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S C O U T I N G
APRIL, 1921
Copyright, 19S1, by Boy Scouts of America.
VOL. IX. NO, 4
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Are You Giving the Boys of Your Town
a Squ are D eal ?
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WA SH INGTON
ALL over the country, SCOUTING is helping to make
boys happier, healthier and more manly every way.
The Boy Scout program is universally recognized
as the ideal system of Recreation Education for teen age
boys.
It is also universally recognized as one of the most potent
forces for character building and citizenship training, current
in our national life.
There are approximately 400,000 Boy Scouts of America,
organized in 17,000 troops, in nearly 7,000 communities.,
Where Scouting is definitely established, kept active and alive
and in good standing the benefit to the boys and the com-
munity is incalculable.
a By the same token, if Scouting is being permitted to lapse,
in your town the loss to all concerned is incalculable.
No chain is stronger than its weakest link.
Every troop failing to re-register is not only injuring itself
but injuring the Scout Movement.
Registration Vital in Scouting
The Boy Scouts of America is incorporated by act of Con-
gress and is required by that act to render annual report to
Congress of its membership.
Unless a troop is
regularly registered
and in good stand-
ing at the National |
Council Headquar- |
ters it cannot be so 1
reported and its 1
members are not |
scouts and not en- 1
titled to wear the |
Scout uniform and 1
Insignia. |
This is not fair g
to the boys who |
want to be scouts. |
It is not fair to |
the Boy Scouts of 1
America, which is |
being held back be- |
cause of the neg- |
ligence or lack of f
interest in the pro- M
motion of Scouting §
on the part of adults |
who should have §
assumed the re- g
sponsibility, would |
no doubt have as- j
sumed it, had they |
fully recognized its |
importance. |
We Ozve It to the 1
Bvys j
The boys who are |
really interested in I
Scouting will keep |
at it anyway in spite j
of discouragements, j
They have the |
right to the full |
benefits of the pro- 1
gram, to be regis- j
tered nationally, to |
be on Uncle Sam's j
big team, in good I
standing.
If they keep on and stick loyally to Scouting they are going
to be eligible in time to veteran scout rank, perhaps ten yea-
standing. But unless each of these good scouts is registered.
he cannot claim this recognition. He is being cheated of some-
thing to which he has earned the right, because somebody who
ought to have stood by him has failed him.
On the _other hand, if a boy wishes to sever his connection
with the Scout Movement, he doesn't want and should not be
permitted to simply drift away, like a deserter.
He wants and is entitled to receive an honorable discharge.
But unless he is registered, we are powerless to provide him
with that honorable discharge which he has rightfully earned.
A registered troop means a law-abiding troop, a troop which
lives up to its obligations, plays fair, pushes the cart instead
of sitting in it, a dead weight.
An un-registered troop is a dead troop, and means a serious
wrong done not only to the boys of that troop, but to all Bov
Scouts everywhere.
Let Us Pull Together
Unless we all pull together we cannot fulfill our pledged
mission to the youth of America in fullest measure.
If you are a former Scoutmaster or troop committeeman
of a lapsed troop,
Ma;
17, 1921.
dear Mr. livingstone:
Pursuant to our conversation on "Tuesday,
in which 1 indicated informally my acceptance of
the honorary Presidency of the Boy Scouts organization,
1 am now writing to extend the same assurance more
formally, and to thank you for the honor.
The Boy Scouts have done a useful work,
and the readiness and efficiency with which they did
it, particularly during the war period, justifies
our earnest hope that their usefulness may be
continued and enhanced in the future. I shall be
very proud to serve as Honorary President of the
organization.
Very truly yours,
Mr. Colin H. Livingstone,
President, National Council,
Boy Scouts of America,
.American National Bank,
Washington, D. C.
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if you are a parent
of a boy who is a
former member of
a lapsed troop, if
you are connected
with an institution
which formerly sup-
ported a troop and
is no longer doing
so, if you are inter-
ested in Scouting
and boys will you
give us your help?
W ill you imme-
diately look up the
boys who formerly
made up the troop
and otherwise make
a full investigation
of conditions which
brought about the
inactivity of the
troop and its failure
to re-register at the
proper time?
Will you write us
the facts of the
case and let us help
you re-organize the
troop and get it on
its feet again?
Will you person-
ally do all you can
to establish Scout-
ing on a firm foot-
ing in your com-
munity?
If you will do
this, you will be
performing an
immense good
turn for which we
thank you in ad-
vance in behalf of
the Boy Scouts of
America.
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