Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1915-02-17
BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA.

There seems to be great deal Of
: misunderstanding as to what the Boy
Scout movement is and its true prInci
pies. Some have denounced it as &
military organization backed up by the
United States Government and say that
the government furnished guns fol
drilling purposes. That is not in the
least true as the Boy Scouts do not
take military drill. The Boy Scout
movement has as its purpose the de
velopment of the boy into the highest
class citizen, with pure motives and
brotherly love.
Again there seems to be a great deal
of mist hanging about the Scout mas
tership. Some say, how much pay do
you get for your work with the boys?
The answer is easy and plain so that
no one need misunderstood The Scout
master gets only the love Of the boys
and lot Of nard work together with
the boys and to snare The expenses out
OF his own purse.
Perhaps the movement can best be
understood by the following extract
from an article in The Outlook, by
Jacob A. Rils, Oct 25, 1913.
"The savage has come uppermost in
the boy, and he lives the law of the
Jungle. Put before him the other al
tentative, and he will adopt the Scout
law to be dutiful, obedient, helpful and
clean, with the same enthusiasm.
They really start from the same point
it IS the way they work out that makes
the difference. Everything depends on
the guidepost where the roads fork.
Write the word don't there, and
only that, and the boy, if he has any
spirit, Will take to the jungle. Every
father. knows it.; every teacher has
learned it, If he has learned any thing.
The word is not IN the Scout law. 1t
is all affirmative. A Scout is loyal, he
IS heplGu. he is friendly. he is courte-
Gus, kind; he is obedient, cheerful,
thrifty, and brave: he is clean in body
and thought, stands for clean speech,
clean sport, clean habits, and travels
whit a clean crowd. And ne is rever-
ent toward God, faithful to himself, |
and respectful toward the convictions
of others. These are the Scout laws, |
and he obeys them not only because he |
has promised to, but because he wants
to. There isn't a don't in the lot. |
1t is as easy as all that
Here are two little Scouts coming
upon horse that had upset his dinner
and scattered the oats on the pave
ment. Seeing that he cannot get his
head down. they sweep up the oats and
mold the box until he has eaten.
In New York City the Health De-
oartment enlists the Scouts IN the
Clean City Campaign They did It in
lonkers so we'll that the oldest lnhabi-
ant would not nave known the bank of
he Nepperhan that had been the gen
raj dump of the city for 3 genera
ion.
The Scouts mind IS caught ava,
rom the negative law of don I, - be-
ng asborbed in the action Of ''dolng.'
t is matter OF che is and not of {
you must be. :" Don is are repul-
i've even to grown ups.
How and what some boys reported to
Scoutmaster as their good daily turns
S they express 1t In their own lam
uage: a
81 filled my mothers wood box for
was baking day.. II
81 buttoned Mary's dress because
anna was busy
Il shut up the hens. SO that father
ould not have to. 81
II gave man his crutches. d
Il done up finger for friend
81 wiped the dishes for mother.' +,
This list could be continued for y
hole column of such good turns. which
AXE the boy a real man.
L. v BellaIny,
Local Scout Master.