Evening star., 1927-05-26
BACKGROUND OF EVENTS
BY PAUL Y. COLLINS.

noted something happen-a boy in the
uniform of Scout crossed the street.
halted the crying child and, after
moments talk, led her into a drug
store, where he did some telephoning.
Presently an excited woman came
hurrying to the drugstore and re-
covered her lost baby. Then the
Boy Scout was seen. as he emerged
from the store. to pull his tie out
flaunting to the breeze. The mayor
inquired OF a friend why the boy
had done that. and was told that
every Boy Scout is pledged to do
some act of kindness each day and
until he has accomplished that duty
he must wear his tie inside. The
mayor was so impressed that he do
mated to. the Boy Scouts o. Scranton
the grounds for their recreation
camp-a gift worth $4,000.
But, for the last week, the Boy
Scouts of the District of Columbia,
through their adult officers. have been
trying to raise enough money to bal
ance their yearly budget, and not yet
have they reached the required sum
the District today, but it took q
turnover of 4,22s in the last year to
leave that 2,759. Space limits pre-
vent enumeration of the services the
Scouts perform, but tomorrow hun.
dreds of them will be decorating the
graves or all veterans in all the GENE.
teries-no slight task.
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There is Harry Crandall. the
theater mogul, who for five years
has been paying the cost of juvenile
public service organization in WASH
lngton. which selects and donates
proper films for the Saturday morn
ing Juvenile shows. No namby-
pamby NOR slap-stick shows, nor
blood and thunder thrillers-just the
rlght kind-for Mrs. Harriet Hawley
Locher and her assistant, Miss Mills.
censor all films and music, and every
such entertainment must begin with
singing America" and with other
patriotic features. Now that the
CrandaH theaters are combined with
oof other theaters throughout Amer
lea, the Washington service will be
extended TO them all, under Mrs,
Locher's successful direction. Ask
the boys and girls how delightful are
those shows; ask the many social
societies cooperating how inspiring
they are. !t
Now turn the page. Eighteen
months ago, two men in New York
City, with three dummies, incor-
porated "The American Association
for the Advancement of Atheism"
Being incorporated, the law protects
the rights of the association to carry
on. and this is it's announced pur-
pose: THE philosophy of atheism is
10 be planted in the minds of youth"
Inc Junior Atheist League is estab-
hshed. Goddess children shall have
an opportunity to emancipate their
companions from unreasonable re-
lig1on. The league will remove boys
ana girls. from the evil influence of
the clergy. 1t will encourage them
to protest against Bible reading i'm
public schools" Further details are
unprintable. One father of a girl
student in a high class college
threatens to cowhide the professor if
he finds that he has shown a certain
to his daughter. "The
attainment of happiness in this world
rather than eternal bliss in the world
to come shall be taught the rising
generation as the chief end of man"
Morality Is scoffed at.
The Incorporated association boasts
that 1t has already established units
in 20 universities, including a most
L
is named.
I'VE are going to undermine the
churches of America, as certainly as
time comes" says the president, and
the secretary adds: 1--WE can do it.
because the churches are already
and when we show the rea-
SON the people have been humbugged
by preachers and priests, they ac-
cept 1T. We now have a unit
teaching atheism on one ship in the
U. s. Navy (the U. 8. S. whitney.
O. destroyer tender at Panama). We
have suit pending in the appellate
court In Washington, d. c., to DO
away with chaplains in the Army.
Navy and Officers Reserve Corps
and in the Senate and Congress"
The secretary boasted also that a
in University, a
institution, showed that So
per cent of the students were atheists
and las confessed that they had lost
faith since coming to that univer-
sity.
The college units established by the
A. A. A. A. adopt such names as
follow:
Los Angeles. calif.-"The Devils
Angels"
Rochester. N. Y.-"The Damne.
Souls
University of Wisconsin,"
Circle of the Goddess"
University of North Dakota-"I
Legion of the Damned" the head
Most universities. church colleges
and high schools are controlled by
by Hsilly YOUTH" a-~
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