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Show scours (Conduct br NHIonrt Council et the Boy Scouti of America.) T BIGGEST THING IN SCOUTING General l.croy T. Stewurd of Chicago Chica-go Is one of the orlgloiil founders of the scout movement, and a stanch believer be-liever In all scouting stunds for. In a recent Intenlew he said: "The boy Is the mail of tomorrow, our coming citizen, with his responsibilities responsi-bilities und definite place In the world. You can't fool him. but you can do wonderful things with the right sort of leadership. The spirit of scouting Is bigger even than Its tlrst-uld and outdoor out-door craft. Getting an active, growing eating, noisy boy to he thoughtful and do u good turn dally, to want to be helpful to others, to obey Its oath and law that's the biggest thing In scouting scout-ing and, Indeed, In life." Speaking of his own Interest In-scouting, In-scouting, the general said: "I've spent over forty years of my life In various fonns of public service the army, the police department, the postofltce, the boy scouts, and so forth and am convinced that nowhere can so much real good be done as with our boys. Scouting Is the one thing I expect ex-pect to give my time to for the rest of my life; to help to build boys Into good citizens. Can you, or any other grownup, grown-up, find greater opportunity, a more genuine service to be rendered than Is within the reach of at) of you?" |