Scouting, Volume 8, Number 8, April 8, 1920 Page: 7
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3ovSCOUTSofAMERICA
boy program very properly is not militaristic from a technical
standpoint, it is, however, patriotic, as proven bv the wonS
record of scout nation-wide, civic war service. wonae"ul
Religious Policy.
^fSth° UKng PrSentS, grtater °PP°rtunities for the development
the boy religiously than does any other movement instituted
solely for the boys. Its aim to develop the boy phys ca lv
mentally and morally is being realized very widely
ie Movement has been developed on such broad lines as to
embrace all classes, all creeds, and at the same time to allow the
fws andkiys mdependenc« t0 individual organizations, offi-
+Thtv, Bi°y .S,C0U]S rf America maintain that no bov can grow
ion toVrfr? Th CltlzenshiP without recognizing his obliga-
tion to pod The recognition of God as the ruling and leader
^ the""lverse' and the grateful acknowledgment of
His favors and blessings is necessary to the best type of citizen-
W 1S a whol?somf thm£ in the education of the growing
boy No matter what the boy may be—Catholic, or Protestant
kepi before, him " °f g°°d citi""ship should be
1 he Boy Scouts of America, as an organized body therefore
ecognizes the religious element in the training of a boy but it
is absolutely non-sectarian in its attitude toward that religious
oTw'fh rPi 7 iS,that the rdigi°US organization orinS-
tion with which the boy scout is connected shall give definite
s«I°Ch,!U f vf, •" he be a Roman Cath°lic bov
for ]'• fr • • ch of which he is a member is the best channel
will I .trai.mnP"- If he be a Hebrew bov, then the Synagogue
no matter11 to m IH f?h of.his.fatI^s. ' If he be a Protect!
belnnJ A what denomination of Protestantism he may
shtuld be tb °f Whidl hG is an adherent or a
Should be the proper organization to give him an education in
the things that pertain to his allegiance to God. eaucatl0n m
An Active Force for Good
sh£iif"da^ men Wh° are "Iven certificates of leader-
P in earning out the program of the Boy Scouts of America
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