Lion Cub Scout Book 1948
This is copied out of a 1948 Lion Cub Scout Book 1948
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| THE LAW OF THE PACK The Cub Scout FOLLOWS Akala The Cub Scout HELPS the Pack go The Pack HELPS the Cub Scout grow The Cub Scout GIVES good will |
| THE CUB SCOUT PROMISE I _______________ promise to DO MY BEST and to be square and to OBEY the Law of the Pack |
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| LION ACHIEVEMENTS 1. Feats of Skill 7. Scrapbook 2. Flag 8. Knots 3. Keeping Strong 9. Safety 4. Helps 10. Family Fun 5. Tools 11. Know Your Neighborhood 6. Collections 12. Reading |
FEATS OF SKILL
ACHIEVEMENT 1
Now you're eleven years old, and the stunts which you did as a Wolf and Bear
have helped to make you stronger and more nimble. The first Lion stunt is a
real muscle builder. Start early. When you get tired, it's time to stop. Add a few
more times to you record every day.
If you choose swimming in this rank it will give you a chance to learn more
about the different swimming stokes. Use the one which seems best for you.
Complete any three of the following:
1. Lie on your back with your hands under your hips. With knees stiff, raise
your legs straight up, then lower them. Practice until you can do it 20 times.
2. Play a game of "hang tag" with members of your Den.
3. "Shinny" a 12-foot rope.
4. Do a running broad jump at least 1 1/2 times your height.
5. Float in water two minutes as motionless as possible, then swim fifty feet
using any stroke. Have an adult, who can swim well, with you.
Note to Parents. Where a licensed physician certifies that the Cub Scout's physical
condition for an indeterminable time doesn't permit him to do three of the requirements in
this Achievement, the Cubmaster and the Pack Committee may authorize substitutions of
any three of the Arrow Point Electives.
ACHIEVEMENT 1
Now you're eleven years old, and the stunts which you did as a Wolf and Bear
have helped to make you stronger and more nimble. The first Lion stunt is a
real muscle builder. Start early. When you get tired, it's time to stop. Add a few
more times to you record every day.
If you choose swimming in this rank it will give you a chance to learn more
about the different swimming stokes. Use the one which seems best for you.
Complete any three of the following:
1. Lie on your back with your hands under your hips. With knees stiff, raise
your legs straight up, then lower them. Practice until you can do it 20 times.
2. Play a game of "hang tag" with members of your Den.
3. "Shinny" a 12-foot rope.
4. Do a running broad jump at least 1 1/2 times your height.
5. Float in water two minutes as motionless as possible, then swim fifty feet
using any stroke. Have an adult, who can swim well, with you.
Note to Parents. Where a licensed physician certifies that the Cub Scout's physical
condition for an indeterminable time doesn't permit him to do three of the requirements in
this Achievement, the Cubmaster and the Pack Committee may authorize substitutions of
any three of the Arrow Point Electives.
FLAG
ACHIEVEMENT 2
A Cub Scout tries to feel friendly toward all nations, but there may be some
that you are especially interested in. It may be because your parents or your
grandparents, or some of the people living in your neighborhood, came from
these countries. It may even be because you like the things which people do
in these favorite lands of yours.
For your Lion Flag Achievement you are asked to draw flags of five nations
you are interested in. Perhaps you will choose countries where you have
Brother Scouts - countries like Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Great Britain, France
and many others.
When you look at the flag of a country, it tells you something about the
people and history of that country. That's why flags are so interesting.
Decide which five nations interest you most. Then ask your teacher or
librarian for a book showing the flags of all countries. One place you can find
them is in the front of Webster's New International Dictionary.
You'll have fun drawing and coloring the flags, and they'll look nice on your
wall or in your scrapbook.
1. Demonstrate how to fold the Flag.
2. Draw flags of five nations you are interested in. Hang these drawings
with an American Flag in your room or put them in your scrapbook.
