The Penn's Grove record., 1922-02-03
Boy Scouts
Anniversary Week
Organized Boys Learn Obliga-
tons and Do Many Use
full Acts

1He DOH oCOulo vi 1AiASANSA -
chartered by Congress June 10, 1916.
$4,000 boys and men are today en-
rolled as members. More than 2,0O0,-
900 boys have been committed to the
following obligation during the past
twelve years:
The Scout Oath
On my honor l will do my best
/. To do my duty to God and my
country, and to obey the Scout Law.
2. To help other people at all times.
8. To keep myself physically
strong, mentally awake, and morally
straight.
The Scout Law
l. A Scout is trustworthy.
A Scouts honor is to be trusted. If
he were to violate his honor by telling
a lie, or by cheating, or by not doing
exactly a given task, when trusted on
his honor, he may be directed to hand
over his Scout badge.
2. A Scout is loyal.
He is loyal to, all to whom loyalty
is due; his Scout leader, his home,
and parents and country.
8. A Scout is helpful.
He must be prepared at any time
to ave life, help injured persons, and
share the home duties. He must do
at least one good turn to somebody
every day.
A.. A Scout is friendly.
He is a friend to all and a brother
to every other Scout.
s.. A Scout is courteous.
He is polite to all, especially to
women, children, old people, and the
weak and helpless. He must not take
pay for being helpful or courteous.
g.. A Scout is kind.
He is a friend to animals. He will
not kill nor hurt any living creature
needlessly, but will strive to a v n
protect all harmless hfe.
7. A Scout is obedient.
He obeys his parents, Scoutmaster,
patrol leader, and all other duly con-
stituted authorities.
8. A Scout is cheerful.
He smiles whenever he can. his
obedience to orders is prompt n
CHEEKY. He never shirks nor grumbles
at hardships.
8. A Scout is thrifty.
He does not wantonly destroy prop
erty. He works faithfully, wastes
nothing, and makes the best use of his
opportunities. He saves his money 50
that he may pay his W way, be
generous to those in need, and helpful
to worthy objects. He may work for.
pay, but must not receive tips for
courtesies or good turns.
10. A Scout is brave.
He has the courage to face danger
in spite of fear, and to stand up for
the right against the coaxings of
friends or the jeers or threats of
enemies, and defeat does not down
him.
IL. A Scout is clean.
He keeps clean in body and thought,
stands for clean speech, clean sport,
clean habits, and travels with a clean
crowd.
~. A Scout is %reverent.
He is reverent toward God. He IS
faithful in his religious duties, and
respects the convictions of others in
matters of custom and religion.
Timely Slogans
Do a good turn daily.
Be prepared.
A Scouts honor is to be trusted.
Boys will be boys-the kind of boys
men let them be or help them to pc
which shall it be so far as your are
concerned? Or aren't you concerned ?
Give a thought to boyhood-but do
not stop with a thought.
Say it in service.
Better boys, a better city. Better
cities a better nation.
When Boys Become Men
The old saw, ''boys will be boys"
is getting worn out. Boys will be
men, and they are not waiting for
their twenty-frst birthday to prove
it. One of the most interesting de-
velopments in the Boy Scout Move
ment is the civic or community Good
Turn, in which all the Scouts of a
community turn to and do the work
of men in connection with some public
service. The extent to which Scouts
are learning citizenship through do
ing such things, is little guessed by
the general public.
Probably a week does not go by in
which Scouts somewhere are not Civ
ing one or another of the following
forms of community service, always
under the leadership of local Scout
authorities and supervision Of the civil
authorities
Walk-rite campaigns; displaying
placards at street crossings and aid
ing traffic officers to inculcate habits
of c~arefulness on the public streets.
Health campaigns; locating and re-
portingSunsanitary conditions and dis
tributing health department notices.
Town-beautiful campaigns; getting
everybody to clean up back yards and
unoccupied lots and otherwise beau
tify the towns.
Tree census to preserve shade trees
of the community.
Safety-frst campaigns; reporting
all kinds of dangerous spots in the
town, and cooperating with the
National Safety-frst Council in its
program.
Red Cross work.
Searching for lost children.
Kindness to animals campaign CO.
operating with the S. P. c. A.
Tree planting.
Anti-weed crusades, both town and
country.