The sun., 1919-06-13

Tho Boy Scouts made records in SELL
ing Liberty bonds during all the loans,
they policed patriotic meetings, parades,
and safeguarded the public upon num-
bers OF occasions when their elder broth
ers were away in the war: they were
always willing to do anything for the
Government. the country and the peo-
pie. willing to do anything for the
furtherance of liberty and comfort for
me United States, and now 1t appears
as IL the very people whom they helped
have fallen down upon them, Il was
agreed yesterday when the team cap
tains reported. So Gov. Smith enlisted
In the Boy Scout campaign and has
called mass meeting and rally Of pub
lilo spirited citizens in the Mall, Central
Park. tonight.
Reports of the day showed that only
S17b.00e had been realized thus far In
New York city. whose quota is $500, 200
In the 100000 campaign. and there
are only two days left to gain the re-
naming $32S.000. The officials of the
drive believe that New York hasn't 1t in
her heart to- d!sappoint the boys who
have never disappointed any one, so a
whirlwind finish for Friday and Satur-
Gay viii start this morning.
Police Also to Help.
The police are to be actively enlisted 4:
Chinatown will help and many of the
business Arms. political organizations,
churches and other bodies will enter the
campaign.
In support of the drive Charles w.
Eliot. president emeritus of Harvard
University. said:
AS I have seen more and more Of
education during my professional career
I have come more and more firmly to
the conclusion that the most effective
kind of education Is obtained at every
stage not by listening or reading, but by
observation, comparing and doing.
THE very best kind of education is
obtained in doing things ones self, under
competent direction and with good
guidance. The Scout movement is set
ting an example that our whole public
school system ought to follow"
But President Eliot's endorsement of
the Boy Scout movement Is hardly ex-
ceeded by the tribute of William G. Nc
Adoo. former Secretary of the Treas
ury and chairman of the National Cit
liens Committee of Boy Scouts. who
spoke yesterday at a luncheon OF the
Rotary Club Of New York In the Hotel
McAlpin.
IT often wonder what sort OF a Con-
xress We would have at Washington II
every member were a Boy Scout" he
begun. TT would be a good thing II we
had Congress imbued with the principles
OF the Boy Scouts. Can you conceive OF
a Boy Scout Senator telling a lie or
playing politics against the interest of
the country? / sometimes like to visual
lie what kind OF a Congress We would
have II tfieY were all Boy Scouts. Think
OF such a Representative carrying parti-
sanship beyond the waters edge. and
this while the country is still at war"
Aid to Better Citisenship.
Mr. McAdoo then put In a direct word
for the Boy Scout membership campaign,
of which he is the managing head.
Encouragement of the Boy Scout
movement is one Of the most important
things in the building OF better citizen
standard OF citizenship now. but an ever
the problems that will arise in the next
generation.
Concluding. Mr. McAdoo said that II
the anarchists who have been making
trouble lately had been brought up in the
Boy Scout atmosphere they would have
como to realise that 1t is not necessary
10 use force and violence to gain their
rights. Tom Skeyhill. soldier poet, who
served with Australian infantry at Gal
lipoli, also spoke. Three hundred mem
bers enlisted with the Scouts
Among the many who will pay tribute