The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-10-10
SCOUT MOVEMENT
ADOPTED BY SCHOOLS
Find Activities an Excellent
Supplement to the Class
Room Work.

The leaders Of the Boy Scouts OF
America have made arrangements
with several boys preparatory schools
throughout the country to adopt the
Boy Scout movement as a supplement
to their educational work. Many
other academies are considering the
adoption OF it. Scouting activities IN
general way have been taken up by
several schools and have been found
very helpful and popular. The differ
ent phases Of scouting can be added
to the school work and give additional
incentive to the boys both in their
studies and in their athletic work. For
instance, boy who becomes a scout
can win badges for being proficient in
various studies, in athletic events and
in this tramps on holidays through the
country around the academy which he
attends.
The training which the boys re-
ceive by engaging in other scout activi-
ties can be used as substitute for
military drills and tactics. In the ma
jorty of schools the military training
is given simply as means of discip-
line. Scout activities provide discip-
Inc. body building and character train
ing, and they take the boys mind
away from the thought of war.
Educators are enthusiastic over the
scout movement. Captain Ferrara,
commandant Of the Department of Mil
itary Service of the State University
school, Okla, has taken up scouting.
Thomas Aston, principal of the public
school in McAlester. Okla, is interest
ed in the educational value of scout
ing. Captain J. W. Bare. who is an in
school Culver, Ind, has been teach
ing boys under his charge scouting for
several years, following the principals
laid down in the manuals of the Brit
ish Boy Scouts and the Boy Scouts of
America Captain Bare has already
turned out first class scouts. Our Re-
Quirements," he says ARE stiff and are
somewhat more detailed than covered
generally Speaking about the plan Of
winning over the boys schools, Samuel
A. Moffat, business secretary OF the
Boy Scouts of America, says:
For years emphasis has been plac-
ed upon military training by prepare
tory schools and academies using the
military drills and tactics. Undoubt-
boy and his parents. but am firmly
convinced that at this time when the
dominant note is for peace. that the
educational institution availing itself
Of the opportunities of the appeal that
the scout movement is making to boys
by including some of these activities
in it's Curriculum will take a forward
step in educational work, which. be-
lieve, will prove Of great benefit both
to the institution and the boys with
whom it works believe scouting will
prove helpful.
'The scout laws provide program
for elf-government that cannot ne
equalled. The boy on taking the scout
oath is placed upon his honor to obey
these laws which require that he be
Trustworthy. loyal, helpful, courteous
an dobedient. The movement places
the burden Of the demand for recrea-
tive exercises and physical training up
on the boy Scouting presents an at
tractive method of interesting the boy
in history, civics, geology and kindred
! subjects.
! Wherever military drill is compul-
sorry it soon becomes monotonous and
loses it grip upon the boy. The great
variety OF activities in scouting will
suggest some features that may substi-
tute or supplement the military drill
and continue to held the boys interest
/ Such activities as the first aid and the
fire drills, signaling, and calesthenics
with scout staffs are suggested.