Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-08-17
GIVE THIS MOVEMENT YOUR SUPPORT

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There is a wonderful opportunity for the people of
Perth Amboy to assist in the Boy Scout movement here this
week and at the same time get a great deal of enjoyment
for themselves. The scout executives need money in order
to carry on the work in this city. They have arranged to
have the moving picture, "Penrod,' one of Booth Tarking-
toms famous books, shown here and with the right kind of
support they ought to realize a considerable amount of
money.
The Boy Scout movement is one of the most worthy in
this city. Anything that will make real men out of the boys
of today is to be encouraged for the present generation has
been demoralized by the war and unless something is done
to train the boys into true manhood with the right idea of
American citizenship there is not much hope for the future.
Character is the keynote of the scout movement. Everything
connected with scouting tends toward that end.
Scouting is described in a government report as the
process of making real men out of real boys by a real pro-
gram which works. Scouting is outdoor life which means
health, strength, happiness, and practical education. By
combining wholesome, attractive, outdoor activities with the
Influence Of the scout oath and law the movement develops
character. 1t develops the power of initiative and resource
fulness. 1t helps boys. 1t insures good citizenship. In
short, the Boy Scout movement BEAUTIFULLY and sanely Off
sets the disadvantage which the recent war has caused.
!. Scoutcraft, the report goes on to say, includes instruc-
tion'in first aid, life saving, tracking, signaling, cycling, ma
ture study, seamanship, campcraft, %woodcraft, chivalry, anG
all of the handicrafts. In scouting the boy does not stand
still. The opportunity and incentive for progress are always
at hand.
The motto of the Boy Scouts is 'Be Prepared This
means that the scout is always in a state of readiness in mind
and body to do his duty. Before becoming a scout a boy
must make the following promise: con my honor will do
my best-First, to do my duty to God and my country, and
to obey the scout law. Second, to help other people at all
times. Third, to keep myself physically strong, mentally
awake, and morally straight
The scout law upon which so much emphasis is placed,
provides that a scout is trustworthy a scout is loyal; a scout
is helpful; a scout is friendly; a scout is courteous; a scout is
kind; a scout is obedient; a scout is cheerful; a scout is
thrifty; a scout is brave; a scout is clean; a scout is reverent.
Any boy who promises to live up to such a code of ethics
and who is always being encouraged in that direction, can
not help but be a better boy, and a useful citizen when he
grows up. 1t is a training that any parent should be glad for
a boy to have.
This is what those behind the Boy Scout movement in
Perth Amboy are trying to do for the youth of this city. 1t
is something well worth encouraging. The boys OF today
will be the men of tomorrow and in their hands will rest the
destiny of Perth Amboy. Who can doubt that Perth Amboy
will be a bigger, cleaner and better place in which to live if
the coming generation is brought up under Boy Scout prin-
ciples?
Let the fathers and mothers and all others interested
in boys get behind this movement, then, and give it the sup
port that it deserves. A start can be made tonight and for
the next two nights by patronizing the moving picture "Pen-
rod" which is being shown in this city for the rest of the
week as a Boy Scout benefit.