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NO, 42

TRANSVAAL NEWS SHEET

A P R I L . .1937

M ESSAGE FROM THE DIRECTOR OP THE BOY SCOUTSIn t e r n a t i o n a l b u r e a u

On behalf of the International Committee and the staff of the International Bureau I send you greetings on this S t # George's Day. This year, as we celebrate the Jubilee of Scouting and the Centenary of the birth of the founder, B-P, we pass a milestone in our history.

We can look back on the past with reasonable pride - much good has been achieved because we have built Scouting on a firm foundation.

We can look at the present with some satisfaction - we have more than seven million members in sixty-three countries, all.united by the same Promise and Law.

We can look at the future with confidence - confidence that more boys all over the world will benefit from the joys of Scouting.

Let us on this St. George's Day resolve to grasp the opportunities which lie open to each one of us to make Scouting even more effective in our Groups, in our Districts and in our Nations. A little extra effort by each one of us can, in total, mean so much. An extra good turn by all seven million of us would surely be an example to the world.

Good Scouting to you on this Day of St. George 1

D . C . SPRY

MESSAGE FROM THE CHIEF SCOUT OF THE COMMONWEALTH

On this St. George's Day of our Jubilee year, I send y o u greetings and our assurance that in remembering our Founder we are determined that our Scouting shall be as he intended it should be - the life of joyous adventure in the service of God and our fellow men.

ROWALLAN*

Chief Scout British Commonwealth and Empire

REPORT OF A C M P IN THE PRETORIA DISTRICT

.Date: From 22nd to 24th February, 1957.

Venue: M o r a k e n g at Irene

Officer in Charge of the C a m p : Mr. W. Blie

Quarter M a s t e r : Mr. A.L. Sethole (Officer)

Officers P r e s e n t :

From 22 - 24.2.57: Messrs. W. Blie, A.L. Sethole,P. Selepe, P. Ma s i a and R. Sethole

On 23.2.57: Messrs. D.C. M o k gosi A/C/C3. Leeuw (Secretary)M.B. Magodiela

Troops P r e s e n t : 2nd Irene: Mr. Blie S/M, P. Selepe A/S .A r1st Wierda: Mr. A.L. Sethole S/M 1st A t t e r i d g e v i l l e : Mr. R. Sethole S/M 6th Atteridgeville: P. Masia S/M

Boys P r e s e n t : 2nd Irene 211st 'Wierda 15IsiL-Atteridgeville 246th Atteridgeville 24 Total: 84

Programme followed during Period of Camp

6.00 a.m. Cooks roused6.30 a.m. Camp roused and P.T.7.00 a.m. Wash and get ready for breakfast8.15 a.m. Breakfast8.45 a.m. Cleaning9.00 a.m. Inspection, flag breaking and Prayer9.30 a.m. - 1.00 p.m.) Scouting Activities2.00 p.m. - 5.00 p.m.) and games6.30 p.m. Ready for evening meal7.30 p.m. Campfire9.30 p.m. Prayer10.00 p.m. Lights out

22nd February

1. Troops reported at venue of camp from 4 - 5 p.m.2. Officers and boys welcomed by Officer in Charge

of the Camp, viz. Mr. W. Blie3. Six tents were pitched4. Opening Speech delivered by Mr. W. Blie, who

explained what camp life is, quoted thenecessities of a camp and instilled intothe boys the spirit of adventure and obedience

5. Boys divided into patrols, viz. Cats, Bulldogs,Wolves, Peacocks and Lions

6. E a c h patrol alloted its own tent7. Obstacles encountered:

(a) Boys could not pitch tents properly but after being shown managed to put them up.

(b) A light shower of rain poured down.(c) The night was rather an ordeal to the boys

who had not been camping before.

23rd February

1. (a) The clarion call of the whistle at 6 a.m.caused the cooks to scuttle out of their tents and kindle the fire.

(b) The morning was rather unfavourable as theground and wood were very wet.

