"…each patrol created what was called the patrol corner, which in that case was a cell, later arranged to serve as a meeting place for the boys. They took care of the decoration and carried out some activities that could be done indoors. For example, one that became very popular was the preservation of animals, like a frog, a snake, a bird, and so on. They maintained them either in formalin jars to conserve them, or by stuffing birds, for example (…)”

João Reis, founder of the scout group, in 1962–1963, while teaching at the Convent.