3. Help conduct a Pack Flag ceremony.
ACHIEVEMENT 2
A Cub Scout tries to feel friendly toward all nations, but there may be some
that you are especially interested in. It may be because your parents or your
grandparents, or some of the people living in your neighborhood, came from
these countries. It may even be because you like the things which people do
in these favorite lands of yours.
For your Lion Flag Achievement you are asked to draw flags of five nations
you are interested in. Perhaps you will choose countries where you have
Brother Scouts - countries like Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Great Britain, France
and many others.
When you look at the flag of a country, it tells you something about the
people and history of that country. That's why flags are so interesting.
Decide which five nations interest you most. Then ask your teacher or
librarian for a book showing the flags of all countries. One place you can find
them is in the front of Webster's New International Dictionary.
You'll have fun drawing and coloring the flags, and they'll look nice on your
wall or in your scrapbook.
1. Demonstrate how to fold the Flag.
2. Draw flags of five nations you are interested in. Hang these drawings
with an American Flag in your room or put them in your scrapbook.
3. Help conduct a Pack Flag ceremony.
HELPS
ACHIEVEMENT 4
Your Church or Synagogue is a friendly place, and you will be spending
some time in it all your life. This is your chance to get better acquainted so that
you can get the most out of it.
In the Lion Helps Achievement you will do your part in your Church or
Synagogue. This means you will take part in the religious services and other
activities. Perhaps you can help your Church or Synagogue in a food or
clothing collection, or by earning and giving money. You may even be able to
take on some special good will activity, such as cutting the lawn or passing
our notices.
It won't be long now before you will become a Boy Scout, so you should do a
better job than ever of following the Cub Scout Promise and the Law of the
Pack. This will help you to be ready to follow the Scout Oath and Scout Law
when you are twelve, as you will find out when you begin to work on your
Webelos Requirements.
1. Take part in the activities of your Church or Synagogue.
2. Do your best to live up to the Cub Scout Promise and the Law of the Pack.
ACHIEVEMENT 4
Your Church or Synagogue is a friendly place, and you will be spending
some time in it all your life. This is your chance to get better acquainted so that
you can get the most out of it.
In the Lion Helps Achievement you will do your part in your Church or
Synagogue. This means you will take part in the religious services and other
activities. Perhaps you can help your Church or Synagogue in a food or
clothing collection, or by earning and giving money. You may even be able to
take on some special good will activity, such as cutting the lawn or passing
our notices.
It won't be long now before you will become a Boy Scout, so you should do a
better job than ever of following the Cub Scout Promise and the Law of the
Pack. This will help you to be ready to follow the Scout Oath and Scout Law
when you are twelve, as you will find out when you begin to work on your
Webelos Requirements.
1. Take part in the activities of your Church or Synagogue.
2. Do your best to live up to the Cub Scout Promise and the Law of the Pack.
KNOTS
ACHIEVEMENT 8
Were you ever playing with a piece of rope when the ends began to untwist
until you just didn't have any rope left? If you learn to whip the end of a rope,
that won't happen. It isn't hard to do, and it's something that will help you often.
Another thing that's going to be a lot of fun in this Achievement is making a
rope machine. You can make a piece of rope for yourself easily, and it will be
strong, too. All you need is some good heavy string and your own homemade
machine. When you begin to make a rope you will need somebody to help
you. Your Dad would be a good person. Ask him.
1. Whip the end of a rope to keep it from untwisting.
2. Make a rope machine and use it to make a two or three strand rope about
four feet long.
ACHIEVEMENT 8
Were you ever playing with a piece of rope when the ends began to untwist
until you just didn't have any rope left? If you learn to whip the end of a rope,
that won't happen. It isn't hard to do, and it's something that will help you often.
Another thing that's going to be a lot of fun in this Achievement is making a
rope machine. You can make a piece of rope for yourself easily, and it will be
strong, too. All you need is some good heavy string and your own homemade
machine. When you begin to make a rope you will need somebody to help
you. Your Dad would be a good person. Ask him.
