Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1911-08-29
PAULSON IS
BOYS FRIEND
Informs Boys What Scout Movement
Stands For-Also Tells Parents
What the Boys are En-
titled To.
BOY IS BORN A SAVAGE
Proper Care Must be Used in De.
veloping Boys-Should be Trust
ed and Understood.
BOY IS BORN A SAVAGE

''The boy has certain inalienabk
rights and if we deprive him OF
them we are apt to spoil him before
he reaches manhood. The boy has
the right to be understood; the
right to be trained, and the right
to be trusted. If he be given his
rights he is pretty sure to grow up
into a good, clean able man."
Such is an epitome Of Leonard
Paulspn's talk on the Boy Scout
question at the armory opera house
Friday night. He showed in very
convincing way just how the boy
who joins the scouts is assured of
his rights, which he may or may
not have at home. He stated that
the greatest trouble with most boys
who are bad is that their parents
failed to understand them in the be-
ginning. "The father, If he is the
right kind, should be the chum Of
his boy, should share his joys and
troubles. and thoroughly under
stand him. This will give him a
good foundation on which to work
when training the boy. And above
all. the boy should be trusted
trusted with some responsibilities
which will develop all of his good
qualities. This is what the boy
scout movement is doing for the
boys Of America and elsewhere. I"
said Mr.. Paulson. .'It is giving
the boy the chance that he is en-
titled to in the world, of becoming a
reliant, clean, thinking, substantial
man. He is associated with strong,
virile men in the scout work who
will direct his energies in a sane
and proper manner. The boy is
born savage, that is, his instincts
are primal, and he must go through
a great change between the ages of
8 and IA. His instincts must be
properly directed and not repress-
ed, else he will grow UP into the
wrong kind of a man, and the things
that were repressed in him as a boy
way that will make him hoodlum
or tough.
The Boy Scout movement is un-
der the direction and charge of men
who themselves are of the right cal
ibre. The boy is given an opportun-
ity to get out into the woods and
learn many things about nature that
will be of benefit to him. His en-
ergieS are given play, but in tho
right direction, and he has good
time. At the same time he is build
Ing character. Is learning to rely
on himself, to have proper regard
for the rights Of others, and also
the things that go to make
up the clean. healthy. spirited man.
Mr.. Paulson has been associated
with work among boys since attain
Ing his majority, and has proven by
his success in his work over the
state that he understands the boy
thoroughly. His talk was earnest,
and no doubt gave the
boys who heard it good impulse to
start right. If not already travelling
the right path toward clean man
hood.
A fair sized audience greeted Mr..
many parents accompany
ng their boys. The lecture was a
1ery meritorious one and should
lave been heard by every boy. as
we'll as every parent, in Webster
5ity. The next meeting Of the Boy
scouts and all those who are inter-
.sted in the movement will be held
It the city hall next Tuesday night.
'rocrastination Never Built a Home.
Good intentions are certainly
ioble, but unless backed by definite
lction they lead only to failure.
How often have you determined in
'our mind that you should have