El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-01-05

w asked scout executive
Chas. D. Flagle.
an all due justice TO everybody con
eerned, we might be further ahead with
our work" he said. We waited for
cur buildings in which we can meet
ard where we may place our equip
ment. until yesterday Our troop rec
ords Will soon be in Al condition and
the troops themselves registered"
do Won think that five troops are
too many 10 take care of 10 begin
.sNo. I do not think it is too many.
hut I consider II enough Leadership n
this CITY is at a high premium nut 1
Relieve that within the next month OF
50 We will have the finest and cleanest
bunch of fellows in the country acLlng
as scout masters Young men are JUS
learning Of the opportunity TOT leacer-
shin and for personal development
Men are Giving Help
TO what extent has the council as
sisted YOU in the work
I'm afraid that Is TRICKY Q1esIlOn
hut il you wish to know how the co uh-
ell feels IN the matter l Will zen you
how If was expressed by Chas- b SteV-
ems. Mr. Stevens IN passing ne M Oi- - ~,
street recently. said Happy New ear
to YOU. have not been OF mucn heIp 20
Won before this, but after the holldays
Won NAV depend on me to help out
Every man on the council IS busy
business man and all that ask IS their
confidence and cooperation and ! as
sure YOU that the highest type Of scout
ing viii be done
BOYS Deeply Interested
Are the boys satisfied; do they ever
yes thew get anxious Sometimes.
as in the case of troop No l. the scout
master could not get TO the meeting nor
did he inform me Of his inability to get
there. As a result DISAPPOINTMENT re-
suits. However. a boy Il ne realls
wishes 10 be a Scout. understands thar
his scout master is doing ms DeSt ana
he forgets this and jumps IN and nelps
Sometimes a boy goes home ana tens
mother that there was no one al the
meeting TO take charge and they had to
adjourn This makes the mother Won
Ger vFv and the first thing she thinks
about is that someone has Intentionally
neglected the boy
Anxious TO Come In.
what do the boys who are not mem
bers Of the troops say about the move
ment2 -
ing TO organize another troop or when
are you going 10 organize a troop II
Does that not make you anxious to
YES Int we cannot get away from
the fact that the standard We are now
making is TO be the standard OF an lile
Even though LntEt II n .eN--5-
~ 100 much scouting at times, Il IS Del-
ser TO awaken a boy TO ms owl poS7
sibiiities than 10 let IN more lIogt = - -
scaT+er the work. With leadership 10
she work. il would have been possI4IIe
"a enrol at least one troop each lnoIlg .41
Ant without the leadership, Ilis w
not he done I do not know WIidl ~
council thinks OF this idea OF lnleIsiN =
Srouti0e as over against that OF d
more extensive work like great many
cities carry out the first year nave
fhe opinion OF a few and these vary
from intensive to larselY eNleiisi'S
Helping Them Along
WHY do you not let a troop stand
or its own feet instead of guarding and
guiding its work so Closely
although that might seem TO be me
better way. experience teaches differ
ently In cities of $4,000 OF less some
public spirited man-otten a doctor or
lawyer, or some Sunday school boys.
class teacher-decides that there shall
be scouting in his city. He begins the
proposition which soon envelops him
in innumerable details and sooner OF
later there is a parade and lots Of dis
play Of pep, which in about two
months IS forgotten when the anxious
and overcroWded scout master discoV-
ers that he cannot continue TO 90 the
YORK and then-there IS no need 10 e telI
the story. The history OF your first
troop will explain just what 7 mean
The heart is in the right place but the
impossible stops the work"
Definite Schedules
DO you now have q definite sched-
Tile for activities"
Yes. We now have such q schedule
The first and third Tuesday OF each
month the scout masters school is held
IN my office On the second and fourth
Monday Of each month the patrol lead
ers meet at the chamber of commerce
with a doctor or specialist in some de
partment Of the work which refers TO
scouting.
Interest is growing in the work
Not a day goes by that someone does
not send in a check for s. or $40 for
the work Fred Norton called me 10
his desk the other day to inform me
that he thinks SO much of the boys that