The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-02-16
BOY SCOUTS
ARE TO HOLD
A meeting.
OF an Annual Nature in the
City of Washington
Soon.


The first annual meeting of the
members of the national council Of
the Boy Scouts Of America will be
held in Washington on next Tuesday
and Wednesday. 1t will gather to-
gether the leaders of the movement
from various parts of the country to
report on the growth of the organi-
cation, the work accomplished in the
last year and to make plans for the
next year. The council will be re-
ceived at 2:SO p. m. in the East room
of the White House by President Taft,
who is honorary president of the or
ganization and member of the council. |
The President, who has watched with
keen interest, the growth Of the Boy
Scout movement, will deliver an adj
dress to the members of the council
concerning the aims of the movement
and will open up questions Off discus
sion. He expects at the reception to
have general discussion of the af-
fairs Of the organization because he
wishes to keep informed concerning
the growth and the future plans of
the organization.
The meeting in Washington, prac-
tically under the auspices Of the Pres
ident, will prove of prime interest to
the boys throughout the country and
to men of various professions and
business who are working for the de-
velopment of good citizens. President
Taft's speech and the report to the
council will tell of the remarkable
growth of the Boy Scouts of America
in less than a year. More than 3O0,-
600 boys have been organized into
troops under scout masters since last
March and thousands more are seek
ing scout masters. No other boys
organization ever developed SO fast
because no organization appealed
to SO many phases OF boys life
and at the same time unconsciously
developed his character and the spirit
of service to his fellow man and to
his country.
The gathering. secondly, promises
to show in a more convincing way
than actual numbers that the Boy
Scout movement has been needed in
this country and is doing tremen-
dous good in providing healthy en-
ioyment for boys. teaching them self
reliance and service, and training
them morally. The leaders of the
movement will summarize reports al
ready made to the national headquar-
tiers, showing that the methods of
training Boy Scouts have appealed to
the boys spirit Of fun and to his
sense of honor, that the movement
already has been so developed that
it suits the American boy despite the
fact that the general plan was adap-
ted from General Sir Robert S. S.
Baden-Powell, founder of the English
Boy Scouts.
The meeting will be attended by
many prominent professional men,
financiers, preachers. philanthropists
and business men. Among those who
will attend are U. S. senator-elect
I. G. Dupont, Jas. R. Garfield, Nicllo-
las Longworth, Judge Ben B. Lindsey,
Rev. Charles H, Parkhurst, OF New
York; Mortimer L. schiff, banker;
John Wanamaker, merchant; Ernest
P. Bicknell, director OF the Red Cross
Society; Hon. Charles j. Bonaparte, |
William H. Gay, S. R. Guggenheim, /
Luther H. Gulick. NJ. D., Lee F. Ham
mer Professor jeremiah w. jerks,
David Starr Jordon, Judge Henry K. !
Klamroth. Hon. Clifford Pinchot, Perry !
E. Powell, George D. Pratt, Frank
Presbrey, Jacob A. Riis, E. M. Bobin-
son. Col. Theodore Roosevelt, Lori /
lard Spencer. Jr., Admiral Dewey and |
Major General Leonard Wood.
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