Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-11

be found in either the squalor of the
tenement house or the drawing room of
palatial apartments.
THE Boy Scout movement has open
ed for him the portals to adventure
and constructive JOY by reviving the
lore of the frontier and the campfire;
by establishing contacts with the birds
and sometimes with the bees; by match
ing his patience to the deliberative
character of fish; by eff1cient operation
of the swimming hole, and by peeps
into the thousand mysteries of the
streams, and the trees and the stars.
And 1t is more than this. BY the pro-
motion Of sense of craftsmanship it
builds character. From contest and
competition with zeal, but without I'M
fair advantage and without bitterness ;
restraint that remarks nothing of
others which cannot be at once for
given: willingness to subordinate ones
self into the teamwork for the COM
mon aim-that is craftsmanship.
There cannot be Boy Scouts with
out organization and leaders.
Tribute to Troop Leaders.
"And by leaders 1 include particu-
larry those devoted men who as troop
leaders become the inspiration and
friends of boys. and upon whom rests
the responsibility of actually admin
istering constructive Joy.
Through its organization our boys
learn of discipline, they learn the unity
of effort, cooperation and the democ-
racy Of play and work, they learn of
the duties and satiSfactions of service.
All Of these are the foundations of life,
the basis of liberty and happiness, the
safeguards against destructive Joy in
the grown-up life hereafter.
THE priceless treasure Of boyhood
Is his endless enthusiasm, his store of
high fdealiSm and his fragrant hopes.
His is the plastic period when indelible
impressions must be made IL we are
to continue successful democracy. We
assure ourselves that the cure Of iIlit-
eracy and the fundamentals of educa-
ton to be the three RS-reading, riting
and rithmetic. To this we must add
one more r and that is responsibility
Responsibility to the community
we are not to have illiteracN in gov
eminent. The conviction that every
person in the Republic owes q service
to the Republic: that the Republic rests
solely upon the willingness of every
one born In 1t TO bear his part Of the
duties and obligations of citizenship is
as important as the ability to read and
wrtte-that Is the only patriotism of
peace.
Teachers Guiding Children.
THAT the idea of the Republic was
created for the benefit of the individual
is a mockery that must be eradicated
at the first dawn of understanding. 1t
Is true that many of our schools have
recognized this obligation. 1t is true
that our teachers are guiding our chill
dren In the FIRST steps of democracy,
hut I knOW of M auonau that No
more powerful in support of this pur-
pose that the Scout movement. If we
look over the Republic today we find
many failures in citizenShip-we find
many betrayals Of those who have been
selected to leadership. I cannot con-
ceive that these failures would take
place If every citizen who went to the
polls was a good scout" and every ON
clal who was elected had ever been a
real Boy Scout.
Il give you a powerful statistic.
There are about 100000 Boy Scouts In
the United States. There is raw mate
rial for 100000 more.'