Scout Reviewer for OUTDOORSMAN~~~

by: Scout Explorer Sean Paul Andrei F. Diaz of San Antonio National High School, Makati City For more info. visit www.mbcenter.org Outdoorsman, Airman, Seaman Scout Rank For a period of at least six-(6) months as a holder of the Pathfinder Scout Rank , do the following: Senior Scout Ideals Satisfy your parents and Scout Leaders, that you are doing you best to live by the Scout Oath and Law and the Senior Scout Code. Attend regularly the religious services of your Faith. Bring a friend of the same Faith with you. Convince your Crew members that you have developed the personal values of co urtesy, respect, industry, and cooperation through your behavior and ineraction with them. Social Activities Demonstrate proper conduct in boarding and alighting from a conveyance with a lady and/or an elderly person, and proper decorum when you meet someone you kn ow on the street. Vocational Activities Using your 3-year vocational plan developed in the Pathfinder rank, explore and report on at least five- (5) occupations in your choosen field, indicating t he job opportunities, preparations and training involved, and promotions within each occupation. Service Activities With your Crew, plan and participate in a special community service project such as reforestration, garbage disposal, soil/water conservation, healthful env ironment information campaign, etc. Outdoor/Indoor Activities On a 3-day hike or camping expedition, draw a road map of at least 3 kilomet ers, showing important features within 20 meters on both sides, using compass be arings and distances, and indicating conventional signs and familiar landmarks; OR with your Scout Examiner, take a visitor on a tour of your own town or provin ce pointing out the significant tourist spots and landmarks and explaining their history or significance. Earn the following merit badges in addition to those previously earned: Citi zenship in the Nation, Physical Fitness , Weather Merit Badges. For Land Scout s pecialization also earn the Swimming, and Soil and Water Conservation. For Air S cout specialization also earn the Airplan Modelling and Electricity. For Sea Sco ut specialization also earn the Survival Swimming and Boating.

Physical Fitness******************* Submit evidence of your general medical examination done within the year. St ate what has been or will be done to correct conditions needing remedial measure s. Do the following: Have yourself examined by your dentist. Tell how to care for your teeth. Tell about your daily health habits and the care of your skin, hands, fi ngernails, toenails, eyes, ears and nose. Explain how to ventilate a sleeping room properly. Give the number of hours of sleep needed by a person of your age. Explain why a person should sleep by hi mself and what distance should separate your bed from others. Explain and how pr oper breathing and how it affects health. Explain the following: How disease is spread by drinking water, common drinking cups, dirty dis hes, dirty dish towels, soiled bath towels, unpasteurized milk and personal cont acts The essential foods for the daily diet of a person of your age and why y ou should observe good eating habits Diseases against which you may be immunized or protected How the use of alcohol, tobacco and drugs can be harmful to you The value of clean moral habits to general health Do the following: Record your best scores in the following tests: push-ups, jump-reach, ru n-walks and sit-ups Set goals to reach during the next 30 days Do daily exercise and keep a record for 30 days or until your goals are met. With your Outfit Advisor and Counselor, accomplish the following physical fi tness tests. (Earn a minimum of not less than 200 points which must come from no t more than five events): Physical Fitness Test #1 - Swimming (50 points maximum) 15 meters speed swim - 5 points for each second faster than 25 secon ds Distance Swim - 50 points for swimming 500 meters, 25 points for swi mming 250 meters Physical Fitness Test #2 - Arm Strength (50 points maximum) Pull-Ups - 10 points for each pull-up Push-Ups - 2 points for each push-up Archery - 5 points for every bulls-eye Physical Fitness Test #3 - Abdominal Power (50 points maximum) Bent-Knee Sit-Ups - 1 point for each sit-up Physical Fitness Test #4 - Speed Running (50 points maximum) 50-Yard Dash - 2 points for each 1/10 of a second faster than 11 sec onds 40-Yard Shuttle Run - 2 points for each 1/10 second faster than 15 s econds Physical Fitness Test #5 - Endurance Running or Walking (50 points maxim um) 600-Yard Run-Walk - 1 point for each second faster than 3 minutes an d thirty seconds One-Kilometer Walk - 10 points for each minute faster than 20 minute

s Physical Fitness Test #6 - Jumping (50 points maximum) Standing Long Jump - 5 points for each inch over 4 feet Vertical Jump and Reach - 5 points for each inch over 7 inches Physical Fitness Test #7 - Body Coordination (50 points maximum) Basketball Throw - 2 points for each foot over 30 feet Softball Throw - 1 point for each foot over 70 feet Archery - 5 points for every bulls-eye Explain in a discussion with your Counselor, how a Scout can serve others by being physically fit.

