Scouting, Volume 7, Number 20, May 15, 1919 Page: 15
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BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA
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The Three Classes of Scouts.
The Boy Scouts of America after meeting certain requirements are
first enrolled as tenderfoot scouts. Other examinations must be
passed before they can be promoted to second-class scouts, and still
harder tests must be met before they can graduate into first-class
scouts. Then comes an opportunity for further broadening their use-
fulness through preparation to meet the requirements for securing
each of the sixty merit badges.
The Scout Motto.
The motto of the Boy Scouts is BE PREPARED. This means
that the scout is always in a state of readiness in mind and body to
do his duty.
The Scout Oath.
Before he becomes a scout a boy must promise:
ON MY HONOR I WILL DO MY BEST-
1. To do my duty to God and my
country, and to obey the Scout Law;
2. To help other people at all
times;
3. To keep myself physically
strong, mentally awake, and morally
straight.
When taking this oath the scout will stand, holding up his right
hand, palm to the front, thumb resting on the nail of the little finger
and the other three fingers upright and together.
Laws of Honor.
There have always been certain written and unwritten laws regu-
lating the conduct and directing the activities of men.
We have such unwritten laws coming down from past ages. In
Japan, the Japanese have their Bushido or laws of the old Samurai
warriors. During the Mididle Ages, the chivalry and rules of the
Knights of King Arthur, the Knights Templar, and the Crusaders
were in force. In aboriginal America, the Red Indians had their laws
of honor; likewise the Zulus, Hindus, and the later European nations
have their ancient codes.
The following laws, which relate to the Boy Scouts of America, are
the latest and most up to date. These laws a boy promises to obey
when he takes the Scout Oath.
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