Show THE scoutmaster by merrill christ pherson my hat goes off ot to the scout ma master ster who are whore where ho he may be 11 cje a 13 the nian man behind the 9 guns uns it Is he who la is the boys boya ideal or ot at least I 1 should be and the real moulder of our future men 0 of of affairs fairs ile he may be only tho the ordinary working chap that passes you on your way to work each day but bat ho he la IS not ordinary when it comes to tho the boy to the twelve aud and fifteen year old boy tho the scout Is tho the one who really knows the how when where to his problem the scoutmaster la is like the sioux indian of who whom m tho the story la is told had been trying nearly a full day i to cut the knives of a rno ing machine blade and had bad not succeeded la in getting very tar far A f fellow e 11 0 W who happened to I 1 be an experienced te famer irmer came the country and stopped to visit tho I 1 old indian the missionary took tho the mower blado blade and by a few well directed tapa off came the knives and new mes knes wore WOM soon ready mady to attach the old buck with an enthusiastic cry ot of whoopee whoopee was overjoyed and nover never tailed called to cry whenever nevAr he met the missionary the word whoopee coopee la in the sioux age ideana he knows how the little story illustrates the real position of the scoutmaster in t 1 h 0 boy boys eyes lie he la Is prepared he knows how he ho he never tails fails to give the boy holp help in whatever task or undertaking he wishes to achieve the scoutmaster ma I 1 or holds a unique position while not a father to the tha hoys boys in tact fact he Is to the toy boy what too nany many fathers athora toll to he be a pal it la Js the scout mastors masters privilege to create creale to mould to paint to help build it a masterpiece his wate Is the ovlious rough ead tumble boy and the ultimate goal of 0 his achieve ment la Is an aa ideal citizen his work is hard bard yet yat certainly very Tery enjoyable and he keeps deepa young in body and thought through hin bis work ile he la Is unpaid tn in dollars and coats cents ao aa a matter of tact act it may cost coat will him a bit for the privilege tege ot of being a scoutmaster neater but it pays real dividends in the longren longrun lon long grun run many a smut scout mastors masters ro re members boys boya who came into his troop as 12 year old tenderfoot Tender oot scouts many are now ideal men inen some of biern aro are in tho the ruis mission sion field some have oven even filled hon lionor emble sible missions and are homo home climbing climb lug to even higher levels tho the great dividends paid tho the scoutmaster aro these the tha of having helped even a little bit in encouraging tho the boy to go on to push forward to loarn loam to icell in ono one ot of the great fields of scouting and ily a celere success in hla his chosen walk of life la is this not pay enough the following poem by edgar A guest reprinted hero here by courtesy ot of tho the george MiL mathews adams service expresses my tribute to scoutmasters Scout masters A 1 I there here any pay for you you servo serve without reward the boys boya who tramp the fields with you yom bat little could afford and yot your pay Is richer far than men who toll loll for gold gola for in 1 n a dozen diff different drent ways your service shall be told read it in tho dio faces of a troop of growing boys ted it in the pleasure of a dozen manly joya and down the distant future you will surely read it then emblazoned Em blazoned through the tha service of a band of loyal mon men five years ot oc labor and of bro ra troop five years yeara ot of trudging highways with the indian cry and whoop five yeras years ot of camp fires burning not aloth for pleasures sake but the future generation which boya boys pro soon to make they have hare no gold to give you but b at when age comen on to you give you back the splendid things you taught them how to do I Tha give you rich contentment aad a thrill of h oneat leonest pride and see your radon nation prosper I 1 and all bo be s satisfied Gopy copyright right 1922 1022 E A guest |