Soil and Water Conservation***************************** Define what is soil. Explain how soil is formed. Explain the importance of c onserving soil. Do the following: Collect and identify various kinds of rocks from which soil is formed Present samples of three classifications of soil - sand, silt and clay. Explain their relationship with water Explain and show why soil fertility is important to soil conservation. Demonstrate and explain any three (3) of the following: Why organic matter called "humus" is important to soil How living organisms like earthworms, play an important ng soil Beneficial effects of compost heap when added to soil How indiscriminate burning of grass and leaves of trees aingin" cause soil erosion Name three kinds of soil erosion, describe each and how ented or controlled What is a gully (or dongas)? Describe how a gully could

role in conservi or plants and "k they can be prev be healed.

Make a drawing showing the water cycle and explain. Explain why a disturbanc e in the water cycle is a threat to man. Show and explain any three (3) of the following: The importance of water to man The disastrous effects of water pollution to man How water is polluted in rivers or streams. What pollution does to fish and wildlife, swimming, water or homes, farms and factories The three steps of waste water treatment What is a watershed? How removal of vegetation will affect the way water runs off a watershed At least five (5) ways of conserving water

Swimming***************** (These tests must be performed before a Counselor who is a recognized swimmi ng instructor of the Philippine National Red Cross or who holds an Aquatic Schoo l Certificate for Swimming from the Boy Scouts of the Philippines) Swim 100 meters in good form using the following strokes for at least the di stance specified:

Side-Stroke - 20 meters Elementary Back Stroke - 20 meters Breast-Stroke - 60 meters Surface dive in two meters in water and recover an object from the bottom In water two or more meters deep, while fully dressed, remove trousers, tie an overhand knot on the bottom of each leg, inflate trousers and float motionles s for one minute using the inflate trousers as buoys; or while dressed as above, tread water, inflate shirt and float motionless for one minute. Rest motionless in the water, or as nearly so as possible, at any angle, for one minute Enter water without sound, swim silently without splash for fifteen (15) met ers (with breast stoke or dog paddle) leave water without sound. While swimming, submerge quickly (using both surface dive jackknife and duck dive and feet first method), swim three strokes forward under water, return to the surface and at signal, repeat three (3) times. In deep water, remove street clothes (to include socks, shoes, trousers, shi rts, sweater or sweatshirt) and swim forty (40) meters.

Weather*************** Show that you know the composition of the air, referring to both constant an d variable elements of the air, and what functions each performs. Tell how the following are formed: moisture, fog, hail, rain, and snow. Explain the electrical and optical phenomena in the air - such as rainbows, mirages, looming, halos, lighting and thunder. Describe as many of the above as you have seen. Describe the use and how to read a barometer, thermometer, anemometer, hygro meter, and rain gauge. Make a simple weather vane. Be conversant with storm/weat her signals. Do any one of the following: Write a simple statement on the climate of the Philippines. Tell the value of weather prediction. Write a brief account of the Phili ppine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) - stating what daily, weekly, or monthly publications are prepared and distribut ed by it. Be able to interpret the chart and graphs contained in these publicati on. Keep a daily record for a month of the following: dew or fog in the morn ing; at a specific hour each day, the direction and force of the wind; the tempe rature and kinds of clouds (if any) in the sky. Name some places where, during severe thunderstorms, the danger from lightin g is great; some places, where the danger is small. Show a knowledge of the causes and usual origins and trajectories or paths o f typhoons in the Philippines.

PHILIPPINE SCOUTING MOVEMENT~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Founding of the Movement Robert returned to England, immediately following the Boer War (1903). He was su rprise to learn that the British schools were using his book, "Aids to Scouting" as the material to teach British students lessons on deduction and observation. He was invited by Sir William Smith to review the rally of his youth organizatio n known as the Boys' Brigade. Robert commented that the Boys' Brigade would have more than twice its number if there were more activities for the boys to enjoy. Smith then recommended that Robert should re-write his military manual into a b ook to fit the needs of boys. He did just that. After completing his revisions and t his ideas through an experiment. in Brownsea Island from July 31 to st of the island and the boys were and Ravens. before publishing it, Robert wanted to try ou He invited a group of 22 boys to have a camp August 9, 1907. The set camp on the south coa grouped into patrols: Wolves, Bulls, Curlews,

The success of the camp was followed by the publication of "Scouting for Boys." It appeared first in pamphlet form, all six in all (January 1908) and appeared o n book form four months later. But it was never Robert's intention to organize his own youth movement. His inte ntion was for his ideas to be used by existing youth organization to beef up the ir programs. With the book published, boys all over England have formed their patrols on thei r own and doing the things on the book. After publishing Scouting notes for adul ts, patrols banded together under the supervision of adults to form troops. Soon , the need for organization was evident as the number of troops kept on growing. Robert Baden-Powell founded the Boy Scouting Movement in 1908. The Movement swif tly grew in number, not only within the British Empire, but also in other nation s. From "History of Scouting" from the "Notes on Scouting" series of handouts by Ja y Lee. The First World Jamboree It is generally accepted that the 1920s were the most important period in Scouti ng history. With the end of the 1914-1918 war, the sympathetic but slightly mock ing attitude of the public changed into respect and even admiration. This was the ideal time for Robert to launch his project for the great internati onal "Jamboree" - a rarely used expression he borrowed from American slang and m eaning noisy revelry, carousel or spree. This is how he described his intentions : "I should like to explain that the word 'international' has been introduced in to the description of Jamboree with the idea of showing that we welcome to it Sc outs from all parts of the world, if they can come ... not only those who were o ur close allies but also those who remained neutral and even those who were for the time being our enemies where they exist." An enormous feat of organization, the first Jamboree was held from July 30, to A ugust 8, 1920. Robert himself played the key role as General Commissioner. The O rganizing Secretary was A. G. Wade, a former Secretary of the Association back f rom the war with the rank of Commander. A first-class man, Wade stayed with Scou

