Acknowledgements

First and most important, I would like to extend my appreciation to the members of the Scout Movement for their eager participation, co-operation, and, most of all, trust. Thank you all for making me welcome in your troops and for all that I learned from you. I want to thank especially Scouter Ted Claxton for ideas and other assistance. I want to thank my faculty advisor, Prof. Lambert, for patience during this long project and for providing just the right amount of help. Finally, I want to extend my appreciation to Isaac for proofreading and to Maria for helping me with my this, my first L^ATEXproject.

Technical Note

This document was written in BBEdit Lite 6.1 on a Macintosh Quadra 900. Data entry was done using FileMaker Pro 3.0. Statistical analysis and table generation was done using the Statistics Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) 10.1 under Windows 2000. Tables were prepared for publication with Adobe Illustrator 5.5 on the Quadra. Final typesetting was done with L^ATEXusing the font Computer Modern.