The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1911-02-11
PRESIDENT TAFT
BOY
SCOUTS OF
The First Annual Meeting
Of the National Council Of
Boy Scouts Of America
Held in Washington Last
Tuesday and Wednesday.
RECEPTION IN
THE EAST ROOM
OF WHITE HOUSE

ttonal council Of BOY scouts Of Amcri.
ca was held IN Washington, u. c., last
Tuesday and "Wednesday. It gathered
together the leaders OF the movement
from various parts of the country to
report on the growth Of the ]orpaniya.
ton, the work accomplished during the
past wear aud the plans io be- CARED out
this year. The council was received n,
2'3o T. m. IN the Fast Room Of the
white House by President Tnft. who is
honorary president of the organization
nnd member ~ the council The presi
dent, who has watched with keen inter.
est the growth Of the Boy scout move.
mcht, delivered an address 10 the mem
beers Of the council concerning the aims
" W" movement ani opened the duc,
tions 10 be discussed. lie caused a zen.
"rnl discussion NJ the organization IN
follow and the prcsiden, is to he kent
IN touch with the growth aud future
pianS ~ the organization.
The meeting In Washington. prnc,i
calIN under the auspices IT the prcsI
dent, u proving NJ prime interest 10
Vi" boys throughout the country and
to men Of various professions and hus
ln"sS"s who are working Tor the dcvcL
opmcnt Of good citizens. prosid,n,
Tart : speech and the reports Of the
council tell Of the remarkable growth
oi III" Boy Scouts Of America In les.
than u year. More than 100000 hov,
have been organized into ir,ot,. upd,r
scout masters siacc las, March and
thousands more are seeking scout, mas
tiers. NJ other boys organization ever
developed 80 fast because no nrpanizn.
ton ever appealed 10 ~ many phases
of O boys life aud ~ the same time
unconsciouslv developed his character
and the spirit 1T service ~ his fellow
man aud his country.
tn" gathering, secondly, promises To-
show boz q NOR" convincing way ,han
actual numbers that the Hoy scout,
movement has been needed In TIM,
country and II doing q tremendous good
in providing healthy en- ioymrut for the
hovs, t"uching them self reliance and
S%"r,lr", GEd training them morullv The
Leaders ~ ~" movement will summnr
"" reports alrrndv made to the ma
il"nhI headquarters. showing that ~,
methods Ut training boy scouts have nr.
Ia Ia. hoy : spirit at fun and :
Ia his aFt.4 az N..... 49,. Al 7
'n"nt already has been 80 developed !
that u suits the American hoy despite
hi 20 be- heard therein. either b"for"
: "aico -, 80 Vpr"ai IL yor fail q. -
IN" tact that ~" general plan was adhp
ted from General SIR Roh"rtr :. :. bad
rn.rowcll. Founder of the English Boy
scouts.
TIL. meet ing gives the final touchc,
Ia the "Amcficani4atiuu at the BoN
Scou, mo, rmrut that has been going uu
for NOR" than q year. This process has
been gradual bat the reports read will
show that the movement L. becoming
distinctly American. When the Amer
can organization Was -tHrtcu the rnthus
iasm among the boys was greater than
was anticipated and there was such q
demand for % uaudbook that General
Sir Baden I'owrll's book was adopted
20, u model Tor the American manual
Experience hn, shown that this manual
caI bc changed slightly in accordance
with the growth of the organization
~ ...1. me-. I-V...Nlnt u.4rt.up
The idea which undcrlirs the BOY
scouts D., not uur which o~rigi"atcd with
any one man uI ,ct of men. For wears
men have been working with boys
some IN one way aud some IN another, !
Ernest Thompson. seton, the naturalist,
worked with boys along the lines of
woodcraft aud Indian life. Dan Beard
the illustrator aud we'll. known author
Of boys hooks simultaneously with Er
nest Thompson seton. was working
with boys along the lines Of lioncrrlng,
haudicraft and uut. of door life. Byron
Borhush, IN r., was also dealing with
boys along the lines of nero worship
and IN imitation Of the knightly life
that ocutcrcd around the Round Tabl,
Of King Arthur. In the Young Men 5
Christian Association. Edgar NJ. Rob
lnson was standing fGr the fUur. fold
development to- the hoy aud for the
boy education for the duties of life
and citizenship Thomas chew, the
President Of the Federated Boys Clubs
and the Superintendent at she Fall Riy.
er Boys club, was working with q large
number Of boy along social and moral
lines, Besides these, n whole host NJ
Fairgrounds, were touching the lives Of
boys for the purpose Of making better
men, The IDEAS that underlay the work
of all these men was the same, hut they
differed widely IN the conception Of the
idea aud the method Of It's produc
tion.
Lieutenant General Sir Robert :. T..
Baden. Powell, e. 49,, stirred by the
sight Of forty.siN per cent Of all the boys
in England coming into maturity with
out any adequate knowledge Of any use
ful occupation, was led 10 make a syn
thesis Of all the methods that were al
ready in the field, and to tie them up Ia
community development by an appeal
for service in the growing boy. In
brief, then, the Boy Scout movement Is
a GENERALIZATION 80 AunaFtuun iI.ula