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SCOUTING
PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS
BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA, FOR SCOUT OFFICIALS
AND OTHERS INTERESTED IN THE BOY SCOUT
MOVEMENT
OFFICERS OF THE NATIONAL COUNCIL AND
EXECUTIVE BOARD
Honorary President: Woodrow Wilson.
Honorary Vice-President: William H. Taft.
Honorary Vice-President: Theodore Roosevelt.
Honorary Vice-President: Daniel C. Beard.
President: Colin H. Livingstone, Washington.
Nat'l Scout Commissioner: Daniel C. Beard.
Treasurer: George D. Pratt, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Chief Scout Executive: James E. West, N. Y. C.
NATIONAL FIELD SCOUT COMMISSIONERS
H. D. Cross, 1100 Mutual Savings Bank Bldg.,
San Francisco; Judson P. Freeman, 37 South
Wabash Ave., Chicago; R. N. Berry, 902 Dex-
ter Bldg., Boston, Mass.; H. M. Butler, 206
Calder Bldg., Harrisburg, Pa.; Stanley A. Har-
ris, 68 Madison Ave., Memphis, Tennessee;
John R. Boardman, 200 Fifth Ave., New York
City.
W. A. Perry, Editor.
EDITORIAL COMMITTEE
Franklin K. Mathiews, Director, Library Department
Lorne W. Barclay, Director, Educational Dept.
Office of Publication: 200 Fifth Avenue,
New York City.
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Scoutmasters, and as provided in Article XIII, Section 3,
Clause 2, of the By-Laws of the Boy Scouts of America, to
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it on payment in advance of the annual subscription price
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vided for in Section 1103, Act of October 3, 1917, author-
ized June 13, 1918.
VOL. VI. NOV. 7th, 1918 NO. 26
How Much Should a Boy Give ?
The managers of the United War Work
Campaign decided that a gift of $5, earned
by his own labor, was the minimum amount
which should giye any youth the privilege
of calling himself a "Victory Boy."
Leaders who are working hard for the
success of the campaign state that they
meet some men who say: "Too much!"
"Make it a quarter!". "Or two cents a
week!"
Who is right?
Let us admit that $5 is a large sum for
a boy to give. It is.
So is fourteen miles a long way for a
boy to hike.
So is fifty yards a long way for a boy to
swim.
But after it is accomplished?
No Scoutleader has ever witnessed the
finish of a boy's hard test without appre-
ciating the value of it to the boy.
He may approach the trial with more or
less of fear.
He may struggle with many a temptation
to yield to weariness.
But once he has attained his object he is
a different and a stronger boy.
Conscious that he has fought and won,
his aspirations soar.
He puts away childish things and begins
to think as a man.
He is eager for an even harder test.
The boys who never tried dot the street
corners and fill the loafing places.
By and by they become the whining beg-
gars who "never had a chance."
For the lack of the inspiration of suc-
cesses well won they bolster up their weak-
ened nerves with drink and drugs.
You who know boys know how they
tremble in the balance during the Scout
age.
They are not interested in the little thing,
the easy thing.
They crave a test which drives them to
the limit.
They turn from the man who says, "You
mustn't do that—it's too hard for you."
They will follow the leader who gives
them the biggest thing to do and leads them
in the doing.
Every big motive in the world is back
of the Victory Boys' Drive.
It cannot fail if the boys once get a
glimpse of what it really means.
Peace or war, our soldiers need the seven
organizations which need this money.
No boy who is worth his salt will let a
soldier at the front suffer for the lack of
a five dollar bill which can be_ earned by
any boy who has the will to do it.
Scouting Index Available
At the urgent request of the War Indus-
tries Board, Scouting is reducing the
amount of paper consumed to the lowest
possible quantity.
The index for numbers from January
1 to June IS, 1918, has been printed as a
separate pamphlet and is ready to be mailed
free of charge to all to whom it will be
of service. Any scout official who wants
a copy should send his request immediately.
A. Stamford White
Mr. A. Stamford White, President
of the Chicago Council and Vice-
President and Member of the Execu-
tive Board of National Council Boy
Scouts of America, died on October
24 at his home.
