Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-10-21
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PARENTS OF SCOUTS

girl in twenty has the privileg
of choosing. They have chosel
to become one Of the Boy or Cir
Scouts of America. You have un
questionably a right to be prou'
Of them for this. Do you realiz
that this is almost their frs
wholly free choice? They wen
naturally and obediently to you
church with you. All of US VIII
are scoutleaders are glad for that
and regardless of our own re
ligions, we all encourage scouts
to follow the faiths Of their par
ents. They went naturally ant
obediently to school. The scour
leaders want scouts to appreciate
school, to continue in it as long
as possible, and to be thrifty o1
their educational re6ources. But
your boy or girl came to the
Scouts, asked you if he might,
of his own desire. Stand by them
to win!
Scouts do not want to he babied
They are themselves, citizens,
with obligations to their homes,
their God and their country. One
Of the things which parents try
to bear for them is the obliga-
tion to earn their own way as a
scout; to earn their own equip
ment. There are many things
which your boy or girl will see
and want, But we feel that we
have failed in our purpose if they
ask you for the money instead OF
for counsel regarding earning it..
We have found, doubtless you
have noticed it, too, that a uni
form makes boys and girls carry
themselves better, expand their
chests for more pure air, and. use
both feet to stand on. We have
noticed, too, that an earned uni
form lasts better than more ex.
pensive clothes bought from the
family treasury. Scoutmaster Ned
Manning, Captains Ruth Coble,
Christine Temple, Annie Lamb,
Many Keyserling and Lieutenants
Ethel Byrd and Juanita Kearns
are planning ways by which the
Scouts may earn their uniforms
without drawing on the family
purse.
However, there are a few ex-
penses which both the boys and
girls have to find their own way
Of earning money for. The girls
pay aregistration fee of fifty
cents (5O), and a small weekly
due ranging from one cent to
five cents. They may order a
Girl Scout Handbook if they wish
to, but tits not compulsory. The
boys pay a registration fee of
fifty cents, no weekly dues, but
they must order a Boy Scout
Handbook which costs forty-two
az cents.
Help your boy or girl earn or
make the things which will make
their scout work interesting,
successful and safe.
A few of the things which we
will work for later on is the own
ership of sufficient camping equip.
ment so that we may spend a
great deal of time out-of.doors
without risk to our health and
with positive benefit to it. The
ownership Of a compass, signal
apparatus, fire set, etc., develop
es self reliance. Acquiring a
good ak and knife, their safe
use and care has a wholesome
effect upon character! Having
cameras improve our observation
and appreciation of the beautiful
things in the world. Sensible
first aid equipment, to go on the
hike, and to be constantly at
hand in the home is a good thing
to work for. Equally we believe
in sensible books, and magazines
of information, outdoor craft and
adventure. These are the tools
of scouting, the common interest
of our boys and girls.
This being your boys or girls
first, big independent adventure,
and it is a Big adventure, a taste
Of success in it will sharpen his
taste for success in school, for
usefulness as a citizen and for
nranarof;on for hic or har cono;no