Figure 1.-- Here we see the Scout O-Rama held in Madison Square Garden during March 1936. Click on the image to see an enlarged detail.

The BSA sponsored several initiatives in 1936. The BSA in 1936 held the first Wood Badge courses following the English syllabus. The BSA in 1936 published a new Handbook For Scoutmasters. Some major events were held during 1936. Scouts held the Scout O-Rama in New York City's Madison Square Garden on March 27, 1936. It looks to have been quite a major event, although we have few details. We have a panoramic view of the event and the Garden at the time. The billboards show the upcoming events for the garden which included hockey and basketball events, the world title fight between Jimmy McLarnin and Tony Canzoneri and the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus. The photo was taken by Century photo and is inscribed in the plate in the lower right hand corner. The garden was obviously filled that evening with thousands of Boy Scouts as well as audience and it is an interesting study of the face of Youth during the Depression. We are not sure just what the program was. There were also a range of local events,

BSA Initiatives

The BSA sponsored several initiatives in 1936. The BSA in 1936 held the first Wood Badge courses following the English syllabus. The BSA in 1936 published a new Handbook For Scoutmasters.

Scout O-Rama

Some major events were held during 1936. Scouts held the Scout O-Rama in New York City's Madison Square Garden on March 27, 1936. It looks to have been quite a major event, although we have few details. e're not sure just who sponsored it. We have a panoramic view of the event and the Garden at the time (figure 1). The billboards show the upcoming events for the garden which included hockey and basketball events, the world title fight between Jimmy McLarnin and Tony Canzoneri and the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus. The photo was taken by Century photo and is inscribed in the plate in the lower right hand corner. The garden was obviously filled that evening with thousands of Boy Scouts as well as audience and it is an interesting study of the face of Youth during the Depression. We are not sure just what the program was.

Local Events

There were also a range of local events, We note a group of Scouts seeing Babe Ruth (1895-1948)off from Pennsylvania Station in New York City. People in the 1930s mostly traveled by train. The Orange Blossom Special, was a noted train carying people to Florida. The Babe went to Florida each year where baseball teans had their spring training camps. Here some Scouts are picture with their hero. There was no bigger sports hero at the time than Babe Ruth. He had retired from baseball in 1935 just before the photograph was taken. He was still hopeing to become a manager. The Babe who raised in a Catholic orphanage, was not only a phenomenal sports star, but also interested in kids and constantly visiting orphanages and sick kids in hospitals.