Milford chronicle., 1938-12-09
SOME THOUGHTS FOR BOYS
LIFE WEEK, DECEMBER Ole

Creating and promoting good
reading for boys has been one of the
persistent detectives of the Boy
Scouts of America for nearly three
decades and has resulted in an inn
pressive list of practical accomplish
ments in the Improvement of juve-
nile literature. The weighty infiu-
ence of the Scout Movement is al
ways on the side of all vigorous,
virile and wholesome books and per-
iOdicals and the Scouts list of fifty
outstanding books for boys, publish
ed annually in time for the Christ
mas season, is consulted as eagerly
by parents seeking gift suggestions
as it is by Scouts and their friends.
The Scout Handbooks and other
special publications for boys are in
themselves samples of the sort of
reading matter the Boy Scout Move
ment is anxious to endorse and
Boys Life" the magazine for all
boys published monthly by the Boy
Scouts, provides thrills and adven-
ture in generous doses along with
hobbies, sports an doutdoor lore that
boys can easily translate into ac-
tiOn.
No good cause succeeds without
energetic prosecution and that is |
why the Boy Scout leaders of the
country have named the seven days !
from December to 16 as Boys Life
Week and set about asking all par
ents to further the good reading
habit" in growing boys. /
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Every boy reads-because reading
is fun Knowing this and believing
that every boy should have a bal
anced ration of good reading that
provides for the solid things that in
fiuence mind and character the Boy
Scouts of American has always done
everything in its power to magnify
and extend the influence of better
reading for all boys.
Acting comparatively with other
young peoples agencies and the pub
fishers of good books Boy Scout
leaders of this country have had
genuine success in providing the
sort of material which not only ap-
peals to boys but which is good for
them as well.
All parents know that the boys of
America deserve the best in maga-
zines and to meet this need Boys
Life has been published for all boys
by the Boy Scouts of America for
nearly three decades and has be-
come outstanding in it's special field.
Its success came because it kept its
ftu1 zF ha l.
while never departing from the
deals of the Scout Movement behind
he magazine.
This is Boys Life Week-(Decem-
Der to December 16)-the time
when the Boy Scouts urge that all
parents enlist in an effort to make
reading a character influencing fac
or in children's lives. In this effort
Ill the resources of the Boy Scout
Movement and the Boys Life are
pledged to their assistance
o. ,
Boys are quick to appreciate
good story and loud in their ap-
)lause," is the Judgment of Irving -
Jrump, managing editor of Boys
life, who as author and editor for
he Boy Scouts magazine, has seen
lis opinion confirmed as the good
program of the Boy Scouts
# America has broadened its range
md influence. EARLY in my career
IS a writer" continues Mr.. Crump
I chose Boys Life as the vehicle
or my efforts in the boy field be-
ause the ideals of the magazine and l
# the Scout Movement behind the
magazine squared with the thoughts
had as to the proper type of liter
tIire that should be put into the
ands of young Americans"
Mr.. Crump's observations were
lade in connection with an an
ouncement of plans for Boys Life .
Veek-December to 16-designed =
} focus nationwide attention upon
ne year-around reading program OF
le Boy Scouts of America.
Each year at this time the Boy
couts publish a list OF fifty out
landing new books recommended
n Scouts and their friends ana in
idition keep in print permanent
st of books for recreational read
Ig which any boy may obtain by Il
riting the Boys Life at Park aY- L