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SCOUTING
^ . y ^~T~1 X 1VT Pl°ye(i to much greater advantage in this If it's "yes—we want the room and
C. Cl II I ^ -f way than they would have been had the we're going to have it!"—then it must be a
scouts been assigned to a position in the childish remedy—force. The matter should
parade. be brought to the attention of every self-
"A Scout is helpful," should be the guid- respecting citizen until public opinion makes
ing motto for all scout officials whenever the "gang" a target for ridicule. The town
they are confronted with an opportunity authorities will then be in a position to oust
PUBLISHED SEMI-MONTHLY BY NATIONAL HEAD-
QUARTERS. BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA, FOR SCOUT
OFFICIALS AND OTHERS INTERESTED IN
THE BOY SCOUT MOVEMENT.
OFFICERS OF THE NATIONAL COUNCIL AND
EXECUTIVE BOARD
to participate in similar undertakings.
Honorary President: Woodrow Wilson.
Honorary Vice-President: William H. Taft.
Honorary Vice-President: Theodore Roosevelt.
President: Colin H. Livingstone, Washington.
Nat'l. Scout Commissioner: Daniel C. Beard.
Treasurer: George D. Pratt, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Chief Scout Executive: James E. West, to. Y
N
WELCOME
ATIONAL HEADQUARTERS is
glad to extend a welcome this week
to the visiting scout executives who
National Field Scout Commissioner: S. A. Moffat. , guests on Mav 17 and 18.
National Field Scout Commissioner for the Pacific wlu De our ^
Coast District: H. D. Cross, 905 Phelan Build- It is our earnest hope that this conler-
ing, San Francisco. ence will result in an exchange of ideas
National Field Scout Commissioner for the Middle . ......... , ,
West District: Judson P. Freeman, 39 South La and suggestions which will have ±ar-reach-
ing results on the character of the boys
of America. The program has been care
them. If they don't, the town authorities
can be ousted at the next election. No
American community will ever back a gang
of loafers against a troop of ambitious
scouts if it understands the situation.
Salle St., Chicago.
Office of Publication: 200 Fifth Avenue,
New York City.
Entered as second-class matter at the Post Office,
New York, N. Y., under the act of
August 24, 1912.
ON MY HONOR
Reprinted from The Silent Partner
HIS is the hour when my pen fails.
This is the time when words of spe-
cial importance cannot be framed
to do justice to the greatest developing and
T
VOL. IV
MAY 15,1916
No. 2
SCOUT PREPAREDNESS
A"tA HERE are published in this issue of want to use the room only one nigiit
| Scouting reprints of articles and edi
fully arranged with the purpose in view civilizing movement in the history of hu-
of presenting those subjects which will be mans the B°y Scouts.
of greatest help to^hese executive leaders. in
army, he takes his oath as follows:
"1. On my honor, I will do my best to
do my duty to God and my country and
obey the Scout Law.
"2. To help other people at all times.
"3. To keep myself physically strong,
mentally awake and morally straight."
And in this oath we find the permanent
MEN OR HOGS?
"Our troop is breaking up because we can't
uise our meeting place any more. The town
council allowed us the use of a rest room, but
lately the men have been meeting there every
night to play cards and they won't let us in.
week.
Can't you tell us what to dot
OW is that for a situation
H American city in the twentieth cen- foundation of the plan. The oath leaves
tury of the Christian era? t0 ,he b°y his ?wn ^pcms convictions,
. torials from several of the more im-
portant newspapers of the country which
indicate that the point of view of the Boy uiry ui me um.uau cu: and inspir"es in his mind- the idea of re-
Scout Movement with regard to military A group of boys, anxious to learn first speCting the convictions of others. It
training for boys of scout age is being aid, sanitation, conservation and fire pre- teaches the biggest word in religion today
widely accepted. vention methods in order to be good and tolerance.
