Arizona republican., 1922-05-02

planned to the governor and the legis-
Iature the significance of the Scout
badge. with which they were being
talk.
Religious Work: we are not as
strong on the spiritual side of our
work as we should be, yet we have
accomplished some things. Perhaps
the federation activities should have
been placed under this head, but they
We're SO varied that they were men,
toned at other places in this report.
Your secretary is teaching a class of
high school boys, enrolling at pres
ent 65 boys, with an attendance Of
perhaps 35. The class is one of the
First Baptist classes, but owing to
lack of room at the church the class
meets at the y. NJ C. A. The First
Methodist and the Central Methodist
churches are also using our building
TOR Sunday school classes.
Christian Conferences: In F'ebru-
airy Your secretary called a Christian
boys conference to discuss ways of
cooperating with the Decision day
program. One of these plans was to
encourage daily Bible reading, and
With the cooperation of the daily
newspapers a series of Lenten Bible
readings Is being run. DIR. Philip
Pendleton is writing those for the
Republican and Rev. e. III. Shanks
for the Gazette.
Packet Testament League: Nearly
so boys belong to the Pocket Testa-
ment league. thereby agreeing to read
at least one chapter in the Bible
daily. but your secretary has been
unable to check up to find out how
many are faithfully staying by their
pledges.
Definite Results: -Four high school
boys have accepted Christ in the past
six weeks and others have been inter-
viewed and their decisions awaited.
Other Events; On March q your
secretary had the pleasure of MAX
ing an address on Habits before
the Mesa high school 1t was a very
enjoyable event to him, as he re-
ceived the most courteous attention
and the principal was kind enough
to say it was really appreciated.
Cabinet: The cabinet is composed
at present of IL boys: Robyn Wilcox,
president; James Zehner, vice presi-
dent; Frank Achauer, secretary; 9TH
er members, Howard Soule. Fred
Wilson, Fred Anes, Edwin Nylander,
Sheldon Hughes, Donald Thrift, MIL
ton Morse, Bert Mckinney, associate.
Clarence Borwn, who has been our
faithful secretary for nearly two
years, left the first of the month for
Denver, where he is attending the
Denver Bible institute. We miss him
very much, but are glad that he is
entering Christian work. The secre-
tary appreciates the loyalty of the
boys cabinet. Without the cabinet
it would have been almost impossible
to have run the boys division this
year
Indian school Boys: On April II,
at the request of Mr. Goodman. ex-
president Of the Y. M. c. A. board of
directors, your secretary went out to
the Indian school to lead his Bible
class. Your secretary confesses that
he went out with some uneasiness,
as he had been told many times that
it is almost impossible to secure any
response from Indian boys. That
statement is all hokum, as they re-
sponded with as much freedom and
intelligence as any group of boys.
Summer Camp Plans: The camp
will be held again this year at the
Garden Of Allah for the fourth sue
cessive year. The cabinet looked at
several other places that might have
been available, but the closeness of
the railroad, making easy the ham
ding of the baggage as we'll as MAX
ing possible the receiving daily of
fresh vegetables and other things,
caused the decision to rest on Allah.
Plans for the camp have gone as far
as they can go now without the active
CO operation of this committee. Your
secretary recommends that you either
assume full responsibility for con-
ducting the camp, or that a sub COM
nlittee be appointed from among your
number with authority to add such
outside men as may be desirable
Respectfully submitted
E. C. REEVES,
Boys Work Secretary.