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Show BOY-SCOUTS BOY-SCOUTS (Conducted br National Council ot th Doy Bcouti ot Amarlca.) 'OUT AMONG THE BIG THINGS' Summer time schoolbooks closed-means closed-means n scout's own particular time, camping days with their opportunities for advancing In Bcoutcraft nnd woodcraft wood-craft and growing bigger and stronger nnd better "out among the big things." Last year In the 2,000 boy scout camps throughout the country over 100,000 boys enjoyed the ndvnntugcs of tho scout program. The cost per boy per week averaged less than $5.40, the camping department cmithnslzlng the necessity of keeping the cost ut the minimum to make It possible for nil scouts to attend. Kvery Indication this year points to on Increased number of campers nnd camps, tind n pronounced development of facilities. At the boy scout camps no lnxlty Is allowed In the mutter of safeguarding safeguard-ing boys from harm moral as well as physical. Great care la tnken In selecting n competent camp staff nnd every reasonable rea-sonable provision Is made for Instant attention In case of sickness or acci dent. Tho records of the organization show remarkable health conditions throughout nil scout camps and almost al-most no accidents of consequence. Hoys are safer by far In n boy scout camp thnn In any city. And then the advantage of the training. Sportsmen say there Is no experience like camping to bring out and develop n man's ability to team with other men. It's a great art for a boy to bo able to do good team work with other fellows: to share his Job and their Job, his fun and their fun, his treats and their treats. That is how life-long friendships are formed. It puts a boy on his mettle. It brings out the best that Is In him, and It Is ono secret of tho pull of the scout camp on scouts who havo been there. To the summer camp, with Its swimming, hiking, tracking, collecting, exploring, canoeing, climbing, good eats, sleep, scoutcruft, cumpllre sings and stories every scout should try to go, for it's Out among the big- things, the heights that gleam afar, A fellow gets to wonderln' what means each distant starT Ho may not get an answer, but somehow every night, He feels among the big things that everything's every-thing's all right. |