BOY SCOUTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 11 October 1923, Page 4

BOY SCOUTS.

(Contributed). Questions that have been asked laedly during the past week have made it plain that very little is known about the methods of working Scouting lotBoys. The following list with brief <- plies may be of interest and help to clear away misconceptions:— 1— If 1 join the stouts how long must 1 sign on forr —There is nothing to prevent a boy joining one day and leaving the next. One does not sign on in any simp- or form. At the same time it is found in practice that a boy in a live troop usualv wishes to remain till he is about 8S in the shade. •_>. V. luit exactly is the connectum between the Boy Scouts and the Army/ ... None. I-!.. - What, doc- it cost iinam ially to !,.•> [\ }*;>>• .■'(■Din.r Sunn.* snouts pity ;i penny or twopence weekly and provide |heir own uniform. The latt-r. however, i- no! expensive and can I--mi,s!l\ made at home, it saves other clothing. Scoiiiiiig is equally possible to (I," poorest or richest in this world s goods. ■I. -110-. v old should you t‘i ioiiir— Cubs 8-12 years, scouts 11-1' year-. Rovers 1 7-UH!yrar.~. 0.-- What other are re quired. and how do I set about joining/ A smile on your lace and your jmieiits’ permission to join on paper at the Hokitika Room, next to the Westland Countv Office (beside the rail.. iy him!, this Thursday at 7.9-0.0 p.m. 0. How mm !', i inm will scorn me -i mgs take up Z—•- Al l endam-c for 0.-m evening per ween i- usually expeete... I, at sr ,mts attend because they wit"l to. not because they Ml SI. I hero are often Saturday expeditious and sometime- camps bin attendance is voluntary. A scout's lirst duty is to his parents and where home dimes interl'ere attendance is always exeu-cd. ! 7. What are scouts'/- Boys learning io be f'-al men. It's a line game. • S.- AN lull religious denomination". 1 innv join scouts Both the local tioops arc upon to any bovs. 'I he ofb; ial policy of the movement is that a scout .should I: * loyal 1" whatever body lie is a member of. In the large- cities Roman Catholics. Augli'iaus. Methodists. Banti-ts and Congregationali As run their own special troops, while in foreign countries. Jewish. Mussulman , and other Christian troop-- are common. 0... What is scouting:'—Living happily and useful and enjoying the "pen

How can ‘‘grown-ups" help 7- As scout masters, secretaries, examiners, instructors, committeemen, etc. L.V finding club-rooms, camp-sites, louts and out-door equipment. Making uniforms (ladies especially), giving scouts ~ place in civic funet ions and celebrations, help Io form troop libraries. attending scout displays am! entertainments and the like. V-ilh publicly, .sympathy, and as parents by permission to t lie ir sons to join.