Show I I a S l Coad ky ei Cv C U er f the Ue Ui SOl Boj aio 8 Sloat o U of America THE SCOUT HANDBOOK Since the foundation of ot the smut scout mOT movement ment the Handbook of ot the Boy Scouts of ot America has been the companion companion com com- panion and guide aIde of perhaps verha more morel I Iboya boys boya than any other book In the English Eng lish language The book has bu proved FO so attractive to boys boS that schools have hue adopted It an as a textbook because of ot Its appeal appal as De well as is Its literary merit and oud triad fund of ot Information A Y year old boy bOT so BO the storys story goes s once started out to memorize Its Ita COO roo pages It can be said Bald It Is found In the pocket of ot the scottt scout on the bookshelf of the naturalist with the greenhorn In camp ramp with the explorer in th tho outlands sometimes In the housewife's kitchen table drawer and once it tt was placed with a dead hero heroIn heroIn heroIn In his grit a t. t left lying In his co coat coal just as It WU iru when he was wa lift lifted HOed de from tram the trenches The chapters on lore Fire PF Health Signaling Rn Radio to Patriotism Tracking and other subjects subjects sub sub- were wn-e written by experts wt not only know their subject profound profoundly ly but can nn pre present nt th the tho Information Ina in ina a a. fascinating way WilY to bo boys Perhaps no other book has hall ever been published with so large a num mm- number ber bu buliT liT iT editors as the f Handbook of of I the tile Boy S Scouts When th the movement wa i ST ri tied d i In 13 this the rut nil council sent lent a proof ot of ot the work to sO eo college lege presidents and 4 OO men engaged In active boys boys' work with the request that they share In the r re responsibility pon of planning this great t 1 movement Mall Many valuable sug sug- were received and acted on James 1 B. B West chief scout tire tITe says We had In mind that we must build our eur ur foundations with great care so 0 that they would stand the strain of ot the coming years and those who ho have hue been In touch with the work of ot the movement know how well wen the have stood that strain We hoped then the 11 it 1 years rs ago 00 as we built bolIt to reach the goal that we have now nov attained attained at nt the largest organized activity for tor character building and citizenship training |