From Scouts-L@tcu.edu Wed Oct 8 10:43:30 1997 Return-Path: Scouts-L@tcu.edu Received: from server1.capaccess.org (server1.CapAccess.org [207.91.115.5]) by cap1.CapAccess.org (8.6.12/8.6.10) with ESMTP id KAA21222; Wed, 8 Oct 1997 10:43:30 -0400 Received: from outbound.Princeton.EDU (outbound.Princeton.EDU [128.112.128.84]) by server1.capaccess.org (AIX4.2/UCB 8.7/8.7) with ESMTP id KAA35224; Wed, 8 Oct 1997 10:36:50 -0400 (EDT) Received: from lightpost by outbound.Princeton.EDU with SMTP id <543344-21958>; Wed, 8 Oct 1997 10:24:43 -0400 Received: from pucc.Princeton.EDU (pucc.Princeton.EDU [128.112.129.99]) by outbound.Princeton.EDU (8.8.0/8.6.12) with SMTP id KAA06641; Wed, 8 Oct 1997 10:23:16 -0400 (EDT) Received: from TCUBVM.IS.TCU.EDU (NJE origin MAILER@TCUBVM) by PUCC.PRINCETON.EDU (LMail V1.2a/1.8a) with BSMTP id 0590; Wed, 8 Oct 1997 10:20:17 -0400 Received: from TCUBVM.IS.TCU.EDU (NJE origin LISTSERV@TCUBVM) by TCUBVM.IS.TCU.EDU (LMail V1.2a/1.8a) with BSMTP id 4618; Wed, 8 Oct 1997 09:23:04 -0500 Received: from TCUBVM.IS.TCU.EDU by TCUBVM.IS.TCU.EDU (LISTSERV release 1.8b) with NJE id 3982 for SCOUTS-L@TCUBVM.IS.TCU.EDU; Wed, 8 Oct 1997 09:21:49 -0500 Received: from TCUBVM (NJE origin SMTP@TCUBVM) by TCUBVM.IS.TCU.EDU (LMail V1.2a/1.8a) with BSMTP id 3981; Wed, 8 Oct 1997 08:55:11 -0500 Received: from ALPHA.IS.TCU.EDU by tcubvm.is.tcu.edu (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) with TCP; Wed, 08 Oct 97 08:55:08 CDT Received: from mail1.centuryinter.net (mail1.centuryinter.net) by ALPHA.IS.TCU.EDU (PMDF V5.0-5 #20456) id <01IOK40S4B80003V7R@ALPHA.IS.TCU.EDU> for SCOUTS-L@ALPHA.IS.TCU.EDU; Wed, 08 Oct 1997 08:53:22 -0500 (CDT) Received: from cen23981.centuryinter.net (ppp0016.ra.centuryinter.net [208.215.226.36]) by mail1.centuryinter.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id IAA16307 for ; Wed, 08 Oct 1997 08:53:15 -0500 (CDT) X-Sender: cen23982@mail.pe.centuryinter.net MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Light Version 1.5.2 Content-type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Message-ID: <199710081353.IAA16307@mail1.centuryinter.net> Date: Wed, 8 Oct 1997 08:53:15 -0500 Reply-To: Mark Arend Sender: Scouts-L Youth Group List From: Mark Arend Subject: SM minute ideas X-To: SCOUTS-L@TCU.EDU To: Multiple recipients of list SCOUTS-L Status: RO X-Status: Last week there were some programs on PBS about the presidents. A couple of things stayed with me and inspired me to write the following. Practice it first I recently saw a program on TV about President Harry Truman and one even t stuck in my mind. When he first ran for office in the early 1920s--it was for something like County Board--some of his army buddies thought it would be impressive for him to arrive for a speach by airplane. Now, this was in the early days of flying and a lot of people had never even seen a plane, much less flown in one. He agreed and at the appointed time the small plane circled the fairgrou nds and landed. The candidate got out of the plane, sort of staggered across the field, leaned over a fence, and threw up. This was not the impressive entrance he had planned. But Mr. Truman learned something from this experience. Sometimes ideas that sound good don't work out so well when you go to try them. So it's a good idea not to do it for the first time in front of a crowd. Practice it through first to see if this idea is really going to work as well as it sounds or are there some bugs to be worked out. Cheerfulness is catching A while back there was TV program on General Eisenhower. When he first took command in World War II things were not going well. The Germans had been steadily winning and he had a big job ahead of him. It was up to him to turn this arround and start winning. He found out something very soon. If he acted like he felt this attitud e spread and pretty soon the people arround him were gloomy and depressed. He decided he should act cheerful and confident no matter how bad things looked and no matter how he felt. And this attitude spread, too. Pretty soon other