BRIERCRIER
August 1,
2014, at The Briar's Restaurant, of Briarcliff Manor Rotary
Club Meeting.
TODAY
IN HISTORY
August
2014: The beginning of World War I.
MEETING
LEADER: Ex-Pres. Anne Cargill in absence of President Eric Lebenson
PRAYER:
Anne Cargill Song: Sy Yuter
Prayer: Paul Rosen
ROTARIANS
PRESENT AND HAPPY THOUGHTS: 18 Rotarians present. Speaker
Jim, happy to be here; Paul, being a Mason in a new job; Etrusca is
going to Italy. Plus other happy thoughts not completely
recorded.
GUESTS: None
SPEAKERS
AND SUBJECT: Boy Scouts of America via Senior Executive Jim
Lupfer
SUMMARY OF
TALK
Welcome
to the scouting family, beginning with a video of scout
camps. Scouting started in New York State led by an Englishman, Lord
Baden Powell. It quickly spread throughout the United States via New
Jersey, from where Jim comes. Its premise is "I teach you, you
teach someone else." Its motto is "Be Prepared" now
prepared for life. You can start at 10 and earn merit badges. You
start as tenderfoot, then second class, then first class, then star,
life and eagle. Eagle scouts do well on their applications to
college. A very popular scout camp is Brandt Lake in the Adirondacks.
Scouts pay to go to a boy scout camp. Even Queen Elizabeth of England
is a fan of scouting. Service to the community by the scouts is huge.
Executive get paid, but not very much. Mostly they do it because they
support scouting.
This
Friday (tomorrow) at the Briar's Restaurant, Todd Young on how
college education provides for few if any
maximum
security prisoner returns.
Elinor
Yuter, Reporter
Rachel
Leihbacher, Expediter
