Induction Ceremony

COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN INDUCTION

EQUIPMENT: Gavel for new committee Chairman, candles - one unlit

SETTING: A head table with lighted candles will add to the atmosphere. The Unit Commissioner, Cubmaster, or Scouting Coordinator can perform the induction.

NARRATOR: What is leadership? It is a process by which a person influences others. In Cub Scouting, leadership is the ability to accomplish the Cub Scout Program in an efficient and effective manner. As in most groups, our pack is evidence of the willingness of its members to work together. Working together is a give-and-take business, and the leader gives guidance and direction. The leader also lives up to the standards of the group.

(Ask new committee chairman to come forward)

The job of pack committee chairman is one of variety and responsibility. It touches on all the aspects of the Cub Scout program. The chairman has the final responsibility for the successful operation of the pack, working closely with the Cubmaster and other pack leaders. Often the chairman is a mediator, but most of the time a good listener. The chairman, like other pack leaders, must set a good example and lead the way for Cub Scouts to follow. A successful chairman will not ask of anyone something that he would not willingly do himself.

I would like to introduce (name), our new pack committee chairman.

(To chairman) Would you please repeat with me the Scout Oath:

"On my honor, I will do my best to so my duty to God and my country, to obey the Scout Law, to help other people at all times, to keep myself physically strong, mentally awake and morally straight."

These are meaningful words and they apply to all of us. They are words to which all Scouting leaders, to the best of their ability, should try to live.

As I turn over the chairman's gavel to you, I ask that you light this candle to symbolize the guiding light which you and the other leaders of pack (#) must show for the boys to follow.

Congratulations!