. Review of reviews and world's work. ns must be presented on separate a Presidential election the voter, withthree ballots in his hand, might easily oxer-look and neglect the one which to hiiuseemed of minor importance. ()lni()usly itwas necessary thoroughly to arouse ;iiui in-form the public. The Committee decided to issue an illus-trated twentv-tour-page pamphlet settingforth the facts, and appealed tr) the lioyScouts of America of the State ot New^ork for cociperation in distributing it. ThejMilicics and regulations of the Hoy Scoutsprohibit participation in political or
. Review of reviews and world's work. ns must be presented on separate a Presidential election the voter, withthree ballots in his hand, might easily oxer-look and neglect the one which to hiiuseemed of minor importance. ()lni()usly itwas necessary thoroughly to arouse ;iiui in-form the public. The Committee decided to issue an illus-trated twentv-tour-page pamphlet settingforth the facts, and appealed tr) the lioyScouts of America of the State ot New^ork for cociperation in distributing it. ThejMilicics and regulations of the Hoy Scoutsprohibit participation in political or , but this issue was found to be non-(Mtlitical ami of benefit thlet!ithrough the membrrH <jf their tr<»ops. A» a result, twelve thousand boys in theState of New York res|)on«led and in a very 64J 644 THE AMERICAN REVIEIF OF REJIEJFS. UhLIlNO l.\ Tilb CAMPAIGNAT CLEVELAND intelligent and effective way distributednearly two hundred thousand of the book-lets, thereby giving the voters an oppor-tunity to analyze the merits of the has resulted in a large vote beingcast, with a substantial majority in favorof the bond issue. In this way the members of the BoyScouts of America of the State of NewYork have strikingly illustrated their interestin a big civic movement affecting the publicwelfare. IVIore than this, in the distribu-tion of these pamphlets and by the thoughtoccasioned incident to theirwork a very definite concep-tion has been developed inthe minds of the boys as totheir relationship as individ-uals to the big problems ofthe State and Nation, and itwas brought home to themvery vividly that their mem-bership in the Hoy Scouts ofAmerica meant practicaltraining for citizenship. SERVING THE COMMUNITY While this is a most con-spicuous and striking exam-ple of the training for citi-zenship by
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