, 1921-06-26

L@4AAA 4IlD1lG- IN the feQDIE .
Forum column OF our issue Of Thurs
day. a contributor who eigns- himself.
as Taxpayer and Knocker" asks
among other question: the following:
What becomes of the $500 fund
that was subscribed for the Boy
scouts? 1 ave boy. a first class
scout Every time a new button or
badge comes out. dad foots the bill.
Dad pays his membership bill and
when On. n camping campaign,
dad pay $500 per week for his sup
port What is the ss.5oo fort"
The editor has answered the con-
tributor's question very ably, but a
further reply may not b out of place
And the scout organization OF Casper.
hopes that this reply may come to the
attention OF the father and mother
of every. scout and every prospective
scout .tevery boy of IL year OF age Or
older in or about the city OF Casper.
The scout budget Of $4,000 is de-
signed to Stake care of the following
items: office supplies. Office printing,
telephone. executives salary. camps.
and stationery. rent. light. heat and
hikes. rallies. field days and demon
~strations. publicity and propaganda, |
transportation. national council quota,
Il BooIa6t dllQ IlAblEAlhlEOAh GNpEnHeS-
When the budget for the year was
drawn up. 1t was anticipated that a
considerable sum would need to be
spent for permanent camping equip
rnent in the way OF tentage. cots.
cooking utensils. etc. for the use OF
all scouts in common at the summer
n weekend camps. Further cx.
penses necessary for the summer
camp. such as commissary supplies,
stoves and cooking paraphernalia,
transportation. salary for cooks and
camp doctor are figured in the total.
The $500 per week which a scout Is
asked 10 pay for his outing at the
hummer camp is merely nominal. and
IL is collected as n matter OF principle
and example more than anything else.
Scout officials everywhere recognize
that giving a boy something for moth
ing Is the inspiration of misleading
ideas about life. and Is a dctriment to
the building of good citizenship. So
far as we have been able to learn
there is no scout council in h United
| States where the fee is less thai $500
per week.
The scout budget of the Casper
council was made up in a meeting of
| the executive committee. which is
COlilpOeta VI jill VI SArPC . itfAt1th-
tative and professional business men.
| Take a glance at the list and see IL
you think their judgment is worth
backing. They are r. T. Kemp, Ira
G. wetherill. DR.. ]. F. O'Donneil, j.
3. Griffith, George B. Nelson. D. w.
Osilbee, A. A. Slade. p. C. Nicolaysen.
Ben l.. Scherck. J.. W. Johnson and
Rev. p. X. Edwards. The scout COM
missioner, Ambrose Hemingway, Is
ex-officio, a member of the committee. |
Reports of the receipts and disburse-l
ments of scout funds are published |
in both Casper newspapers periodical
~ and the books of tho treasurer are
always open for the investigation of
thdie interested.
As for the personal expenditures of
| a scout for equipment such as badges.
pins, articles Of uniform. membership
fees and troop dues. the following
Message to Parents" published in
the June sth number OF The Scout
Bulletin answers; as II by design,
the inquiry of the contributor. We
ask the parents 6 every scout to
study the message carefully and per-
haps to find in IL information and
advice that will give a new concept
OF scouting. The message is as fol-
lows:
Your boy has chosen a course which
only one boy in 20 has the privilege
of chodsing-he has chosen to become
n OF the Boy Scouts of America
You ave unquestionably a right to
be proud of him for this. He is one
of the 100000 boys out OF 10, o00, 900.
What you have given him of birth
right. Of love of out of doors, of the
principles of right living and Of the
goodness ID be of use to his fellow
men. has born fruit. already. in this
enrolment of his in the scouts.
Do o realize that 1t is his first
almost wholly free choice, uninf1u-
enced election, unbiased initiative? He
went naturally and obedientiy to
church with you. All of US who are
scout officials r glad for that, and
regardless of our own religions, we
unanimously encourage scouts to ID
here to the faiths Of their fathers. He
went naturally and obediently to
h All of us who are scout diff
Gals want scouts to appreciate school,
to continue in it as long as possible,
and to be thrifty of their educational
r~esources.
Blu he came ia the scouts, and he
asked you If he might. OF his own
accord.
because you nave a 0 who Il che
In more than 20, a lion cub, and be-
cause he has undertaken this hunt
himself. stand by to help him win.
OF course he is you baby. We I'M
derstand hat But he is a boy now.
He is not a little man; nor is he sdyne-
thing merely in the process of manu-
tacture for some ultimate urpos He
Is Just himself. a citizen, with obliga-
lions to his home, his God and his
country. One of these obligations
for him is the obligation to earn his
own way as a scout; to earn his own
equipment The manufacture and
sale OF equipment for scouts will
make him want certain things. It is
designed to do that. But it fails in
its purpose if he asks you for the
money instead of for counse regard.
ing earning it.
We have found, and doubtless WI,