(c) Cooks struggled to get their fires going.2. At 6.30 a.m. the camp was roused. Boys were marched

to the ground for P.T.3. At 7 a.m. boys dashed down to the camp to get them­

selves ready for breakfast.4. At 8.15 the boys all had radiant faces because they

were having their breakfast.5. At 8.45 boys washed, aired their blankets and

cleaned up the surroundings.6. At 9.30 an inspection was successfully carried out.

The arrangement and folding of blankets left much to be desired. Demonstrations of how to fold a blanket were given*

7. Boys assembled and Mr. Blie conducted Frayers.8. From 9.30 a.m. to 1 p.m* and from 2 to 5 p.m.

Scouting activities took place.(a) In order to conduct lessons and games success­

fully boys were grouped according to their classification, viz. First Class, Second Class, Tenderfoot.

(b) The abovementioned groups were allocated to theofficers present,

(c) Officers were rather too active and exertedthemselves to impart as much information as could possibly be absorbed by the boys.

(d) .Boys' attitude towards their lessons could besummed up in these words: Keenness and Enthusiasm.

(e) In spite of abrupt intervals, caused by rain,officers managed to cover much ground in their respective lessons.

9. Mr. D.C. Marivate C/C and Mr. S.J. Masiuane 0/Carrived whilst the whole camp was very busy.They were welcomed by the Quarter M a s t e r and conducted round the camp. They left at 2 p.m.

. 10. Mr, D.C.. Mokgose gave a synopsis of Baden Powell's activities and life. He explained that officers came to camp not only to give lessons to the boys but to build them up into good-mannered men of tomorrow and emphasized the sacrifice made by officers in coming to the camps. His description of the expected development of the boy's character was vivified by his frequent citations from the life of Baden Powell,

IX. The Campfire took place at 7.30 p.m.(a) It took us a considerable length of time to

kindle this fix-o I X ^ r a j s and thewood w»r© wet.

(b) Boys gave their displays and were verycheerful and excited.

(c) The results of the best patrol f o r the daywere announced.

12. At 9.30 p.m. Prayers were conducted by Mr. W. Blie and at 10 p.m. lights were out.

13. Interesting events during the day:(a) Mr. D.C. Mokgosi's speech.(b) While showers of rain poured down, two tents

crumpled down, Other hoys roared with laughter as the occupants of the fallen tents scrambled out,

(c) Pegs of the tents were slanting inside insteadof outside,

24th February

1. At 9 a.m., when the surroundings had been cleanedup after breakfast, another inspection was carried out. There were signs of improvement and blankets were neatly folded.

2. Boys assembled and Mr. A.L. Sithole conductedPrayers.

3. Although it was our last day at camp we managed tocarry on with our lessons from 9.30 till 1 p

4. Boys had a meal at 1 p.m. and an interva? _to 3 p.m.

5. At 3 p.m. decampment started; the surroundingswere cleaned and utensils cleared away.Officers paid particular attention to the cleaning of the surroundings.

Summary;

Nearly all the work in all the groups was covered,, i.e. First Class, Second Class and Tenderfoot.

The co-operation amongst the officers made the camp a great success.

The wonderful speeches of the officers imbued the boys with new ideas and a broadc.. c^fcloov- trward^ Scouting*

The boys were kept busy at all times and there were no accidents or casualties.

As far as I know our Camp was one of the best ever held at M o r akeng Grounds, and this was because of the boys' willingness to learn,

A.L. SETIiOLE (Quarter Master)

Approved by W. Blie - 19.3.57=

; COUNCIL CAUSERIE

The Transvaal Council met on Tuesday, 26th Noverbor1956.

Useful discussions took place on the best w a y to run Bob-a-Job week and on the selection of Scouters and Scouts for the overseas Jamboree.

Mr. Marivate reported on the Wood Badge Course held on 3rd September. Mr. Mokgav- x%-ported on activities on the Reef. He was disappointed w i t h the lack of enthusiasm in Orlando.

