Show YOUR SON SONs A PIONEER I Practically e ee every e 11 one even In the thinly settled districts Is familiar with the thc boy scout cout movement Your son probably knows scouts as the fellows fellows fellows fel fel- lows who wear a snappy uniform go goon goon goon on camping trips an and have all sorts of ot hikes songs and Jolly games together On your part you may recall how the they helped handle the time traffic congestion congestion congestion tion at the tine last county fair or how they assisted In fighting that disastrous disastrous disastrous trous forest fire That boy of yours ours i He Is one of the most valuable ass assets ts you possess Isn't he He looks al at you with the clear e eyes es of youth bat he ire will soon have ha developed into sturdy tur y manhood Ills hungry young oung J wind reaches out greedily for food Is It b being fed on cheap sensationalism m or on glorious Ideals deals Your bo boy can feel himself one with the pioneer heroes of his country'S country's country's coun coun- try's history with Kit Carson blazing n a trail through the forest with Daniel Boone trapping foxes In the thc wilderness wilderness wilder wilder- ness with Abraham Lincoln splitting rails ralls Your bo boy can become a pioneer scout A pioneer scout wears the uniform of the time Boy Scouts of America He lIe studies all the fascinating details of ot as described In the Boy Scouts' Scouts Handbook lIe He learns the scout salute the scout sign the scout oath He lIe acquires acquire the necessary knowledge e takes tales the time various tests and wins the promotions n awards nards ards and merit badges How these things appeal ap op- peal neal to a bo boys boy's s 's romantic heart you can appreciate only by looking back Into your own childhood Think how you would have enjo enjoyed ed being a n scout I Scouting Is one of ot the greatest moral anti and educational forces operatIng operating operating ing for fOl bo boys s today In addition to the scout oath oath oath-a a simple promise such as your our boy gives gins his mother that he wildo will wil do his best to do his iris duty to God and his iris countr country and to obey the scout law to help other people at all aU times tt to keep himself ph physically strong mentally men menu tull tally awake and amid morally straight straight- there Is the scout law This em embodies embodies bodies 1 12 simple principles that make for right living nn and aud strong character The Tire educational educational clement element tf f f scouting Is no less Important TIlt mass o of useful Information about indoor anc and outdoor occupations that the boy acquires acquires acquires ac ac- quires is surprising All An this he learns by doing time the the easiest most delightful way possible and anti yet et the most roost effi- effi He follows the scout program as a fa fascinating game game unaware of the sound principles s on which It Is based If your our boy Is a clean alert young fellow the kind who develops Into the tine red blooded vigorous citizen that has made America the power she Is today If you ou feel that he Is missing something something some sonic thing of the advantages es that boys In larger communities take as ns a matter matte of course and if you want him to develop develop develop de de- de- de his reserve powers to the fullest extent then theD write to the thc national headquarters of the tune Boy Scouts o of America l Fifth avenue New York city They will be glad to send you I full full Information about pioneer scoutIng scoutIng scouting scout scout- Ing and the opportunity that awaits await your our boy |