Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1920-10-15
"CAMP ROOSEVELT,

America is awake to the urgent
need for stamping out radicaism in
this vast Land of the Free" In
every newspaper and magazine there
is heard the loud cry for Education"
to rid US of this menace. Senators
and statesmen are profuse in their
calls for help on this score. At
dinners and banquets the question is
discussed and the answer is always
the same, "Educaeion must eradicaee
this evil.'
10 educate the foreign-born in the
rudiments of civics is, therefore, one
OF the most import. 1T tasks before
children of these foreign-born is an
equally important task, for it involv-
es the peace and security of our COM
ing generations. The introduction ofI
the Junior Reserve Officers, Training
Corps in the Chicago Public High
Schools, during the winter of 1917
was the fulfllment of plan inaugu-
rated by Captain F. L. Beals, Pro-
lessor of Military Science and Tactics
and Director Of Pysical Education in
the Chicago Public High Schools,
pointing in this direction. The fact
that today most of the large cities
IN the country are following this plan
is proof of its utility.
With the idea of furthering the
interests and welfare of our great
American boyhood, a summer train
ing high school camp was inaugu-
rated by Captain Beals during the
summer of 1919, five miles south of
Muskegon, Michigan. The camp was
named CAMP ROOSEVELT, in hon
or of that great statesman and sol
der whose name it bears and the
high ideals for which he stood in his
lifetime are the fundamental charac-
teristics underlying this great move
ment, The camp has the backing of
the Chicago Board of Education. as
IS shown by letter submitted by Mr..
feIer "A. Mortenson, Superintendent
OF Chicago Public High Schools.
1t was my privilege to spend a
Gay at Camp Roosevelt. 10 enjoy
the expanse of grounds, fanked by
, Tree clad hills, the splendid arrange
ments for the comfort and progress
OF the cadets and to feel the aCmos-
phere and spirit of service, is to ap-
pfeclate the camp. Results IN
scholarship, as Well as physical and
mental development under these
IDEAL condlt1ons, were remarkable
! camp Roosevelt is another word fol
Opportunity"
, II IS interesting to note also that
the War Department of the u. S
government has adopted the Camr
roosevelt Plan as a national policy
y ana is endeavorlng to establish three
OF Iouf more camps similar to Camr
:, Roosevelt.
! Captain F. L. Beals, U. S. A. Com
\ mahdant OF the Camp, has dedicated
: . ms lie to boy-bmldlng. Captain
beals' stock In trade is boys. Hl,
lie lntereso is boys, and his ultimat,
ann IS to SO mode the growing BOY
OF today that he will develop int,
t tne very finest specimen of clean
wholesome American citizen. AS a,
: oflcer OF the U. S. Army, he grasp
ed the greatness of the health
building work that had been accom-
i p4lshed at the training camn
throughout the country during tn
world war. He sought long for wav
and means by which to inculcate
: into his work so that the maximum
amount of good could be wrought fo
e the adolescent boy. The culminatio
OF many months of strenuous, con
" centrated thought and labor is thi
tremendous camp for boys from a.
y pares of the country.
The camp is a splendid force i
. Americanization and in building up
- democratic spirit among the bow
J. This is a vital factor, one of prim
Importance in the business Of boy
building. Parents Of growing boy
should interest themselves in tn
IN, project and support to the fulle,
extent the CAMP Roosevelt
PLAN.