New Britain herald., 1923-03-26
SAYS FUTURE OF
 U. s. LIES IN BOYS
Citizenship Training of Today Will Save Country of Tomorrow

| IHuI llS lldB VIII bN Hphtihh hai | umphantly 1000 years from now. | said Ray O. Wyiand, assistant di l rector of the department of education of the Boy Scouts to 622 members o Everyman's Bible class yesterday. John l.. Davis and l are working at the same job" he said. Tt is |
 job we began to work at when wt
 were boys. We are trying to make
 this world a better place for men
 women and children to live in, (
 world fit for mankind to live in. w
 deal with the moral and spiritual
 matters, Through leadership, in.
 fluence and character and through the
 ideals in which men live their lives
 we hope that the next generation of
 boys and girls and men and women
 of America will acknowledge con-
 viction which will help them stem the | tide of vice and carry on the big
 light which began a long time ago on
 the cross of Calvary.
 Gold Vs. God.
 "A resident of South America once
 said that it had been a matter of
 consideration with him. for more than 20 years as to why North America could make so much more progress
 than South America in the same
 length of time. The chief reason for
 this is that the Spaniards settled South America in search of gold and this country was settled by the Pil- grim fathers who came here in search of God.
 We are not facing an immediate crisis and perhaps there will not be a crisis in many years to come but I do believe that in the next 50 or 100 years, America is going to come to place where we will have to prove whether or not civilization is going to survive.
 Men are going to be called upon to show whether they are stingy or try to get the most out of the least they can give, whether there shall be lawlessness and destruction. There will be a conflict between the man of money and the man of truth.
 Lack of Cooperation.
 This winter we had to face the Pi obiSii VI NAtlllCl OI lIOl we WOulQ have to close up our. homes and go into some hotel to save ourselves from freezing to death. It was not | because there was not money or coal or labor It was because of lack of | cooperation and comradery. It was because of class consciousness and 1 foolish sentimentality.
 Unless those things are displaced by | the great truth, the word of God, we | are in danger of American individual | ism drowning out the larger concep- tion America today is leader among the nations of the world, but God has given lis no guarantee that those 1 things shall be always. We have only | one guarantee, that guarantee is faith | fulness and the loyalty of a citizen- ship which is thinking of what we are going to do outside of making a liv- ng and profit. We need more father hood, more schools which train for better citizenship more fathers and mothers who train their children in he right way. We need to get boys put of the congested centers and take hem out into the woods where they will be next to the things God made with His own hand. Teach him help ulness. preparedness trustworthiness, lis obligation to God and country who ellow men and to help everyone who s in need. Keep his mind clean, his associations clean. Inspire him with ln idea of chivalry and all that goes nto the life of real red blooded nan. Make a better citizen of him. We know that America has a future md that we are going to base it on 'ur natural reserve. We have a hap y form of government which pro- ects the lives of our people. We lave given to the world those major 'atents, we are the world beaters. We {, lave to our credit great feats of en- | .ineering, we stop at no limitation. :, five us men, money or machinery and :, ve will do anything to help mankind. :. We have unlimited resources. <
 The Scout Movement
 "The scout movement in New Brit in is not a matter of a dollar or millions. It is a matter of men who |, yill dedicate their lives to this great q erNlCe. l nave spent SIX or seven N ears dealing with the lives of men I, rho have come up under conditions fl f foreign countries. There is very fl tile you can do to change the life of c
 man past S5 or 40 years but it is luch easier to change the life of a oy We will serve 7,o00,oo0 boys fl -ho are waiting to be scouts. Right q ere you are in need of some 30 or 40 sl len who are willing to take a train a ng course and become scout leaders c, hat is all that is being asked Are b ou going to carry on? Christianity II oes out to serve. Are you willing to rappe with the problems of life? If ou and l who have dedicated our d yes in time of war or time of peace " ,cept that challenge, there is no cl ower beyond us." st Arthur G. Kimball president of the in cal scout council, and Walter o. la ook, scout executive, occupied seats A ] the platform. Frederic l.. Fay, hi ithor and instructor of the training W