San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-17
800 MEN HEAR
APPEALS FOR
SCOUT FUNDS
Joint Meeting of Four
Clubs Draws Represen-
tative Citizens.
NEED is EXPLAINED
Meeting Preliminary to
Drive to Raise $4,000
for Scouts.
NEED Is EXPLAINED

Before a joint meeting of Rotary,
Kiwsnis, Lions and Conopus clubs
members, constituting one of the larg-
est gatherings of business and pro-
fessional men in the city, at the Gun
ter hotel Friday, an. appeal was made
for help in raising $4,000 with which
10 carry on the Bog Scout work in
San Antonio. Speakers included
Judge William Seat Fly. Arthur ).
Michael and Judge r. Neil Campbell.
Judge Fly. introduced as a ''prOmi-
nent Rotariap and San Antonio
leading citizen said that no business
man who has the future of his city at
heart could turn deaf ear TO the Boy
Scout cause. The movement, he said,
does not seek 10 take the place OF the
church, the Sunday School. the home
or any other agency for good, but.
on the other hand. tryS to instill Il
spirit of service in boys which is such
a necessary factor in good citizenship.
1T is the undiciplined boy whom
YOU see wandering about the streets
and in the juvenile courts said Judge
Fly. "One of the cardinal principles
of the Boy Scout movement is obedi-
ence. A Scout is taught TO be polite
TO his elders. TO beNkind to another.
to be patriotic: to ..ttend TO his reli-
gious duties" to be unselfish and to
keep clean. so that when he reaches
his majority hewiil be fit for the bat
lie Of life and equipped to perform the
duties of citizenship.
Movement Deserves Support.
Love for ones country is inculcat-
ed in the Scout. Every boy is required
70 learn the preamble 10 The constitu-
ton. wonder how many of you
men here can recite the. preamblP?"
Only three men out Of the nearly fire
hundred present raised their hands.
"If you men had been Scouts when
you were boys there would have been
800 hundred hands gone up instead of
three Judge Fly remarked.
THE Boy Scout movement" con-
tinued the speaker. has the endorse
ment Of President Harding and OF
practically every other great Ameri-
can. We want to train our boys so
they will be able to interpret the
constitution when the are grown.
IL boys learn the fundamental laws
Of our land when they are young the
chances are they will make much bet.
ter citizens. I am doing my bit to
help the cause along. / am giving
the BOY Scouts my love and devotion,
| think that in the name Of his city,
his country and all that he holds dear
every man in this city should rally
IN the cauSn and give IL his moral
and financial support.
No Scouts In Trouble.
Arthur Michael. Scout commissioner
spoke briefly. telling how self-reli.
ance, Kindness, patriotism and other
good qualities are developed in scouts
Mr.. Michael had two boys 10 recitC
the Scout oath and laws.
Judge r. Neil Campbell urged every
man present to do his part in raising
the $4,000 required for the coming
year. It costs onlT $40 a year ia
keen a boy in the Scout organization
while it costs 500 a year to keen q
delinduent boy in the juvenile home
he said. There is no record. he added
or a Boy Scout in Texas ever having
been sent to house of correction.
W. G. Higgins, president Of tn,
Lions Club. Harry Rogers. president
of the Rotary Club. DR. S. Van VIE
vice president Of the Conopus Clint
and Henry Hirshberg. president Of thu
Kiwanis, each spoke for one minute
The Lions quartet provided tn,
entertainment feature.
Henry Hishberg presided.