imposed distance between adult and youth. Uniform shirts are now frequently blue, orange, red or green and shorts are frequently replaced by long trousers all year or only in winter.<center><hr width="50%" color="yellow" height="6"><p align="justify"><font face="comic sans ms" size=4 color="yellow"> Hats changed over the years and across different countries. Now berets or baseball type hats are common alternates.<center><hr width="50%" color="yellow" height="6"><p align="justify"><font face="comic sans ms" size=4 color="yellow"> While designed for smartness and equality, the Scout uniform is also practical. Shirts traditionally have thick seams to make them ideal for use in makeshift stretchers  Scouts were trained to use them in this way with their staves, a traditional but unfortunately a deprecated item. <center><hr width="50%" color="yellow" height="6"><p align="justify"><font face="comic sans ms" size=4 color="yellow"> The leather straps and toggles of the campaign hats or Leaders' Wood Badges could be used as emergency tourniquets, or anywhere that string was needed in a hurry. <center><hr width="50%" color="yellow" height="6"><p align="justify"><font face="comic sans ms" size=4 color="yellow"> Neckerchiefs were chosen as they could easily be used as a sling or triangular bandage by a Scout in need. Scouts were encouraged to use their garters for shock cord where necessary.<center><hr width="50%" color="yellow" height="6"><p align="justify"><font face="comic sans ms" size=4 color="yellow"> One of the mottoes is to  Do a Good Turn Daily - as a reminder of this scouts usually tie a knot at the end of their neckerchief. Originally it used to be a Reef Knot tying both ends together but after some mishaps it was decided to discontinue this and tie overhand knots instead.<br><center><hr width="50%" color="yellow" height="6"><p align="justify"><font face="comic sans ms" size=4 color="yellow"> <a name="faith"><center><table bgcolor="yellow" width="50%"><tr><td><center><a href="#topp"><img src="top.jpg"></a><br><font face="cooper black" size=5 color="red">FAITH</tr></td></table></center><br> <p align="justify"><font face="comic sans ms" size=4> When creating the Scouting method, Baden-Powell insisted that there be a place for God within it.<center><hr width="50%" color="yellow" height="6"><p align="justify"><font face="comic sans ms" size=4 color="yellow"> In Scouting for Boys, Baden-Powell wrote specifically about Christianity, since he was writing for youth groups in the United Kingdom:<center><hr width="50%" color="yellow" height="6"><p align="justify"><font face="comic sans ms" size=4 color="yellow"> We aim for the practice of Christianity in their everyday life and dealings, and not merely on Sundays.<center><hr width="50%" color="yellow" height="6"><p align="justify"><font face="comic sans ms" size=4 color="yellow"> Indeed, the Scout Promise requires incoming members to fulfil their "duty to God". However, the founder's position moved shortly after the Scout movement began to grow rapidly around the world, and his writings and speeches allowed for all religions. He did continue to emphasise that God was a part of a Scout's life:<center><hr width="50%" color="yellow" height="6"><p align="justify"><font face="comic sans ms" size=4 color="yellow"> When asked where religion came into Scouting and Guiding, Baden-Powell replied, It does not come in at all. It is already there. It is a fundamental factor underlying Scouting and Guiding.<center><hr width="50%" color="yellow" height="6"><p align="justify"><font face="comic sans ms" size=4 color="yellow"> Under the title "Duty to God", the first of the above-mentioned principles of the Scout Movement is defined as "adherence to spiritual principles, loyalty to the religion that expresses them and acceptance of the duties resulting therefrom". It should be noted that, by contrast to the title, the body of the text does not use the word "God", in order to make it clear that the clause also covers religions which are non-monotheistic, such as Hinduism, or those which do not recognize a personal God, such as Buddhism.<center><hr width="50%" color="yellow" height="6"><p align="justify"><font face="comic sans ms" size=4 color="yellow"> The essence of Duty to God is the acknowledgement of the necessity for a search for a faith in God, in a Supreme Being, and the acknowledgement of a force higher than man of the highest Spiritual Principles.