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JAN HOFMEYR SCHOOL OP SOCIAL WORK

Scouting Programme for 1 9 57

Date Theory Practical Instructor

12. 2.57 Introductory K notting D.C. Marivate19. 2.57 Scout Principles Signs and Laws N.S. Mokgako

26. 2.57 Patrol system Uses of Stave D.C. Marivate5. 3.57 Scout M e t h o d Salute and

Laws 6 - 1 012. 3.57 Flags First Aid N.S. Mokgako19. 3.57 Revise notes Written Test D.C. Marivate26. 3.57 The Promise Semaphore2. 4.57 Comments on Test Revision D.C. Marivate•9. 4.57 Smartness in Morse Rev. M. Buchler

Scouting16. 4.57 Exploring Rope work J.D. Fraser23. 4.57 Duty to God African Gilw-? n 1 n

. . c J.1 c. Wallace30. 4.57 P.O. & R. Kims Game7. 5.57 Scout uniform First Aid N.S. MokgaVo

14. 5.57 General revision Test N.S. Mokgako21. 5.57 Semaphore's uses Semaphore S. Maqambalala28. 5.57 Court of Honour Semaphore S. Maqambalala4. 6.57 Cub work Cubbing Mrs. Hills

11. 6.57 Cub work Cubbing Mrs. Hills18. 6.57 Covering lessons The Vigil6. 8.57 World Brotherhood M a p p i n g J.P. Rees

13. 8.57 Rovering to Game sSuccess

20. 8.57 Camping S t a ndard9 First Aid27 8.57 Stars Tvl. H.Q. J.P. Rees3. 9,57 Health-giving Morse Rev. M. Buchler

habits10. 9.57 Cub work Cubbing M r s . Hills17. 9.57 Scouting and Observation

Religion24. 9.57 National Defects Compass8.10.57 Signals and Silent drill

Commands15.10.57 Troop Records First Aid22.10.57 Stalking Stalking D.C. Marivate29.10.57 How to start a Semaphore N.S. Mokgako

Troop5.11.57 Annual Events Pioneering D.C. Marivate

12.11.57 Morse Moras Rev. M. Buchler19.11.57 General revision Comments ___N.S. M o k g a k o ..26.11.57 Scout Courses Splicing D.C. Marivatb.3.12.57 Hiking A short hike6.12.57 Presentation of Certificates by the Div. Com.

--.'ymog c f -the Instructors not includedi.'"1.Tfid in by the otr^e^t1? of the

Priory, Rose t ,^.,*il] <=>

D.C . MARIVATE, D.C.C.

HOW WE ARE CELEBRATING 1937t

By A . V/. Hurll

Chief Executive Commis s i o n e r ,Boy Scou~fas~~Association - Great~Britain

It was a happy coincidence that Scouting began during B-P's fiftieth year so that the Jubilee of the Movement coincides with his own Centenary and gives us a double event to cele'brate next year.

It will be a great and memorable year in the history of Scouting and we in Great Britain are determined to see that the celebrations measure up to the importance of the occasion and the status our Movement has achieved in its first fifty years.

The Editor has asked me to set down briefly some of the ways in which Scouts in Great Britain will be marking the occasion. The focal event of the year, of course, is J.I.M., the combined World Jamboree, Indaba and Moot which takes place in August at Sutton Coldfield. This will be the climax to our celebrations, but as news of it is already being covered adequately in World Scouting each month, I will only deal with those events leading up to it.

On the hundredth anniversary of B-P's birth, a National Service of Thanksgiving will be held in’West­minister Abbey. For this we will be combining with the Girl Guides. In addition to people of national and international importance, it is proposed to invite as many Scouters and Guiders and ex-Scouters and ex-Guiders as possible with twenty-five years' service and over.

Local Thanksgiving Services will also be held in churches throughout the country on the 22nd, 23rd or 24th February, so that all S c uts and Scouters may give special thanks for our Founder's life. Wherever possible, the services will be arranged jointly with the Girl Guides and we have also asked that members of the B-P Guild (Old Scouts) may be given an opportunity of taking part. In due course we hope to make suggestions as to a Form of Service.