1. Whip the end of a rope to keep it from untwisting.
2. Make a rope machine and use it to make a two or three strand rope about
four feet long.
KNOW YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD
ACHIEVEMENT 11
Did you ever watch a train go through your town or an airplane fly over? Didn't
you ever wonder where they were going? Wouldn't it be interesting to fine out?
Find out about the railroads, buses, and airplanes that go through or over
your town. Then try to plan a trip going to some of the places they might take
you. You will be surprised to find how much quicker you can go by plane than
by train, and you will know after this when you see a plane go over your house
where it is going and where it came from. Some day you'll be flying, and it's
good to find out about it now.
1. Find out some of the railroads, bus lines, or airlines that pass through your
city or town or near it, and discover some of the places where they go.
2. Try your hand at using timetables by planning a trip from your home or
nearest station to a city in another state by railroad, bus or airline.
3. Find out what it costs per mile to travel by bus, railroad or plane.
ACHIEVEMENT 11
Did you ever watch a train go through your town or an airplane fly over? Didn't
you ever wonder where they were going? Wouldn't it be interesting to fine out?
Find out about the railroads, buses, and airplanes that go through or over
your town. Then try to plan a trip going to some of the places they might take
you. You will be surprised to find how much quicker you can go by plane than
by train, and you will know after this when you see a plane go over your house
where it is going and where it came from. Some day you'll be flying, and it's
good to find out about it now.
1. Find out some of the railroads, bus lines, or airlines that pass through your
city or town or near it, and discover some of the places where they go.
2. Try your hand at using timetables by planning a trip from your home or
nearest station to a city in another state by railroad, bus or airline.
3. Find out what it costs per mile to travel by bus, railroad or plane.
READING
ACHIEVEMENT 12
What would you like to know? Why the wind blows? Why the ocean is salty?
Why you see lightning before you hear the thunder? Why a cat's eyes gleam
in the dark?
Books give you the answers. That's why it's fun to read. Ask your teacher or
librarian to show you how to use special books like an encyclopedia where
you can look up answers to questions that you are wondering about. But every
book you read will answer some questions, so read - and read some more.
It's lots of fun.
1. Ask your parents, teacher or librarian to help you make up a list of books
and read two of them.
2. Learn how to repair the cover or binding of a book and make a paper book
cover.
3. Tell a story to your Den.
ACHIEVEMENT 12
What would you like to know? Why the wind blows? Why the ocean is salty?
Why you see lightning before you hear the thunder? Why a cat's eyes gleam
in the dark?
Books give you the answers. That's why it's fun to read. Ask your teacher or
librarian to show you how to use special books like an encyclopedia where
you can look up answers to questions that you are wondering about. But every
book you read will answer some questions, so read - and read some more.
It's lots of fun.
1. Ask your parents, teacher or librarian to help you make up a list of books
and read two of them.
2. Learn how to repair the cover or binding of a book and make a paper book
cover.
3. Tell a story to your Den.
Congratulations
NOW YOU'RE A LION CUB SCOUT
NOW YOU'RE A LION CUB SCOUT
ARROW POINTS
Now you are on the last stretch of Cub Scouting Trail. Boy Scouting is just around the corner. If you are already
eleven and a half years old, you may begin to work for your Webelos Badge (see page 136). However, if you are not
yet old enough for that, you will find plenty to do earning your Lion Arrow Points. The pages which follow are crammed
full of things.
Just look through the pages. Aren't there lots of things there you would like to do? Start with the one you like best.
You don't have to do all the things listed under an Elective to earn a credit. For example, maybe you'll only want to do
one of the things under "Make Believe," but you can ear a credit each time you do any one of them.
Maybe you will start by learning the signals used by a referee in football, described on pages 42-43. Show your Dad
(or Mother) that you know them. You will have then done No. 3 of the things you can do the Elective credits under
Secret Codes. Your Dad will then sign his initials and write the date on the first line in the space on page 44...
eleven and a half years old, you may begin to work for your Webelos Badge (see page 136). However, if you are not
yet old enough for that, you will find plenty to do earning your Lion Arrow Points. The pages which follow are crammed
full of things.