people felt more confident and cheerful. It's the same for us. If we act depressed, or unsure, or angry the peop le around us will be the same. But if we act cheerful, even if we don't feel it, this cheerfulness is catching. Mark W. Arend Beaver Dam Community Library 311 N. Spring St. Outside of a dog, a book is Beaver Dam, Wisc. 53916 man's best friend. Inside of (920) 887-4631 (fax 887-4633) a dog it's too dark to read. --Groucho Marx www.centuryinter.net/bdlib/ Scoutmaster, Troop 736 mailto:arend@centuryinter.net From Scouts-L@tcu.edu Thu Oct 9 08:12:48 1997 Return-Path: Scouts-L@tcu.edu Received: from outbound.Princeton.EDU (outbound.Princeton.EDU [128.112.128.84]) by cap1.CapAccess.org (8.6.12/8.6.10) with ESMTP id IAA10312; Thu, 9 Oct 1997 08:12:48 -0400 Received: from lightpost by outbound.Princeton.EDU with SMTP id <541929-19916>; Thu, 9 Oct 1997 08:04:44 -0400 Received: from pucc.Princeton.EDU (pucc.Princeton.EDU [128.112.129.99]) by outbound.Princeton.EDU (8.8.0/8.6.12) with SMTP id IAA23853; Thu, 9 Oct 1997 08:04:19 -0400 (EDT) Received: from TCUBVM.IS.TCU.EDU (NJE origin MAILER@TCUBVM) by PUCC.PRINCETON.EDU (LMail V1.2a/1.8a) with BSMTP id 4628; Thu, 9 Oct 1997 08:01:20 -0400 Received: from TCUBVM.IS.TCU.EDU (NJE origin LISTSERV@TCUBVM) by TCUBVM.IS.TCU.EDU (LMail V1.2a/1.8a) with BSMTP id 9319; Thu, 9 Oct 1997 07:05:39 -0500 Received: from TCUBVM.IS.TCU.EDU by TCUBVM.IS.TCU.EDU (LISTSERV release 1.8b) with NJE id 9287 for SCOUTS-L@TCUBVM.IS.TCU.EDU; Thu, 9 Oct 1997 07:04:59 -0500 Received: from TCUBVM (NJE origin SMTP@TCUBVM) by TCUBVM.IS.TCU.EDU (LMail V1.2a/1.8a) with BSMTP id 9286; Thu, 9 Oct 1997 06:21:18 -0500 Received: from gmu.edu by tcubvm.is.tcu.edu (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) with TCP; Thu, 09 Oct 97 06:21:16 CDT Received: from groupwise08.gmu.edu by gmu.edu (5.65v4.0/1.1.3.9/GMUv7) id AA11118; Thu, 9 Oct 1997 07:19:29 -0400 Received: from GW08B-Message_Server by WPGATE.GMU.EDU with Novell_GroupWise; Thu, 09 Oct 1997 07:17:30 -0400 X-Mailer: Novell GroupWise 4.1 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Message-ID: Date: Thu, 9 Oct 1997 07:16:47 -0400 Reply-To: TIMOTHY ZICH Sender: Scouts-L Youth Group List From: TIMOTHY ZICH Subject: THE POWER OF THE SCOUTMASTER'S MINUTE To: Multiple recipients of list SCOUTS-L Status: RO X-Status: Last night, for the first time in my 38 years of scouting, I fully = realized the power of the Scoutmaster*s minute. A life scout, who is = close to his Eagle, and who a year ago, I would have sworn would not make = Eagle, came up to me and thanked me for my minute of two weeks ago. He = said, *It was that talk that made me decide to take Jesus as my Savior.* = To say the least, I was speechless, especially since the minute had = nothing to do with religion. I also did not understand that the youth = really did listen to my scoutmaster*s minutes. Before I share that minute, I want to thank all of you who had the healthy = discussion on jewelry and the scout uniform since that is what inspired = this minute which follows: WHY? Over the last couple of days, I have been reading a rather emotional = discussion on wearing jewelry with the Boy Scout uniform. To be specific, = one troop committee has banned the wearing of earrings with the uniform. = I want to know how you feel about this policy. (I spent the next 30 = seconds getting the obvious reaction from scouts, i.e., that it was dumb = and there was no reason for it. I asked a couple of scouts if they looked = at someone differently because they have an earring. In this part of the = country it is common.) I then continued, I want to ask you a question = that I don=27t expect an answer from but I want you to think about it. If = a boy can wear an earring and it doesn*t bother you, then why does it make = a different if someone is in a wheelchair, if someone looks different, if = somebody*s skin is a different color, or if someone talks different? =20 PS You could have heard a pin drop in the room at this point including the = parents who had arrived to pick up their sons.