312 REPORTS ON THE STATE OF SCIENCE. — 1920. 



Scout-craft. 



For two years, 1916-18, one hour per week of the school time-table was 

 devoted to scout-craft. Boys were trained and drafted into regular troops. 

 The advantages of working as a preparatory organisation for feeding other 

 troops instead of running a regular school troop are : — 



1. Boys over 14 years of age could continue as members of the troops they 



join, and so avoid the ' break ' when leaving school. 



2. Most of the better boys of the school leave for secondary schools, and could 



continue scout-training only as members of regular troops. 



3. A troop run as part of school-work would always be associated with ' com- 



pulsion. ' 

 Objects of system : 



1. To develop character, work, self-training. 



2. To counteract ' cinemas,' discourage idleness and thriftlessness. 



3. To interest boys in Boy Scout and Boys' Brigade organisations. 



4. To draft boys into local troops. 

 Membership : 



1. Any boy in Standard V. and upwards may be a candidate. 



2. He is admitted after one month's home-work as a 'test.' 

 Method : 



I. Weekly meeting of one hour for instruction, including : 



1. Talks on lines of Scout yarns. 



2. Preliminary tests for Tenderfoot badge. 



3. Talks on troops in Cardiff. 



4. Practical work, such as 



(a) Knot-making ; 



(b) Flag-sketching; 



(c) Signalling; 



(d) Map-reading; 



(e) Use of the compass. 



5. In most cases the leader of each patrol was responsible for training the 



boys in his section. 



II. Patrols. 



1. There were six patrols — A, B, C, D, E, F. 



2. Each patrol had its leader, second, third, &c. 



3. Leaders and seconds acted as school prefects. 



4. Each boy had a note-book (ordinary exercise book) in which he kept a 



record of work done at home. 



5. The books were marked by the leaders. 



6. In addition to ordinary school-work the following were accepted as 



satisfactory ' home ' work : 

 (a) Model-making ; 

 (6) Sketching; 



(c) Hobbies; 



(d) Choir-practice ; 



(e) Music lessons ; 



(/) Attendances at churches ; 



ig) Attendances at Scout or other organisations. 



The High School of Glasgow. 



Extract from Prospectus for 1914-15. 

 Prefects. 



Prefects are divided into two classes — ^Form and School. 



Each Form has two prefects, one chosen by the master, the other by the 

 Form, subject to the veto of the master. These should be boys who have most 

 distinguished themselves for public spirit. In consultation with the master 

 they are responsible for — 



3. The efficient government of the Form in the master's absence. 



2 The general welfare of the Form. 



They will be under the command of the school prefects for police duty. 



