Arizona republican., 1922-02-26

and noble and loving and forgiving
"The word Scout as used i'm the
army means literally, spy But it
came to be that only those men who
were the best physically-only those
who could care for themselves under
| adverse circumstance minds
! We're keen and their brains clear
| and who were trustworthy, loyal and
! brave-were picked as army scouts
! Then the dictionary meaning of the
word became lost in the significance
Of the things a scout had to be, and
to call a man a good scout was a
| high compliment.
High Standards
$50 with the Boy Scouts of Amer
| ica. The term Boy Scout means not
only a member of the Boy Scouts of
America; it typifies the creed of the
Scout Oath and Law: it implies high
standards of citizenship: it requires
of Scouts that they be in fact trust
worthy, loyal, helpful, courteous,
kind, obedient, cheerful, thrifty,
brave, clean and reverent
$50 the spirit of scouting is the
thing which causes people to say,
when they see a scout on the street,
There goes someone who is trust
worthy, honest, self reliant, loyal and
brave. To live lives so that people
will instinctively say that, is to live
the Scout Spirit"
Following Scout Executive Muir
rays address. Dwight b. Heard,
president of Roosevelt council, spoke
concisely and clearly on "The Ideals
of Scouting" illustrating his remarks
by word pictures Of the famous
Americans who led Scout lives in all
that the term implies. He spoke in
part as follows:
Program of Service
THE Scout program is a program
of service and citizenship. One Of the
greatest, most vigorous outstanding
citizens of our country, Theodore
Roosevelt, had this to say about the
Boy Scout movement: If you are
going to do anything permanent for
the average man, you have got to
begin before he is a man. The chance
of success lies in working with the
boy and not with the man.
because of his ideals of citizen
ship and because of his connection
with Scouting, as its Chief Scout
citizen. it is appropriate that this
Council should have been named, In
his honor, the Roosevelt CouncIL'
"Scouts learn citizenship through
the doing of worthwhile things. 1t
is the responsibility of every citizen
to encourage and foster in our boys
higher ideals Of citizenship through
service. Scouts are justly proud of
their service accomplishments and
they are constantly striving toward
great ideals of citizenship-the ideals
of Washington, Lincoln and lioose- /
velt.'
The Scout Law was then recited by
the Scouts that those who were
about to take upon themselves the
obligations of the first order of
Scouting might know the laws under
which they are to conduct their
lives as Scouts.
Administer Oath
Immediately after the law had
been recited the Scout Oath was adj
ministered to Governor Campbell and
the legislators and attaches, to the
number of 65. The oath was admin
istered by the Scout Executive.
Eugene Graham, senior patrol lead
er of Troop No. /, Phoenix. then ex-
planned the significance of the Scout
badge and the Scout sign, and DEM
onstrated the Scout handclasp, after
which the badge was pinned on the
coat lapel Of each new Tenderfoot |
Scout.
The new troop, termed "The First |
State Troop in the United States"
was officially turned over then to |
the direction of Scoutmaster Camp |
bell, who is also known as the chief /
executive OF the state of Arizona, and |
his assistants, II. b. Wilkinson, |
president of the senate, and z. G. /
Keefe, speaker OF the house. The /