This is being brought about as one result helpful citizens, prevented from meeting in Tli? second plank in the platform of
of the universal interest in preparedness, the place which has been voted to them Pj^P The 'Silent Parhur
As thoughtful men study this problem they because a gang of men want to loaf there, creed.
are forced to the conclusion that giving the Verily, men are but children of a larger The third rule that they are expected to
manual of arms and close formation drills growth and the "kids" in this case are on observe rigidly is the biggest individual in-
to boys in their early teens is not prepared- the inside. junction of the twentieth century.
ness at all, for these are the least impor- It is a well known psychological fact that ' F°r. years this little magazine has worked
riJ. , . . to bring out the best in the older boys,
tant elements in the training of soldiers, mental development, m many individuals, is For l haye thumped and prodded men
The vital things are spirit, resourcefulness, arrested at an early stage. The body con- to want to do more and to be more.
a knowledge of camp sanitation, a knowl- tinues to grow, but the mind stays young, This magazine is devoted to the training
edge of how to keep physically fit in camp immature, simple. Political gangsters, in of the mind and the body, and when a
and on the march, team work and loyalty, their methods and viewpoint, closely re- rjian ^jjSs^s on straight his shoul-
These are the things that the Boy Scout semble the boy of ten or eleven. They have eIf. W1. s<luare'
.... , ,, , , , ^ . . , . This basis of the Boy Scout Movement
Movement is teaching its boys and the most never awakened to the social consciousness js the ^asjs Qf good citizenship. The or-
important thing about this training is the which comes, normally, to the boy between ganization is a mental, muscular and moral
fact that it will fit them to perform their fourteen and eighteen. The members of training school, with the one ultimate ob-
duty as citizens in any emergency, be it an the gang are friends, fellow tribesmen. All jec*- a^ways in ™ind better men.
emergency of peace or of war. the rest of the world are enemies, to be . It has the indorsement of the better men
? . ^ .,u it j j • j , -1, i -j- ,1 1 r i m America, and now what it wants more
This program is now meeting with the robbed, deceived, even killed if the selfish tjian all e}se is some flaw to brjng jt out
enthusiastic endorsement of many of the interests of the gang demand it. In their more conspicuously. I fail to find one.
foremost educators, editors and military undeveloped minds there is no conception The truth is, the whole idea is ideal, and
men in the country. of the broader organization—the town, the for this very reason it has not been op-
It will meet with the enthusiastic en- state, the nation. posed successfully. And, you know, it
, , , r tt j_i * i' 11 ii 1 tv takes opposition to cause comment,
dorsement of many more as knowledge or How can the situation be handled? Prac- -p, 0 , , . A,
. . , . , . . .. ,, ii, 1 , fhe Boy Scout Movement is the one
what we are doing and why we are doing tically the same as though the card players agency that is working silently but surely
it becomes more general. were children. First, a frank question: for the best good of the boy.
«A crni TX ic 14F"I PPI Tf " "^° yOU want t0 keep these boys from Once upon a time some unthinking, un-
A 5CUU 1 13 HtLrr UL. learning the things which will make them trained mind mistook its maneuvers for a
NE of the best features of the par- good citizens?" Pin them down to "yes" mihtary movement. I have known several
J good men who have worn uniforms.
To begin early to form character and
o
ticipation of the boy scouts in the or "no." No temporizing, no babying about
Preparedness Parade in New York "why can't the kids meet somewhere else." not tG commence late to reform the crim-
City on May 13 was their practical help- Make them, by their own admission, hogs inal; to remove the reason for bad habits
fulness. The boys mingled with the crowds, or gentlemen. and to cultivate good morals; to train the
serving faithfully in the interests of the Probably they will answer "no." Most y°un£ man ™oie and then have less cause
, ii* i r j a • 73 i i ,, ,, , to restrain the older man—these constitute
general public and of the American Ked boys, old or young, are reasonable when an object, a purpose so big and so prac-
Cross Society. Their services were em- properly approached. tical that 'my pen fails.
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