How scout Peter learnt the mysteries of life

Abstract

The Scouts movement was discovered by Slovene teachers already before WWI. As the Scouts, however, had yet to find their place under the sun amongst the associations vying for government support, the final decision on the founding of the Yugoslav Scouts Organisation fell as late as 1921 - after which date, the first Scout meetings also took place in Slovenia. The first meeting in Celje was organised by a Russian scout, while in Ljubljana the secondary school pupils organised Scout groups on their own initiative and only later sought out suitable leaders. The movement became known through its extensive propaganda campaigns and the assistance its members lent during various large-scale organised events. Although all young people were eligible for membership, most of its members came from the more well to do middle-class circles. The Scouts movement was classified in these circles as a sports movement and was heartily recommended to all middle-class parents by the leading experts on the more fashionable social graces and other writers.