The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-01-04
Celebration Coming
for Boy Scouts

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AT conference of officials and
heads of departments of the Boy
Scouts of America held at National
headquarters, it was decided to
have the week of February 7 to
February Is, inclusive, set aside by
the organization as anniversary
week" and to have a nation wide
celebration Of the founding of the
Boy Scouts Of America. The cele-
bration will take the form of full
weeks program and there will be
something doing every hour and ev-
ening during that period.
All details have not yet been
worked out, but it has been decided
that each day will be distinctive in
character. The afternoon of the
first day will be known as good
turn" afternoon. All of the nearly
half million Boy Scouts of Amer
lea will then do individual good
turns" visiting the sick in hospit-
ais and especially offering scout
service to hospitals having wound
ed soldiers, carrying flowers and
! fruit to them, and doing whatever
else may occur to them to bring
good cheer and comfort.
Saturday, February 8, will be
anniversary day." for it was on
February 8, 1910, that the Boy
Scouts Of America was incorpor-
ated, that date next February be-
| ing the ninth anniversary. This
will be general scout jollification
| day, with various scout stunts to
acquaint the public with the con-
structive ideas in the scout pro-
! gram. 1t will be general scout
booming day, with group singing,
drills, campfires, etc. One sugges-
ton that doubtless will be carried
out is that on this anniversary day
every member of the Boy Scouts of
! America wherever he may be, stand
at attention with his right hand to
salute at SIS p. m. and repeat the
impressive scout oath and the
scout oath of allegiance to the flag
Also on that evening there will be
read at all scout meetings a mes
sage from Colin H. Livingston,
president of the Boy Scouts of
America.
Sunday. February 9, will be
Scout Sunday" Ministers in
churches of all denominations in all
parts of the United States will be
requested to preach special Boy
Scout sermons at one Of their
| services.
On one of the days it is planned
to form in every community, wheth-
err on the sea or lake coasts or in
land, a troop of Sea Scouts, to
quickly establish this new branch
OF scouting in America, which was
organized to help train boys SO that
they may grow up to be effective
in the great merchant marine
which the United States is building
There will be special patriotic
demonstrations on Lincoln's Birth
day, which falls on Wednesday Of
that week This will be a holiday
for the boys in most States.
One day will be set aside as "re-
cruiting day." when concerted Ell
forts will be made to get new
scouts and especially to get as
many men as possible interested in
scouting. and to interest men of
good character and the qualifica-
tons for leadership in becoming
scout masters. One of the great
est needs of the Boy Scouts OF
America is for more men to organ
ize and become the leaders of new
! troops and to volunteer their serv-
ices to lead the hundreds of thous-
ands of boys in the United States
who are waiting to officially be-
come scouts as soon as they find