Just look through the pages. Aren't there lots of things there you would like to do? Start with the one you like best.
You don't have to do all the things listed under an Elective to earn a credit. For example, maybe you'll only want to do
one of the things under "Make Believe," but you can ear a credit each time you do any one of them.
Maybe you will start by learning the signals used by a referee in football, described on pages 42-43. Show your Dad
(or Mother) that you know them. You will have then done No. 3 of the things you can do the Elective credits under
Secret Codes. Your Dad will then sign his initials and write the date on the first line in the space on page 44...
ELECTIVE 15 - NATURE
ELECTIVE 16 - FARM ANIMALS AND PETS
ELECTIVE 17 - GARDENING
ELECTIVE 18 - SOILS
ELECTIVE 19 - COOKING
ELECTIVE 20 - OUTING
ELECTIVE 21 - SWIMMING
ELECTIVE 22 - SAFETY SERVICE
ELECTIVE 23 - SPORTS
ELECTIVE 16 - FARM ANIMALS AND PETS
ELECTIVE 17 - GARDENING
ELECTIVE 18 - SOILS
ELECTIVE 19 - COOKING
ELECTIVE 20 - OUTING
ELECTIVE 21 - SWIMMING
ELECTIVE 22 - SAFETY SERVICE
ELECTIVE 23 - SPORTS
ELECTIVE 1 - SECRET CODES
ELECTIVE 2 - MAKE BELIEVE
ELECTIVE 3 - HANDICRAFT
ELECTIVE 4 - RADIO
ELECTIVE 5 - ELECTRICITY
ELECTIVE 6 - MODEL BOATS
ELECTIVE 7 - AIRCRAFT
ELECTIVE 8 - THINGS THAT GO
ELECTIVE 9 - MACHINERY
ELECTIVE 10 - PARTIES AND GIFTS
ELECTIVE 11 - INDIANS
ELECTIVE 12 - MUSIC
ELECTIVE 13 - ART
ELECTIVE 14 - PHOTOGRAPHY
ELECTIVE 2 - MAKE BELIEVE
ELECTIVE 3 - HANDICRAFT
ELECTIVE 4 - RADIO
ELECTIVE 5 - ELECTRICITY
ELECTIVE 6 - MODEL BOATS
ELECTIVE 7 - AIRCRAFT
ELECTIVE 8 - THINGS THAT GO
ELECTIVE 9 - MACHINERY
ELECTIVE 10 - PARTIES AND GIFTS
ELECTIVE 11 - INDIANS
ELECTIVE 12 - MUSIC
ELECTIVE 13 - ART
ELECTIVE 14 - PHOTOGRAPHY
| WEBELOS |
The name WEBELOS (say Wee-belos) is like the name of an Indian tribe. It's the word to use when you want to talk
about all the boys everywhere who are Cub Scouts.
The letters W-B-L-S in Webelos are the first letters of the Cub Scout Ranks which lead up to Boy Scouting - WOLF,
BEAR, LION, SCOUT.
The highest rank in Cub Scouting, after Lion, is the Webelos Rank. A Webelos Cub Scout is one who is fully
prepared to become a Boy Scout and join a Troop when he is twelve years old.
The Arrow of Light is used for the Webelos Badge. The Arrow of Light stands for advancement along the trail from
Wolf, all the way up to Boy Scout.
about all the boys everywhere who are Cub Scouts.
The letters W-B-L-S in Webelos are the first letters of the Cub Scout Ranks which lead up to Boy Scouting - WOLF,
BEAR, LION, SCOUT.
The highest rank in Cub Scouting, after Lion, is the Webelos Rank. A Webelos Cub Scout is one who is fully
prepared to become a Boy Scout and join a Troop when he is twelve years old.
