INTRODUCTION TO THE NATIONAL AND WORLD JAMBOREES IN PICTURES

THE NATIONAL JAMBOREE at Washington was without a doubt a high point in the history of Scouting in America, indeed in the history of youth. This was followed by the Fifth World Jamboree in Holland in which a contingent of Scouts and Leaders from the United States took part.

This Volume sets forth in graphic pictorial form the high spots and the day by day life as it was carried on in these two great camps. To those who took part it will prove a permanent souvenir of never to be forgotten experiences. To those who did not participate it will be a revelation of organized youth.

Our Councils throughout the country are justified In their feeling of satisfaction in the conduct of their representatives at these great gatherings. Under conditions sometimes involving strain and difficulties, both Scouts and Leaders acquitted themselves in accordance with the highest ideals of the Scout Oath and Law. More than anything else these Jamborees, as will be revealed in the following pages, were demonstrations that the Scout and Law are real, vital things in the lives of those who take part in the Scout Program.

We take pleasure, therefore, in dedicating this Volume to those thousands of Scouts and Scouters who made possible the adventure portrayed in the following pages.

THE JAMBOREE COMMITTEE
Walter W. Head,
Chairman

FOREWARD BY THE CHIEF SCOUT EXECUTIVE

THE PHOTOGRAPHS of the National Jamboree have been selected with great care from hundreds and hundreds made under our direction by Paul Parker and Clinton Martin, experienced professional photographers in the Scout Field, and others. These pictures have been supplemented by the splendid response to my personal appeal to the Scout Field to share with us what had been made due to the development of amateur photography in America.

The World Jamboree pictures are largely from a collection secured by Mr. William Hillcourt from professional photographers, as well as amateurs, in Holland, supplemented by pictures loaned us by Scouts and Scouters from America who participated in the Jamboree.

Dr. H. W. Hurt, assisted by Mr. Stacy Wood, with the advice and cooperation of many here, have had the responsibility of putting the book together, arranging sequences, and developing captions and we feel they have done a very satisfactory job. The photographs tell their own Story. It is hoped that this volume may become a permanent record not only with everyone who attended the Jamboree, but with other Scouts and Scouters, and help to insure a continuation of many of the values of the National and World Jamborees.

Chief Scout Executive