Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-02-14
Scouting Notes

there on Monday night, every seat |
taken and nobody crowded. The
Scouts of this city can put 1t down
as a red-letter day. for 1 am sure |
| that nobody who was there will ever
forget the sights and sounds of that |
night. The only growls / have
| heard have been from Scouts and
their daddies who failed to come.
| But never mind, next year wel1 have
another chance. One of the Scouts
who came into the office the other
day said he was sure that there
would be one thousand there the
next time and acting on this sug-
gestion L am going to reserve the
| chestnut Street Auditorium six |
mouths in advance so that we will |
have plenty of room.
Who said the Scouts couldn't keep |
a secret? That they can was proved /
at the banquet. I had absolutely |
no inkling that there was any plot |
on foot for my benefit and when the |
little statue and pen were presented
to me I was the most surprised man
\ in Harrisburg for / usually pride
! myself on the fact that L keep a close
tab on everything in Scouting that
goes on in the city.
/ ,, am using the pen nearly every
minute of the day, signing letters,
to ol1eh membership cards and all
the other thousand and one things
have to do. The statue stands on
the desk in front of me and con-
stantly reminds me of what Scout
. ! stands fora clean mind and a clean
body prepared and ready for SER
Twice, a lover of God and the things
, of God.
The gifts are doubly precious to
me because of the way that the
, money was raised to buy them.
Everyone of you Scouts had q little
, share in 1t, and so to everyone of
I you say "Thank you.'
Examinations-Keep 1t up, Scouts.
1t is a quiet Thursday evening at
Headquarters when there are less
! than ten Scouts coming in for Sec
: ond class or first class examinations,
and by the way the examination
= papers look you are all working hard
! to pass when you come in. 1t is
very rare occasion when 1 find a
Scout who is not fully prepared. Re-
/. member, Scouts. you must serve one
month as tenderfoot before you can
g advance to second class rank; and
: two months as a second class Scout
= before you can advance to first class
= frank. Be thorough in your work
for you must go before the Court OF
> Honor and there you are likely to
!, be asked anything that has gone be-
/, | fore.
So that you will know the proper
r. procedure to reach first class rank
. 1 will repeat 1t on the Scout page.
First, every Scout must have his
:. Scoutmaster certify that he Is ready
for examination on the regular form
He must then come in to Headquar-
ters and pass the examination salts
!, factorily, and then he will be nomi-
- mated to the Court of Honor for
final examination. He will appear
before them at their regular meet
ing and be subjected to verbal exam
ination. The Court of Honor must
be satisfied that the Scou@ is fit to
wear a first class pin.
what Scouting is Working Toward
These are the things which are
fundamental in Scouting and are di-
rectly and indirectly the very thing
Surgeon General Blue is urging In
behalf of the soldiers and sailors
II and of the community health and
! welfare. IL the boys of America
could be made to see. as Scouting
aims to make him see. the import
ance of cleanliness. physical and
moral, public and private, the future
would hold no social disease to be
/ combatted There is no stronger
plea for Scouting than that 1t does
make its boys grow '.morally
straight" and gives them standards,
The Scout movement. dedicated to
the furtherance of public and pri-
vate health and morality; an urgent
appeal to the popular conscience
along these lines at a time when
that appeal is of vital Significance:
] the name and memory of great
man whose life was clean and whole
| some and tonic as the spacious OUT
4 doors he loved--could any combina-
tion be more stimulating or attrac-
tive to a preacher gifted with Inn
agination, patriotism and love of
humanity?
WaHted--Mere Scouts
III What's needed in our schools. to
bring up the percentage of boys con-
tinuing' on through High?
More Scouts.
What's needed in our churches and
Sunday schools to give them trained
leaders?
More Scouts.
What is needed in our homes to
Improve the discipline and lessen the
burdens and create a more cheerful
and. progressive spirit?
Il More Scouts.
What is needed in. business life |
Il and political life. and professional /
life in order to. Danish graft. jack up /