"8.P." AND THE LUCASTOOTH FUND.
CHIEF SCOUT CANNOT APPROVE. By Telegraph—Press Association—Oodjtj(At London, November 16. Lieutonant-General Sir Robert BadenPowell, in a lotter to the press, says that the Boy Scouts' movement is unable to conscientiously participate in Sir Robert Fund to stimulate and extend the activities of existing boys' organisations primarily by training thom similarly to the Australian Cadets, and providing physical culture and miniature rifle shooting practice.. Ho does not think it de6iraole to inculcate ideas of soldiering—beyond selfdofence—into boys, before they -are able to see things in their propor proportions. The cadet equipment was too expensive for the poor.est, to whom the Scout movement specially devotes attention. Drill tends to destroy a boy's individuality, tmd makes him part of a machine dependent upon others. ,
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1909, 18 November 1913, Page 7
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126"B.P." AND THE LUCASTOOTH FUND. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1909, 18 November 1913, Page 7
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