Our little men and women; modern methods of character building; . IN THE LAND OF BANANAS. #*•,•;* rms^^sm TRAINING OF BOY SCOUTS BY SIR FRANCIS YANE, BT., J. P., GENERAL SCOUTMASTER OF THEBRITISH BOY SCOUTS. UP TO now we have been treating the child as a lunatic,and the feeling has been often reciprocated. The Scoutmovement means this,—that as the churches try to bring inthe children when their brains are most receptive, so we arenow getting the children to be good citizens, at the same ageand by practical methods. There are two fundamental principles which determine thewhole question, and one
Our little men and women; modern methods of character building; . IN THE LAND OF BANANAS. #*•,•;* rms^^sm TRAINING OF BOY SCOUTS BY SIR FRANCIS YANE, BT., J. P., GENERAL SCOUTMASTER OF THEBRITISH BOY SCOUTS. UP TO now we have been treating the child as a lunatic,and the feeling has been often reciprocated. The Scoutmovement means this,—that as the churches try to bring inthe children when their brains are most receptive, so we arenow getting the children to be good citizens, at the same ageand by practical methods. There are two fundamental principles which determine thewhole question, and one secondary principle. 1. The child craves for adventure, color, experience. Hedoes not get it usually, or when he gets it, it is by illicit that he knows or sees of virtue is drab and colorless. Heis tired of this thing. 2. The child is born into this world free from racial orclass prejudice, and he only acquires these vices because wegrown-ups are saturated with them. 134 TRAINING OF BOY SCOUTS K Let us remember that a childs day is about four timeslonger than a mans.
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