Cub Scout 'Seconder' assisting. The Pack retains Baden-Powell's original "Jungle Book" theme, with its leader called Akela and assistant leaders using names like Raksha, Bagheera, or Baloo. Cub Scout Cub Scouts, Cubs or Wolf Cubs are programs associated with Scouting for young children usually between 5 and 12, depending on the national organization to which they belong. A participant in the program is called a Cub. A group of Cubs is called a 'Pack'. The Wolf Cub program was originated by The Boy Scouts Association in the United Kingdom in 1916 to provide a program for boys who were too young to
Cub Scouting (Boy Scouts of America) James E. West felt that having BSA divisions for younger boys (those under 12; the "younger boy problem") would draw away boys from the core program, which was Scout troops focused on the 12- to 17-year-old age group; thus he opposed such a program for some time. In spite of this, unofficial programs for younger boys started around this time, under names such as "Junior Troops" or "Cadet Corps". The BSA obtained the rights to Lord Baden-Powell's "The Wolf Cub Handbook" in 1916 and used it in unofficial Wolf Cub programs starting in 1918. This led to an issue with