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JULY, 1933
Vol. XXI, No. 7
Copyright, 1933
by Boy Scouts
of America
A Magazine of Information for All Scouters
Our R
esponsi
In Dealing With Present Day Problems
bility
TODAY we live in a changing world.
A world that is building new founda-
tions of economics, new girders of
sociology and new structures of political
procedure. But in all of these new ven-
tures, in all of these new experiments
with the material forces with which we
work, with departures from the old or-
der, with the adoption of the new, we
are all agreed that there can be no ex-
perimenting, no venturing with the fun-
damentals of character.
We who are devoted to the building
of character through the instruments of
organization and association, know full
well that the principles and the ideals
which are motivating our forces of char-
acter building today are the principles
and the ideals that we must follow to-
morrow, next week, next month and
through the years that are still to be.
Our problem today and in the future is
the same as the problem of the past. It
is to do our work during the plastic years
of youth, the years when character may
be formed along the lines of greatest good
for the after years. And this work is
fundamentally clear in its objectives, to
build the boy physically, to build him
mentally, morally and spiritually. To do
these things does not require breath tak-
ing spectacles of innovation; to do them
does not necessitate sweeping alterations
in our customs or in our processes of
thinking. It only requires a more inten-
sive application of those duties and of
those ideals which we have followed since
the earliest years of organized social
work. It requires a greater devotion to
our cause and a more profound realiza-
tion of our responsibilities.
OUR purpose, our objective is to
mould character, and throughout
the plastic years of youth, to prepare and
train the boy of today for the citizen of
tomorrow. If, in this respect, we realize
our fondest hopes, we have made a last-
ing and a permanent contribution to the
future of America, and to the happiness
of all mankind. As Scouters, the Scout
Oath and the Scout Law should be the
measuring rod of our conduct, for cer-
tainly, we must practice what we preach.
JULY, 1933
Extracts from an Address
By WALTER W. HEAD
President Boy Scouts of America
PLEASE say to the members of the
Boy Scouts of America that I wish
I could be personally with you and ex-
tend greetings and congratulations on
the splendid achievements for 1932.
Please see to it that my greetings
and best wishes are extended to each
of thirty thousand Troops of Scouts and
other Units, as well as to the officers
and members of our 561 Local Councils.
The fact that one million two hun-
dred sixty-two thousand men and boys
were in 1932 members of the Boy
Scouts of America is impressive testi-
mony as to how vital a factor Scouting
has become in the life of America.
I firmly believe that the Boy Scout
Movement represents a new era of
moral force in America.
I hope every possible effort will be
made to avoid curtailment of all char-
acter building agencies during this
difficult period. Surely our youth—the
boy of Scout age—should not be han-
dicapped because of the current con-
ditions for which he is in no way
responsible.
Especial words of encouragement
and help should be given to those
men who serve as Scoutmasters.
As Scouters, let us look beyond the
portals of our own communities; let us
look beyond the portrals of the states of
which we are citizens; let us only meas-
ure accomplishment in the Scouting field
by actual results obtained.
Let us emphasize each day of our lives
the moral and the spiritual values of the
Scout Movement. Let us inculcate into
the minds of the youth of our land the
importance of the Golden Rule and the
debt of gratitude which we owe to our
Divine Creator. Let us all keenly feel
our sense of obligation to the Boyhood of
America, to our fellow Scouters, to all
mankind.
The influence of Scouting upon future
FORWARD! — In Spite of All Difficulties
generations, upon future world condi-
tions, is dependent very largely upon the
successful manner in which we do our
job each day.
Certainly, we all have a sense of pride
for the accomplishments and achievements
of Scouting during the period that it has
been established in America, particularly
during the trying years through which
we have just lived.
Our first objective, our principal ob-
jective, is the development of character,
and training for citizenship. Therefore,
let us put our hands to the plow and,
with our eyes toward the rising sun, turn
not to the right or to the left until our
program has been made effective and sat-
isfactory results achieved. While we are
doing this for the boys (Scouts) and for
the future of America, these very boys
are, each day of their lives, making a con-
tribution to the welfare and to the hap-
piness of 125,000,000 of Americans.
THE records of the Boy Scout Move-
ment in America are abundant with
expressions of appreciation from local
and national officials for the work of the
Boy Scouts in contributing material aid
during this period of economic calamity.
Distressed and suffering communities
have found assistance and relief at the
hands of the Boy Scouts.
One of the most conspicuous demon-
strations of the immediate results of
Scouting will be found in the nation-wide
movement of Boy Scouts to collect and
distribute food, clothing, reading matter,
all necessary supplies. These boys assume
responsibility and perform these duties
willingly and enthusiastically.
In a Michigan city, Boy Scouts col-
lected supplies from ten thousand homes
and re-distributed them in cooperation
with relief agencies. In the great State
of Texas, Scouts went into the fields and
harvested crops of vegetables, contributed
by farmers for community relief. In
Illinois, Scouts staged the benefit circus.
Food was the price of admission. In
New York, Scouts willingly saved their
weekly allowances and purchased grocer-
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