The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-09-19
over FOR SCOUTS
ROtarians Subscribe 1915 for
Boys Organization.
Albert Patten Explains Work
of Scout Body.
LUNCHEON HELD At C. OF C.
DIR. Kulp Makes Strong Plea for
the Youngsters.
"There Are No Bad Boys" He
Asserts.
LUNCHEON HELD At C. Of C.

Two features characterized the Ro-
tary meeting at the Chamber of Com
merce this noon and stamped it as
milepost in the history of the Topeka
club. 1t was the second musical pro-
gram meeting of the club and the
first one when ladies were present and
it was the time when Rotary raised
1915 in less than thirty minutes for
the promotion of the welfare of boy
dom.
The cause of the boy. scouts was
brought before the club this noon by
President Frank Beck who announced
that the Rotary club of Topeka had
been assessed one hundred and fifty
three-year memberships in the boy
scout movement, such memberships
being valued at five dollars per year
per membership.
Albert Patten, chairman of the boy
scout campaign committee, made a
short talk explaining to the club the
use to which the money will be put.
Horace L. Hall. Charles S. Elliott, and
DR.. Edmund James Kulp were called
on for short talks giving their own per-
sonal opinions of the boy scouts and
the good which will accrue to the boy
hood of the city by the establishment
of a permanent organization of scouts
here.
Elliott Praises Boys.
Elliott pointed to the work the
scouts have done in all of the war
great aid they have given in helping in
the sale of liberty bonds and war saw
lngs stamps He declared that in all
his dealings with the scouts he has yet
to meet a boy scout who is lacking in
the qualities which go to make up a
real man..
In his two minute talk on the Boy
Scout campaign Horace L. Hall de-
clared that the Boy Scout movement is
the best thing which has come to pass
in the interest of boys. He declared
that the boys as a whole are DESTROYS
of three things, adventure, interest
and a chance to show off. He said
that the Boy Scout organization pro-
vides all three of these essential re-
quirements and then backs them all
up with sanity and we'll directed en-
thusiasm.
Are No Bad Boys.
DR.. Edmund James Kulp made the
sensational statement that there ''are
no bad boys He said that all boys
are good and that bad men are caused
by spelling the boys. Kulp stated that
the support asked for the Boy Scout
campaign could be justified on selfish
grounds alone on the part of the men
asked to subscribe. Kulp points out
that while the Boy Scouts are learning
to light fires with one match that they
must necessarily be out of the way and
in a place where it is impossible for
them to poster the older men. Kulp
said that all the time they are out
of the way they are under competent
leadership and are sure to imbibe large
amounts of pure air and the habits
of right thinking and living.
Talk on Rotary.
E. B. Bartlett. educational director
of the First Methodist church. gave
short talk at the meeting today ex-
planning his idea of Rotary, naming
his talk Rotary as Seen by a Novice
Bartlett declared that Rotary clubs
stand for the highest ideals, and that
the characteristics of the order are
enthusiasm for all things good, a love
of fellowship and of service.
B. P. Bartlett read a short paper
on the spirit of music and its effect
on men and women. He said that mu-
sic is an active force in the war and
cited the fact that in one of his tele-
grams to this country General Perish
ing demanded more and larger bands
and more music in the same telegram
in which he asked for food and mu-
nitionS.
Bartlett then proceeded to prove his
points by leading the club in com
munity sing featuring the patriotic
songs