The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1910-10-14

would mean breaking the windows o.
the neighbors. He can not race ant
romp, because he bumps into pedes
! TRANS and small children. What car
he dor Oh, he can go to school and
be good and outside of school hours
he can be a nice little gentleman. Dc
you wonder that this program does not
appeal to the American boy, do you
| wonder that he rebels, should we be
surprised that some boys become lazy
shiftless, self indulgent? / say again
| the fault lies not with the boy, but
with the citizens, with the business
men, it lies with our industrial and
social conditions that have grown away
from our control. You business men
have thought too much of the growth
| of your city, of your commerce, OF
your industries, of accommodating wealth
and you have forgotten for whom you
are doing all this. you have forgotten
to provide for the unfettered, healthy
growth of your boys and of the boys
of the men you employ.
Three Classes of Members
"The boys scout movement has three
classes of members, known as Tender.
| feet, second class and first class. The
Tenderfeet are boys that have just
| Joined and have not advanced enough
to join the second class and so on
In order to join boy must be twelve
years of age, know the history of the
American flag, know system of sig
mailing and so forth, and must take the
oath of the order To pass from the
| tenderfoot class to the second class he
must have been tenderfoot at least
one month and be able to pass much
harder examination than the first one
and have at least 81 in savings bank
To pass into the first class he has to
pass another hard examination and have
at least So in the bank Having given
general idea of the history, the needs
and the scope of this movement, a
brief outline of the organization is de-
sirable.
"First. The lowest unit of the or
ganization is the patrol, consisting of
six to eight boys. These boys elect
their patrol leader or the leader may
be appointed by the scout master and
he acts as the leader of the tramp for
one year.
Second. Tive or more patrols form
troop and the leader of the tramp
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adult interested in boys. If the scout
master is lover of outdoor life and
has some knowledge of woodcraft, so
much the better.
"Third. Before a boy becomes a
scout he takes the scout oath which
is as follows: l give my word of
honor that 1 will do my best; to do
my duty to God and my country; to
help other people at all times; to
obey the scout law.
Organize Local Councils.
"a local council should be organized
| in each town or circuit to assist the
scoutmasters and to develop and con-
troll the movement in its particular
territory. This council should consist
of men interested in the movement
and of the scoutmasters as they are
appointed or elected
| "a state council will be needed to
look after the whole state. 1t should
consist of representatives from the diff
ferent cities and counties of other
local organizations. The chief officer
in the state council is the. scout COM
mittee, who reports directly to head
quarters at l24 East Twenty eighth
street, New York city.
"Our present urban life makes it
difficult for our boys to enjoy that
healthy physical and intellectual life
which is their birthright. The Sboy
scout movement is intended to help
the boy to lead a healthy physical
mental and moral life. 1t is to help
the boys to do and learn things for
themselves and others. In Great Brit.
ain 100000 boy scouts have been en-
rolled and the movement is sweeping
this country. There must be deep
reason and need for anything which
appeals to boys like this movement is
doing The boy scout movement, gen.
tlemen, to sum it up in few words
is the call of the American boys tc
American men to come back into boy
hood and help real boys to become
real men,"
| Short Talk By Peck.
State Secretary Z. w. Peck, spoke
for a few minutes. He laid emphasis
on several important things. One was
the great international convention Of
the Y. M. C. A. to be held in Toronto
Canada, the last of this month
Another was the conference Of
500 leading business men of ttil
country, to meet a few days
before the international convention, al
Buffalo, n. Y, and organize move
ment called MEN and Religion" The
object of this organization is to con
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