Askov American., 1922-12-21
BOY
SCOUTS
Conducted by Nstionai Council Of tAt Boy
Scouts of Amsrtca.) y.
SCOUTING AND THE SCHOOLS

The scouting and the schools sec.
tiOn at the recent convention In Bos-
ton Of the National Education assosia-
tion held prominent place among the
thirty different department meetings.
The convention was attended by over
10000 of the leading educators Of the
country.
The educational value OF scouting,
its influence for citizenship training
and character building are thoroughly
recognized by the educators, who are
more and more supplementary the
school work with the, scouting pro-
gram.
At the scouting section Edwin d.
Miller. principal Of the Northern High
school, Detroit. Mich, told how De.
tr0it's board Of education Ii co-operat.
Ing. Since 1920 the plan has been fol-
lowed Of Installing scout troops in
school buildings under school auspices.
The board Of education employs q
scout executive In the same way they
would employ teacher, although the
actual scoutmasters are, OF course,
volunteers. About twenty-five troops
are being conducted by the board Of
education and there are over nifty that
meet In school buildings.
'The puAlic schools and the boy
scouts are leaders among the agencies
that make better boys" said Prof. Al
bert Shiels Of Columbia University.
who has been investigating the propo-
sition for q number Of years. ''The
conclusion Ii inevitable. We must CO
operate. Less eloQuence and more &C.
complishment from now on"
In his address on 'Boyhood and CIT.
izenship Training" DR.. George J.
Fisher. deputy chief scout executive.
Boy Scouts Of America. said:
1T 10 strange that In q democracy
like ours the average person has re-
ceived little. II any. training In the
duties and responsibilities of citizen
ship. To have IN effective democracy
W must seriously train the youth In
the principles Of democracy. His
man experience 10 dependent upon his
boy experience. Scouting has been q
great aid to the schools In furnishing
q definite program Of service activi.
ties. Scouting II Z course In the prac-
tice Of patriotism. What the youth
Of America needs Ii practical tasks.
the doing Of which gives him the con.
sciousness Of having served the COM
munity, the state. the nation. This
scouting has provided for youth bet
.er than any other program yet de-
vised."
In still another section "The Wider
Use Of School Houses" Scouting
was the subject Of important consid-
GRAFTON. Charles H. Mills Of natioaal
headquarters. Boy Scouts Of America.
stated In IN address that from Wide
experience he beloved no activity be-
l0nged to the wider use Of schools
more than scouting: and that there
was no place where scouting belonged
more than II did In the public school
house. "Ths two primal motives OF
scouting" said Mr.. Mills. "are charac.
ter building and citizenship training
II there any possible way In which
there could b formed better backing
for citixenship training than to have
the very civic forces themselves foster
and encourage and promote scouting
1t does not take the boy long to real
ixe that Il u the city itself that ID
working for him and serving him BY
the school community center interest.
Ing itself In scouting. Immediately
there arises In him the desire to ~
ciprocate BY serving HE community. y