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The Boy Scouts Association of Canada Initiation Process

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The Boy Scouts Association of Canada Initiation Process
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Congregation Shaar Hashomayim Museum and Archives via Canadian Jewish Heritage Network (incl. Alex Dworkin Canadian Jewish Archives)
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December 11, 1930 (indexed as 1930)
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Document : English
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Description of the initiation process for Boy Scouts, as it took place in the Congregation Shaar Hashomayim.
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THE BOY SCOUTS ASSOCIATIONCANADAForm 5-TBrief Record OfPARADES, CAMPS AND OTHER ACTIVITIES.Dismissal at 9:30. No court-of-honour.December 11, 1930Dismiss at 9:30. No court-of-honour.of events in initiations follows: Entry and whacking with brooms. Each boy was then laid on a chair, facedown, and scouts took turns in patting them on the rear. Each boy was then led into torture chamber, where, blindfolded, he was subjected to horrible tortures.Then he was made to sing a few bars of "God Save the King", at the end of which a stream of salt water was squirted into his mouth.A good time was had by all, except of course the scouts who were invested.Read automatically; may contain mistakes.
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