The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1915-06-04
BOY SCOUTS
ARE ACTORS
Play Given tuesday Night
PIeaseS
TRAINING OF BOY SCOUTS SHOWS
RESULTS
"The ElOpement OF Ellen" Under Df.
rection of Mr.. and Mrs. Boyd Fuller
Was Successful.

The Boy Scouts proved worthy of the
name of actors and in the entertain.
ment Tuesday evening ending with
teh play "The Elopement of Ellen" /"
revealed TO large audience the great
benefit to young boyhood of systematic
training along manly lines. Every
boy and girl in the play entered into
the spirit of the plot with an eager
mess and vim that made it move rapid
| ly and without noticeable hitch to
the audience.
The acting too, of all in the cast
was extraordinarily good and made
1.-THE spectators forget for the time be-
| ing the amateurish calibre of the ac-
tors. To Mr.. and Mrs Boyd Fuller. who
gave their time to the training of the
boys and girls, is due a large amount
Iot the credit for the success Of the
play.
Boy Scouts Explained.
/ Prior to the play and as part Of
1.-THE entertainment given by the BOYS,
I were brief talks by boys explaining to
\ Ithe audience just what the movement
for manlier boys was, and the aims
Iof the boys as taught by Scoutmaster
4 Shepherd, These talks are repro
duced below with the idea OF showing
I to the readers OF The Times, the real
purpose OF q movement that is grow
ling yearly all over the civilized world
land Just what the principles are which
are making manly boys Of otherwise
tough boys and fundamental fitting
lthem for good citizenship
Who are the Boy Scouts?
They are composed of several hum
Idred thousand boys Of America who
are pledged to do a good turn to some
/ one every day Boys between The
ages OF L. and is years. the years
when character is being formed and
1.-THE emotions are strong and needing
guidance, 1t is an army OF peace. es-
tablished for opposing violence to
man or beast and of remedying that
evil that is in the world by inStilling in
.Jlte minds of the future men the prin-
cipals of the scout law which, among
Iall other virtues require kindness and
courtesy.
The great Apostle to the Gentiles
urged first that Timothy take heed
to himself and this service he gave al
so to the elders of Ephesus.
The Scout oath has this admonition
in mind when each boy is required to
pledge himself to keep himself phys
ically and morally straight" for with
lout good body, clean, unifrom mind
and honest heart a boy is but poorly
prepared for life and for success.
We believe with the poet.
BE strong, we are not here to dream
to drift,
We have hard work to do and loads to
lift
We seize the present moment, it is
the gift of God and by obeying the
Scout Laws we are strong.
RAYMOND LOUGH,
The Badge
The first badge is proof that the
owner has knowledge of the scout
laws, the scout oath, the history of the
flag, and the reverence due it. The
second badge indicates progress in
putting in practice the life of help
! fulness including First Aid to the
injured or sick or stricken" No ac-
cident or sudden sickness, but what
, he is supposed to know what to do
at once, since his motto is "be pre-
} pared" With the first class badge
he passes to greater proficiency and
: a wider knowledge of the help which
J humanity needs, and with this a wide
knowledge of nature, of beasts, birds,
the plan of advancement knows no
limit for merit badges are granted for
any distinguishing work in arts and
, sciences, husbandry and manual
training Honor badges are bestowed
for saving life, especially with risk
: Of life saver. The boys are thus en-
81 sfcouraged to advance and to distin-
/ guish themselves in some line which
will make them richer in mind and
heart and hand, and the race the bet-
t ter A boy who meets certain require
t ments in. music is granted the merit
: badge for music; the same in electri-
3 city, in mechanical construction; in
! personal health, in public health for
: a beautiful city, in fact for almost ev-
( cry thing which makes for human
e progress. There is one thing for
. which no badge is offered, brute force
4 and war preparation. Some have
pipe dreams that ours is training
for war, that the Boy Scouts Of Am
erica are military in purpose. Some
Iof these pipe dreams persist in the
face OF the fact When one tells Z
9 thing for which there is not word
2 Of proof he shows himself unreliable
4 Ito be believed in anything. The Boy