Show the boy scout movement was founded in america 30 years ago this week most of us have watched it grow and gain in influence with great satisfaction it is something vital to the american way and through three decades its service has gained the confidence of all people it would be difficult to point to any single quality of the movement and say with here is what makes scouting great but in our judgment one of its outstanding contributions to the nation particularly in these times of world travail is its simply worded twelfth scout law it epitomizes all that we as a people stand for all that our forefathers pioneered for when they were fashioning a safe homeland out of a wilderness read its stirring words they are worth memorizing and more than that they should be lived by all of us who have bave the high privilege of being americans here is the twelfth scout law A scout is reverent he is reverent toward god he is faithful in his religious duties and respects the convictions of others in matters of custom and religion all americans worthy of the name all who believe in the declaration of independence the bill of rights and the constitution of the united states have an abiding faith in such a principle because it is their very guarantee that so long as it is a living thing they will always be free and independent |