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Show BUGABOOS VANISH. There was a time when the tomato was called a love apple and it was thought certain death to eat it. There was another belief to the ef-Tect ef-Tect that one met all the requirements of health, sanitation and good taste by ( limiting the personal bath to Saturday. , It took many years to drive hora , 'he fact that "night air" is not danger-! danger-! ous to health and that therefore win-i win-i dows should be left open. There was a time, too, when many j believed that the coming into general ) use of the electric light meant a dc-j dc-j cided increase in blindness. And only a few years ago thero was general warning Issued in many quarters quar-ters that the organization of the Hot Scouts was a menace to personal liberty lib-erty of the future, that the rights of the masses were in danger and that encouraging the Boy Scout movement meant encouraging militarism. We laugb at this after the big war. The Boy Scout bugaboo has gone th way of the love apple, the fear of "night" air and tho belief in the danger dan-ger of electric lights. If anybody can see any menace in the Boy Scout movement after examining exam-ining scout literature, talking with the ' men selected to direct the boys, attending at-tending meetings watching the work i and scrutinizing the Boy Scouts if any person has fear after all this, thei jthat person must be an alarmist of the extreme type. ! The fact that the duties and activities activit-ies of the Boy Scout meet with tin Scout's emphatic approval and the interest in-terest he takes in Scout work is goo 1 evidence that the Boy Scout movement J meets the desires which all norma! and healthy boys have. The leaders In" ;the movement arc familiar with the natural inclinations of youth. They direct di-rect the bent of the boys in such a manner that it is all fun to the youngsters young-sters yet the danger of boyish enthusiasm enthu-siasm leading the boys into mischief or viciousness is absent. Their minds and bodies are developed. The Standard is informed that an unsurpassed record has been established estab-lished in Ogden. More than 700 boys have been enrolled since , August 1. This Is indicative of hard work and enthusiam on tho part of those men who have interested themselves in the welfare of boys. . There is a campaign to obtain 1000 Scouts by July 1 and with the fine splrty displayed by the boys and their directors it seems certain tho objective objec-tive will be attained. nn |