The History of

Scouting

CATALINA O. DUQUE
 SCOUTING began because of:

A man Lord Baden-Powell

Brown Sea Island – where an idea was tested

An island and found effective

A book Aids to Scouting

Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden Powell
• The man was such a hero that young people
and adults idolized him

• The island where an idea was tested and found

an effective. An idea which came out of the
man’s life, the influences of family culture, his
experience in military and his desire to improve
the deplorable condition of the youth in British
Society.

• The book where the tested idea was written.

 Lt. Gen. Sir Robert Stephenson
Smith Baden-Powell
He was born on February 22, 1857

He was the fifth of seven children

Father: Rev. Herbert George Baden-Powell, an
Oxford Professor , a great naturalist and a lover of
God
Mother: Henrietta Grace Smith , a daughter of
Admiral W.T Smith of British navy
- both parents shared ideas- Religion, Education
and bringing children that were very much of
their time.
 Lt. Gen. Sir Robert Stephenson
Smith Baden-Powell
Their father often took the boys for long walks in
the country and tell them delightful stories of the
life of plants and animals.

On these expeditions, they found many strange

flowers, plants, butterflies, and birds eggs to add
to their father’s collection or their own.

B.P. ‘s father died when he was three.

When BP was only eight years old he wrote a
law which he entitled:

“ Laws for me when I grow old”

“I will have the poor to be as rich as we are.
And they ought by right to be happy as we are.
And all who go across the crossings shall give
the poor crossing sweeper some money and you
ought to thank God for what he has given us.
Now I will tell you. You must pray to God
wherever you can but you cannot good only by
praying but you must try so hard to be good."
 School Influences
When he was 11, B.P. went to Rosehill
School at Tunbridge Wells.
He was 13 years of age when he joined
the old and famous school.
When he was fifteen, the school was
moved to Goddalming Surrey with its
mysterious small woods called the
‘copse’
 School Influences
He was not outstanding either in work or
play.
But his housemaster said that young B.P.
had all the qualities of a leader. Because
he excelled in arts and in English.
B.P. did not like being good at just one
thing but enjoyed whatever the day
brought forth.
 The Boys Brigade
From the point of view of scouting,
however, the most important happening
at Mafeking was the role played by the
boys there, for it was obviously from
these boys that the idea of Scouting for
boys sprung.
BP wrote thus, “Every man was of value,
and as their number gradually got less,
owing to men getting killed and wounded,
the duties of fighting and keeping watch at
night got harder for the rest.
 The Boys Brigade

It was then that Lord Edward Cecil, the

Chief Staff Officer, got together the boys of
the place and made them into a cadet
corps, put them in uniform, and trained
them.
 Siege Lifted

The gallant stand of the defenders of

Mafeking became a symbol of the quality
of British manhood that it became a word
in everyone’s lips. This perhaps explains
the tremendous surge of excitement that
overcame the people of Great Britain
when eventually Mafeking was relieved.
 Siege Lifted
In the calm of twilight of the evening of
the 16th of May 1900. a dozen men trotted
into the square of Mafeking and
dismounted.
Among the officers was Baden, the
youngest of B.P.’s brothers.
BP : British National Hero

BP became a National hero.

Queen Victoria promoted BP to
Major- General. The youngest
general in the British Army at
the age of 43
The Genesis of an Idea

Scouting began as an idea coming

out of B.P.s experiences during his
growing up years and in the military
in India and in Africa. These taught
him that the best way to get people to
do things is to make them want to do
those things. Thus, a philosophy of
training was evolved.
The Genesis of an Idea

1. Training should be fun

2. Training should be carried out in
small groups preferably in
competition of each other.
3. Training should encourage self
discipline and self-reliance.
The Genesis of an Idea
Using this philosophy, those who
successfully pass the training were
given the title SCOUT and the right to
wear a distinguished badge in the
shape of Fleur delis.
This same method and philosophy he also
used in the training of the South African
Constabulary which in many aspects could be
considered as a dry run for Scouting and
chose “Be Prepared” as their slogan
The Genesis of an Idea
When B.P. returned to London in 1903,
he saw a transformed society. He saw
the extent of the trade depression and
unemployment that followed the Boer
war.
“thousands of boys and young men,
pale, narrow chested, miserable
specimens, smoking endless cigarettes,
numbers of them betting”
The Genesis of an Idea
It was not surprising then that he was
greatly impressed when he attended
the annual demonstration of the Boy’s
Brigade of Sir William Smyth.

Some 7,000 boys out of 54,000 members

were present. B.P congratulated Sir William
for the turn out.
The Acorn that Grew into a mighty
tree and covered the world
B.P mulled over the problem for two
years and not until April of 1906 did he
manage to sketch out some programme
suggestions which he sent to Sir
William Smyth.
History of KAB Scouting
KAB scouting started as wall Cubbing in
England in 1914, B.P began
entertaining with a program for youth
boys w/c he called “Wolf Cubs”

B.P –” Scouting for Boys”, he described Scouts

as Wolves, the red indian title for a good
scout.
History of KAB Scouting
B.P injected a romantic “make –
believe” background

Mougli, was thought the law of the jungle w/c

was like the Scout Law, Stated in Different
terms
History of KAB Scouting
The Mougli Stories were in the Jungle
Book written by a friend of B.B Budyard
kipling

When B.P explained his plan for forming

Packs of Wolf Cubs as a junior section to Boy
Scout , Kipling gladly agreed that the Mougli
Stories, together with all the colorful jungle
character the ceremonies and fun, should be
used as the background for wolf cubs.
History of KAB Scouting
In 1916, B.P formally introduced the
Wolf Cub Program with the publication
of his book”Wolf Cub Handbook”

One problem that the programencountered

was lack of male leaders.
History of KAB Scouting
in 1962, the BSP introduce the
revitalized Cub Scouting Program that
conformed to our own culture.

Without deviating the internationally

accepted aim and principle, a scheme was
devised to meet the characteristics and needs
of Filipino boys, emphasizing the tradition
and culture of our own people.
History of KAB Scouting
Cub Scouting program underwent
revisions in 1974 (New Direction
inPhilippines Scouting) and then 1987 (
New Horizon In Scouting)
The present program approved and
implemented in 1992 brings back the
symbolism of the Usa(deer) I the program
introduced in 1962.
To date the program is officially named KAB
Scout Section
August 1-9 , 1907 - BP gathered
20 boys to Brownsea Island in
Poole Harbor, off the Southern
coast of England for the 1st Boy
Scout camp

January 1908 - BP book

“Scouting for Boys” began to appear
in the bookstores and newsstand in
England ,and it became an instant
best-seller
 It became evident that BP
created something important that would
require his complete attention : in 1910 BP
retired from the British army to devote his
time in the movement.

With the cooperation; of the Young Men’s

Christian Association (YMCA), Lord Baden-
Powell organized the British Boy-Scouts
Association in 1908.

- The movement reached America in 1910.

“ T h e s t r e n g t h of a
na t io n d o e s no t d e p e nd
on t h e s t r e n g t h of i t s
a r m a m e n t s but on t h e
s t re ng t h o f t h e c h a ra c t e r
of i t s p e o p l e ”

-Baden Powell