Norwich bulletin., 1915-12-02


 McAneny said:
 "As understand it, there is at pres- ent an advisory committee operating in the city in touch with the Boy Scout movement. It is a part of the purpose of this meeting 10 agree upon a basis for the enlargement of that committee, giving greater representa- tion to some interests that are not at present represented. and enabling those who are at the head Of the work 10 get into closer ana more effective touch with other agencies working for tile Improvement of boy conditions Tn other words 1t Is desired to lend the lUcnce Of the Boy Scout movement to other work for boys-to bring about larger degree Of cooDeration than has -een prey Eiously possible
 ti0F-erHor V hl,uan iD his letter said: ' believe that this ts one of the best agencies today for the development into good citizens of the youth of our through the instruction of "do good turn daily" a desire to serve the oorrnnity, hut what is more, the observance Cf the scout law tends -c dcye!o7 stro- z character.
 If only small percentage of the No-s who ta'In the scout oath" are permanently affected by 1t the nation | Is richer in consequence. and Is deep l% indebted to the many men who are giving their time as leaders. The
 
 would be lees scu-e today if hundreds f tNor~a~ds o f1'cn of the pres ent generation lad qualified in their i horhood os ir=t-ciass scouts. Justice Hovt wrote:
 Tn chfldren's coIrt is peculiarly in- te-ested in this matter because we. who have actual experience in deal Ing with juvenile delinquency, are constantly impressed with the fact that much of our work would be un- AI enviro-men and leadership during his leisure time.
 The value of the Boy Scout move. ment has so impressed me as a pro- gramme for the time outside of the schoolroom for the boy that have ac- cepted the chairmanship of the ad- visory committee of Greater New York, and am interested in the pres ent effort that is now being made to have the movement better understood by the people of New York as one of the means Of meeting the boy problem of the greater city.
 Theodore N. Vail, president of the American Telephone and Telegraph company, also sent a letter; in which he made several suggestions for car rying on the movement. He said he thought plans should be made to give the youth larger and better oppor- tunity to see the large collections, scientific and artistic, in this city by taxing them 10 the museums unQer proper guardianship and having "story tellers" interest them in and explain to them what they see in an interest ing way. This was done in Boston he said, with great success.
 Bishop Greer said that in his opinion the boy problem in the city was a bigger one than the Boy Scout movement, although he was in agree ment with the organization. In out lining the plan and purpose of the movement MT. West said:
 There are at present 5,70o scouts registered in New York. There are approximately 500, 900 boys of scout age in the city. The framework and machinery of scouting have been de- veloped by the untiring devotion of strong, clean men through a period of five years and the organization is now ready to extend it's benefits to an enor- mously large number in the i've boroughs. Eighty thousand is the number aimed at if the means are forthcoming to purchase the necessary equipment and provide camping funds"
 MT. West announced that there would be a rally of scouts on Decem- oer which would be reviewed by President Wilson. The Boy Scouts of America will launch a four-day campaign to raise $200.000 as a three-year budcet for the boys of the city. resolution was adopted ask ing the acting mayor to appoint a committee of 800 or 100 citizens to act as an advisory committee to assist the borough councils.