Celebrations by Roman Catholic Scouts will take the form of a Solemn Triduum of Masses commencing on the Feast of the Assumption of Our Blessed Lady (15th August). To enable them to do this, they are holding an International Catholic Scout Camp at Buckmore Park and a Pilgrimage to the ancient Carmelite Priory of Aylesford. A striking aspect of the Pilgrimage will be the Torchlight Procession in which every Roman Catholic Scout Group in the Wbrld is being invited to send a candle to burn in the Sanctuary during the Triduum. It is hoped that every Roman Catholic Scout in the world will join in spirit by receiving Holy Communion on the three days of the Triduum.

G.P.O. Special Issue

We are very honoured that our General Post Office is to issue a set of three commemorative stamps to mark the Jubilee. This is a very rare distinction in Great Britain as it will be only the thirteenth time that a commemorative issue of postage stamps has been made for sale in this country.

As one form of publicity, we have already published a set of eight Poster Stamps in a descriptive folder on sale at one shilling per set. This will be an excellent souvenir of interest to collectors, as well-as a way of publicizing the event.

Collective G o o d_Turn

B-P's whole life was one of service and he always put great emphasis on the Good Turn and so we think it appropriate to hold a Collective Good Turn Week (starting on 17th June) in which every member will take part in combined jobs of service to the community. We have made available a list of suggestions as to the form these might take. A few of these suggestions taken at random might be of interest:

Clearing litter from public places; donating blood; cleaning memorials; tree planting; help to elderly people; entertaining children in institutions and hospitals; providing nesting boxes and bird tables; helping farmers.

Publicity

All the events in connection with the celebrations will, we hope, bring Scouting to the notice of the public, but with the aim of publicity particularly in mind we have asked every District to hold a Scout Week some time between 25th February and 31st July. The form it takes will be left to individual Districts but again a leaflet has been circulated suggesting some suitable activities. A few at random:

Father and son evening; open nights at Troop and Pack meetings; film show; garden party;Scout barbecue; "Then and Now" display; camp cooking demonstration; week-end Jamborette; shop window displays; anniversary dinner and/ or ball; Pageant of Scouting; illuminated tattod.

In bringing our anniversary to the notice of the general public we are hoping to "say it with f l o wers” by asking local authorities to plan commemorative floral beds in parks and gardens. Sarly this year a leaflet suggesting designs and a list of suitable bedding plants was sent out and already we know that many local authorities in all parts of the country are enthusiastically taking up the suggestion.

A gathering that is creating a lot of interest is a National Camp for Troop Leaders and Patrol Leaders who hold the First Class Badge. It will be held at Gilwell Park during a week-end in M a y and Lord Rowallan, our Chief Scout, will be present for the whole time.

3-P House

3y the end of 1957 we look forward to seeing 3-P House well on the way to becoming a fact. A Fund nas raised some years ago by the Scout Movement to build a Scout House in London as a memorial tc 3-P, Owing to "building restrictions this project has been held u'p but now a site has been found and the foundation stone will* we h o p e t be laid next year. The Fund is not sufficient t ^ build the house nor to endow it. so daring the year we are launching an appeal to'augment the Fund.

I have mentioned some of the principal e v e n t ^~ being organized in connection with our celeLbjcatlorris.

There is no ro'om, of courses, to detail all the numerous aspects of them. — indeed it wo-uid. take taore than the 'whale magazine 1 3ut I may have told enough tc/ show the extent of them a n d .perhaps ta.give a ±>w'ideas and suggestions 'which might be fo 11^ wed-̂ lh remembering

.» and giving thanks for the -life of our great Founder„

From ,;World.Sca^tiz^4r-? x956„

COMING EV3KTS

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Date^ • 30th lfcay'"- 2nd June 7th June - 9th June

Centre; Morakeng, Irene,

Fees; £1, of which 10/-- mustmus x ac cciupan^application

Date; 10th May„ 1957,

D..G, Marivft^

Collection Number: AD1715

SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE OF RACE RELATIONS (SAIRR), 1892-1974

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