ting for life. His wife Eileen also caught the Scouting bug and was private secr etary to Robert for 27 years. Some 8,000 Scouts turned up from 21 independent countries and 12 British depende ncies. About 5,000 camped, the rest lodging in makeshift boarding houses or at t he vast Olympia Hall in London where the Jamboree took place. The festivities la sted for eight days. Hardly a Jamboree in the strict sense of the term, it was a combination of exhibition, fairground and parades on a vast scale with an infin ite variety of games, sports, Scouting skills and singing, and stage shows. Desp ite the heavy rain, this first Jamboree was an impressive demonstration of inter national Scout fraternity. It proved that 12 years after the foundation of the M ovement and only two years after the war's end, Scouting could unite the nations in one uniform and in a common spirit of peace and friendship. The Jamboree was viewed well by the public. The presence of the reigning monarch and two heirs t o the British throne gave it the seal of royal approval and proved that Scouting was taken seriously even in high places. At the height of the festivities, an amusing suggestion was put forward by James E. West, Chief Scout Executive of the Boy Scouts of America who were present in force with a high-level contingent. An American lawyer, West was another who ha d recently accepted a so-called limited assignment of six months with the Scout Movement and found himself still there 32 years later. His proposal, made half i n jest and half seriously, was that Robert should be awarded the title of Great Indian Chief. Robert found the idea amusing but during the initiation ceremony t he following day, one of the young Scouts in the huge audience suddenly shouted "Long live the Chief Scout of the World." The cry was taken up by thousands, and on

BOYSCOUT OF THE PHILLIPINES The Boy Scouts of the Philippines It was apparent from the start that the goal of the Philippine Council BSA was t he eventual turnover of the Scouting Movement to Filipino hands. The close colla boration of the Filipino and American members of the Council facilitated the app roval of Commonwealth Act No. 111 establishing the Boy Scouts of the Philippines . The fast Filipinization of the Council can be attributed to Col. Joseph Emile Ha milton Stevenot, the American Executive Vice-President and General Manager of th e Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT). He "sacrificed a great deal of his time, effort and even money" to work for the grant of autonomy to Philip pine Scouting. It was under Stevenot's stwardship that the Philippine Council BS A drafted the BSP bill and it was the American himself who lobbied in the Nation al Assembly and in the office of the President for its approval. The bill was sponsored on the floor by Assemblyman Thomas Confesor of Iloilo, an d was passed into law as Commonwealth Act No. 111 by President Manuel L. Quezon on October 31, 1936. The incorporators were Joseph Stevenot, Arsenio Luz, Carlos Romulo, Vicente Lim, Manuel Camus, Jorge Vargas, and Gabriel Daza. They are known today as the chart er members and founding fathers of the BSP. On December 31, 1937 the Philippine Council BSA turned over complete control of the Scouting organization to the BSP. On January 1, 1938, a formal ceremony was held in front of the Legislative Building in Manila to inaugurate the establishm ent of the Boy Scouts of the Philippines. Exequiel Villacorta, who trained for s

ix months at the U.S. National Training School at Schiff Scout Reservation in 19 37, took over as Chief Scout Executive. World War II It soon became apparent that war was imminent with the U.S. having difficulty de aling with Japan's increasing bellingerence. The BSP accordingly set up and bega n implementing an Emergency Service Training Program, so that when the Pacific w ar broke out with the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 8, 1941, ther e were Boy Scouts and Scouters who were prepared to handle emergencies. By this time the BSP had a membership of 36,201. Instantly, before national control of the local councils was disrupted by the Ja panese occupation of Manila in January 1942, the Boy Scout Emergency Service Cor ps was formed. Scouts stopped wearing their uniforms because it was dangerous to be mistaken for soldiers in khaki. Also the Japanese explicitly instructed to s top all Scouting activities including the wearing of uniforms. Boy Scouts helped the Red Cross volunteers in administering first aid to the wounded and putting out fires. Those qualified joined the underground and some of them perished in t he line of duty. There are numerous accounts of Scout heroism during the war. One such act was th at of 31-year old Valeriano Abello who, through semaphore, signaled that the U.S . Navy guns were hitting the wrong places and redirected their fire. The Navy sh ip signaled back "Who are you?" and he replied "BSA". Evidently he was a scout o f the Philippine Council BSA. He was awarded with the BSP's Gold Medal of Honor.