History of

Scouting
Lieutenant General Sir-Lord
Robert Stephenson Smyth
Baden Powell

(1857-1941)

• He was a British general and

founder of the modern
Scouting movement.

• Baden-Powell became a
national hero during the
Boer war of 1899-1900
when, with a small garrison,
he commanded the defence
of Mafeking.

• “World Chief Scout”

Olave St Clair Baden-Powell
/ Lady Baden-Powell

(1889-1977)

• She is the wife of Robert

Baden-Powell

• She explained that Scouts

shake hands with their left
hand because it is the hand
nearest the heart.
 Books
• Aids to Scouting
(1899)
- first book of
BP published on 1899.
This book is about
tracking, stalking, and
survival.
Books
• Scouting for Boys
(1908)
- fourth
bestselling book of the
20th century. It is a
manual for self-
instruction in
observation, tracking
and woodcraft skills as
well as self-discipline
and self-improvement
 August 1, 1907
• BROWN SEA ISLAND (DOCENSHIRE)
- when and where the first
international camping was held (scouting
movement was not yet officially established)

• 21 BOYS INVOLVED WITH 4 CREWS.

• WOLVES, BULLS, CURLEWS AND RAVENS
• A year after, January 24, 1908, SCOUTING
produced 60,000 boy and girl scouts.
 Year Event

FEB 22, 1899 Baden-Powell’s Successful Defense of Mafeking Town

Baden-Powell organised a trial scouting camp to be made up

of 20 boys from a diverse selection of social backgrounds.
August 1,1907 The boys spent a week on Brownsea island and it proved to
be a great success.

the Boy Scouts movement begins in England with the

January 24, 1908 publication of the first installment of Robert Baden-
Powell’s Scouting for Boys.
 September 4, 1909
• The first national Boy Scout meeting was held
at the Crystal Palace in London. Ten thousand
Scouts showed up, including a group of
uniformed girls who called themselves the Girl
Scouts.

• In 1910, Baden-Powell organized the Girl

Guides as a separate organization.
 William Boyce
• William Dickson
Boyce (June 16, 1858 –
June 11, 1929) was an
American newspaper
man, entrepreneur,
magazine publisher, and
explorer. He was the
founder of the Boy
Scouts of America (BSA)
and the short-lived Lone
Scouts of America (LSA).
History of
Scouting
in the
Philippines
 1914
• Nagkaroon ng Scouting movement na
pinangunahan ng BSA (not official)

OCTOBER 5, 1923
• Naitatag ang Philippine Council of Boy Scouts
of America
 October 21, 1936
• Sa bisa ng
commonwealth Act
111, naisakatuparan
ang Boy Scouts of the
Philippines

• Ipinasa ni Thomas
Confesor
BSP 7 CHART MEMBERS
• Joseph Emile H. Stevenot
• Arsenio N. Luz
• Carlos P. Romulo
• Vicente Lim
• Manuel Camus
• Jorge Vargas
• Gabriel Daza
 Wendel P. Avisado

• National President
of the Boy Scouts
of the Philippines