The Arrow of Light is used for the Webelos Badge. The Arrow of Light stands for advancement along the trail from
Wolf, all the way up to Boy Scout.
YOU and SCOUTING
Now you are coming to a turn in the Scouting Trail - and just beyond is the start of the Boy Scout Trail. Many
surprises are ahead of you.
A NEW UNIFORM
Just as the Indian boy changed his feathers for a headdress when he became older and wiser in the ways of his
people, so you, the Cub Scout, will change yours to the khaki of the Boy Scout - the uniform of the outdoors.
HIKING AND CAMPING
It's great to hike along a wilderness trail; to stalk wild animals and birds, and observe their habits; to pitch your tent,
build a fire and cook your meals over the glowing coals; to sit around the campfire at night with other Scouts and swap
yarns or sing old favorite songs. Hiking and camping are the most fun of all.
A NEW LADDER TO CLIMB
When you become a Boy Scout, you will find many new things to do - how to splice rope; how to signal a message
with flags or lights; how to set up camp and take care of yourself outdoors in all kinds of weather. As you do these things
you will climb a new ladder of ranks. First you become a Tenderfoot, then Second Class and First Class. After that
there are Merit Badges in all kinds of things boys like to make and do. These lead to Star, Life and - the highest rank of
all - Eagle.
A PATROL TO JOIN
When you join a Scout Troop, you become a member of a Patrol - your own gang, like your Den in Cub Scouting.
Your Patrol elects its own Patrol Leader, adopts a Patrol name (usually that of an animal or bird), a flag, call, etc. Patrols
usually meet once a week and frequently go hiking and camping.
YOUR TROOP
Most Troops meet once a week. At your Troop meeting you will have games and ceremonies, and practice things
you will do when you go camping or take on a big community service project. All of the Patrol Leaders and the Senior
Patrol Leader get together in the Troop Leaders' Council to plan these activities.
YOUR SCOUTMASTER
The grown-up leader of the Troop is called the Scoutmaster. He is there to help you when you need help. A boy's
Scoutmaster is one of the best friends he could possibly have.
IT'S DIFFERENT, AND YET...
You are going to like being a Boy Scout. The things you will be doing are pretty different from Cub Scout things.
However, you won't have any trouble fitting in, because you have been a Cub Scout. You may find many of your old
friends from the Cub Pack, who have graduated before you, in your new Troop. And if you join your Den Chief's Troop,
he will be there to help you get started right. In no time at all you will be one of the gang, just as you are now in your
Den and Pack.
Good Scouting!
Now you are coming to a turn in the Scouting Trail - and just beyond is the start of the Boy Scout Trail. Many
surprises are ahead of you.
A NEW UNIFORM
Just as the Indian boy changed his feathers for a headdress when he became older and wiser in the ways of his
people, so you, the Cub Scout, will change yours to the khaki of the Boy Scout - the uniform of the outdoors.
HIKING AND CAMPING
It's great to hike along a wilderness trail; to stalk wild animals and birds, and observe their habits; to pitch your tent,
build a fire and cook your meals over the glowing coals; to sit around the campfire at night with other Scouts and swap
yarns or sing old favorite songs. Hiking and camping are the most fun of all.
A NEW LADDER TO CLIMB
When you become a Boy Scout, you will find many new things to do - how to splice rope; how to signal a message
with flags or lights; how to set up camp and take care of yourself outdoors in all kinds of weather. As you do these things
you will climb a new ladder of ranks. First you become a Tenderfoot, then Second Class and First Class. After that
there are Merit Badges in all kinds of things boys like to make and do. These lead to Star, Life and - the highest rank of
all - Eagle.
A PATROL TO JOIN
When you join a Scout Troop, you become a member of a Patrol - your own gang, like your Den in Cub Scouting.
Your Patrol elects its own Patrol Leader, adopts a Patrol name (usually that of an animal or bird), a flag, call, etc. Patrols
usually meet once a week and frequently go hiking and camping.
