Milford chronicle., 1915-02-05
BOY SCOUT ANNIVERSARY.

The fifth annual meeting of the Nat
ional Council of the Boy Scouts of
America will be held at Washington,
D. c.. on Thursday, February 18th,
when the attending members will be re-
ceived by President Woodrow Wilson,
Honorary President of the Boy Scouts,
in the East Room of the White House.
In the evening at o'clock, the biggest
and most inspiring exhibition of Scout
work ever given in the United States
will take place in Convention Hall.
Over two thousand Scouts will partici-
pate.
On Sunday, February Z, at 6 D. M, a
special service will be held in Christ
Church, Milford, and an address will be
made Thy Scout Master, E. H. ]. An
drews. in which he will explain the pur-
poses and progress of the scout move
ment. Everyone is cordially invited to
attend and especially the families and
friends of Scouts and those interested
in scout work.
Monday, February 8, is the "Anni-
versary Day" of the Boy Scouts. A
program has been prepared by the
National Council and will be followed as
closely as practicable by the local or
ganization. The Scouts will assemble
at 7. 80 at their headquarters in the
residence of their assistant Scout Mas
ter Harry Thaw. At8p. m. will follow
a reading of greetings from the Chief
Scout At 815 every Scout in the
United States will stand at attention
with his hand at salute and repeat the
Scout Oath. The remainder of the
evening be given over to amuse-
ment.
1t should be generally understood that |
the Boy Scout Organization is absolutely |
non-sectarion and nom |
military. Every political party, every
creed, every branch of activity is rep
in its ranks. As Chief Officers
it has Colin H. Livingston, President
Ernest Thompson Seton, Chief Scout
Dan Beard, National Scout Commits
5ioner; James E. West, Chief Scout
Executive William H. Taft and Theo-
lore Roosevelt, Honorary Vice-Presi-
tents, the latter and the Hon. Clifford
Pinchot having recently become more
closely identified with the movement by
accepting membership on the Chief
Scout Staff, Colonel Roosevelt as Chief
Scout Citizen and Mr.. Pinchot as Chief
scout Woodman. Other men of Nat
Onal reputation are members of the
National Council and have not only
-iven freely of their money but gen !
rously of their time in forwarding the '
evelopment of the movement.
From a small beginning the Boy
cout Organization has grown until at {
he present time it is international in i
s scope and has enlisted in its aid the
rominent and progressive men of prac- |
cally every civilized nation. When
len of such high patriotism and char d
cter as President Wilson, William H. f
aft and Theodore Roosevelt associate q
in a movement it must
early mean that the end to be attained b
desirable and worthy to the last S
sgree. The call of the community is 5
.rvice. The cry of the adolescent boy +
service. This means that citizenship, L
its formation, begins with the twelve il
ear old boy. When this is clearly un- l
srstood, and further, that the Boy is
,out Organization recognizes the three V
'eat educational influences, of the a
,me, the church and the school, and F
,es not interfere with them, but Il
ther strengthens them by non-inter- 9
renee that every forward step the Il
" makes in Scout knowledge is a step n
furtherance of the Scout Oath-O d
To do my duty to God and my Country A
ID obey the Scout Law. ~ To help N
her people at all times. 81 To keep n
yself physically strong, mentally Il
wake and moaally straight -. Surely e.
cry citizen who has the welfare of 81
5 country or the good of his boy at ii
art would wish to aid in this work.