The Penn's Grove record., 1919-08-29
NATIONAL BOY SCOUT MOVE
MENT
New Jersey Plays A Big Part

1C6 JNlSCs 4 lays "a dig DIT
With one million new associate
members" added to it's roster as the
result of its recent nationwide cam
paign, and an active enrolment of
389, 839 boys and 1921 adult lead
ers serving as scoutmasters, troop
committeeman, members of local scout
councils, ETC., the Boy Scout movement
stands out today as one of the might
lest organizations of service in the
country.
And the part that New Jersey plays
in this big boys club" is no inconsid-
cradle one, for out of every 154 people
in the State, M is actively associated
with the movements proportion that
stands out all the more significantly
in view of the fact that the national
proportion is one out Of every 200.
Thus, New Jersey is certainly doing
its share in supporting and participat-
ing in a movement of citizenship
training that has won the whole-heart-
ed endorsement of the President, and
member of the Cabinet, the Army,
Navy, Marine Corps, every Governor
in the country-in fact, every Ameri-
a worthy of the name.
For Scouting is truly American, con-
Quoted on American lines built for
American recreation today, so that its
participants may be better Americans
tomorrow.
There are also associate members"
and their function has just begun to
play in the mighty Bodybuilding and
misunderstanding machine that is ma
tion-wide in scope and will have SO
much to do in determining the des-
TIMES of the nations tomorrow.
It embraces all creeds, all sects, all
racial extractions. It has won the ac-
tive endorsement of the Catholics, of
the Protestants, of the Jews.
That it is truly democratic is seen
in the nature of its leadership person
mel as shown by the occupations they
follow in private life, the education
they have received, their attitude as
regards religion and the places they
have chosen for their scout troops to
meet.
Taking for instance, the occupations
of the scoutmasters, the actual leaders
of the troops, we find that of the 692
enrolled last year, 107 are clergymen;
2 Y. M. C. A. workers, 80 teachers, 4
students, 7 lawyers, 2 professional en-
gineers, 1893 mercantile workers and
executives, lis skilled mechanics, 10
government employees, and 81 engaged
in miscellaneous pursuits.
In education, too, we find an ex-
ceedingly high standard, for a survey
of the schooling advantages of the
group of men cited above reveals that
254 had gone to college, 159 were
graduates of high schools, 40 received
commercial school training and 1873
possessed grammar school diplomas.
The remaining 81 were undoubtedly of
a similar high calibre.
New Jersey must feel a sense of
pride in the tremendous part she is
taking in building up the greatest boy
machine the world has ever known;
for this State already has an enroll
ment of 16,464 scouts and Att adult
leaders-a small fraction of the po-
tential membership rs represented in
| the huge number of boys in this COM
monwealth who are of scout age but
have not as yet donned khaki.
With thousands of associate mem
| bers linked with the development of
scouting, and hundreds more sending
in their applications every day, the
future of the movement is a problem
of conjecture that dazzles even the
staunchest of its well-wishers.