Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-09-17

, of the child should be so moulded in
Ihis youth that he will be benefit to
his community when maturity comes.
Let us take the case of the aver.
age boy, the son of self-respecting, So
called middle class OF people" he
said. He is neither very good nor
very bad, nor very rich nor very
bright At about the age of y or -
he begins tc grow into a period of
| consciousness of self and Of his rela-
| tionship to his surroundings.
The Gang Age
This is the age at which boys be-
gin to group together in gangs, usu-
| ally under the leadership of the most
aggressive-the physical, rather than
the mental or moral leader. Loyalty
| to the gang-right or wrOng-is apt
to constitute the highest moral sense.
NOW, the interests Of this gang,
at the best, are idle and Improbable.
From that they may descend to cigar
cite smoking, understanding or
worse. It's heroes are drawn from the
nickel novel. or the melodrama movie.
With this start, the average boy
may go downhill and become dis
tinct liability to the community, but
the chances are that, at best, he will
grow into an average citizen with no
thoughts beyond the sporting page,
making as much money as he can and
having a good time. The case of the
vicious boy needs no exposition.
1t is with the boys of this age
| that the scout movement begins to
work. Taking the excess vitality, the
| interest in sports, and out-of-door ac-
Invites, the spirit of cooperation and
| loyalty to the gang, it blends them
into a program Of play, work and
moral incentive, under the leadership
of men of purpose. The loosely knit
gang becomes an organized scout
| troop. The energies of the boy, in
stead of being suppressed or scattered
in play are, with his own help, di-
rected towards his physical. mental
! and moral development The gang
spirit is cultivated, enlarged and di-
rected into loyalty to his troop, his
scout organization, his city and his
country. He is guided in his selec-
ton of boy leaders and the leaders
are trained for the work. Stimulating
literature of the best sort is put into
| his hands and he is helped in his
| choice of heroes.
The Cash Returns
Let US now consider the scout or
| ganization and the returns in cash
| value that it can render the city.
Those Of you who have been here in
! carnival time have seen the scouts
ushering and doing first aid WORK and
police duty. The policing they usual
! ly do better than the regulars because
they carry the scout spirit into it and
the people are ready to cooperate in
stead of opposing them.
The scouts of Honolulu raised
$4,000 by personal solicitation for he
! Red Cross, last year. The scouts on
the mainland sold s20,000,OO0 worth of
Liberty bonds in four days. The lit
erature for this reached Honolulu too
! late, but we have already begun put
! ting out the posters and expect to
! have a big share in the work of the
next loan.
The net results of the gardening
operations of the past summer can
never be computed but we know that
a great deal has been accomplished.
in some cities the scouts have
saved thousands Of dollars and much
time during the annual cleanup
week.
we are looking for good, red
, blooded men who, for some physical
defect or family tie, are not eligible
for the army and yet are anxious to do
their bit. Men Of the right sort who
take up This work will find them
selves doubly repaid by the pleasure
and satisfaction they get out Of it.
And remember, every boy saved to
the nation is worth two Of the enemy
killed"
The successful and enduring road
nowadays is the one designed and built
to withstand the pressure OF heavy
automobile and truck traffic. To this
end particular attention must he given
to the foundation, declared George NJ.
Collins, city engineer Of Honolulu, in
his address to the convention this af-
ternOon on "Preliminary Investigation
as a Factor in Road Construction
He declared that Honolulu'S road
system will also be weak until ar
rangement is made whereby capable
men will not feel the disturbance and
shake-up in office accompanying every
election, and made a plea for the engi,
neering department to DE placed in
civil service
His address in part follows:
Preliminary investigation
1 Under the head OF preliminary in.
vestigation comes all the work OF an
engineering nature which should be
done before the preparation of final
plans for the improvement Of any
street or highway. Such work is Of