The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-03-03

to fourteen and for boys fifteen and
over on Saturday afternoon, and one
night a week these classes meet to
hear Il speaker and to discuss some
topic in their groups.
twenty-five business men take part
in the Business Mems Gymnasium
class at the High School. Here the Sc
men forget their business cares and
once more are boys back on the old
school grounds where they scold and
kid each other over misplays.
Fifty girls as Girl Reserves are
organized into four groups and are
taking work similar to that Of the
boys program. g.
Boy Scouts
A Merit Badge Committee connpos-
ed of Business men meet monthly to
examine Scouts who are Candidates
for Merit Badges. Seventy-flve
Badges were awarded during the past
year.
Forty Scouts made cleanup sur
vey of the City, charting ash heaps,
tin can dumps, rubbish and manure
piles, unsightly lots and back yards.
This service made possible and COM
paratively easy real cleanup cam
paign. III
Thirty-two boys attended the Meth
odist Presbyterian Scout Camp sat
Lake Isabel. -.,e'-r Il
Four Get together" Scout hikes
were held. l...-.
The, three troups were the guests
Of the American Legion where the
ex soldier boys were entertained
with Scout games and stunts. -. -:
All troups united in demonstra-
ton of Scout Activities and were at
home to their friends in the High
School Gym during Scout Week last
February. In October the troups
held window display of Scout craft.
Letters have been received from a
Gozen boys who have moved to 9TH
er parts, and all state that they miss
very much the good times had with
the Bismarck boys.
Extracts from the letters:
81 miss the good old Sing Songs
and the Group speakers"
"No balls or bats or games for the
fellows here-no fun in school or
anywhere, the guys hang around the
barber shops mostly" 50
Il thought it was great to go to .
new place but wish that I was back
where there is something DOING
1t means much to the boy to have
mans sympathetic interest in the
things which are so very serious to
him; to drive the boys to camp, or
out on the relay race or at the athle-
tic meet, to man may mean so much
time away from business-to the boy
it means friendship, encouragement
and frequently the turning point in
his young life.
You may be inclined to stress the
fact that 47O boys and 294 girls in
dulge each week in physical training
and by physical training we do not
mean entertainment or amusement
in games but physical training as a
real body builder. Boy Scout Work
may strike you as the most import
ant or it may be the Camp program,
or the swimming or the group talks
and discussions-all are part Of the
plant, the flower and fruit is in the
development of the Leaders Corps.
This group of twenty-four High
School boys who as leaders are band
ed together under the Motto of
CHARACTER, CLEANLINESS AND
COURAGE; who seek to further
these things among their fellow stu
dents and to promote REGARD FOR
PROPERTY, RESPECT FOR AU-
THORITY and a clean wholesome at
mosphere about the school. These
boys and the recruits whom they may
make are the visible evidence of a
boys program eminently worth while
for he who helps to mould these lives
today will be setting his seal upon
his country and upon the Kingdom
Of God forever.