Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1921-10-13
WILL ORGANIZE
THREE TROOPS
SCOUT EXECUTIVE DAYTON HERE
TO TAKE CHARGE OF TWO
COUNTY ORGANIZATION
new COMMITTEES APPOINTED
New Boy Scout Executive Tells OF
Scout Accomplishments.


Boundary and Bonner counties, took
charge of the two county organization
work Monday and spent the day in
Bonners Ferry visiting local people
active in the Boy Scout movement and
in the evening presenting plans of the
new organization to the members of
the Kootenai Valley commercial club
at the weekly meeting at the Inter
national hotel banquet hall.
At the suggestion of Mr.. Dayton the
commercial club agreed to sponsor
the organization of three Boy Scout
troops in Bonners Ferry and also one
"cub" troop, the latter being composed
of boys between the ages of 10 and
IL years. A committee composed of
George Causton, Charles Prell and d..
M. Palmer, was appointed by Acting
Chairman w. T. James to nominate
three men for each troop to act as
troop committeeman. The trustees of
Independent School District No will
be asked for permission to use the
gymnasium of the district for Scout
meetings.
1t is planned to effect the organiza-
tion of the three Boy Scout troops at
a meeting to be held Monday night,
October "a.
In speaking of what the Boy Scout
movement is and what it is accom-
plishing, Scout Executive Dayton had
the following to say in an interview
for the Herald
Good citizenship is not a quality
one can don like a garment overnight
upon reaching the age of 21. The type
of citizenship that the young man of
21 is going to emerge into is con-
ditioned almost entirely by the kind
of citizenship he has been living and
thinking during his adolescent years.
1t takes more than the power of suf-
frage to make a citizen.
Not long ago, DR.. John Tildsley,
associate superintendent of New York
City high schools, wrote in the Out
look, Good citizens in large numbers
can be produced only as the output
of a system of education having we'll
defined aims and methods and con-
sciously directed to the formation of
certain habits and points of view and
the creation of body of knowledge
in the student of the manner in which
governmental activities function
THE Boy Scout movement as a citi-
ZtuSUlD plOEl dlil ildo HUN llS
inception proceeded precisely along
these lines, with special emphasis
upon the formation of certain habits
and points of view
Fundamental in the Scout program
is the principle of learning by doing.
Just as a Scout learns to tie knots
and find his directions in the woods
and set up camp by doing these things
he learns citizenship by practicing il
actively. He does not wait until the
far off hour until he shall be 81. He
begins the moment he is tenderfoot
to be on duty, ready to be helpful tc
all people and to be a personally re.
sponsible element of the community
sharing its duties as well as its priv
ileges.
Scouting develops that social con.
science which is basic in good citizen
ship. The Scout is trained to keep his
eyes open for opportunities for ser
vice. His loyalty to the community
and the nation is positive and con
structive He not only does not throw
banana skins on the sidewalk ant
lighted matches in rubbish heaps, bu
he picks up refuse when he sees i
and reports fire traps to the proper
authorities. He is mentally awake
to everything around him, prepared
to transmit thought into action
Community Service.
''In certain town there was dan
gerous crossing near a school build
ing. On their own initiative Scouts
constituted themselves guardians o
the crossing and day after day es
corted the smaller children across il
safety. The story of young Joseph
the Omaha Scout, who calmly directe,
traffic at a congested point when tn
mob was engaged in burning the cour
house and trying to hang the mayo
is we'll known and significant. As TIL
Scout said at the time, somebody ha,
to do it, so I did, That attitude j
mind is characteristic of the Scout
When he sees there is job to be don
he takes it single handed if necessary
no matter how difficult.
boy Scouts are trained to under
take all kinds of community service
They have charge of community flag
and public squares. They maintai
beds in hospitals, public swimmin
pools, drinking fountains and the like
They cooperate with police depart
ments in directing traffic in crowds
guarding automobiles, etc.; with fis
and game commissions in protectin
and conserving wild life; with forest
ry commissions in protecting an
planting trees, fighting forest fire.
and propogating information in th
interests of conservation. They pai
ticipate all over the country in "wall
rite" city beautiful. city cleanup. an
anti-fly campaigns, and enter int
every movement for community be
terment and welfare.
"They are trained to keep the
heads and act quickly, deftly and il
telligently in time of emergenc
Their special training in first al
renders them valuable when any acc
dent occurs or in any great disastt