YOUR TROOP
Most Troops meet once a week. At your Troop meeting you will have games and ceremonies, and practice things
you will do when you go camping or take on a big community service project. All of the Patrol Leaders and the Senior
Patrol Leader get together in the Troop Leaders' Council to plan these activities.
YOUR SCOUTMASTER
The grown-up leader of the Troop is called the Scoutmaster. He is there to help you when you need help. A boy's
Scoutmaster is one of the best friends he could possibly have.
IT'S DIFFERENT, AND YET...
You are going to like being a Boy Scout. The things you will be doing are pretty different from Cub Scout things.
However, you won't have any trouble fitting in, because you have been a Cub Scout. You may find many of your old
friends from the Cub Pack, who have graduated before you, in your new Troop. And if you join your Den Chief's Troop,
he will be there to help you get started right. In no time at all you will be one of the gang, just as you are now in your
Den and Pack.
Good Scouting!
TENDERFOOT REQUIREMENTS
There are the realigned Tenderfoot requirements now in use in many Troops. Before you begin to work on them,
be sure to find out whether the Troop you plan to join is using these or the old requirements. You can find out how to
do the things listed by getting the Handbook for Boys.
To become a Tenderfoot Scout, you must be at least twelve years of age and do the following:
I. SCOUT SPIRIT - Learning about the ideals and traditions of Scouting:
1. Repeat from memory the Scout Oath or Promise and the twelve points of the Scout Law, the Scout motto and the
Scout Slogan, and explain the meaning of each in your own words.
2. Describe the Scout Badge and explain its meaning. Tell when to wear the Scout Uniform and how to use and
care for it.
3. Give the Scout Sign, Salute and Handclasp.
II. SCOUT PARTICIPATION - Knowing about the Patrol and Troop, the community and the country of which
you are a part:
1. Explain the name of the Patrol you will join and give its call or yell. Tell who your Scout leaders are and what
they do in the Troop. Explain, in a general way, what you have to do to become a Second Class and a First Class
Scout.
2. Tell how, in an emergency, you would get in contact with the doctor or hospital, and the police or sheriff's office
nearest to your home. Explain how, in your community, you would report a fire.
3. Describe The Flag of the United States of America and tell its history in brief. Tell when to fly it. Show how to
hoist, lower, display and fold The Flag and how to salute it.
III. SCOUTCRAFT - Setting out to learn a few simple things that all Scouts should know:
1. Tell why it is important to care for a cut or a scratch and show on yourself how to do it. Tie a bandage with a
square knot.
2. Explain what care should be taken before building a fire in the open. Describe the harm to a live tree that results
from hacking it with an axe or other sharp tool.
3. Whip the ends of a rope at least one-quarter inch in diameter. Join two ropes with a sheetbend. Attach a rope
to a post or tail with a clove hitch, then untie it and fasten it again with two half hitches. Fasten one end of a rope
around your waist with a bowline.
When you have met the Tenderfoot requirements before your Scoutmaster (or have been reviewed in the Cub
Scout Webelos requirements by your Scoutmaster), and have proved to him that you thoroughly understand the Scout
Oath or Promise and Law, he registers you as a Scout. You take the Scout Oath or Promise at a ceremony in front of
your Patrol and Troop, and are then entitled to wear the Tenderfoot Badge and the Official Boy Scout Uniform.
There are the realigned Tenderfoot requirements now in use in many Troops. Before you begin to work on them,
be sure to find out whether the Troop you plan to join is using these or the old requirements. You can find out how to
do the things listed by getting the Handbook for Boys.
To become a Tenderfoot Scout, you must be at least twelve years of age and do the following:
I. SCOUT SPIRIT - Learning about the ideals and traditions of Scouting:
1. Repeat from memory the Scout Oath or Promise and the twelve points of the Scout Law, the Scout motto and the
Scout Slogan, and explain the meaning of each in your own words.
2. Describe the Scout Badge and explain its meaning. Tell when to wear the Scout Uniform and how to use and
care for it.
