Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-06-14

Send your subscriptions to-
day to H. L. Rust, treasurer.
All MeGin building.
Membership fee. 81; all over
this goes to local Boy Scouts.
Except for an appeal which is to be
made in all the churches tomorrow.
the campaign for associate members
of the Boy Scouts of America Off
cially closes here tonight.
The workers in the campaign. urged
on by the necessity of putting Wash
ington over the top" with its full
quota. while a million associate MEM
hers are sought the country over. are
rebuilding their efforts today
On Today's Program.
The Boy Scouts of Washington. al
though they are not permitted under
their rules to solicit subscriptions
for their own organization except from
their parents, are allowed to give
demonstrations of their work as
scouts. Today they are staging two
big scout events on the Ellipse south
of the White House. The first opened
at 10 o'clock this morning. COM
petitive drill for the silver cup Of
fered by Secretary Daniels of the
Navy. The second event is scheduled
for 2 PM. when field day will be
held on the ElIipse in which the win
ners in all the divisional meets will
have part. About $50 boys are ex-
pscted to take part.
Z. B. Eynon. jr., chairman of the
local committee in charge of the cam
paign. made a final appeal today to the
people and to the workers to aid in
the drive for associate members. 1t
was suggested that in those govern
ment departments where personal
solicitations for the Boy Scouts have
been Notwithstanding the War De-
partment and Treasury Department
the employees send their contributions
to H. l.. Rust, treasurer, AIT McGill
building, without delay. In the ma
jority of the departments, however,
the signing up Of applicants for mem
bership in the scout organizat ton is
proceeding.
DR.. Woods Argument.
Church of the Covenant has made
strong argument in support of the
Boy Scout movement. He said:
God give US men is the prayer
Of every nation today. A year or 10
ago we were thinking constantly of
Within the last year the slaughter Of
nine or ten millions of men. not the
aged. decrepit. but the young and
strong. protectors and producers. has
given US new standard of values.
Where are the men coming from to
do the worlds work? There il a
shortage everywhere and no surplus
from which to draw. The whole
world now cries God give us men,
and there is no country or province
l~H~
you with all the men you want
Victor Hugo said, Man Is the tad
pole of an archangel. but in a boy
there Is the promise of q man So the
Greeks offered two men for a boy
when hostages were demanded.
"A boy Is q composite. He Is jun
gle Of wild beasts or singing birds.
In him you may ind the counterpart
Of all the animals in a geological gar
den, from the monkey in the cage to
the bear in the den. A boy Is de-
liEhtfui mystery to his mother and a
is the greatest bane or blessing in q
community. And the difference may
be largely due to his home and his
hero. Not all boys have home, but
all boys have, q hero"
influence Over Boy.
DIR. Wood said that IT was Of vital
importance. therefore. who should be
the hero Of any boy. and that the
hero should have a good influence
upon the boy.
"a boy" he continued. "is a pendu-
1um-from twelve to twenty, at least
between self-assertion and self
murder. He is always waiting for a
chance to do either. He is very glad
of any chance to do both at the same
time. Such an opportunity he finds in
t.. he f4r
something. In his home he may have
been snubbed as of no account. In a
game he is chosen on a side because
the leader recognizes in him q posi-
BILE winner. This opportunity of self
assertion becomes the occasion and
reason for his self-surrender. He
plays the game and finds all his sat
fsfaction not in his personal success,
but in the triumph OF his side.
Substitute for Gang.
This same desire for seIf-assertion
and self-murder may lead him not
only to become a member of a team,
but of a gang. There is nothing SO
lonely as a lonely boy. 1t is this that
makes a boy both vulnerable and
salvable. Convince him of that-and
he is open to conviction-to express
and enjoy himself il isn't necessary
to deceive or destroy, to sacrifice his
honor or his self-respect. that he can
get what he wants in group that is
no longer gang. group that Of
fers more than the equivalent of the
war which he was almost ready to
wage against society.
1T is at this point that the Boy
Scouts of America may do their best
work. 1t is an organization that offers
to every boy. both the self-expres-
sion and the self-surrender for which
his soul thirsts. II admits him into
group which inculcates self-respect
and respect for Others and pledges
him on his honor to do his best.
He learns something of wood lore,
and what fields and forests look like
and how much life there is outside
the villages and cities. He learns to
see flying and creeping things and
calls them by their names He learns
how TO act in both ordinary and ex-
traordinary circumstances. He can
light a fire without flint or matches
He can bandage wound almost as
well as a trained nurse or a doctor
He can save drowning boy. He can
expell water from the lungs and MI
them with air. He delights in self
expression, but not less in surrender
ing himself to an organization which
wants for him just what he wants
for himself-an organization which
speaks to him in a language that he
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