Arizona republican., 1921-11-26
CAMP A|CN FOR. THE BUY SCOUTS. TO OPEN MONDAY
Workers From Kiwanis And Rotary Clubs Ready To Start Strenuous Drive For S11,650 For 1922

With 50 workers chosen from the Rotary and Kiwanis clubs and each of the workers assigned to one of the districts into which the city has been divided, the three-day intensive drive to raise budget amounting to S11,- 65O needed to insure the adequate maintenance and expansion of the Boy Scout work in Maricopa county for the coming year will be started in full swing on Monday morning, Nov. 2S.
 The strenuous campaign to raise the funds estimated to be necessary to carry on the great work for the youth of the county will be made by the Rotary and Kiwanis clubs as- sisted by the Boy Scouts and will be under the supervision of W. C. Horn berger. chairman of the committee from the Rotary club and r.. s. Clark, chairman of the committee from the kiwanis club. In addition to these committees, Fred J. Joyce and Col. J. E. Thompson, representing the Boy Scout council, will assist in the drive Because the Boy Scout organiza- tion is one which is of vital impor- tance to fathers and mothers and persons who recognize its construc-- tive value, it is the intention of the joint committee from the Rotary and kiwanic clubs, to secure small con- tributions from large number of | persons instead of large amounts 1 from a small number To this end, the workers chosen from each of the l clubs will carry on one of the most | intensive and strenuous drives ever made in the county in an effort to | raise in three days the quota as- signed to Phoenix of $S,050 The re- mainder of the fund, s3.600 will be raised on the south side in Tempe. Mesa and Chandler.
 Governor for Boy Scouts Gov. Thomas F. Campbell, who has been actively in touch with the Boy Scout movement in the state for sev- ! eral years, yesterday made the fol- lowing statements about the Boy
 Scout work in Maricopa county and about the campaign to raise funds necessary to carry out the scout pro- gram in the county:
 "There are about 4,000 boys ci
 Scout age (12 to IS years) in Mari-
 copa county the governor said. "and l the boys will soon become citizens l of the state and country. The pres
 ent needs of these boys differ great ly from the needs of adults for the l habits of the grownups already arc
 pretty well formed. while those oi
 the boys are only in the process oi
 forming
 The sort of citizens these boys
 will make will be determined largely
 by the manner in which they use
 their leisure time. An investigation
 of the prisoners confined in any state
 penitentiary will show most of tn,
 convicts are there because of tho
 misuse of their leisure time. Sucl
 an investigation also will show th' 1 average age of the men to be abou
 25 years.
 Our boys spend an average of ap
 proximately 1000 hours each yea
 in school and have about 5000 hour
 of leisure time. To leave the leisur time activities of the boys to blin,
 chance is often fatal. The commu : nifty must recognize the need of di |, rected activities in character build ing and citizenship training for ou boys, and it also must recognize tha it is the duty of the community t see that such activities are provided Builds Character 'HTne way to build character through the association of the yout of the county with men of characte for the youth is very susceptible | imitation, and also through characte | making activities. The way to mak better citizens of the youth of tn county is through the practice ( H good citizenship.
 "'rhe Boy Scout work accomplishe | these ends as no other organizatio | can by placing the leadership of ou boys in the hands of volunteer scout masters who are selected for the qualities of character and citizenshil and by providing activities which al attractive to the boys and which giy them an opportunity to develop tt right kind of ideals of American cit zenship. This has been demonstra' ed many times in the civic 'goc turns which have been performed [ the boy scouts in various parts ( \ the country.
 ' "I have carefully looked over tf budget for the scouting in this cour ty which has been submitted to m
 and I heartily endorse the same. have confidence in the people of tn
 county to the extent that they wi willingly meet the necessary demand
 to put into immediate and active e
 feet this p1endid work of the Be
 Scout movement in Maricopa cOur
 ty."