Scouting Round the World
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Scouting 'Round the World is the seminal work on world Scouting , [1] a publication of the World Organization of the Scout Movement , updated every three years, [ citation needed ] with details on all WOSM member-nation organizations. The equivalent publication of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts is Trefoil 'Round the World .
History
Colonel J. S. Wilson had been the Director of Training of The Boy Scouts Association, in that capacity he had worked with Scout associations from mnay different countries. [2]
Upon the 50th anniversary of World Scouting in 1957, Wilson took his research notes gathered on a six-year world tour reviewing the world's Scout organizations, culminating in a five-month tour of Asia in October 1952, and authored the publication of the first edition of Scouting Round the World. [ citation needed ]
References
- ↑ Wilson, John S. (1959). Scouting Round the World (First ed.). Blandford Press.
- ↑ Lewis, Damian (22 October 2016). "British Scout master gave special forces their punch and helped them defeat Hitler" . The Mirror .
External links
- Wilson, John S. (1959). Scouting Round the World (PDF) (First ed.). Blandford Press.