Show T BOY bOYM I SCOUTS ft J x Conducted by National Council of the nor Do Scout o of America A MODEL RURAL TROOP The following letter from H H. H H. H Kurtz Kortz scoutmaster of ot Locustdale Troop No 1 Honeybrook Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Pennsyl Pennsyl- vania vanla shows that the scout program Is equal to any situation in the time hands handsor of or a devoted de scoutmaster This Is strictly a rural troop The borough of or Honeybrook of less than Inhabitants g gives es us only 10 scouts The remaining 28 23 come from little hamlets or distant farms 18 13 are farm boys boys-boys boys who live perform work on farms tarns Nearly all are In a greater or less degree active tillers of thin tho son soil The Tire country countr Is admirably adapted to scouting with wide and nash fertile valleys val val- alle valleys le leys s long ranges of ot hills clear streams We claim nj nd our territory territory terri tem tory a section section- of about square miles Boys live from rom fi five e to ten miles from scout headquarters s. s This fact makes certain arrangements necessary which will be explained We iVe set up a high Ideal We determined determined deter deter- mined however er we might fall rail In Ift other things tc to place the chief emphasis on the oath and law ft was distinctly secondary After Ater four years yenni we still keep the Meal ideal In view No boy ma may enter the troop unless we are satisfactorily assur assured d that he will do dohis dohis his best to do his duty to God his country countr and md obey the scout law Every boy Is In a patrol and antl knows his number Each patrol is properly officered the officers b being chosen on the ground of at worth and merit There are no elections The two senior patrol leaders the six patrol leaders and their six assistants form an om officers cers' cers council which administers discipline dis outlines the policy polley of the troop and ond advises ad with the scoutmaster Nothing o of Importance Is decided except except except ex ex- In emergency without the coun coup cil er E Every ery scout Is uniformed and every e scout procures his own uniform A poor boy will receive aid from rom the troop treasury which he may make male good as he Is able Insignia Is provided pro pro- videa vided by the troop Each scout Is given ghen his proper propel badges shoulder knets service vice stripes etc and It Is required that these matters be In place amid that the they be correct The rhe troop Is governed governed by hy a pI s system stem This Is rigidly adhered to to and each boy I reports his points on honor at the business business- meeting The system governs governs governs gov gov- erns time the good goo I turn and all the matters matters mat mat- tel'S of ot the tile oath and law and attendance attendance attend attend- ance and Inspection In uniform or out and at any time and antl place the scout salutes his superiors once In the theda da day Strict and unquestioning obedience obedience obedi obedi- ence enee Is required as well ll as regular attendance attendance at ot- at all of the the business meet ings lags The scattered condition of the troop forbids a weekly meeting so the business bash busi ness meeting held heM once a n mouth Is Isto Isto isto to be attended No bo boy may go elsewhere elsewhere elsewhere else else- where on that evening In Irm addition to this business rs meetIng meeting meet meet- Ing each ench patrol holds a monthly meet m et In ing Here the Indoor ft work wort wortis wor Is done and amid boys hos are ore examined as to tests or prepared for or the time court ourt of ot honor Several Se features peculiar to this troop e have proved pro valuable e. e Each I Ibo bo boy entering the troop undergoes a j I partial ph physical examination II Ilia IlIR is I record is kept and he Is examined I periodically and his development de noted The fhe records show a splendid ph physical standard In the troop Every boy who reports on honor a perfect ct score of points for or three e consecutive con lUD consecutive lUDI I months receives the per percent percent percent cent dut duty duly shield Four such periods entitle him to the time Maltese Cross award We have ha a IJO boy of unimpeachable able ahle rectitude who has hns won the award for perfect score for fur two unbroken years The Time patrol that gains the greatest number of ot points In a month Is entitled entitled en en- titled tilled to the custody of ot the time the flags flags the Troop Flag and the National Ensign The patrol whose efficiency Is adjudged adjudged ad nd- judged the highest for ur the year receives re rev a n medal Official hikes are conducted at frequent frequent fre fre- quent Intervals No winter hikes are heM hec The country cO boy buy has his till of ot winter experiences In his long Journeys journe Jour jour- ne s 's to and amid from school But Dut when spring comes cones we hike The patrol must fully tully represented In the years year's hikes receives tes H a medal So Su also ulso does the Individual M who ho Is present at atlie atthe I I Ithe the lie greatest number u of ut hikes I Each ach hike Is conducted by a leader usually I at a troop officer who Is Is' Is responsible for tor time Uie welfare und and behavior of ut all nil scouts who are are- present s I I No o Sunday hikes Lilles no tests pushed tl on on that 11 day ami ill at attendance nt- nt ut at Divine service required cf of all nU |