Scouting, Volume 1, Number 7, July 15, 1913 Page: 4
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SCOUTING
PUBLISHED SEMI-MONTHLY BY NA-
TIONAL HEADQUARTERS, BOY
SCOUTS OF AMERICA. FOR
SCOUT OFFICIALS AND OTHERS
INTERESTED IN THE BOY
SCOUT MOVEMENT
OFFICERS OF THE NATIONAL COUN-
CIL AND EXECUTIVE BOARD
Honorary President: Woodrow Wilson.
Honorary Vice-President: William H. Taft.
Honorary Vice-President: Theodore Roosevelt.
President: Colin H. Livingstone, Washington.
Chief Scout: Ernest Thompson Seton.
Nat'l Scout Commissioner: Daniel C. Beard.
Treasurer: George D. Pratt, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Chief Scout Executive: James E. West, N. Y. C.
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.
SCOUTING.
That they acquitted themselves so as
to bring exclamations of praise from the
officers of the camp and all who were
concerned with its management, and ex-
clamations of thanksgiving from the vet-
erans whom they served in so many
pleasant and surprising ways, is a splen-
did tribute to the movement which, al-
most without their suspecting it, at least
without their resenting it, enabled these
boys to do what they did there.
It makes glad the hearts of the thou-
sands of unselfish men who have con-
tributed, each his part, to make such a
demonstration possible.
VOL. I.
JULY 15, 1913
NO. 7
GETTYSBURG.
NEWS articles and editorials in
scores of newspapers and maga-
zines telling of the conduct of the
Boy Scouts of America at the Gettys-
burg encampment and commenting on it
in the vein accurately indicated by the
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excerpts piuueu in~niib issue ui oluoi-
ing, have let the world know, what the
thousands of Gettysburg visitors learned,
that the Scouts are living up to their
Scout laws.
When these "laws" were promulgated,
some people smiled, not from disapproval
of them but because they thought it im-
possible to induce any considerable num-
ber of American boys to be trustworthy,
loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind,
obedient, cheerful, thrifty, brave, clean
and reverent.
They thought it "too much to expect."
Yet gradually, by the fascinating meth-
ods used in all Scout work, these traits
are being instilled in the boys.
As a boy goes about on his regular
rounds in his home Lown7 there is no
conspicuous display of his traits, and it
is an uncommonly close observer who
discovers them.
But take the boy away, into a strange
scene, and put him to a severe test, and
what he has "in him" will show.
So it was at the historic reunion on
the famous battlefield.
No such demands were ever made on
a group of half a hundred boys in Amer-
ica in recent years.
AIMS OF SCOUTCRAFT.
SCOUTCRAFT, in the biggest and
broadest sense of the word, has
three motives that make it a splen-
did and permanent institution. First,
it aims to lead the boy to a full and
wholesome enjoyment of outdoor life
in a manner that will develop him on
all sides. Secondly, it seeks to teach
him to do useful and helpful things to
alleviate suffering and give happiness
to others. Thirdly, the Scout Master
who keeps those two aims before him,
is not only getting a greater amount of
soiid nappiness out 01 ine, dui is a
tremendously important factor in mak-
ing himself nobler and in upbuilding
the nation's resources.
Should He?
What method should be pur-
sued in regard to the Scout
whose interest is only half-
hearted? Should he be dropped?
—A. J. C., Tennessee.
This is a really important
question. Scout workers' an-
swers will help others. Please
send yours in at once.
Let Others Know.
SCOUTING desires to receive from
Scout Masters, Scout Executives and
other officials, detailed accounts of un-
usual and instructive incidents, success-
ful undertakings or interesting experi-
ences which may occur in connection
with any Boy Scout activity.
SCOUTS AND THE FOURTH.
The work done by Boy Scouts all over
the country in the interest of a safe
and sane Fourth of July has been noted
everywhere by prominent men and by
the public in general. General patrol
work and the policing of parades and
exhibitions were the most important
fields in which the Scouts were felt,
although a general supervision over vet-
erans and children gave work to many
more.
The Boy Scouts of Kentucky received
orders from Headquarters to assist the
municipal authorities, and the New York
City Scouts were very active in doing
guard duty all over the city. They were
instrumental in erecting grandstands
which had been neglected by the con-
tractor.
In St. Paul, Minn., the Scouts mar-
shalled the parade of children to Har-
riett Island and the public baths where
a sane celebration was held. At Monte-
video, Minn., music was furnished dur-
ing the day by what is hailed as the
largest Boy Scout Band in the country.
A New York newspaper tells a story
of a veteran who was recounting the
incidents of fifty years ago, when a
Boy Scout stepped up to him and said:
"Wouldn't you rather sit over here
wnere it ls'snaly, SITTT
"Thank you, son," said the old fellow
in Blue, "I don't seem to stand the sun
as well as I used to."
He got up and, with the help of his
new friend, moved to a shady spot.
A paper in Trenton, N. J., in giving a
list of pointers for the Fourth of July,
says:
"The Boy Scouts are splendid Inde-
pendence Day helpers."
Swimmers to the Fore.
IN connection with the special at-
tention given this year to swim-
ming, it is interesting to note the
surprising number of actual rescues
and resuscitations by Boy Scouts all
over the country.
Following the article in the July
issue of Boys' Life on how to pass
the swimming merit badge test, will
be another article by Commodore
Longfellow in the August Boys'
Life on how to pass the test for life-
saving. All Scouts and Scout Mas-
ters should pay special attention to
these important articles.
Fifty Cents a Year.
Many men and women who are in-
terested in boys, but are not identified
with the Scout movement, have asked
for "Scouting."
This publication is sent to all Scout
officials FREE.
The subscription price to others is 50
cents a year.
Scouts Raise Giant's "Rag."
To-day, July 15, about 500 Boy Scouts
of New York City will march across
the Polo Grounds of that city, and raise
the pennant won last year by the New
York Nationals, the "Giants." This
honor has been bestowed on the Boy
Scouts by John B. Foster, Secretary of
the Club, who has invited the Scouts to
help raise the pennant and stay for the
game.
SPECIAL NOTICE!
The telephone number of
NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS
has been changed to
GRAMEHCY 4680
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