Scouting, Volume 8, Number 8, April 8, 1920 Page: 65
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BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA
In a decade the Boy Scout Movement has become
known, and its value in training the character of the NEW HAVEN, CONN.,
boy recognized throughout the length and breadth of REGISTER
the land . . . Already the Boy Scouts have a rec-
ognized and valuable place in every community.
I know of no single movement in this country more
designed to promote thorough-going Americanism
than the Boy Scout movement. The work it has done A MITCHELL PALMER,
in the past and the constructive methods it is pursu- Attorney General
ing now are worthy of the support of every real
American citizen. I cannot express too strongly my
belief in the merits of this movement.
I know of no more wholesome movement with
infinite possibility that has been initiated in recent
years than the Boy Scout Movement. It seeks to
turn the abounding energy of youth into helpful FRANK O. LOWDEN
and manly activities. It recognizes that the sup- Governor of Illinois
pression of that energy, which has been too often
practiced, means its reappearance in dangerous if
not vicious tendencies. It is a great conservation.
It has fallen to my lot to see a good deal of the
benefits of the Scout Program to Boys in various
communities, and I have no hesitation in com-
mending it in the highest degree. There is no ques-
tion about it, the Scout Programjmakes for efficiency
good citizenship and patriotism.
GEORGE T. WILSON,
Second Vice-President
THE EQUITABLE LIFE
ASSURANCE SOCIETY
of the UNITED STATES
Excerpts from " Good Turn Week "
Newspaper Editorials
THE APPEAL that, comes from the hearts of the Boy Scouts of
America should mark the beginning of the Good Turn
movement that will drive the poison of selfishness, of hatred
and of vengef ulness out of the veins of the human race and make
a happier future possible for New York, for America, and for
the world ... There never was a period in the history of the
work, when the spirit of the Good Turn Week was so necessary
and so timely. (New York Mail.)
Good Turn Week, like many another fine thing which has
come into American life within the past ten years, has its
inception with the Boy Scouts of America. ... There will be
born in one week, 700,000,000 little acts of kindness that other-
wise might not have been. ... It is a superlatively beautiful
and useful idea. It is almost as fine as the Boy Scout Movement
itself—a movement that is now commanding the finest in all
classes of boyhood. (Atlanta Georgian.)
Of all the proposed Drives and Weeks and Days and Cam-
paigns, none is more appealing than the Do a Good Turn Week
suggested by the Boy Scouts. What this wretched old world
needs more than anything else is Good Turns.
Want to be young again? Want to smooth out the wrinkles
and turn the gray hairs to black or red, and feel as if it is spring
once more with the warm sun just coming up over the hills for a
fresh, new day ?
Well, here's your chance: Follow the Scout rule of doing at
least one Good Turn to someone each day—for just one week.
(Spokane, Washington, Chronicle.)
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