The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-06-04
Mans Christian Association
WORK VIII be Given Fair Trial
before Any Efforts to
Boost Scouts.
NOT TO BE ABANDONED
r4s viii Mark Time Until 1t ia
proved That other Organization
is Filling the Need
Hero.

Rv a proclamation Of President
u,nsor the week beginning June 3
Mil he recognized as Boy Scou; week
| throughout the country anu coz
4 certed program has been outlined -or
Not week. This was to be not only
4 -. encourage the organization OF
nv Sc,,,tt troops throughout the
aonntrv. but to inform the public re-
Wing the work that has been ac-
complished by that organization our'
4 ing the war and to put the Work On
sound after-thewar basis.
II was to this end that a confef-
ence of representative citizens was
/ called bv the Keokuk council yaster-
dav afternoon to consider plans Tor
/ the work.
Those who took part in the COME
ence which was held at the keokuk
Industrial association were DR.. >. VI.
Marsh chairman, Mayor Ed. s, 4 f.
ton Lieutenant Louis A. Rov".ie.
i lent John S. Sprowls, Clarence H.
| Dickev J. f. Elder, J. G. Thomas.
In 0. Boyd C. F. Mcfarland and
John A. Dunlap.
| DR.. ]. M. Marsh who is vice presi-
dent of the local council, was the
one largely responsible for the call
| ing together of the men. He pre-
sented the program as it was out
Elined, with recommendations as 10
1.-The best course to follow.
The Scouts to Mark Time.
tentative budget of not less than
| Sc 900 had been anticipated. This
would provide for the hiring of a
scout leader and would have pro
yided adequate funds for carrying
lott the work included within the
nation wide program.
However, it was found in the con-
Florence that the plan which had
been under consideration by the Y.
NJ. c. A. for the past year, to widen
1.-THE scope of the boys work in the
city, had been provided for in the
recent financial campaign and there
|fore to carry out the full scout pro-
| gram would mean duplication OF
jeffort in some respects.
The decision OF those present was
| that for the present it would be ad-
/ on behalf of the scout movement I'M
It'll the program of the Y. NJ. G. A.
| had been instituted and given fair
&trial.
1T was felt that inasmuch as the
y. NJ. c. A. had already financed the
city wide movement for the boy g
/ work that it would be inexpedient to
Ecarry out our plans."' was the way
Dr.. Marsh expressed it.
viii Not Be Abandoned.
That does not mean that the Boy
EScout work will be abandoned" he
Esaid, for the troops now in existence
3Wlll continue and there may be even
NEW ones organized. 1t means more
/ scout leaders and the plan of the Y
M. c. A. depends upon securing the
tsame kind of leaders, and we have
thought it best to give them every
opportunity to develop their ideas
#now rather than to start our pro.
fgram
We are holding the scout program
IN reserve and do not intend to allow
the work to die. If the other pro.
gram does not succeed after it has
Deen tried for two or three years
mere will still be time to develop
Inc scout work. Personally, | be.
here that their plan will succeed"
But we are going to make a cam.
paisn for hundred associate mem.
oefships in the scout council, next
"eeh That is about the only part
fol the objective that we are going
adhere to in applying the cam
paign to keokuk. Understand, it is
not because we do not think that
ne work outlined is not practicable
ou' because we want to give the Y
NJ. y. A. free hand to make -the
iioSt OF their new work"