Omaha daily bee., 1919-06-08
BOY SCOUT drive
FOR $4,000 TO
START MONDAY


week as set forth in President VIII
sons proclamation are as follows:
Public recognition Of what Boy
Scouts did to help win the war:
Stirring up each community to
conditions affecting its boyhood.
Education of community on how
the Boy Scout program meets local
boy problems.
Organization of Boy Scout troops
in churches, schools and other in
stitutions which have point OF con-
tact with boy life, and by commun-
tiles direct.
Enlistment of suitable men, espe-
ciaily returning soldiers and sailors,
as volunteer leaders in local Boy
Scout work. Is. J.. 4,ra..... .t~..
Organization of Councils.
Organization of local councils, of
the BOY Scouts of America to super
wise the work locally.
Enrolment of 1000 associate
members of the National Council
of the Boy Scouts of America, men
and women, paying 81 or more each
for such membership, to enable the
organization to extend its work to
the greatest possible number of
boys.
Enrolment of at least 100000
more scouts by February 20, 1920,
the tenth anniversary of the found
ing of the movement in America.
Associate memberships in the Boy
Scouts will cost minimum Of 81
each and are open to men and
women. Larger amounts are desir-
ed. of course, from those who can
afford it, and are sufficiently inter-
ested to pay more. O.
Each person who becomes men,
Der will receive a certificate signed
by the officers of the Boy Scouts OF
America and the chairman of the
National Citizens committee, w. G..
McAdoo. ;
Campaigns will be opened today
in churches of the city, talks being
!. made on the merits of scouting in
helping the boyhood of the commu-
nifty. In some instances Boy Scouts
will make four-minute addresses and
will otherwise participate in the pro-
gram. Tomorrow meetings will be
held in most cities and towns to give
committees on survey opportunity
to present their reports on the con-
ditions affecting boy life in their
communities.
Eour.nav Drive.
The membership and financial
campaign will run through four
days, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thurs
day and Friday. Saturday, June ID,
will be Flag day, and Scout organi-
cation ceremonies will be held in
most communities. ...
Interest in the campaign will be
aroused by various plans. Besides
services in the churches, there will
be public meetings, community bar
!. becues, receptions to scouts and
scout officials, scout banquets, field
days and excursions and picnics.
The survey committees, by virtue of
their careful investigations of boy
I life in various communities, will put
into the hands of scout officials and
civic authorities the latest and best
information available regarding the
! boyhood of the country. The ques-
tions of working conditions among
boys, idleness. truancy. Juvenile de-
linquency, reform and correction.
gangs and clubs. demoralizing
shows, are among the negative in
fluences to be reported upon. Among
the positive and constructive influ-
ences will be the work of Sunday
schools. institutions and organize
tions with constructive programs for
leisure time of boys, boys not
reached by the scouts. opportunities
for scout troops and available scout
leaders.
To Hold Demonstrations.
Demonstrations will be held
throughout the country in communi-
ties where scout troops exist, in or
der to show the work done BY the
scouts. This will include life saw
ing, safety first, cleaning up and
L good health campaigns and various
other activities for which the Boy
Scouts are noted.
The outstanding purpose of this
, campaign i to reach more Of the