<center><hr width="50%" color="yellow" height="6"><p align="justify"><font face="comic sans ms" size=4 color="yellow"> The current Religious Policy of The Scout Association of the United Kingdom states that: "All Members of the Movement are encouraged to make every effort to progress in the understanding and observance of the Promise to do their best to do their duty to God; belong to some religious body; carry into daily practice what they profess."<center><hr width="50%" color="yellow" height="6"><p align="justify"><font face="comic sans ms" size=4 color="yellow"> The Boy Scouts of America takes a hard-line position, excluding atheists and agnostics. The BSA has come under strong criticism over the past years due to their religious policy and stance against agnostics and atheists:<center><hr width="50%" color="yellow" height="6"><p align="justify"><font face="comic sans ms" size=4 color="yellow"> The Boy Scouts of America has accepted Buddhist members and units since 1920, and also accepts members of various pantheistic faiths. Many Buddhists do not believe in a supreme being or creator deity, but because these beliefs are still religious and spiritual in nature, they are deemed acceptable by the BSA since their leaders subscribe to the BSA Declaration of Religious Principle.<center><hr width="50%" color="yellow" height="6"><p align="justify"><font face="comic sans ms" size=4 color="yellow"> Scouts Canada Promotes that all scouts have what's called a Duty to God, defined as "The responsibility to adhere to spiritual principles, and thus to the religion that expresses them, and to accept the duties therefrom"<center><hr width="50%" color="yellow" height="6"><p align="justify"><font face="comic sans ms" size=4 color="yellow"> Scouts Canada maintains that a spiritual element is required for membership.<center><hr width="50%" color="yellow" height="6"><p align="justify"><font face="comic sans ms" size=4 color="yellow"> In Australia, Scouting makes no effort to find out if potential members are atheists or agnostics. The Australian Scout promise contains "duty to my god" as opposed to "duty to god" used by many other countries. <center><hr width="50%" color="yellow" height="6"><p align="justify"><font face="comic sans ms" size=4 color="yellow"> Where religious services on camps are held, they are usually held for Catholics and Anglicans, this is because of the religious representation amongst scout and leaders rather than any written rules.<center><hr width="50%" color="yellow" height="6"><p align="justify"><font face="comic sans ms" size=4 color="yellow"> Scouts' Own are spiritual gatherings which do not cater just for a single denomination and do not use formal prayers.<center><hr width="50%" color="yellow" height="6"><p align="justify"><font face="comic sans ms" size=4 color="yellow"> Some Scouting organisations have many obligatorily religious merit badges as a way of fulfilling a requirement for a rank and others have a single voluntary religious merit badge or none at all. Scouting organisations may recognise religious programs run by other organisations, like the religious emblems programs in the United States and Canada.<center><hr width="50%" color="yellow" height="6"><p align="justify"><font face="comic sans ms" size=4 color="yellow"> "Duty to God" is a principle of Scouting, though it is applied differently in various countries. The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) take a strong position, excluding atheists.<center><hr width="50%" color="yellow" height="6"><p align="justify"><font face="comic sans ms" size=4 color="yellow"> The Scout Association in the United Kingdom permits variations to its Promise, in order to accommodate different religious obligations, but does not allow for atheists. <center><hr width="50%" color="yellow" height="6"><p align="justify"><font face="comic sans ms" size=4 color="yellow"> Scouts Canada defines Duty to God broadly in terms of "adherence to spiritual principles" and leaves it to the individual member or leader whether they can follow a Scout Promise that includes Duty to God.<center><hr width="50%" color="yellow" height="6"><p align="justify"><font face="comic sans ms" size=4 color="yellow"> <a name="seaandair"><center><table bgcolor="yellow" width="50%"><tr><td><center><a href="#topp"><img src="top.jpg"></a><br><font face="cooper black" size=5 color="red">AIR and SEA SCOUTS</tr></td></table></center><br> <p align="justify"><font face="comic sans ms" size=4> Air Scouts are members of the international Scouting movement, of their respective scouting organisations as a branch, similar to Sea Scout branches, with a particular emphasis on an aviation themed programme and/or flying-based activities. Air Scouts follow the same basic scouting programme as normal Scouts but devote certain amounts of time focused on their air activities.