3. Give the Scout Sign, Salute and Handclasp.
II. SCOUT PARTICIPATION - Knowing about the Patrol and Troop, the community and the country of which
you are a part:
1. Explain the name of the Patrol you will join and give its call or yell. Tell who your Scout leaders are and what
they do in the Troop. Explain, in a general way, what you have to do to become a Second Class and a First Class
Scout.
2. Tell how, in an emergency, you would get in contact with the doctor or hospital, and the police or sheriff's office
nearest to your home. Explain how, in your community, you would report a fire.
3. Describe The Flag of the United States of America and tell its history in brief. Tell when to fly it. Show how to
hoist, lower, display and fold The Flag and how to salute it.
III. SCOUTCRAFT - Setting out to learn a few simple things that all Scouts should know:
1. Tell why it is important to care for a cut or a scratch and show on yourself how to do it. Tie a bandage with a
square knot.
2. Explain what care should be taken before building a fire in the open. Describe the harm to a live tree that results
from hacking it with an axe or other sharp tool.
3. Whip the ends of a rope at least one-quarter inch in diameter. Join two ropes with a sheetbend. Attach a rope
to a post or tail with a clove hitch, then untie it and fasten it again with two half hitches. Fasten one end of a rope
around your waist with a bowline.
When you have met the Tenderfoot requirements before your Scoutmaster (or have been reviewed in the Cub
Scout Webelos requirements by your Scoutmaster), and have proved to him that you thoroughly understand the Scout
Oath or Promise and Law, he registers you as a Scout. You take the Scout Oath or Promise at a ceremony in front of
your Patrol and Troop, and are then entitled to wear the Tenderfoot Badge and the Official Boy Scout Uniform.
THE TRAIL TO BOY SCOUTING
If you started Cub Scouting with the Wolf Trail and then followed the Bear Tracks,
now you are ready to start out on the Trail to Boy Scouting. It is really the Lion Trail
too. As you know, the lion is the king of all animals. He has learned a lot from the
trails he has followed and is able to do some big things.
In the old days a woodsman blazed a trail through the woods by putting marks on
trees so that others might follow. In your Lion Cub Scout Book you will find a Boy
Scout blazing the trail to Boy Scouting. Follow him through all the Achievements,
and you will be getting closer and closer to the day when you can be a Boy Scout.
The Scout whose trail you follow through your Lion book is really your Den Chief.
Get to know him well because he is already a Scout, and he can tell you about the
fun and adventure that wait for you at the end of the Lion Trail. He is ready and
willing to help you along that Trail to Scouting.
Finish your Lion Achievements as quickly as possible, then earn some Arrow Points
until you are eleven-and-a-half. When you are eleven-and-a-half, if you have your
Lion Badge, you can start on the Webelos Rank. It is the Highest Rank of all and
leads you right up to the doorway of Boy Scout Adventure.
If you started Cub Scouting with the Wolf Trail and then followed the Bear Tracks,
now you are ready to start out on the Trail to Boy Scouting. It is really the Lion Trail
too. As you know, the lion is the king of all animals. He has learned a lot from the
trails he has followed and is able to do some big things.
In the old days a woodsman blazed a trail through the woods by putting marks on
trees so that others might follow. In your Lion Cub Scout Book you will find a Boy
Scout blazing the trail to Boy Scouting. Follow him through all the Achievements,
and you will be getting closer and closer to the day when you can be a Boy Scout.
The Scout whose trail you follow through your Lion book is really your Den Chief.
Get to know him well because he is already a Scout, and he can tell you about the
fun and adventure that wait for you at the end of the Lion Trail. He is ready and
willing to help you along that Trail to Scouting.
Finish your Lion Achievements as quickly as possible, then earn some Arrow Points
until you are eleven-and-a-half. When you are eleven-and-a-half, if you have your
Lion Badge, you can start on the Webelos Rank. It is the Highest Rank of all and
leads you right up to the doorway of Boy Scout Adventure.