South Bend news-times., 1922-12-17
Movement for
Girl Scouts
BY SARAH LOUISE ARNOLD
(FormCriy Dean % simmons
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ANAA'fs-sI
AL who arc concerned IN helping
20 maintain the ideals oC America
viii watch with great Interest the
prOFrces of Girl Scouting. Already
the req stored Girl Scouts are going
on" to their second hundred thou
sand. with added Lone Troops or
Lone Scouts everywhere on the RIM.
And wherever the cff Scouts ap-
pear. we know that tnev are backed
by a group % hish-m4uded and big
heartd leaders in the community,
and intimately associated with a big
sister or guide who shares ln their
good times and leads them Into
broader fields or O. m'ss w.th them
towards the heights. II ,s q heart
eusng sight. this volunteer corps,
springing up on every hand. il is
a wholesome comradcsh.D rf those
who know and those who want to
know" It is "a comrgdoship that
means c. mb.ng together and joy IN
the climbing. living The fun Of H.;
rejoicing I'm the struggle that comes
with ii; sharing the beauty ~ it;
and believing in the good that - to
come out OF IT..
To one who has been always In
school. eagerly watching minds as
they grow. the Girl Scout movement
brings great satisfaction. There
comes q time in the life OF every
young girl. when she needs q help
which the home atone cannot give,
and which the school can never sup
mi r u
with a group OF her own kind, eX-
pressing her. own Initiative taking
hold CT hands with her comrades.
measuring herself and expressing
herself in tha life OF the group
This need is met by the Girl Scout
movement. The girl finds i'm her
troop. comrades with whom she may
work and play activities which in
terest and satisfy her. and a leader
who is both companion and guide.
The mother realizes that her daUgh-
ter Is safeguarded while che eX-
changes the experience Of the home,
where she has been the center, for
the a1luring group activlty;-for she
trusts both tho Scout leadership and
the Scout plan. and knows the
community hacking. Infinitely bet
ter this is. than to have the girl
cross the threshold alone and so one
knows not whittier. The Father
knows that this entrance into the
group experience is O Wholesome be-
ginning for the girl who faces the
many problems which greet her as
she takes upon her shoulders one
responsibility after another and
faces toward citizenship. Further
more. he loves to see girls having n
good wholesome time out of doors.
So he Joins his influence to that OF
the supporting group and helps TO
fund the enterprise times
because his daughter .s "a Girl scout;
or he wishes that might have been;
or because the girls Of America
are dear 90 him and DE knows that
they must hold % their Keeping
Americas ideals.-to share with the
Sons Of America.
Have an eye then 90 the Girl
Scouts, and a mind 90 Ee,p them;-
and take a hand I'm helping them
grow. Think what 10 VIE mean to
America that her girls are always
planning a good turn" for some
body else, holding sacred the hon
or that ies 10 .bc trusted :" remember p
ing 10 be kind, lCoru.0S how TO
spend wisely. and discovering which
are the precious thinSs that it is
worth while 10 have, knowing the
meaning os loyalty. growing TO un-
derstand just.ce;-and the JOY or