Norwich bulletin., 1920-05-06
ROTARY CLUB PROMISES
 TO BACK BOY SCOUTS

That the Rotary club of Norwich will get behind the Boy Scout movement was 1 indicated at the weekly luncheon held at the Wauregan hotel on Wednesday after i noon after the club had heard a most in- teresting and instructive address by Roy Nelson Berry of Boston, field secretary for New England for the Boy Scouts of America. This action was evidenced when at the conclusion of Mr. Berrv's address Joseph c. Worth. president of the cub, stated that the boys work com mittee would take up the work in CO., operation with the local Boy Scout coun- ciL
 MT Berry was introduced by Harry NJ. Clark, and told of the principles of scout ing. The speaker said that scouting was no new idea, but had been modernized into an organization. The two outstand. Ing principles of the Boy Scout movement were program and leadership but that morale entered largely into the plan Scouting in the general sense is the work of keeping ones self physically and -31or- ally clean and to incorporate with these the principle of helping others, the duty Of service.
 Put to give real service said MT. Berry We must be prepared To do this, the oh ject of the Boy Scouts is to start with the boy and train him. The boy. if he is normal. is much like any other boy: h. loves the outdoors and things that make the man But these tendencies must be developed in the right way In scouting there is the gang. we call them patrols The spirit that holds the gang together is found in scouting. but it is developed toward some nobler object rather than allowed to take its way We give the boy the time of his life. and it is done under the guidance of the best men of the community
 All this requires a program and lead ership First boy takes the Scout oath. | an oath that in almost every case is kent 10 the letter He then learns the history of the flag. and as his learning increases ne IS graduated from class to class until he becomes an Eagle Scout the highest award in the Boy Scouts. All these tend | toward better citizens and a more ideal citizenship. The boys of the troops will be the leaders of the future.
 A successful scout troops must have a competent leader, and a city to have a humber of successful troops must have a | competent council The way to do this is to take an interest in the work In Nor wien you have good council and compe- | tent leaders, and l urge the Rotary club for your interests are common, to get in ] back of scouting.
 As to morale. another great princin1e or scouting. it is the idea of working but haVing a good time while you work or m other words, enjoy what you do Put your whole soul into the task and com pine pleasure with duty. The scout move inent IS an investment that will pay big. dividends to future generations
 | At the conclusion of Mir Berry's eniov- ahie talk he was given a rising vote of 1 appreciation.
 AS usual. the meeting opened with the singing of America and was followed bv the luncheon. Joseph N. Weymouth SSvas the song leader and Henry LaFontaine
 was the pianist. Popular songs were sung and the Rotary quartette rendered 1 several selections.
 An added feature of the program was the singing of a Scout song by MT. Berry with the Rotarians joining in the chorus
 At the business session it was voted to
 contribute S25 to the building fund for
 St. Mary's church. Six applications for
 membership were received The secretary
 reported that during the April meetings
 there had been an attendance of 80 per
 cent. of the membership
 Adelard Morin told of the -banr-up good
 time that was enjoyed in New London
 last Friday evening, when the Norwich
 club was the guest of the down-th
 river Rotarians
 Benjamin Cushman of Detroit was one
 Of the guests of the club and spoke on
 the subject Sugar. He said it was ae
 hard to get in Detroit as it was here
 The meeting closed with the singing of The Star Spangled Pa=~---