The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1911-01-19
BOY SCOUTS
MOVEMENT
Primo. II. l.. Gloyde Explains the
Object of this Nation Wide
Movement.


A number of the friends of the
scouts" have inquired the nature
and purposes of the Boy Scout
movement. The boys, no doubt,
have made their explanation which,
it seems, has been more of less i'm
perfectly understood by the parents
| and those interested in the boys.
l shall as briefly as possible,
state the object, as put forward by
the originators of the movement
Ernest Thompson Seton,, III his
manual says, EVERY American boy,
a hundred years ago, lived either
on a farm, or in such close touch
with farm life that he reaped all
it's benefits. He had all the practi-
cal knowledge that comes from the
country surroundings: that is he
could ride, shoot, skate, run, swim;
he was handy with tools; he knew
the woods; he was physically strong
self-reliant, resourceful, we'll devel-
oped in body and brain. In addition
to which, he had q good moral train
ilg at home. He was respectful to
his superiors, obedient to his par
ents and altogether the best mater
ial of which a nation could be made
I'VE have lived to see an Infortun-
ate change. Partly through the
growth OF immense cities, with the
consequent specialization of industry
so that each individual has been re-
quired to do one small specially and
shut his eyes to everything else,
with the resultant perpetual narrow
ing of the mental horizon.
Partly through the decay of sma
farming which would have offset
this condition, for each mixed farm
| was a college of handicraft.
And partly through the stero-
typed forms of religion losing their
hold, we see a very different type
of youth in the country today
ut is the exception when we see
: a boy respectful to his superiors
} and obedient to his parents. 1t is
: a rare exception, now, when we see
: a boy that is handy with tools and
capable of taking care of himself
under all circumstances. 1t is the
very, very rare exception when we
see boy whose life is absolutely
governed by the safe old mora
standards. Degeneracy is the word.
To offset the tendency of the
times, the Boy Scout movemen,
was perfected. Boys between the
3 ages of 12 and IS are eligible. Tt
illustrate the requirements for the
various classes l shall again quote
from the manual.
Tendelfoot
A boy on joining the Boy Scouts
must be 12 years old and mus
pass a test in the following point
: before taking the oath:
y Know the scouts laws and signs
and salute.
y Know the history of the Star
= and Stripes.
Tie four standard knots.
He then takes the scouts oath
and is enrolled as tenderfoot AM
is entitled to wear the buttonhol
badge.
Second-C Glass Scout.
Before being awarded the second
class scouts badge q Tenderfoo
must pass the following tests:
- 1.-Have at least one month
service as a Tenderfoot
2.--Elementary first aid in band
aging.
3.-Signaling, elementary know
ledge of semephore, Myer or Mors
alphabet. Morse for Whitefish,)
4.--Track half mile in twenty
x five minutes; or in a town, de:
d cribe satisfactorily the contents {
IS one shop window out of four OF
d served for minute each.
% $50 a mile in IL minutes {
,e scouts pace
Is Clay and light fire, using NJ
4 more than two matches.
d 7.--Cook quarter of a pound {
le meat and two potatoes without coo
IN ing utensils other than the 'egul;
ID tion kit.
a. 8.--Have at least one dollar
a savings bank.
9.--Know the sixteen princip
points of the compass.
Of First-C1asS Scout.