The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-10-21
SCHOOLS TAKE UP
SCOUT MOVEMENT
PRINCIPALS OF PREPARATORY
SCHOOLS FIND SCOUT ACTIVE
TIES AN EXCELLENT SUPPLE
MENT TO THE WORK OF THE
CLASS ROOM AND THE GYM.

| The leaders OF the Boy. Scouts OF
America have made arrangements
with several boys preparatory schools
throughout the country to adopt the
boy scout movement as a. supplement-
TO their educational work. Many 9TH
err academies are considering the
| adoption Of 1t. Scouting activities ia
general way have been taken up
by several schools and have been
found very helpful and popular. The
different phases of scouting can be
added to the school work and give
additional incentive to the boys both
in their studies and in their athletic
work. For instance. a boy who be-
comes a scout can win badges for
being proficient in various studies,
in athletic events and in his tramps
on holidays through the country
around the academy which he attends.
The training which the boys receive
by engaging in other scout activities
can be used as a substitute for milf
tary drills and tactics. In the ma
jority OF schools the military train
ing Is given simply as means Of dis
cipline. Scout activities provide dis
cipline, body building and character
training and they take the boys
mind away from the thought OF war.
Educators are enthusiastic over the
scout movement. Captain Ferrara,
commandment OF the department OF
military service Of the state univers-
ity school. Okla, has taken up scout-
ing. Thomas Aston, principal Of the
public school In McAlester, Okla. Is
interested in the educational value OF
scouting. Capt j. w. Bare, who tn
an instructor In the Culver Summer
Naval school, Culver, Ind, has been
teaching boys under his charge scout
ing for several years. following the
principles laid down In the manual
OF the British Boy Scouts and the
Boy Scouts Of America. Captain Bare
already has turned out nrst-class
scouts. Our requirements, he says
ARE stiff and are somewhat more de-
tailed than covered generally"
Speaking about the plan OF winning
over the boys schools, Samuel A. Mof-
fat, business secretary OF tho Boy
| Scouts OF America says:
For years emphasis has been
placed upon military training by pre-
paratory schools and academies us-
ing the military drills and tactics.
Undoubtedly this makes strong APP
peal to the boy and his parents, bat
am firmly convinced that at this
time Rhen the dominant note Ia for
peace. that the educational institu-
ton awaiting itself OF the opportuni-
ties OF the appeal that the scout
movement ID making to boys by In
Guiding some of the activities in it's
curriculum win take d forward step
in educational work which. / believe,
will prove of great benefit both to the
institution and the boys with whom Ii
works. believe scouting Will prove
helpful.
The scout laws provide q programme
for self-government that cannot be
equalIed. The boy on taking the
scout oath y placed upon his honor
to obey these laws which require that
he be trustworthy, loyal, helpful. cour-
teous and obedient. The movement
places the burden OF the demand Tor
rocreative exercises and physical
training upon the boy. Scouting pre-
SCENTS an attractive method or inter
estirg the boy Ia history. civios, ge-
ology and kindred subjects.
Wherever military drill Is COM
| puiHory Ii soon becomes monofonoun
and loses It's grip upon the boy. The
great variety of activities Iii scouting
win suggest some features that may
substitute Of supplement the military
drill and continue to hold the boys
interest. Such activities as the flrst
aid and the fre drills, signaling. and
calesthenics with scout STATS are sug-
gested.