Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-02-08

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recital OF the national presidents
speech? Mr.. Livingstone has sent US
a fine message. but in giving only a
part OF ii, we can still get the splen-
did spirit that it breathes:
Today Is the seventh anniversary
OF the Boy Scout movement Seven
years ago only few boys and men in
this country knew what boy scouts
really were. The name was attractive
business houses were using it as an
advertisement. Some good people were
calling little boys scouts and dressing
them up in uniforms Those who
understood that the Scout movement
was for boys in their teens were hav
ing hard time to protect it. @
On February s, 1910. the movement
was incorporated under the laws OF
the District of Columbia. This put the
scout membership, tests, uniforms
badges and all insignia and equipment
under the control Of the members OF
the organization. Even then it was
not possible to know who was a
genuine scout and who was not
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Troops were organized everywhere,
The newspapers were full of scout
news Every boy wanted to be scout
Thousands took the oath and earned
their badges. :%..
The scoutmasters and other scout
officials were registered at National
Headquarters but the scouts we're not
The scouts had no certificates of mem
bership. Nobody knew exactly how
many active troops or scouts there
were.
So the present membership plan was
put into operation. Every scout, dur
ing the past three years. has been
registered at National Headquarters
and has had a membership certificate
The records containing his name and
rank are filed in fireproof cases in q
fireproof building. 1t is easier for him
to obtain proof of his rank as scout
than it Is for him to prove his ma
tionality by securing a birth certifi.
cate.
A tremendous responsibility rests
upon every scout. You are scouts not
only when in uniform, not only while
attending your troop meetings, but
twentyfour hours a day and three hun.
dred and sixty-fiye days year. Your
community judges the whole scout
brotherhood by what you do.
The future progress of the move
ment depends upon you. Every scout
who does his good turn makes a good
impression upon someone and helps
to spread the scout idea. Every parent
who sees scout doing his duty, cheer.
fully and faithfully, will want his boy
to become q scout Every teacher,
who sees scout in his class work.
ing to secure an education and doing
all he can to help the school, will want
all the other boys in school to become
scouts. Every priest, pastor and rabbi
who sees q scout true to his religion,
will want troop in his church or tab
ernacle. A single act by single scout
has often resulted in new troops and
scores OF new scouts. BY next year
we should have 100000 scouts at least.
And now we pick up scouting. to
behold q dandy picture of our former
commissioner, Mr.. James A. Wilder.
On February % a meeting of the big
men in the scout movement was held
at Columbia University, N. Y. and Mr..
Wilder was one of those invited to
speak. It's fine to think that Hawaii
has sent forth such valuable man.
fr One way to help celebrate our birth.
day Is TO begin right now to carry
ferns (potted ones from home) to the
float back Of the Opera House, and
keep them watered until Carnival
time.
In Lockport, N. Y, Boy Scouts of
Troop w entered burning buildings
where eleven mead of cows and five
horses were in immediate danger OF
suffoUation. The scouts, each with the
aid OF a water soaked bag, rushed into
the stalls, threw the bags over the
heads of the animals; cut the ropes
with which they were tied and led
them out into safety.
( Alatau Wilder, Eagle Scout. gets
special mention in a recent number
OF Scouting.
According to scribe Addison Kinney
of Troop XIV, the scouts Of his troop
were conducted by Lieut.. Covell from
the Waialua Store to the engineers
camp at Puuiki, where Sgt Berts
showed them what the soldiers have
~ do In Case ~ pertain amerRencies