Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-05-04
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>l..... c.t;n .i.u..~. travels with Il clean
crowd. l.. \ Scout is reverent. He is reverent
toward God He is faithful in his religious du
ties and RESPECTS the convictions of others in mat
of custom and religion
The Movement Is Nonsectarian
While Scouts are given definite ideals and
taught that they must distinguish between right
and wrong, the teaching they receive is absolutely
nOnsectaran. The Boy Scout movement main
tains that the recognition of God as the creating
and ruling power of the universe and the CRATE
al acknowledgment of his guidance. is necessary
in directing the growing boy toward the best type
of American citizenship 1t is nOnsectarian. how
ever. in its attitude toward religion. It's policy is
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 a 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-
-tion to give him 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
lying of knots. \ very practical bit of knOwl-
edge for a granny may spill the contents of the
sugar package. When he has met these require
ments he receives the title of "Tenderfoot Scout"
and is then entitled to the official insignia
of his rank.
After one months service as tenderfoot, he
may be promoted to secOnd-cass Scout as soon as
he has learned elementary first aid and bandag-
ing. the semaphore international Morse code
for signaling, how to follow human animal
tracks at the rate of at least half mile I'm twen-
ty-five minutes, how to cover a mile in exactly
twelve minutes by alternately running and walk
ing fifty PAGES; how to use a knife or hatchet
without cutting himself anybody else or dam
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fire in the open. using but two matches at the
most and no Kerosene or anything which he
could not pick up in a virgin wilderness; how to
cook over open fire without kitchen utensils;
how to earn and save money at least one dollar;
and how to read 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 A frst-class
Scout must be able to swim fifty yards, earn and
deposit In public bank at least two dollars;
send and receive message at the rate of sixteen
letters per minute make trip alone or with
another Scout to a point at least seven miles
away and write an account of the trip: render
first aid; cook variety of paatable dishes over
in open fire; draw and read maps use an ak
properly; judge distance, size, number, height and
weight within % per cent; describe fully from oh
servaton 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 oath and law; and enlist boy trained by
himself tenderfOot.
And that is not all. Having become firstclasS
Scout he is eligible To earn 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 n con-
siderable start in some trade, profession. vOca-
ton. or avOcati0n, among them architecture art
astronomy, Bookkeeping blacksmithing, business
camping electricity, forestry, poultry keeping and
surveying
The Scout Handbook.
In order To place in the hands of Scouts and
Scout workers concise statement of the ideals
of the movement and the activities approved of
and encouraged by the movement. a textbook of
the organization. the Handbook has been pre-
pared This is now I'm the fifteenth edition. 1t
has been again and again revised and improved
our country'S most popular juvenile IS not as
might he supposed Robinson CruSoe' or Treas
IRE Island" but the Handbook for Boys" pub
fShcd by the Boy SccdtS of America. Within the
last two years. there have been published more
than 100000 copies of this book. and it is good
guess thnt more copies have been sold than have
been sold of both "Treasure Island" and Robinson
Crusoe" together during the same period Indeed