Show scouting carries on american ideals Is birthday theme celebration set for feb 8 to 14 ideals of service and cooperation stressed the scouts will soon be celebrating a birt birthday fiday again the this time with a message that scouting carries on american ideals ideals of service and cooperation tolerance an and d religious obligation and homa homage geto to the responsibilities and privileges of participating citizenship it is a welcome portent for the future of american democracy that more than a million and a quarter men and boys are now active members of a movement which although founded to capitalize on the love all boys havenor have for adventure in the out of doors does not fan fail to provide practical ways for helping them fulfill the obligations felt by every genuine american wr vv aft scouting has succeeded in becoming a part of the american boys world because it is a program of action plus idealism so it has a two fald appeal demonstrated by its growth in popularity each year in many sections limited only by the lack of leaders or adequate funds for extension measured in terms of boys who want to be scouts there is still much room for growth measured in terms of results produced t the he boy scouts of america has a already paid any debt due the american people for the operating charter granted it by congress many years ago in our own community now there are many men p part art of the who have been included in the scout family since 1910 who believe in the principle ipIe that once a scout always a scout and who are doing their best to extend and interpret in practice the concept of civic and moral responsibility clity that came to them in their scout troops for this reason if for no other america has every right to be proud of her boy scouts |