The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-07-10

bility they certainly must have fell
but lacked the proper knowledge tx
act, then this article would not bt
necessary.
The thing that I am trying tt
bring out is just this. In all prob
ability these men knew nothing
about the various ways to save ane
handle drowning person. Theil
training along this line has been sad
ly neglected, much to our sorrow
and discomfort. / know full wei
that none of these three were evel
Boy Scouts. l am absolutely positive
that if they had taken boy scout
training when they were boys they
would have acted in accordance with
good Judgment and common sense.
cannot conceive anyone allowing 6
boy to drown when every chance in
the world to help was at their dispos
al.
Boy Scouts are trained along the
subject of life saving. They are
drowning person, how to break q
strangle hold, how to break wrist
lock; and other things relating to the
subject. A Scout is able to meet
such a situation because he has hao
the training that will give him con.
fidence to cope with the problem.
l am not criticising the actions OF
the men in question but merely at
tempting to bring forth the argu-
ment for a certain branch of boy
training that 1 am particularly in
terested in. This example brought
before us in cold unfortunate fact
on last Sunday is in my opinion a
sufficient reason for Boy Scout train
ing. What greater argument could
l use than to point to this incident
and say, '"Those men had never been
trained along any such subject as
life saving"
Every boy should be taught ia
swim. Along with his swimming he
should take up life saving. One can
never tell when he will be called up
on to act in the capacity of a life
saver. It is absolutely compulsory
for every boy scout to learn to swim
He should also take up the subject
just mentioned above.
It is horrible to be a coward. 1t
is weak to yield to fear, and heroic
to face danger without flinching. The
old Indian who faced death because
he was MORALLY wounded did so with
a grim smile on his face and sang his
own death song. The soldiers Of the
Roman legions laughed in the face of
death and died with a Hail Imper-
ator" for the Roman Caesar on their
lips. When incidents such as hap
pened on last Sunday come about
then it brings to our attention the
unwelcome fact that the days of
chivalry are no more. While riding
in a street car in Minneapolis last
week l could not help but notice the
self same lack of respect for the
feelings and comforts of others.
Many men would take the seats in the
car and let the women stand up.
These things run all along the same
line and come under the same head
ing of "doing a good turn towards
Others"
But there is one agency alive to-
day in the upbuilding of character
and the training along the line
brought out in this article and that
is the Boy Scout movement. 1t will
work-for her in Sank Centre they
will have a series of experiences for
our boys which will give them the
backbone and courage to stand and
test that may come to them.
Tennis Tournament
The tennis tournament which was
to be held on the 9th of July was
postponed to July 18th, which is next
week. A small loving cup will be
awarded to the winner of the singles.
In all probability boys from Osakis,
Long Prairie, Melrose, Alex, and
Little Falls will be here. The locals
are very confident.
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Sank Centre Scouts Win Base
Ball Game.
A base ball team representing the
local boy scout troop played q game
of ball with the Melrose ball team, re-
sulting in a victory for the "Main
Streeters." Moynihan. pitching. did