Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1911-08-08
BOY SCOUTS
WILL MEET
Prof. Kelly has Consented to Head
the Movement in This City
Meeting Wednesday
Night.
ALL BOYS OVER IL INVITED
Ex-President Roosevelt Writes an
Article for the Boy Scout
Manual.

The realization of the Boy Scout
movement in Webster City is rap.
idly drawing nearer. The charter
is probably now on the way an6
but short time will elapse before
q command will be established here
At the meeting called by N. NJ
O'Connor a few evenings ago, he
pressed the leadership Of the move.
ment here upon Prof. D. M. Kelly
This suggestion was unanimously
seconded by all the gentlemen pres.
ent, and Mr.. Kelly has kindly con.
scented to serve. The selection Of
our superintendent Of schools fol
the head Of this movement is Ger.
tainly a wise one. He has had years
Of successful experience in handling
boys and is eminently fitted in ev.
cry way to head the movement.
The next step in the matter will
be taken at the city hall next Wed.
nesday night, Aug. 9th, that time
and place being set by Prof. Kelly tc
meet the boys Of the city. Every
boy above the age of twelve years
the minimum age limits urged tc
be at the city hall at the above
specified time, when talk regard
Ing the Boy Scout idea will be made
by Prof. Kelly and temporary or
ganization effected. The necessary
papers have been filled out and for
warded to the national head Of the
organization, and the charter will
soon be received. Sunny" Long,
r. L. Cox and others will be asso-
ciated with Prof. Kelly in the 40
tive field work Of the order. The
movement is one that makes for bet.
ter citizenship and is intended to
make good, able, law abiding and
helpful men out of the youth of the
It has already done much good, and
it will do far more, for 1t is in its
essence a practical scheme through
which to impart a proper standard
of ethical conduct, proper standards
of fair play and consideration for
others, and courage and decency, to
boys who have never been reached
and never will be reached by the
ordinary type of preaching, lay or
clerical. / have been particularly
interested in that extract Of let
ter from a Scoutmaster in the Phil
ippines, which runs as follows:
"'It might interest you to know
that at a recent fire in Manila
which devastated acres of ground
and rendered 5000 people homeless,
that two patrols of the Manila
Scouts reached the fire almost witn
the fire companies, reported to the
proper authorities and worked for
hours under very trying conditions,
helping frightened natives into
places of safety, removing valuables
and other articles from houses that
apparently were in the path of the
flames, and performing cheerful]y
and efficiently all the tasks given to
them by the firemen and scoutmas-
ter They were complimented in
the public press, and kind editor
ial about their work.
During the recent Carnival the
land.
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, form
er President of the United States
and Honorary Vice-President of the
Boy Scouts of America. has written
an article on citizenship for the
new Scout manual. In it he says
that the Boy Scout movement is
proving in a practical way of great
Importance to the country. He
points out that the Boy Scout prin-
ciples make for efficiency in a boys
life, patriotism and citizenship. In
outlining the ideals of boyhood
he says that the Boy Scout move
ment promises to bring into the boys
world more and more the Golden
Rule.
The Boy Scout movement will
soon be in operation in Webster City
and IL the scouts follow the whole
some advice OF Col. Roosevelt, who,
by the way, practices what he
they will have every rea-
son to be thankful in later life when
confronted by the real problems of
business and good citizenship.
Colonel Roosevelt urges the Scouts
to see that gangs Of toughs do not
make the Fairgrounds impossible
FOR children. He points out to the
boys that the qualities OF good
Scout make for success in business
Ind urges upon them the importance