The Dolores star., 1924-03-14

for service spirit for which there is worldwide
need.
The activities of Anniversary Week many
and varied. whole communities joining in the cele-
bration Scouts visited the tombs of the nations
presidents. They went to church in uniform Scout
Sunday. They held public demonstrations of scout
efficiency They honored American heroes of the
out-of-doors like Kit Carson and Jim Bridgcr and
Buffalo Bill and John Muir. Chicago scouts elect
ed mayor and officials and the city for one
hour. And everywhere the scouts celebrated Abra-
ham Lincoln's birthday in wny that would have
pleased the Savior Of His Countrywide best
Old Scout of them all. District OF Columbia Scouts
called President Coolidge at the White House
and had good talk with him.
And the hafmillInn BOY Scouts enthusiastically
took anew the scout oath, which Is ''o do my duty
God and my country and to obey the scout law;
to help other people at all tines to keep myself
physically strong. mentally awake and morally
straight"
So popular with the boys of the United States
Is the movement that the Of the nation will
have to bestir themselves to keep up with 1t and
give 1t fair chance to get its natural growth
Several big cities are busy with drives for scout
masters. Chicago, for example, has 10000 Boy
Scouts and 10000 boys who are eligible for men,
bershp; S15N,O0O could be used to advantage at
in starting new troops. New York Is driving
for l 900 new scoutmasters who urgently need
ed. One of the pictures shows three of New York's
Boy Scouts before the mcrOphone at Station
WIZ speak!ng in this campaign. These boys
(left to rght) Michael Sauka. George Kutzelrnan
and Arnold Stanewick-nll heroes having saved
human life during the last year. The other pic
notwithstanding drill for saving life at fires.
cabn-buildng. map making etc.-are self-explana
tory
There are three classes Of Scouts, the tenderfoot,
second class scout and .hrst class scout All must
thoroughly understand the Scout Oath and Law,
the sign Salute and Significance of the Badge. The
First Glass Scout must learn to swim sc yards;
must earn and deposit at least 50 in public bank
Sit n al
make 14rnile rourd trip alone or with another
Scout and write satisfactory account OF things
observed; prepare and cook In the open with carnp
utensils II number of dishes; be able correctly to
man the country through which he passes produce
articles of carpentry, cabinet making or metal
work. judge distance, size, number, height and
weight within 25 per cent and meet certain exact
ing nature study requirements
First Glass Scouts eligible to try for Merit
Badges in II vocational subjects and arrive at
the rank of Eagle Scout by qualifying In total of
81 of these subjects. All the Merit Badge subjects
have much international educational, and voca-
tional value.
The general public has no real opportunity to
realize how useful the Boy Scouts a whole.
While the actual material service they render is
hardly to he computed In dollars and cents, they
save the country thousands OF dollars every year.
Here are n few of their many activities:
Troop / of Rnvenna, o.. tnkes care of state
game sanctuary containing ring necked pheasants
and quail. In Suff1eld, Conn, troop has been
feeding birds and game all winter; the boys estab-
Iished no fewer than seventeen feeding stations.
troop in Roxbury, N. Y, has planted trout In
all the streams.
Boy Scouts of Albany N. Y. devoted Columbus
Day to planting 1900 trees. Last spring another
troop set out 5000 white pine in the community
forest at Malone, N. Y. Yonkers scouts set out
5000 trees in n single afternoon on the city water
shed Bronx boys planted 25.OO0 twOyear-od
seedlings in two week ends
Seventy-fve scouts spent their spring vacation
at year rescr'nc n sand dune overlooking the city