kapan tulisan2 nya akan dibikin? dmar
--- On Thu, 8/7/08, rimata66 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: rimata66 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [Pramuka] Tulisan bagus tentang Rover/Kepenegakan (Kepandegaan) > To: [email protected] > Date: Thursday, August 7, 2008, 9:10 PM > The best-known introduction to the history of Rover > Scouting, can be > found at this location on the internet, the work of a > British Scouting > enthusiast known as "Johnny Walker": > > http://www.scouting .milestones. btinternet. co.uk/rovers. > htm > > The English writer named Gilbert Keith Chesterton once > wrote, that a > man who married the spirit of the age is soon left a widow. > To put it > another way, those who attempt to stay "up to > date" are just as often > OUT of date. It is not uncommon for Scouting programs, > particularly in > the older age groups, to be reinvented every ten years or > so. One must > wonder how much of the reinvention is necessary, to the > extent that > human nature tends to change very little over the course of > a century. > Be that as it may, the "older boy" problem is as > old as Scouting > itself. The participants in the original 1907 Brownsea > Island would > inevitably grow up, and a third of them died fighting for > King and > Country in the great World War. In the USA, Rovering > reached its peak > by 1939, and never recovered after World War II. It was > eventually > absorbed by the old "Explorer Scout" program (now > known as Venturing) > during the "post-war" years. > > There are some aspects of a Rovering program that require > adjustment > to the times. B-P could not have anticipated the large > percentage of > young men (and eventually women) who would leave their > hometowns for > college or otherwise seeking their fortunes, never to > return. In the > UK, "Rover Clubs" were a phenomenon on college > campuses. This role has > largely been replaced in the USA and Philippines, by the > Alpha Phi > Omega fraternity. Influences outside of home, family, > community, and > church, play a greater role in the influence of those who > come of age. > > On the other hand, one can see what has NOT changed. Girls > and boys > grow up to be women and men. While they develop social > relationships > and participate in activities with each other, sometimes > leading to > marriage, there is still a time and place for the > camaraderie of one's > one gender. The saying that "outing is three-fourths > of Scouting" is > still honored by the passing of time, and outdoor skills > remain a > means of developing self-reliance for those of all ages. > While being > part of a uniformed organization may not be perceived as > fashionable > among peers outside of the program, it still fosters esprit > de corps > from within. > > It seems to me, that to maintain the long-term stability of > a Scouting > program, requires the proper distinction between genuine > cultural > trends, and the cosmetic nature of fads or fashion. > > David L Alexander, OA '69, Eagle '71, RS '05 > International Commissioner, USR > Chief Commissioner, RSA > > > ------------------------------------ > > --------------------- > Be Prepared > Sekali Pramuka tetap Pramuka > --------------------- > > Pramuka email addresses: > Post message: [email protected] > Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ---------------------Yahoo! Groups Links > > >
