Show edgar A guest u pays A well deserved tribute to our scott masters my hat goes oft off te to the scoutmaster no matter who ith or ahre he nay may ba b lie he la Is the tt man jahid jeh nd the cum guns it is re le ho la 13 the ba boys ideal the re real j moulder of bur our future men of hairs affairs he lie may be only th tha ordinary lauk 11 ing chap that auses puwa v bov on your I 1 way to work each clit ha I 1 is wt I 1 ordinary when hen it to tt tv by the 12 and 13 rear year old b y the scout master Is the cne crie who really know knows the hos ho when frere to hia his problem lie ile la Is like the old ic x indian once met he rad ad been trying nearly a full day to cut the ams of a mowing machine blade P faid ad had not erected in getting very far A fellow missionary and myself on our MIT p through the country came to his st sl vy vy ry companion who was 16 as an exp e id i d farmer tok took the mawer blade and by a few well sell directed tapi taps off came al all the old knives and i new ones were coon boon ready to at tach the old buck with an enthusiastic cry of jyoo whoopee pee whoopee was overjoyed and 2nd never reier tailed failed to cry whoopee chene cr er he met ui ithe the word whoopee in the flux si aee mean means lie olae blows knows how hie the little illustrates the leal teal of th 4 scoutmaster in the tle t bayt js eie eyes lie ile Is 13 prepared he 1 vs rs hn he never falls to rive give the oy help in wh whatever whitner task or 11 1 hf he wishes to the scoutmaster holds a unique position while no not a father to the boys yet ho he a fo envied by a treat many fathers of boys in fact he Is to t the boy hat to many fj f J I to bea be a pal it Is the scoutmasters s pl p elege l I 1 to create to mould to paint to help it maste pece his mate irl la Is ahn t he reiah and tumble boy Y and said tho the ultimate etoal of his achievement Is an ideal citizen IH ILs work L hard iet et certainly iery enjoyable and he keeps young in body and thoi thol through hh hil rork he ile is 1 unpaid in dollars and cents as a matter of fact it may mav cost him a bit ft fr the privilege of being a scoutmaster but it pays real divi elands tails Ti ils in the long ion run many a scoutmaster remembers DOTS boys who came into his troop as 12 year old tenderfoot scouts many are now ideal mm men tome some of them are an in the missionfield mission field some borne hale hase even een filled hon onile missions and are home heme cl abing to even higher level the great dividends paid the scoutmaster ire are these the of having helped even a little bit in encouraging the boy to go on to push for fan ard to learn to excell in one of the great fields of fouling end and eventually achieve success in hia his chosen valk lk of life lifes Is this not pay crouch the fol following lorIng pamm by edgar A guest reprinted here bere uy by courtesy cour feBy of the george matthews adam adama service expresses my tribute to scout out masters THE TIM scoutmaster SCOUT MAm there nere isn t any pay f r ou cu you swe sene without the boys who tramp the fields with you but brut ittle could affa and et CL C ctr ct L r pay Is richer far then men who ton toll for gold cold for in a dozen differ rit saas a your service shall toe be told read it in the faces of a troop of growing boys you 11 read it in ahr plea pleasure ure of a dozen manly joys and down the distant future you will surely read it then through the service ot of a band bond of loyal men five ve vears 3 rs of labor and of brother 1 ing in a troop five ws earl of trudging highways with the indian 1 cry and whoop five i ears ot of camp fired burning not a alone lone for pleasures sake but the future generation which these boys are soon to make mev have no gold to irive rive rou but va when hen age comes on to you give you back the Slen splendid did things you taught them how to do 7 they beyll 11 rise you vou rich contentment and a thrill of honest pride and you 11 see your nation prosper and be b satisfied copyright 1923 1922 edgar A guest |