Newark post., 1911-03-29

VIC dlS lOlu Bp HlCH WHO IldNG DSSli
leaders among lhese English boys that
1t has entirely made over The boys OF
that country. By its magic, any sort
OF boy, dull, bright. miSchisVous, rich
and spoiled, or poor and neglected-is
changed i'll a few weeks from just "a
boy into a young knight OF chivalry.
And rhe best 0. it is that he stays
changed There are many things
about Icing scout that appeal uni
Nersally to the boy
The Boy Scout idea, as introduced
into England by Badcn-Powell three
years ago has grown and spread, un-
til no one knows how many Boy Scouts
England has. Everywhere one goes,
are the scouts Like a wave this
movement has swept over Europe. 1t
has found its way into the islands of
the seas. In Naita, Singapore, or
Calcutta you will find Boy Scouts.
There are thousands of them in CAM
ada. The Defense Departments of
Canada and OF New Zealand and South
Africa have adopted the Scouts Hand
book for training cadet corps The
Governor General OF Australia is the
Chief Scout there. Everywhere the
idea has taken hold
Ernest Thompson Seton has nodi-
fled the Scout Law and prepared new
handbook, adapted to the use G boys
in our country, and the English wave
OF enthusiasm has simply changed to
an American wave, and is continuing
its course across our own country. In
deed. the West seems to have become
enthusiastic as soon as we back Last,
Ii not sooner.
The Philadelphia papers, within a
month, have been telling o. manly pa
trolls being formed there, and that city
bids fair to become as much center
for this movement as are any OF the
cities OF England.
Gen. Baden Powell made little ex-
pertinent in England He collected 4
few boys in Surrey, put them into a
uniform and drilled them just enough
to be able to handle them easily, and
to maintain discipline, but not enough
to make pigmy soldiers OF them by
any means.
In order to interest them more in
outdoor life, he showed them how to
play at Indians and Knights of King
Arthur, Boys are said to be savagcs,
hence interest in Indians. Thompson
Seton has elaborated the Indian idea,
which appeals most strongly to our
boys, living in the true Indians old
camp and hunting grounds. Baden
Powell wrote book on purpose tor
them and called it Securing for Boys.
By following out the suggestions in the
book, the boys went ahead and taught
themselves character, thinking all the
time they were playing Every boy OF
spirit grew wild to be a scout. They
formed themselves into Patrols, and in
year from that start a hundred
thousand boys had ceased to be just
boys and had become Boy Scouts.
1t is all SO simple and wonderful
that the surprising thing is that it had
never been thought OF before, AS a
London newspaper editor puts it, "All
you have to do is to collect. say, a
dozen boys, ragmu MS. young ruffians
boys OF blue blood, boys OF red blood
anything, so long as it is boy, teach
him the Scout Law (which ! will ex-
plain presently pu. him on his honor
stick him into a uniform. and you
have at once transformed the urchln
into blazing eyed young knight er-
rant, chvalrous, honest, honorable,
and Jealous patriot You can make
almost anything you want to of the
boys
After number OF boys decide to
form patrol or two o. six or eight
boys each, they ask some gentleman
fond of outdoor lie, to be scout mas
ter. He appoints leader and assist.
ant leader for each patrol from among
their own number. They find barn
a snug shed, an empty loft, or even
the school house by permission, ano
this is converted into local headquar-
ters. This should be more of a coy
club Than a drill hall The scoutmas.
ter gets the support OF local people oi
good standing, and they help the boy:
raise money for uniforms and equip
ment Scouts earn their own money
and do not beg. The expenses are
very low, the uniforms costing S.. SC
each when gotten in quantities.
Be.ore the boys may wear thei1
Scout inform, which they are simply
crazy to get into, rhey learn the ele.
ments Of scouting. First they mus
make the scouts promise, and they
cannot make rhe promise until they are
able to pass tests. the test OF the ten
derfeet. They may then wear the uni
forms described as rhe most fasci
mating boys uniform in the world,
and the Scouts badge. The first sub
ject Of the test is the Scouts Law
This is simple creed of honor ane
chivalry. There are nine points IL
Scouts Law:
I. A Scouts honor is to be trusted
# boy says "On my honor it is so,
that means it is so, just as though HI
had taken an oath.
p \ Scout is loyal to the Presi
and to his officers, to his parents, hi
country and his employers. He mus
stick to them through thick and thin
5. A Scouts duty is to be useful AM
to help others. He must try his bes
to do a good turn to someone ever.
day This is one of the most import
anr points in the Scouts daily life.
4. A Scout is a friend to all and
brother to every other Scout, no MAT
Ter to what social class the other be