James E. West Visits Three Councils

THREE Western Councils in the state of Colorado were visited by the Chief Scout Executive (James E. West) during the summer, those at Denver, Colorado Springs and Pueblo. It was a great pleasure to see how Scouting advances in the three Councils at the foot of the Rocky Mountains. At Denver there was an interesting Court of Honor, attended by some 2,000 Scouts in the Park at Red Rocks. Fifty Scouts put on an Indian pageant, there was also a flag pageant and an opportunity was provided for the Chief Scout Executive to speak to the boys. After Denver there came a visit to Camp Tarryall, the Scout Camp of Colorado Springs, with a fine site and an excellent layout and the occasion was made a gala event with hundreds of the parents and friends of the boys present. Mr. L. L. McDonald, National Camp Director, and Mr. Harvey Gordon, National Camp Engineer, joined the inspection tour. The Chief Scout Executive was asked to present an Eagle badge to Scout Robert Calvert of Kit Carson, after Mr. Perkins, the local Scout Executive, had described the difficulties met with by the Scout in his effort to win this honor. The other visit was at Pueblo, to which I was accompanied by Messrs. McDonald and Gordon. Here after a talk before the local Rotary Club we visited Camp Burch in company with Mr. Souder, the Scout Executive, and inspected the camp with its very excellent swimming-pool.

The Scout World by James E. West in Nov 1930 Boys’ Life