<br><center><img src="airscouts.jpg"><br><center><hr width="50%" color="yellow" height="6"><p align="justify"><font face="comic sans ms" size=4 color="yellow"> Major Baden Fletcher Smyth Baden-Powell, Robert Baden-Powell's youngest brother, was the first who brought flying-based activities into Scouting.<center><hr width="50%" color="yellow" height="6"><p align="justify"><font face="comic sans ms" size=4 color="yellow"> The 4th World Scout Jamboree in 1933 was the first international gathering where Air Scouts were represented. On August 9 Robert Baden-Powell has visited the air scouts.<center><hr width="50%" color="yellow" height="6"><p align="justify"><font face="comic sans ms" size=4 color="yellow"> The Associations that utilize the Air Scout Programme are: Australia, Bangladesh, Belgium, Brazil, Colombia, Chile, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Ireland, Netherlands, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, South Africa, Spain, Sudan, United Kingdom, United States of America (now-defunct)<center><hr width="50%" color="yellow" height="6"><p align="justify"><font face="comic sans ms" size=4 color="yellow"> Sea Scouts are members of the international Scouting movement, with a particular emphasis on water-based activities, such as kayaking, canoeing, sailing, and rowing. Depending on the country and the available water these activities are on lakes, rivers or sea in small or large ships. <br><center><img src="seascouts.jpg"> <center><hr width="50%" color="yellow" height="6"><p align="justify"><font face="comic sans ms" size=4 color="yellow"> B-P grew up being constantly reminded of his family's naval connections. His maternal grandfather was Admiral William Smyth. In 1872, when he was 15, Baden-Powell accompanied his brothers on a cross-country expedition by collapsible canoe. They slept in tents and cooked their meals over open fires. B-P wrote later on in his life that he started his Scouting as a Sea Scout.<center><hr width="50%" color="yellow" height="6"><p align="justify"><font face="comic sans ms" size=4 color="yellow"> Sea Scouting had its beginning at a campfire in England when Baden-Powell voiced the hope that older Scouts would be interested in learning about boat management and seamanship. He stressed the need for young men to prepare themselves for service on their country's ships.<center><hr width="50%" color="yellow" height="6"><p align="justify"><font face="comic sans ms" size=4 color="yellow"> Sea Scouting was introduced by Baden-Powell with the assistance of his brother, Warington Baden-Powell, K.C., an Admiralty lawyer, sailor, and inventor of canoe sailing. Lord Baden-Powell personally held a Scout camp at Bucklers Hard, Hampshire in August 1909 which marked the start of Sea Scouts, though they were not officially named such until 1912. Warington Baden-Powell wrote the handbook Sea Scouting and Seamanship for Boys in 1910 with a foreword by Robert Baden-Powell.<center><hr width="50%" color="yellow" height="6"><p align="justify"><font face="comic sans ms" size=4 color="yellow"> A special Sea scout uniform was approved in 1910. It was enthusiastically received by the young men of Britain and soon found its way to the rest of the world. <center><hr width="50%" color="yellow" height="6"><p align="justify"><font face="comic sans ms" size=4 color="yellow"> In many organizations a Sea Scout troop or group has a special name, in the Boy Scouts of America it is called a ship.<center><hr width="50%" color="yellow" height="6"><p align="justify"><font face="comic sans ms" size=4 color="yellow"> Deep Sea Scouts were an organisation enabling young people serving on British ships to participate in Scouting activities. It was formed in 1928, and was replaced by the Deep Sea Scout Fellowship in the 1990s as numbers dwindled.<br><center><img src="deepseascout.jpg"><center><hr width="50%" color="yellow" height="6"><p align="justify"><font face="comic sans ms" size=4 color="yellow"> There are Sea Scouts in several Associatons: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Bangladesh,Barbados, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia. Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Hong Kong, Iceland, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Malaysia, Malta, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Pakistan, Poland, Philippines, Pitcairn Island, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Yugoslavia <center><hr width="50%" color="yellow" height="6"><p align="justify"><font face="comic sans ms" size=4 color="yellow"> <a name="etc"><center><table bgcolor="yellow" width="50%"><tr><td><center><a href="#topp"><img src="top.jpg"></a><br><font face="cooper black" size=5 color="red">STILL MORE</tr></td></table></center><br> <p align="justify"><font face="comic sans ms" size=4> Scouting has a formal mission statement that explains its purpose - To contribute to the education of young people. <br><center><hr width="50%" color="yellow" height="6"><p align="justify"><font face="comic sans ms" size=4 color="yellow"> Jamboree. Jamborees are a highlight of any Scout's life. They get to meet Scouts from around the world and undertake lots of exciting activities. Gymbaroo is a excellent pre-schooler physical development program, Ginganguli and Kumbaya are 'nonsense' words from traditional Scouting songs.<br><center><hr width="50%" color="yellow" height="6"><p align="justify"><font face="comic sans ms" size=4 color="yellow"> One World One Promise. The theme responds to young people's aspirations and is based on the Movement's mission and educational values. It is unifying and universal. As Scouts we will all make our Promise to do our best to work together and build a society based on the greater justice and solidarity. We make a commitment to play an active role in creating a better world, irrespective of our origin gender, culture or religion.<br><center><hr width="50%" color="yellow" height="6"><p align="justify"><font face="comic sans ms" size=4 color="yellow"> Our Promise compels us to help to improve the world. As Baden-Powell often said, "Leave this world a little better than we found it."<br><center><hr width="50%" color="yellow" height="6"><p align="justify"><font face="comic sans ms" size=4 color="yellow"> The Scout Sign is made by raising your right hand to shoulder height, palm to the front, thumb resting on the nail of the little finger, and the other fingers upright, pointing upwards. The three fingers remind a Scout of the three parts of the Scout Promise and Law: Duty to God, duty to other and duty to self. The Scout Sign is given at the making of the Promise, or as greeting.<br><center><hr width="50%" color="yellow" height="6"><p align="justify"><font face="comic sans ms" size=4 color="yellow"> Baden-Powell wrote a book, Aids to Scoutmastership, to help Scouting Leaders, and wrote other handbooks for the use of the new Scouting sections, such as Cub Scouts and Girl Guides. One of these was Rovering to Success, written for Rover Scouts in 1922.<center><hr width="50%" color="yellow" height="6"><p align="justify"><font face="comic sans ms" size=4 color="yellow"> World Scout Moots are gatherings, originally for Rover Scouts, but mainly focused on Scout Leaders. <center><hr width="50%" color="yellow" height="6"><p align="justify"><font face="comic sans ms" size=4 color="yellow"> Jamborees are large national or international events held every four years, during which thousands of Scouts camp together for one or two weeks. Activities at these events include games, scoutcraft competitions, badge, pin or patch trading, aquatics, woodcarving, archery and activities related to the theme of the event.<center><hr width="50%" color="yellow" height="6"><p align="justify"><font face="comic sans ms" size=4 color="yellow"> Age groups were originally developed by Baden-Powell: 7 to 10 Cubs / Brownies; 11 to 17 Boy Scouts / Girl Guides (Girl Scouts); 18 and up Rover Scouts / Rangers.<center><hr width="50%" color="yellow" height="6"><p align="justify"><font face="comic sans ms" size=4 color="yellow"> <a name="end"><center><table bgcolor="yellow" width="50%"><tr><td><center><a href="#topp"><img src="top.jpg"></a><br><font face="cooper black" size=5 color="red">No more YET but visit again</tr></td></table></center> </font></center> </td></tr></table> </tr></td></table><p> <center><a href="triviabin.html"><img src="backarrow.gif" border=0 height="20" width="250"></a><br> <table width="90%" bgcolor="green"><tr><td font face="arial black"><center> | <a href="trivia.html">Trivia 1</a> | <a href="trivia2.html">Trivia 2</a> | <a href="trivia3.html">Trivia 3</a> | <a href="trivia4.html">Trivia 4</a> | <a href="trivia5.html">Trivia 5</a> |<br>| <a href="trivia6.html">Trivia 6</a> | <a href="trivia7.html">Trivia 7</a> | <a href="trivia8.html">Trivia 8</a> | <a href="trivia9.html">Trivia 9</a> | <a href="trivia10.html">Trivia 10</a> | <a href="trivia11.html">Trivia 11</a> | <a href="trivia12.html">Trivia 12</a> | <a href="trivia14.html">Trivia 14 </a> | </tr></td></table> <center><a href="index.html"> <img src="indexlogo.gif" border=0></a> </BODY></HTML>