Cub Scout Pack 1970

Ardmore Elementary, St. Clair Shores, MI
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Cool Facts

"One Hundred Scouts"

Of any one hundred boys who become Scouts, it must be confessed that thirty will drop out in their first year.  Perhaps this may be regarded as a failure, but later in life, all of these will remember that they had been in Scouting and will speak well of the program.

 

Of the one hundred, only rarely will one ever appear before a juvenile court judge.  Twelve of the one hundred will be from families that belong to no church.  Through Scouting, these twelve and many of their families will be brought into contact with a church and will continue to be active all their lives. Six of the one hundred will become pastors.

 

Each of the one hundred will learn something from Scouting, and all will develop hobbies that will add interest throughout the rest of their lives.  Approximately one-half will serve in the military, and in varying degrees, profit from their Scout training.  At least one will use it to save another person's life, and many may credit it for saving their own.

 

Four of the one hundred will reach Eagle rank, and at least one will later say that he valued his Eagle above his college degree.  Many will find their future vocation through merit badge work and Scouting contacts. Seventeen of the one hundred boys will become adult leaders and will give leadership to thousands of additional boys.

 

One in four boys in America will become Scouts, but it is interesting to know that of the leaders of this nation in business, religion and politics, three out of four were Scouts.

 

This story will never end.  Like the 'Golden Pebble' of service dropped into the human sea, it will continue to radiate in ever-widening circles, influencing the characters of men through unending time."

Scouting's Bottom Line

What happens to a Scout? For every 100 boys who join Scouting, records indicate that:

 

  • RARELY will one be brought before the juvenile court system
  • 2 will become Eagle Scouts
  • 17 will become future Scout volunteers
  • 12 will have their first contact with a church
  • 1 will enter the clergy
  • 5 will earn their church award
  • 18 will develop a hobby that will last through their adult life
  • 8 will enter a vocation that was learned through the merit badge system
  • 1 will use his Scouting skills to save his own life
  • 1 will use his Scouting skills to save the life of another person

 

Scouting's alumni record is equally impressive. A recent nation-wide survey of high schools revealed the following information:

 

  • 85% of student council presidents were Scouts
  • 89% of senior class presidents were Scouts
  • 80% of junior class presidents were Scouts
  • 75% of school publication editors were Scouts
  • 71% of football captains were Scouts
Scouts also account for:

 

  • 64% of Air Force Academy graduates
  • 68% of West Point graduates
  • 70% of Annapolis graduates
  • 72% of Rhodes Scholars
  • 85% of F.B.I. agents
  • 26 of the first 29 were astronauts


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Note: Since this was written the percentage of Eagle Scouts has climbed to nearly 4%. The Eagle Scout Service in 1997 announced that the figure was 3.89%.

"Scouts In Space"

Apollo 12 -- Scouts in space   11/14/1969  11/ 24/69

Charles Conrad Jr.—Cub Scout 
Richard Gordan—Star Scout 
Alan Bean -- 1st Class Scout 

 

 

Let's look at some numbers first, approximately 10% of America's youth is in scouting.

 

Of the 293 former and current Astronauts 201 were former scouts about 70% and 39 of them were Eagle Scouts about 13%

 

11 of the 12 Astronauts who walked on the moon were scouts. Two were Eagle Scouts. If Apollo 13 had landed on the moon, Jim Lovell, an Eagle Scout, would have been the third.

 

The Apollo 12 space mission was the second mission to the moon and flew from November 14 to November 24, 1969. The three Astronuats that went to the moon presented a plaque to President Nixon when they returned to Earth. The plaque was a simple one, but special, since it too, flew to the moon and back with the Astronauts. The plaque had the BSA logo, the Apollo 13 Mission Patch, and the Space Exploration Merit Badge and looked similar tol this.

 

Nixon said that as he looked at that plaque, he thought, "These men went to the moon, one of the greatest achievements in the history of mankind, and the one thing they wanted to bring was something that showed they were once Scouts. No matter where they went, or how old they were, they remembered their time as Scouts."

Space Shuttle Columbia-In Remembrance

All Americans on the crew were in Scouting.

Commander:

Pilot:

Payload Commander:

Mission Specialist:

 Mission Specialist:

Rick Husband, 2nd Class Scout

William McCool, Eagle Scout

Michael Anderson, Webelos

David Brown, Life Scout

Laurel Clark, Girl Scout