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Show BOY-SCOUTS BOY-SCOUTS IfesU tEF (Conducted by National Council of the H.y Hcouts of America.) t "1 WHAT ARE THE BOY SCOUTS? Any boy. of nny natlonn'lty, of any creed, twelve year, of age or older, may become u Bo Si out If he prom-Ise-i to keep the scout oulh and law and prepares himself for simple tests on the composition nnd history of the Aniericnn thiK and the HlKiilllciin.ee of the scout badge und eun make seveml cordage knots. The Hoy Scout movement Is In no sense a secret flfganlsatlcn. The ptaa is to groap u naaahec of boys (not more thuii 32 in any one troop, ns they nre designated) under Ihe leadership of u scoutmaster ll carefully selected, clean, intelligent. DOy-lOVing volunteer leader nlwsys a man of Sterling character nnd mature ma-ture Judgment Each troop and scoutmaster scout-master are under the supervision of a troop committee of responsible citizens, citi-zens, usually oAdabi of the church, synagogue, school, settlement house, asylum or playground with which tho troop Is connected. Through such leadership the hoys of the troops are kept Interested In I program Of play activities that tiro health gtvlttg and educational. They lake long tramps. studyinK nature In nil its forms. They learn woodcrnft, and how to take enre of themselves in the open. They have troop meetlnKS Bach week for study, handicraft, experiments, ex-periments, demonstration, etc., and K lUtO camp every summer under trained directors. |