Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-09-15
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SCOUT s
Conducted by National Council of the Boy
Scouts of America.)
SCOUT IDEALS

/ am interested in the boy scout
movement because 1 believe in boys.
have five boys of my own. The boys
Of today will be the men of tomorrow.
The problems of tomorrow will be
solved, not by US but by our boys,
writes John D. Rockefeller, Jr., in
Boys Life.
A well-trained, Industrious, high
minded son is the greatest heritage
any father can leave. Yet we ia
theirs are often putting business, poll
tics, social work, almost anything else,
first and giving our boys only the
leavings of time.
/ believe the boy scout movement
is great and powerful influence in
helping boys to come into their own.
This it does by holding up fine ideals
and inspiring boys to attain to them.
You can lead boys, but you cannot
drive them.
What are the ideals that the boy
scout movement holds up to the boys2
They are found in the scout oath and
scout law.
''On my honor" The boy of honor
the truth, and is always to be relied
upon. He is also loyal and stands by
his friends.
The boy of honor is chivalrOus, cour-
teOus to women and girls; he shows
reverence for things that are sacred
and holy. He is likewise a good
sportsman. taking his part in sport for
sports sake; just as good loser as
he Is a winner.
''On my honor, / will do my best"
How the world needs those who will
! do their best, and who do not seek to
see how little work they can do in a
day, but how much service they can
| render. Not restriction in the output
| of industry, but thrift in conserving
| the rewards of industry is their motto.
l believe profoundly in a definition
of success which / heard many years
ago. 1t is this: Success consists in
doing the common things of life un-
commonly we'll" That is real success.
1t is within the reach of anyone who
! is willing to do his best.
''On my honor / will do my best to
do my duty to God and my country"
What countless illustrations of a high
sense of duty the late war has given
usl
"On my honor / will do my best to
| do my duty to God and my country,
and to obey" Obedience, respect for
authority for the law Of the land, for
teachers, parents-how sadly lacking
such respect often is in modern times.
''On my honor 1 will do my best TO
do my duty to God and my country,
and to obey the scout law, to help
other people at all times" In render
ing service the boy scout is helpful,
friendly and kind. Love is the great
est thing in the world; service comes
next to it. 81 came not to be minis
tered unto but to minister said
| Christ
The real purpose of all business to
be successful must be to render use.
full service.
'On my honor, 1 will do my best to
| y
and TO obey the scout law; to help
other people at all times; to keep my
self physically strong, mentally awake
and morally straight" The desire to
keep fit for the supreme moment OF
conflict when 1t came helped many a
soldier boy in the late war resist temp.
tations which otherwise would have
pressed him sorely. Physical fitness
induces to bravery. Fit mentally
means cheerfulness. Fit morally
means a clean mind, free from impure
thoughts and desires, which is essen
tial to clean living.
In somewhat rough but fOrceful Ian
guage, which might be paraphrased as
follows. did a father give advice tC
his son who was just leaving home
for college: $50 live" said he, "tha1
you can look any blank man in the
eye and tell him where to 60"
To you, scoutmasters and leaders o.
this great movement, let me say tha
it is not so much what you say tha
influences the boys of your troops a:
what you are and do.
The power Of example, whether fOl
good or evil, cannot be overestimated
If your life is not what 1t should be
unless you are prepared to so chang
it as to make it a worthy example t.
your boys, it were far better for yol
to quit scouting.
And you, boys, will never know un
til you have become men what an in
fuence for good you may have on tn,
men who are your leaders. May yol
help them as they are seeking to hell
you, to be always true to the scou
oath and scout law.