The Winslow mail., 1925-02-06

girl and carefully plans for their
leisure time, all goes well. But un-
fortunately the average father doen't
do this; he assumes his boys and girls
are in good schools and churches and
will pull through somehow"
Chief Scout Executive West told the
story of the Boy Scouts of America
how they came into existence-what
they are doing to build up this great
est of national aSsets-the youth of
our nation.
1--WE are passing the 100000 mark .
he said. "There are 2,700 fully or
ganized and equipped, standardized
Boy Scout camps now in America
capable of accommodating a quarter
of a million boys at one time. In
addition there are thousands of small
single troop camp sites. Kanahwahke
camp, the Boy Scout camp at Bear
camp in the world. Last summer 49,
500 boys and men spent two weeks or
more there.
eve have now in the United States
20,437 Boy Scout troops, located in
5000 cities and towns. More than
four million Scout badges have been
issued and Scouts have received near
ly 100000 merit awards, in subjects
covering seventy different vocations
trades, arts and crafts Eagle Scout
is the highest grade a boy can reach
and we have $500 Eagle Scouts, who
have qualified in at least 21 of these.
AS scoutmasters, troop committee
members of local councils, over 142,-
900 men are giving their time and
their best energies to the service of
the boys"
Every Scout is expected to do a
daily good turn and each troop is ex-
pected to do a community good turn
whenever possible, while all Scouts
rally round whenever there is special
iemergency or the opportunity for a
civic service good turn.
Knot-tying. campcraft, nature lore,
life saving. first aid, f1re-building, out
door cooking, map-making are
some of the matters in which the Boy
Scout is proficient.
Thirty-four gold medals have been
awarded to Scouts who have saved
life at the risk of their own-and
sometimes lost their own lives doing
this-and more than hundred silver
medals.
Nearly six hundred other badges
have been awarded for extraordinary
heroism where life was at stake
"'Let me give you just one instance
of what it means to be Boy Scout, y
said Chief Scout Executive West.
"Graeme Lorimer, fourteen year old
son of the editor of the Saturday
Evening Post, a Scout, was riding
with his mother when they were
struck by a skidding automobile on a
country road. A piece of heavy glass
cut Mrs. Lorimer's arm to the bone
just above the elbow severing nerves
and arteries. She was rapidly losing
blood. Her Boy Scout knew what to
do. With his mothers long kid gloves
and his fountain pen he made tourni-
quet which stopped the loss of blood
SO efficiently that the surgeon COM
pleted his emergency work at the
hospital where Mrs. Lorimer was TAX
en- without disturbing it. He told the
boy he had saved his mother from a
very serious loss of blood which
might we'll have endangered her life.
Scout training has thoroughly JUS
titled itself in my family, said George
Horace Lorimer in telling the Incl
dent"
A wonderfully Inspiring tale it is
of these youngsters pledged to be
physically strong, mentally awake and
morally straight And fine thrill
is in the personal story of the chief
scout executive. Three million boys
have passed through Scouting since
1910 and two million and half OF
them have gone on to become clean
cut, self-reliant, useful citizens, awake
to the duties of their manhood az
we'll as it's privileges.
Boys of different races, these, and
of widely divergent faiths, for Protest
ant and Catholic and Jew alike finJ
common ground in Scouting and hike
and camp together. Scouting helps
the melting pot to melt None can
mistake the town, large or small
where the Boy Scouts flourish, and
their activities, which alter it's very
atmosphere, dispel pessimism as to the
future of the nation.
Calvin Coolidge is honorary presi-
dent The honorary vice-presidents
include William H. Taft, Daniel Car
ter Beard and William G. McAdoo
Colin H. Livingstone of Washington
is president; Mortimer L. Schiff OF
New York, Milton A. McRae of De-
troit, Benjamin L. Dulaney of Wash
ington, Walter w. Head of Omaha
and Charles G. Moore of San Francis
co, vice-presidents; and George D
Pratt of New York is treasurer
Nearly half of it's high officials have