Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-08-06


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National Council h o $
Is the Governing Body. annuany
at which it elects chief scout for the
executive work and staff of deputy
scouts. each of which is chairman OF a
committee for some special line of scout
work The national headquarters Of this.
the greatest boys organization in the
world, is at 300 9Th avenue New York,
where six large rooms in the 9Th avenue
building are required to accommodate the
staff of clerks, bookkeepers. stenogra-
pliers and scouts to carry on the work.
The honorary president Of the organiza-
ton is President Taft and Col. Roose-
Welt is an honorary vice president. Colin
II. Livingstone, a Washington banker. is
the president and Ernest Thompson
Seton, who is known TO most boys by
his woodcraft books holds the office of
official handbook. The national council
is composed of some Of the most prom
inent men Of the nation. representing all
Of the leading professions.
A new map recently has been prepared
to show the tremendous growth Of the
Boy Scouts of America. The map is
over twelve feet long. On it are placed
green pins to mark every village, town
and city which has a troop OF Boy
Scouts. Red pins are scattered over the
map to show the location of scout COM
missioners and blue pins to indicate the
local councils which supervise the scout
activities. This map shows every state
In the Union represented in the order of
scouts. Some of the states seem to be
almost solid green. In Pennsylvania
there are over 400 troors. There are more
than 100 in Manhattan, in addition to
80 in Brooklyn. There are nearly a
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Der in other western states is increasing
each week. In Florida and the other gulf
states the organizations are especially
active.
1t is. not confined to continental America
either. Like the public school. the Boy
Scout follows
Scouts Follow the American
the American Flag. He va a an, th IN
Philippines, Alaska and the Canal Zone,
as well as in Cuba and Porto Rico, there
are Boy Scout troops belonging to the
great organization, with headquarters in
New York An addition of the Scouts
Manual lately has been printed in Span
ish for the benefit of the American boys
who speak that tongue.
The aim of the organization is to give
the boys the benefit of all of the in
huences which go to make up good citizen
ship. One Of the noteworthy effects of
the movement has been it's strong in
f1uence against snobbery and of all kinds
troops contain boys with plenty of means
the majority are dependent upon their
own earnings. Yet absolute equality is
observed in all the organizations. The
only superiority recognized in scoutdom
IS tnat or attainment, and each boy has
al equal chance at winning every honor.
The motto of the Boy Scouts is BE Pre-
pared. which means that a Scout has
mind and body in readiness for every
duty The mind is prepared by the alert
ness and obedience required by the Scout
oath The body will be kept strong and
healthy by the work and exercises pro-
vided In the camp routine or in the train
ing required for promotion from one grade
10 another There is no means of dis
cipline that the average parent VII find
quite SO effective as that which a bow
voluntarily assumes in joining a troop Of
scouts In the scout manual there are
twelve points of law. When a boy takes
the scout oath he promises to be trust
worthy. loyal. helpful. friendly, courteous.
KIND, obedient. cheerful. thrifty, brave
clean and reverent. since these are the
qualities required by the law.
Inc scout oath Is this: "On my honor
/ Will do my best "a To do nv dutv to
God and my
Vatn Wnlcn is IaKen country. (2) To
by Members of Body n ,aw the le scout %a
keep myself physically strong, mentally
awake and morally upright When TAX
ing this oath. the scout will stand hQld-
ing up his right hand. palm to the front.
thumb resting on nail of little finger and
other three fingers upright together. This
is the scout sign. The three upright