Our little men and women; modern methods of character building; . on the investment than if worked seven days or kepttied up all week. So it is with playgrounds and parks, out-door schools, boy scout movements, social centers, and littlemother clubs,—they pay returns on the investment. It is indicated by the trend of affairs that in the not distantfuture a city which does not provide organized and directedplay, playgrounds, and the most modern means for recreation,will fall behind. PREFACE 9 Men will decline to invest their money in communities notequipped for the development of the youth. Emp
Our little men and women; modern methods of character building; . on the investment than if worked seven days or kepttied up all week. So it is with playgrounds and parks, out-door schools, boy scout movements, social centers, and littlemother clubs,—they pay returns on the investment. It is indicated by the trend of affairs that in the not distantfuture a city which does not provide organized and directedplay, playgrounds, and the most modern means for recreation,will fall behind. PREFACE 9 Men will decline to invest their money in communities notequipped for the development of the youth. Employes inshops and factories, mills and stores, on farms and railroads,are depended upon to make these enterprises effective andprofitable, and young people developed under the best condi-tions are the best prepared to do useful work. They arestronger, more determined, better at teamwork, and more hon-orable, and can be depended upon at all times, with fewerfailures than those permitted to grow up untrained and with-out the development given by organized OEGANIZED INDOOR PLAYBagatelle, Chess and Checkers at a Neighborhood Center Hold the Interest of Boys and Girls MY PLEDGE I hereby promise, upon my honor, todo all in my power: 1. To live a useful, temperate life. 2. To do my whole duty to God,my Country, and my Parents orGuardians. 3. To protect Dumb Animals andBirds. 4. To keep myself physicallystrong, mentally awake, and morallystraight. 5. To do some useful thing or per-form some act of kindness each day. (Signed) Date CONTENTS PagePREFACE 5 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 1 THE BOY WORLD SCOUTS 19 Race Patriotism—Great Days for Youth of all Countries—Interna-tional Brotherhood of Lads—Discipline, Adventure and Cam-paigns to Make World Better—Place for Future Men in Work ofAll Countries—Promise of Universal Peace and Abolishment ofRace Hatred—Boys of All Lands Unite. THE BOY SCOUTS VICTORY 23 Scoutmaster Appears—Patrols Organized—The Forest Schoolroom—Around
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