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Show SCOUTING CARRIES ON Although Boy Scouts are helping to win the war, no part of the normal program of activities has been suspended sus-pended for the duration, according to Preston W. Pond, Executive of the Cache Valley Council. "The basic fundamentals of Scouting are health, physical, phy-sical, mental and moral and good citizenship," Mr. Pond said. "Nothing in the Boy Scout Oath and Law is any less valuable during peace than it is during war. Patriotism, faith in God, clean living, doing a good turn daily all of these will be needed more than ever when peace ctimes. "Hundreds of the soldiers and sailors who have been decorated for heroism in this war were former Scouts. It is estimated that one-third of the officers and enlisted men in Uncle Sam's armed forces were once scouts or Scoutmasters. Their training helped to fit them for their jobs, by teaching them teamwork and ability to get along under difficult conditions. Scouting doesn't have to 'convert' after the war in the usual sense of the word. All it has to do is proceed with normal Boy Scout activities. The result can be predicted from the records. For in peacetime as well as during war, Scout training builds leadership and character. The more boys who become Scouts today, the more progress we will make toward world friendship in the postwar period." |