The Holly chieftain., 1919-11-20
Purpose OF Organization for
Youth Explained.
TO TEACH BOYS TO DO
THINGS FOR THEMSELVES
Not a Separate Organization of
but Program to Supplement
the Work of the Church-Move-
ment Without Sectarian Bias.
Purpose.


The purpose of Scouting is ito
promote through organization and
cooperation with other agencies,
the ability of boys to do things
for themselves and others, to train
them in scOutcraft and to. teach
them patriotism courage, selfre-
lance, and kindred virtues, by plac-
ing emphasis upon the Scout oath
and law for character development,
citizenship. training and physical
fitness. (Sec. 2 act of Congress OF
June Is, 1916, entitled AN Act to
Incorporate the Boy Scouts of
America
Policies.
The Boy Scout movement is not a
separate organization but a pro
gram to supplement the work of
the church, school and home in
the right training of boys While
recognition of, and service to. God
are fundamental to Scouting and
while it is recommended that
Scout troops be formed under the
auspicies of churches, wherever
practicable, the movement is absO-
lutely without secrtarian bias. The
Scout movement has. no political
or partizan predictions and may
not enter into commercial relation
ships Scouting is distinctly non
miltaristic but does, hcWever, by
its program inculcate and develop
discipline, efficiency, precision and
reSourcefulness as well as courage
loyalty, obedience and other quail
ties which make for manliness
either in civic or military life.
Organization.
The reliZation of the fact that
character formation cannot be ef-
| fectively done in the mass and that
| the gang instinct is a powerful
influence in the life of boy has
caused the following policy in or
ganiZation. A troop under one
man, the Scoutnlaster, cannot have
more than 81 boys. A troOn con
sists of four patrols of eight boys
each. under a patrol leader, mem,
Der of the patrol. The scouimas.
| ter, an American citizen over q
years of age of good character, is
directly responsible for the execu-
tion of the Scout program and for
| the conduct and morale both OF his
troor and of its individual mem
bers The troop committee, con-
sistirg of three men from. the
cnuryh Or neighborhOod where the
t1ooI. is formed, has general super.
vision of the troop and collah )rates
with the scoutmaster in all mat
ters pertaining to the conduct and
welfare of the troop.
The local councii is formed of
representative citizens 9: the city.
representing the business. ,duca-
.onal, professional, ci>i" ard religi-
:. rs lements of the cOmmunl'y 1t
takes to meet a large responsible
nd obligation to congress ard the
people of the United States as the
national council. Through its
leadership organization and def
lite program the council under
takes to meet al arge responsible
;ty for the conservation. safeguard
ing, development and training of
the boyhood OF the community.
The scout executive is the exc
cutive and administrative head of
scout activities within the jurisdic-
tion of his council. 1t is his duty
to find and train scoutmasters, to
train the patrol and troop leaders.
to assist scoutmasters in the con-
Quoting of their troops and aid in
every way the betterment of the
boys in his territory
Every member of the Boy Scouts
takes the following oath:
On rSy honor | will do my best:
Ito do my duty to God and my
country and to obey the Scout
law.
2-To help others at all times.
3-TO keep myself physically
strong. mentally awake and moral
ly straight.
The Scout Law.
Trustworthy, loyalty, helpful,
friendly, courteous, kind, obedi.
ent, cheerful thrifty, brave, clean
and reverent.
Scouting is not charitable in
stitution but one which is main
tained by far-sighted fathers and
mothers and persons who recognize
the pitfalls which ever beset the
boys who make companions of
youths whose moral. intellectual
and physical futures have not
been matters of parental consider
alton. In the ranks of the Boy
Scouts the driftwood is turned in
to boys who live upto the stand
ards of the Scout Oath and Law.
In the United States at the pres
ent time there are over five hun.
dred thousand boys receiving Scout