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(CapdWoted by Nutlnnul c'o-j:h*!1 ot Uie Hoy Scout* of ,\inurlcilt;..)SCOUTING «N0 LOYA'.TYA boy la Jl ioj.'.ianimal. He will stick to bin “gang” through thick and thki, will never “go back on a chum, no matter at what coat to hliuself, and scouting, dealing as usual with fundamental boy Instincts, makes use of this natural tendency, turns it to constructive ends. In scouting, boy loyalty Is both taken account of and developed. Loyalty to the patrol, the troop, the .scoutmaster, go over into loyalty to the community, to home and church and school, to God and country as pledged by the scout oath.No one who has ever seen a trlt;/op of boy scouts taking the oath of allegiance to the flag, grave, earnest, sincere, can doubt that here are Americans in the making to whom the Stare and Stripes are not merely a strip of gay-colored bunting, but stand_ for something real and true, something worth dying for, if need be.Scouts are being trained in citizenship which means not only that they know the history of this country and how7 its laws are made, but that they stand ready to serve the nation in whatever ways a boy may. Co-operating in a nation-wide Forest Protection week, as they did in May last-, light-' lng forest fires, planting trees, aiding in city clenn-ups'And health surveys, lighting gypsy moths and bagwovma and fungus blights, sharing in efforts at wild life conservation, aiding the police in directing traffic, serving as fireman’s aides, etc., they are practicing citizenship here sod now, art-learning it, by living It, day by day.Everywhere we are seeing today war’s dangerous aftermath of lawlessness, especially among our youth Scouting offers one of the best antidotes for this ill, for a scout stands for law and order. Scouts learn to obey, not as ‘‘blind driven cattle,” but as good citizens who recognize the necessity and reasonableness of law. A scout executive in West Virginia recently examined the court records of his town for ten years hack and found that not a single scout or a boy under ,gcout influence had ever passed through the court, and simitar records are every -sew and then rfcxft.ed from various parts of the country. A scout is loyal—too loyal to be a law breaker.Ours Is a great cotmtry and has great problems to meet. No one- can tell what the next few years will hold, but we can be sure of one thing, that no nation oan be stronger than Its men, and that every bit of splendid volunteer leadership in the work of making men ‘‘physically strong, mentally awake, morally straight,” will count immeasurably for good and as the best sort of patriotic service. “Save a man. you save ose person. Save a boy, you save a whole multiplication table.”HEROIC WORK IN PUEBLO FLOODAmong the many instances-of heroic service in rescue work during the Pueblo flood disasters, that of two boy scouts stands out conspicuously. On hearing that a man and his young son were trapped in a burning bulK-ing, surrounded by the ever rising tides of onrushing water, they hastily manned a lifeboat and pulled through the dangerous current to the burning building. The owner of the place and his son were rescued with great risk, not only because of the floods but because the burning building was being shaken by terrific explosions oil ttKf time from the lime stored therein. Having discovered that three employees were also in the burning plant, the scouts returned a second time, battling desperately with the waters, and got the other victims also to safety. Hardly had they gotten into ’ the boat when another more violent explosion occurred and the building crumbled and fell into the water.T—l.'r~,T MOTHER DESERVES fi'dOD TURNfA Washington, D. 01, Scoutmaster Sm speaking of the.goog turn sajrs^ ^ •*®Be fellow more efimfed to otir good ’ torn and courteous and loving consideration than any other la MOTHER, j She has done a whole lot for us. On ; our account she has given up parties and pleasures, pretty dresses, warm coats and new-hats. She has sat up nights to care for us or mend our clothes. She has worked , and prayed for us. In fact there doesn't seem to be anything she has not done for us and we can’t even half repay her. Any scout who lots a whole day pas? without doing something to make mother glad -Is a scout who fails tp live up to the standard of Troop 33.”DO PRACTICAL MAP WORK,Onq of the requirements for a~ first Class boy scout is to be Able to read a map correctly, and drarw, from' field ot*s made on the spot, an intelligible rough sketch map, indicating by their proper marks important buildings, roads, trolley lines, main landmarks, principal elevations, etc. All this Involves no small amount of practical skill and field work and in many places map-work- classes are conducted for scents.
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Newburgh Register
Newburgh, Indiana, US
Fri, Jan 13, 1922
Page 8
Full Page
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Doug S.
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