Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-01-08
Scouts Celebrate
Birth Organization

This ~ The week ~ the birthday
~ the boy Scouts ~ America. An OF
grnizaiion that haf II wn out Of the
minds nf o few mon IN n few years.
10 l,e the greatest force for good among
IN" boyhood ~ America. In existence.
Started as lo,al organization thu
movement has no; only swept across
Amcrlrn brit has extended abroad IN.
al toby there arc over 400. 900 boys
ln this country alone who have sworn
allegiance tn their home. their country
and their God through the Hoy Scout
crglnization.
To the thrc~ troops IN Amarillo, In
rnn iuncticn with the other truops IL
81. ~puntfv. C"hn II Livingston. i,rca.
ilcat hf the l3ny Scouts of America.
s"''i' tho following mcfxgc:
Tits H. the az, Of service and s,crl.
fec. health und hnnpihc1 20 others,
The ngc ~ Ftlfnmess has passed.
Mankind - every racc. color and creed
has risen against the demon az self.
lshnsf upi won he greatest victory
~ nll The ages Peoples who igntw not
each ether arr nm hraihcrs in liberty
ana thr love 90 right. Tho horrors vi
tyranny are drowned In hurrahs 81 vic.
'aiy r1l ~" Songs ~ thanksgiving
The quite tcschiug - the great mas
or ~ howe. charity. truth aud justice
hqV" swung into the hlttlcfields u
Eura,. millions uion millions Of men
Where hw has lron the law ~ the
Scouts. remembering ofly others.
fIaHls g. oh ~.
might ~ uuludlcd greed aud selfish.
:.cs'
Littlr Belgium peaceful. innocent q
slime az nation. helpless against
overwhelming olis. WIS threatened
and crushed the great British EN-.
ldre- The great parent ~ liberty and
rlghi -irn" "a "a promise. only a prom.
i.L waited net. questioned no. hut IS
p single man acted thr unsclfish part.
md not counting the c'rii N men and
r'ateriHi things wont forth 10 sacri.
flrc On srryir, o. nih.re-a sacrifice
ihp, surpatsos hy thousand fold any.
THING IN ~ history ~ the world This
was scout spirit ihat seized the great
empire. Sclf WIS forgotten IN duty.
The nam" suut spirit ~ our own
..mfrirur rnpuhlio broke louse and un.
do u,r~terf,l leadership poured across
70 sF-is. in cuurfle'S thousands ~
1mn. The monat.r ct nigh, and crime
.hrdl.r u Thy tive great scout nv.
SEEMS went forward shoulder to shout.
o.; iu the most siup"ndous crash a
trmawcnis ever wi'ntss.d by mankind.
Tho mora,rr rrru led ard WAS crushed.
thc grat;csi thing IN ail this CREATES,
~ tragedies VAS She scout spirit II
Tervirr aud sacrifice that controlled
rld insured thca' two great peoples.
trd .lk' .ihc actions - each and an
CO., their brave soldiers.
The h'lIIul fellowship tn each other,
N" couttrry and kindness 10 the
hfnE'f and oppressed ~ devastated
hpmts ard land by the soldiers ol
These tao Kindred arinics IL the great
go tfihut' poss.bl' q the increasing
snlrt ard Influence ~ the scout idea
~ forgetting ~"lf and giving the hest
there il in life fUr the consciousness
20 'hr gotd dome tn oihers-thc Sacrl.
iHc of 1alf Millions uf men-Oar
puih,r.. ,gr f'hrfa. ~ our kin
have d."1 or bceu wounded for as
MliliUrs ~ lnroplt have suffered and
arc StiN suffering that We may have
,Wu,. o.. hs priucss and plcnty the
lorrs,e' need e., our kindly symps.
thu ihr rlfiorur need our help.
Avako. scouts. There - work for
t.ca "a dp--W,rk that wall make your
pulsc l-,t pulck,f that will make YOU
feel shat yog have done your uart IN
the h.secst hElchtest and most won'
derful wear that has daWncd upon man.
liud encv the crc1tAn It the world.
Cclrhtat' ,uur birthday and the b..
ginning ~ new year hy at least tNo
god revolutions tho first that YOU
viii make better and bigger scou,
oui of Yourself and secondly. that YOU
vii nrt o. selfish with this gool
,hinr that has c,mc into Your NE
hut that you viii pass It Ca 60 boys lcss
fnrtunat" than Yourself by recruiting
your troop % 80 full strength TIM, ~,
lioy Scout movement rlay have N,
higgcst and hest war IN IT, cutirs
history