The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-03-23
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with a deeply absorbing account
of the genesis of the Scouting
idea; MIR. William D. Murray's
story bites. Through the ages the
right training of Youth has flared
up. and died down, in every land,
civilized or savage, and obviously
Religion has Observation-Disclosures
Christian. Hebrew, or what we
call Pagan. The churches have
varied: some having given con-
slant care to Youth, whilst others
have done little more than one
hours Sunday School each week
Leaving boys and girls to their
own devices. and other influences.
good or bad, for the remaining
167 hours thereof The Catholic
church has always given constant
regard TO the training of its
Youth-even maintaining its own
schools for ordinary secular edu-
cation. When chivalry was at its
best boys began early training as
Pages to knights, and learned
then, and later as sQuireS. the
splendid Code which governed
absolutely the life and conduct
OF Knights: in passing, Sir Nj
geln and The White Company"
by Conan Doyle. are splendid
stories for boys, whilst Rudyard
Kipling's poem If epitOmizes in
modern way that great Code of
life. and the living of It. Mr. Muir
ray deals finally with more re-
cent work done by those concern
ed with Youth-pointing out the
great scope Of the Y. NJ c. AS
efforts. In the United States there
/ was the remarkable work done
by odd Dan Beard" with his
Sons of Daniel Boone: that of
Ernest Thompson Seton with his
Indians" in the furtherance of
which he published his Birch
Bark Roll" In Great Britain Sir
W. A Smith had organized the
Boys Brigade" When Baden
Powell returned to England at
the close of the South African
War he found. TO his astOniSh-
ment, that his book Aids to
Scouting" had been seized and
widely used by various men and
groups concerned with existing
Youth Movements. More-he was
approached by some Of the lead
ers with an urgent request that
he would rewrite Aids to Scout
ing" as a manual or guide for
them Baden Powell at once gath
cred all books and data he could
concerning what had already been
done in various countries; being
fluent in a good many languages
helped him in this. Very naturally
he was deeply impressed BY the
fine work done here by Daniel
Carter Beard and Ernest Thomp-
son Seton. and by the Y VI. c.
As Committee on Boys Work
under Edgar II Robinson. Seton
visited Baden Powell in England
and discussed matters. giving
him a copy of the Birch Bark
Roll: Baden Powell came 70 the
United States to discuss matters
with Dan Beard, Seton. Robinson,
and other leaders. Concerning
Scouting as it i-Baden Powell
mentions the many sources, old
and new, from which he had
drawn, saying that even the
Codes and Customs Of the Red In
dams, ZuIuS. and Pacific Island
erS, and the Bushido of the Japa-
nese had been looked into. Incl
dentalIy, in 1916 he wrote that at
least six men had claimed 10
have invented Scouting as il is
and commented that he wished
that one of them HAD done 50
and saved him the trouble: that
il seemed TO him that il did not
matter in the least WHO had in
vented Scouting so long as the
boys get the benefit Of L.
Mr.. Murray's history proceeds
to tell how the Baden Powell
movement reached this country.
that Scout Troops on his lines
sprang up independently IN var
ious parts Of the United States.
using Baden PoWeIFS handbook
and system but that il remained
for a Chicago publisher, Mr. VIM.
.. Boyce. to transplant il IN vital
manner. resulting IN national ac-
ton Whilst IN London. on a very
foggy day. Mr Boyce was lost
whilst seeking . place. the address
Of business friend To his sur
prise q boy approached him and
asked il he could Be Of any ser
vice Mr Boyce explained his d.
leuma, whereon the boy guided
him 70 the address ne sought AIr
Boyce promptly tined = TIP the
boy. which the boy gently decl1n-
ed. explaining that ne was a
Scout. and that Scouts did not
accept tips for Good Turns and