The Winslow mail., 1911-12-02
The BOY SCOUTS
OF AMERICA
Meeting Held Tuesday Even
ing For Organization

boys of VI Winslow, ranging between the
ages OF II and ls, met Informally with
MIR J. W Renshaw and the Rev JOS
l.. Meade, for organization
The boy scouts, as most people
know, is an organization purely for
boys, and was started some years ago
lii England by General Badeu-Poweli
III A merica this organization was pro-
noted and continued by MIR. Ernest
thompson Seton. The aim of the boy
scouts movement is TO supplement the
I'd ducational institutions III building
character for boys, and promoting
their ability to 90 things for them
selves and Tor others they are dl-
vlded into three classes: First, the
tenderfoot, which lasts through pro-
Dallou; next, the second degree; and
lastly, the first class, which constitutes
d full-hedged scout.
For entrance into each of these
20 ability i'll various lines III wins
ioW We are to begin With one troop,
tnlS troop 10 be ulvIded into three
patrols, each patrol consisting of eight
acouts. At the head of he troop there
Is 10 be d Scout Master, and Ill each
patrol there Is also to be a patrol
leader Only boys ranging between
the ages OF II and Is years are eligible
Tor mem bersnip. The troop OF boy
and unattached to any other organlza-
ZION or association, out is atfiilateu
with the National Boys Scout move
ment OF America, with headquarters Ill
New York Cny. Further, there Is TO
be Local Council composed of rep
resentaLIve men Of this county, for tie
djo. The purpose of this Local COun-
I'll is to give the movement the strong
est possible endorsement and TO fur
nish talent to be used in instruCtlng
scouts i'll various departments ana
phases OF scoutcraft. list of the
Local Council will be published later,
Wnen the acceptance Of the invitation
co serve has been received from the
several gentlemen asked.
The scouts motto is, "Be Prepared;" :"
che scouts honor is to be trusted; the
scouts duty is to be useful, and to
uelp others; and he is to do his duty
oetore everything else, even though
ne gives up his own pleasure, or com
fort, or safety TO do IT, When II Is oIf
ncult to knew which of TWO things TO
DO he must ask himself, (Which Is my
duty?" that is, which is best for other
people, and do that one. He must be
prepared DIT all times to save life or to
nelp injured persons, and he must try
Ills best to DO good turn for some
oody every day. Inc scout is a friend
20 all, and brother to all other
scouts, no matter to what social class
me other belongs. The scout law Is as
10 lows:
A scout is trustworthy; a scout is
loyal; scout is helpful; scout Is
friendly; a scout is courteous; a scout
IS kind; d scout is obedient; scout is
cheerful; scout is thrifty; a scout is
erent.
The oath which the boy scouts take
is this:
On my honor I will do my best:
70 do my duty to GCd and my coun-
try,
And to obey the scout law;
10 help other people at all times;
10 keep myself physically strong,
Mentally awak e, and morally straight
200 young to judge of its wearing
Qualities, but judging by its wildtire
spread across the country the boy
scouts as an organization has come to
stay. Possibly it should be called ID
movement rather than an n"ganiza-
ton, for though it is in itself wel
thought out organization, it is also
movement allying itself to any organ
lzation already formed which has
worked for boys as its aim, and except
for the required touch with the Ma
tional Headquarters to give the move
ment coherency, direction and intel
ligent promotion, it is dependent for
its management and control upon the
volunteer workers in the local field;
these volunteer workers are the local
council, the scout commissioner and
the scout master. There are al' eady
three hundred thousand boys in Am
erica who are mem bers of the boy
scouts.
The boy scout movement is a pro
gram for boyhood, a recognition of
boyhood life, beginning ut II years