It was Mr. White who arranged
for the visit of Sir Robert S. S.
Baden-Powell to Chicago to explain
the Boy Scout Movement, which he
had developed in England. In No-
vember of the same year Mr. White
called the first meeting in Chicago to
organize the Boy Scouts of America
in that city. The property occupied
by the Chicago Boy Scout camp was
selected and paid for by Mr. White.
He secured thousands of dollars later
from the Chicago Board of Trade to
put in the equipment which made the
Chicago Scout camp one of the best
furnished in the country.
His interest in boys was not alone
that of the organizer. He often
warned his associates not to let the
machinery of the Boy Scout Move-
ment blind them to the work which
brought them into direct contact with
the boy. His constant slogan was:
"Raise up through scoutcraft a better
citizenship for Chicago." He always
responded with a substantial check to
the presentation of any opportunity
for helping a promising boy into a
group for vocational guidance or into
a college where he could educate him-j
self for service.
The Boy Scout Movement was only
one of many to which Mr. White gave
unstinted time and energy.
_ This is the_ first death in the Na-
tional Executive Board since its or-
ganization. Mr. White's death is a
distinct loss.
He tries to keep the old
trails clear, and point out
the new ones blazed by
faithful Scouts.
These days of war alarms, epidemics and
quick mobilizations have demonstrated the
desirability of uniforms which go on
quickly, but they have riot converted all
Scoutleaders to the kneeless knicker. New
Jersey has a good idea:
"Of course I am interested in the Rang-
er's discussions in re 'shorts,' and while
I personally would accept any order which
was issued directing their use, I have talked
to enough scouts in this vicinity to know
that such an order would cause consider-
able discussion.
"Could it not be possible to modify the
present pattern of breeches by doing away
with the laced cuff, which is an abomina-
tion and a snare, and substituting a four-
inch cuff, held in place by flat buttons or
a buckle? I think the present plan of
lacing is a time and patience consumer.
"And in view of the fact that the stand-
ard leggings are now considerably below
standard in most ways, why not do away
with them officially and use golf stockings
of some specified color and weave instead?
The growing boy cannot be fitted always
with leggings, and one scout I saw the other
day had paper stuffed into his leggings so
as to enable him to keep them from turning
around on his legs.
"I believe that if we could have some
modification of the breeches as I indicate
it would save much cloth, for the cuff
could be made of some other colored ma-
terial, and incidentally save much time in
getting into them. And if we had a stand-
ardized stocking, heavy ribbed for winter
and lighter for summer wear, the boys
would look trimmer and a considerable
saving in cost could be effected."—James
Boyd Hunter, Jr., Assistant Scoutmaster
Troop No. 5, Jersey City, N. J.
* * *
To those who have formed their opinion
as to the physical characteristics of the
state of California from motion pictures
made on the Los Angeles beaches, this
will come as a rude awakening:
"Regarding shorts, I think it would be
exceedingly doubtful if you could get any
of the older California boys into these
'Highlander' costumes. Nor do I think
they would for a moment prove satisfac-
tory under our California conditions. City
troops might wear them with great eclat,
but any country troop that attempted to
go through our_ California buckbrush or
Russian thistle with 'shorts' and bare knees,
would get a valuable bunch of experience
in first aid.
"In the event that the change is decided
on, I trust that the old uniform will remain
optional."—E. L. Bickford, Scout Commis-
sioner, Napa, Cal.
The Victory Boy
By Eugene C. Foster
1918
A boy at school; a great red war aflame;
A soldier in the trench in direst need;
A call to earn and give, in mercy's name;
A boy whose heart, responding, reaps its met
1938
A boy to manhood grown, with wealth and power;
A call to give, to live at life's rich best;
A vivid picture of a boyhood hour
First hallowed by a sacrificial test;
And then a gift so prodigal and great
That men will seek to find its hidden springs—
Not knowing of that old prohpetic time,
A boy first tried his altruistic wings.
SCOUTING
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