The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-05-08

Since April, 1918, scouts Of the
Bronx, New York City, Council have
heen constantly on duty at U. S.
Hospital No. /, at Gun Hill Road
New York.
Their duties have included the
following forms Of service: Guides
for visitors, serving as orderlies at
the Red Cross House, relieving the
regular guards during the influenza
epidemic, operating motion picture
machines, helping out in Sunday re-
lgious services.
Marines Cheer Scout Awards.
Ford City, Pa. Especial to Scout
ing Treasury Department Fourth
Liberty Loan Medals we're awarded
here recently with public ceremo-
nies. A detachment Of Marines, in
the city to boost the Victory Loan,
jcined in the scout parade to the
city playground where twenty-three
scouts received bars and emblems
Following this ceremony, the scouts
cleared the field for the Marines,
who gave an exhibition drill.
Sending Scoutleaders to School.
Great interest in the last six
months has been shown by normal
schools and colleges in the devel-
opment Of courses in scouting. Sew
eral scoutleaders and scout execu-
tivos have shown fine initiative in
the development of courses in local
normal schools and colleges.
Recently courses have been es'
tabished in Creighton University
(Catholic) in cooperation with the
Omaha Council, East Texas Normal
School and Indiana State Normal
School
Plans are undeE way for a short
course for scoutleaders at the Uni
versity of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa,
under the leadership of Mr.. Charles
F. Smith.
This coming summer, there will be
a course at the Ohio State Normal
School, at Bowling Green Ohio,
under the leadership of Scout Exec
utive Mendenhall, of Toledo.
There is a real opportunity for
scout officials to do a service beyond |
their own community by cooperat-
ing in the Development Of courses for
scoutleaders in normal schools
teachers colleges and colleges. The
Department of Education welcomes
this cooperation
Good insurance.
The Boy Scout movement is in
gurance against national disaster 1t
is an insurance policy that declares
an annual dividend and natures in
from three to eight years. the ma
Lurity value of which is not rep
in dollars, but is expressed
n character, cumulative in value
through compounded interest from
year to year. This fact Is brought
,ut in the twelve points Of the
scout law to which every Boy Scout
must subscribe and that he must
ny to obey. Each of these POINTS
S point Of character, five of
which: reverence, benevolence, 10y
lty, honesty, and thrift, viii insure
glinst disaster in these five funda-
mental departments Of national ex-l
stence. viz: church, home. govern
nent, commerce and industry, =
he boys of America were being
rounded in these fundamentals.
within seven years, or at most ten
ears, the stability, not only OF our
wn nation, but of the nations of
he world, would be assured.
All institutions and individuals.
ncouraging and supporting the Boy
'cout work stand definitely for
hose efforts and ideals, knowing
hat the problems which vex us :
nd perplex us as a nation, will not
e solved by men of today, but by
he men of tomorrow.
The regular meeting of the Boy
ccuts will be held Friday evening
t headquarters at the uslal hour.
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