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Show Do We Want Boy Scouts? The Hoy Scout movement has now ueeu launched In the Alpine Slake lu Jiich a way that Itu ultimate success .s assured A rousing tally was held in Lehl, Wednesday night, at which loventy-Ilve young bojs weic present. Another such meeting Is planned lor maauut Giuve, wedncsdio night, Feb. 18. It Is said that the suicess of the itiovcmuil lu asBuied, but do we want it to succeed? This question has presented Itself to many patents ot jur community, and lu niaio uibcs au-jwoied au-jwoied veiy much lu the negative. 'Ihere aio two pluses, or uupposcd phiibes, of scout work objected lo bj iiiauy people. It Is assumed by some lint the activity ot a scout is directed uigely tow aid preparing the boy lor i military caieer ot war and blood- ilied; that the win splut Is made to Jomlnato hlu meetings ,uul outings, mil thai, lu u word, the boy bcout Is jlmpl) a soldier lu the making. Au- jther group of critics is imbued with he iiouon that scouting Is a sjnoiiyiu .or 'hikes," and that tne lutcivul lol- owiug one such trip is iibcd In plan- .ling uiu next. Now, lu icply to these objections, the Hist can be "niet and annuel ed In a word. Aside from the ligldlly with vhlch boys aie lequlud to live up to Jio piomises they make and the salute ihey glvo supeilor olllcers on duty, Jieio is absolutely nothing In scouting Ji.it oven sav oi a of mllltlarlsm. It is true that the uniform sometimes worn jy scouts resembleu that iibcd lu tho army, but uiillorms atu not an cssen-Jal cssen-Jal flart of scouting, the soul purpose of them being to increase the bo"s jelr respect and to lend dignity lo IiIb ,)08ltlon. Occasional "hokos" nro ln-uulgcd ln-uulgcd lu during the summer mouths, jut these could be entirely dispensed villi and not Horlously hamper tho ef-icctlveness ef-icctlveness of scout work. As with Jiu unlfoim the "hike" adds Bplce to jcoutlug and makes It more attractive. Just what does scouting consist of? To Join tho organization tile boy muot oo at least H:! cars of uge and puss .in examination. Ho then takes tho following oath lu tho most boIcuiu .nanner possible: "Lpon my honor I vlll do my best to do my duty to God and to my country, and to obey tho .icout law ; to help other pooplo at all ilmes; mid to keep myself physically strong, mentally awake mid morally atrnlgnt." Nolo that tho boy piomises to keep iho scout law. This law covcis twelve points, as follows 1. -Tho scout Is trustworthy. If he jays, "On my honor it Is so," that meiiuu that it is so JubI as If he.fcvi (uken iv most solemn oath. IIs a scon? were to break his honor by telling a lie, or by not currjlng out an order oxuetly, when trusted upon his honor to do so, ho may bo dliected to hand over his scout badge and never to weur It nguln Ho may also bo dliected dliect-ed to cease to bo u scout. 2. A scout Is loyal to hlu pal cuts, his teachers, his couutry-aud to all whom his lo)tilty Is due. U. A scout is helpful. Ho must be piopnred nt any time to save life or to help Injmed perbons. lie must tiy his best to do a good tutu to some one every day. I. A scout Is f i loudly to all ami a brother to evoiy other scout. S, A scout Is comteous. He Is polite to all, especially to women and children chil-dren anil old people, Invalids, clippies, ale. Hu must not take any revvnid for being helpful or couiIcoub. 0. A scout is kind to iinlmals He should save them im tar as possible from pain mid uhould not kill any animal needlesul) 7. A scout is obedient to the ouleis of his parents, patrol leader or bcout master S, A scout is cheerful tindei all clr-cuniBtancea clr-cuniBtancea When he lecelves un order or-der he should obey il cheei fully and roudll, not lu a slow, hang-dog soil of WO) 0. A scout is thrift) He saves ever) penny ho can and puts It Into the bank, so that he ma) havo money to keep linilBClr When out nt wnrU mwl thus not make himself a but den upon othets, or that he ma) havo mone) to help the needy 10 A acout Ib br.ive Ho stuudB tend) to defend tho weak upon all oe-cubIoiib oe-cubIoiib When asked by his fi lends to take putt in Immotal practices the scout's bravery enables him to su) "no " It A bcout Is clean lu body and lu mind H) tuning i,t8 thoughts constantly con-stantly occupied with noble Ideas there Is no loom ror tho vile IL' A bcout Is tevetejit Ho tespecta his own tellgloit ami that of-othors He Is never boisterous lu houseB of worship. What patent would object to lls b) taking the above oath and huIikciIIiIuk to tho scout law? Scouting Is education educa-tion conducted in a new uij- a wa) that uPpealH lo the bo) hh no olhoi can Paients uhould Investigate thoroughly thor-oughly the movement This h said with full conlldence that theli Invea-tl(.'allon Invea-tl(.'allon will letjiill in ImiiaHi'd inein-Ik inein-Ik iHlup in tin tc nut i links At pu Kent join boy i an In i nine a uioui (inb Id Idenurjiiij, buniiir wnli inntiinl un piowiiiun wotk loi Uia on .mi' umii la U. onii un. 'tu j i nd of Un couiiu hiitn,. Hi- woik hi Imul JL.MLo JJAMvU |