Scouting, Volume 8, Number 8, April 8, 1920 Page: 53
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BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA
It hardly seems necessary to say that these are scouts of New Mexico (the
town of Bucknam, to be exact), in camp on a ranch and about to inspect the
fire lookout.
way. As we dignify this practice it will naturally result in fewer
boys leaving the Scout Movement for insufficient reasons.
Lack of Vital Facts
Most distressing is the fact that notwithstanding the splendid
progress which has been made during the last century in develop-
ing our educational system and in vitalizing our churches and or-
ganizing supplemental agencies to help care for the leisure time of
boys and girls, there is no adequate provision made by our na-
tional, state or city governments for definitely developing in a com-
prehensive manner the facts concerning the youth of America,
Indeed, there is no reliable information even with reference to
school statistics. We do know there is a marked difference in the
laws governing compulsory education. In some few states boys and
girls must remain in school until sixteen years of age; in others,
fourteen years of age; but there has been no attempt at standard-
ization of such laws or for the methods of interpretation.
Again, there is a great difference in the length of the school
course. The period in some states is as low as three months out
of the year, while in others it varies all the way up to ten months
in the year. From the statistics available it appears that the great
majority of boys and girls leave school at the age of fourteen, and
comparatively few remain in school beyond the sixteenth year.
Requirements of a Democracy
If we are to have an intelligent democracy, it is incumbent upon
the nation and state to provide for the education of the youth of
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Boy Scouts of America. Scouting, Volume 8, Number 8, April 8, 1920, periodical, April 8, 1920; New York, New York. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth283161/m1/55/: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Boy Scouts of America National Scouting Museum.