 (L) William "Green Bar Bill" Hillcourt and (R) Lord Robert Baden-Powell; the two men with the largest impact on the Boy Scouts of America. William "Green Bar Bill" Hillcourt (August 6, 1900 - November 9, 1992) is considered by many to be the father of American Boy Scouting and the Scoutmaster to the World due to his prolific writings and teachings in the areas of troop and patrol structure, training, and the development of the American adaptation of the Wood Badge program. Image File history File links Scoutsgreengoldnoscroll. ...
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Early Life
Hillcourt was born in Aarhus, Denmark on August 6, 1900 under the name Vilhelm Bjerregaard Jensen. At age 10 he received a Danish translation of Baden-Powell's (B-P's) Scouting for Boys from his brother for Christmas. He then went on to earn the rank of Knight-Scout, the highest in Danish Scouting, at age 17. In 1920 his troop sent him to the First World Scout Jamboree in Olympia, United Kingdom, where he met B-P. Aarhus ( ) also commonly known by its contemporary Danish spelling Ã…rhus, is the second largest city and the principal port of Denmark situated on the peninsula of Jutland on the northern shore of Germany. ...
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Scouting for Boys: A Handbook for Instruction in Good Citizenship Through Woodcraft is the first book on Scouting. ...
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Coming to America In 1925 Hillcourt came to the United States and was working with the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) when he broke his leg. While his leg was broken he encountered James West, the Chief Scout Executive of the BSA. After this meeting Bill sent Dr. West a detailed memo indicating, among other things, that the BSA needed to write a handbook for Patrol Leaders, and that it needed to be written by someone who had been both a Patrol Leader and a Scoutmaster himself. West agreed and commissioned Bill to write the BSA's first Handbook for Patrol Leaders. He soon changed his name by Anglicizing "Vilhelm", dropping "Jensen", and translating "Bjerregaard" into "Hill-court". It is said he always had a slight Danish accent. He never missed a BSA National Jamboree from the 1920s until he passed away. His impact on BSA is second only to B-P. This article is about the national organization. ...
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Wood Badge Hillcourt was a particpant in the first Wood Badge course held in America in 1936 (which was run by the British), earned his Wood Badge beads in 1939, was the Scoutmaster of the first two BSA Wood Badge courses, beginning in 1948, and as National Director of Training was the only American ever to earn the right to wear a 5-beaded Wood Badge.[1] The Wood Badge or Woodbadge is the recognition received by adults in Scouting who have completed the Leader training program provided by their respective Scout Association. ...
The Wood Badge or Woodbadge is the recognition received by adults in Scouting who have completed the Leader training program provided by their respective Scout Association. ...
Writings Hillcourt was by far the most prolific writer in the history of the BSA, producing numerous works: - The Patrol Leader Handbook (First, Second and Third Editions)
- The Scoutmaster Handbook (Third, Fourth and Fifth Editions)
- The Boy Scout Handbook (Sixth, Seventh, and Ninth Editions)
- Numerous writings for Boys' Life and Scouting magazine, including a column aimed at Patrol Leaders written as by Patrol Leader "Green Bar Bill".
- Edited revisions of B-P's Aids to Scoutmastership and Scouting for Boys (known as the "World Brotherhood" editions)
- The first authorized biography of Robert Baden-Powell, Baden-Powell, Two Lives of a Hero
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Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, OM, GCMG, GCVO, KCB (February 22, 1857 - January 8, 1941) was a soldier, writer and founder of the world scouting movement. ...
Scouting for Boys: A Handbook for Instruction in Good Citizenship Through Woodcraft is the first book on Scouting. ...
Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, OM, GCMG, GCVO, KCB (February 22, 1857 - January 8, 1941) was a soldier, writer and founder of the world scouting movement. ...
Other Contributions to Scouting In addition to his writings themselves, Green Bar Bill made numerous contributions to the program of the BSA. - In the early part of the BSA he brought the organization back in line with the Patrol Method originally devised by B-P.
- After the abysmal failure of the "New Improved Scouting" of the 1970s, Hillcourt came out of retirement to revitalize the program with a new Boy Scout Handbook, returning the focus of the program to the outdoors. He did this free of charge to BSA. He also developed the "All Out for Scouting" program that kicked off this new program.
- He earned the highest award the BSA gives to an adult, the Silver Buffalo Award.
- In addition to being a Danish Knight-Scout, Hillcourt is also an Eagle Scout, having been allowed to work on Scouting advancements prior to a rule change in the 1950's that only allowed Scouts under the age of 18 to become Eagle Scouts. Hilcourt was later recognized with the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award.
- Green Bar Bill was awarded the Bronze Wolf, the only distinction of the World Organization of the Scout Movement, awarded by the World Scout Committee for exceptional services to world Scouting, in 1985.
Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, OM, GCMG, GCVO, KCB (February 22, 1857 - January 8, 1941) was a soldier, writer and founder of the world scouting movement. ...
The Boy Scouts is the official handbook of the Boy Scouts and the Boy Scouts of America. ...
The Silver Buffalo Award, created in 1925, is bestowed upon those adults who give truly noteworthy and extraordinary service to youth. ...
An Eagle Scout is a Boy Scout with the highest Scout rank attainable in the Boy Scouts of America (BSA). ...
The Distinguished Eagle Scout Award, is a special award, awarded only to Eagle Scouts, for distinguished service in his profession or to the community for a period of at least 25 years after earning his Eagle Scout rank. ...
The Bronze Wolf is the only award made by the World Scout Committee. ...
The World Organization of the Scout Movement is the supranational organization which governs most national Scouting movements. ...
See also It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Scouting in New Jersey. ...
Footnotes - ↑ "Green Bar Bill" and Wood Badge. Wood Badge history. Retrieved on February 06, 2006.
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