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sport, clean habits, and travels with a clean
crowd II. Scout is reverent He is reverent
toward God. He is faithful in his religious du-
ties, and respects the convictions of others in mat
tiers of custom and religion.
The Movement Is Nonsectarian
while Scouts are given definite ideals and are
taught that they must distinguish between right
and wrong, the teaching they receive is absolutely
nOnsectarian The Boy Scout movement main
ta1nS that the recognition Of God as the creating
and ruling power of the universe, and the CRATE
full acknowledgment of his guidance, is necessary
In directing the growing boy toward the best type
of American citizenship. 1t Is nonsectarian how
ever in it's attitude toward religion. It's policy
that the religious organization institution with
which the Boy Scout is connected shall give the
needed attention to his spiritual life. If he be
Catholic the Catholic church should be the agency
for his religious training If he be Hebrew boy,
then the synagogue will teach him the faith of his
fathers. If he be Protestant the church of
which he is an adherent is the proper Organiza-
ton to give him an understanding of the things
that pertain to his allegiance to God.
After studying the Scout law, the next step is
to learn the history of the Stars and Stripes and
the forms Of respect due to it. Then comes the
tying of knots. very practical bit > of knowl-
edge for a granny" may spill the contents of the
sugar package. When NE has met these require
ments he receives the title of "Tenderfoot Scout"
and is then entitled. to wear the official insignia
of his rank.
After one months service as tenderfoot, he
may be promoted to secOnd-class Scout as soon as
he has learned elementary first aid and bandag-
ing, the semaphOre or international Morse code
for signaling how to follow human animal
tracks at the rate of at least half mile in twen
ty-fve minutes how to cover mile in exactly
twelve minutes by alternately running and walk
ing fifty PAGES; how to use knife or Ratchet
without cutting himself anybody else dam
aging his tool anything else, how to build
a fire in the open, using but two matches at the
most and kerosene anything which he
could not pick up in virgin Wilderness; how to
cook open fire without kitchen utensils;
how to earn and save money, at least one dollar;
and how to read a compass, naming from memory
at least the sixteen principal points.
Having earned his second-class badge. he finds
that his trOuble-Or pleasure, all according to the
point of view-have just begun. frst-class
Scout must be able to swim fifty yards, earn and
deposit in a public bank at least two dollars;
send and receive message at the rate of sixteen
letters per minute; make a trip alone or with
another Scout ito a point at least seven miles
away and write account of the trip; render
first aid cook variety of palatable dishes over
an open fire; draw and read maps; use an ak
property judge distance, size, number, height and
weight within 25 per cent; describe fully from OBJ
servaiOn trees and plants especially those which
are especially useful or especially harmful; FUR
nish satisfactory evidence that he has put into
practice in his daily life the principles Of the
Scout cath and law and enlist boy trained by
himself as a tenderfoot.
And that is not all. Having become nrSt-clasS
Scout he is eligible to merit badges and
there are enough of these to keep him busy until
he has grandchildren enough to make troop by
themselves Each merit badge represents
siderable start in some trade, PROFESSION, VOca-
tion or avocation among them architecture, art,
astronomy beekeepng, blacksmithing, business,
camping electricity forestry, poultry keeping, and
surveying.
.. . The Scout Handbook.
In order to place in the hands of Scouts and
Scout workers a concise statement of the ideals
of the movement and the activities approved Of
and encouraged by the movement, a textbook of
tho organization the Handbook has been pre-
nared This is now in the fifteenth edition It
hos been again and again revised and improved
Our countrys most popular juvenile is not as
,,iobt he supposed Robinson Crusoe' "Treas-
IRE Island" but the Handbook for Boys" pub
Tshed by the Boy Scouts of America. Within the
asst two years, there have been published more
than 100000 copies OF this book, and it is good
mess that more copies have been sold than have
,een sold Of both Treasure Islandr and Robinson
rrnsoe" together during the same period Indeed,