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SCOUTING, FEBRUARY, 1922
"Advance" Keynote of Twelfth
Anniversay
IN NO PREVIOUS Anniversary Week
has there been so positive a note of
confidence in the advance that Scout-
ing will make in the immediate future
as is reflected in telegrams and letters
reaching National Headquarters from all
parts of the country, particularly from
Scouting centers.
The response to the suggestion that
Governors and Mayors be invited to sub-
scribe to the Scout Oath and Law and be-
come Honorary Tenderfoot Scouts as a
part of some public ceremony during
Anniversary Week, was a heartening testi-
mony to the interest which is being taken
in the Boy Scout movement by leaders of
public opinion and action. In many in-
stances, Governors invited
their official family to
participate. At Madison,
Wis., Governor John J.
Blaine took the Oath be-
fore the Supreme Court
of that State. Governor
Cary A. Hardee of Flor-
ida took the Oath on Feb-
ruary 8th in the pesence of
his cabinet and the entire
Scout organization of Tal-
lahassee. In order to par-
ticipate in this nation-
wide tribute to the move-
ment, Governor Henry J.
Allen of Kansas and the
Mayor of Topekt took the
Oath on February 4th be-
cause they were both
scheduled to be out of the
city during Anniversary
Week. With " returns "
still to come in from
many points, we have defi-
nite word of twenty-nine
Governors becoming Hon-
orary Tenderfoot Scouts,
besides similar action by
other notables and vari-
ous men's clubs. There
is apparent a strong ex-
pectation of growth in
numbers and increase in
influence for Scouting in
all communities. The field is ready to co-
operate with the National Council in
plans for extending the movement until
it reaches the ultimate number of boys
susceptible to our program of activities.
The following state Governors have
publicly subscribed to the Scout Oath and
Law and become Honorary Tenderfoot
Scouts:
Thos. E. Kilby, Alabama; Thos. E.
Campbell and State Legislature, Arizona;
Thos. C. McRae, Arkansas; Wm. D.
Stephens, California; Cary A. Hardee,
Florida; D. W. Davis, Idaho; W. T. Mc-
Cray, Indiana; N. E. Kendall, Iowa;
Henry J. Allen, Kansas; John W. Parker,
Louisiana; Wm. Reynolds Baxter, Maine;
Channing H. Cox, Massachusetts; Alex.
J. Groesbeck, Michigan; J. A. O. Preus,
Minnesota; Jos. M. Dixon, Montana;
Samuel R. McKelvie, Nebraska; Nathan
L. Miller, New York; Cameron Morrison,
North Carolina; R. A. Nostos, North Da-
kota; Ben W. Olcott, Oregon; E. J. San
Souci, Rhode Island; Alfred A. Taylor,
Tennessee; Pat M. Neff, Texas; Chas. R.
Mabey, Utah; E. F. Morgan, West Vir-
ginia; John J. Blaine, Wisconsin; Em-
mett D. Boyce, Nevada; W. H. McMas-
ter, South Dakota; Robert D. Carey,
Wyoming.
COMINSaEVENTS
March 4—HON. WILL HAYS LET'S GO AND
TAKES HOLD: Every scout to stand by for
clean movies.
March 10—CAMP SAP BEGINS TO RISE: Every
scout to lay his plans to go to camp next summer.
March 2i—SPRING ARRIVES: Every scout recites
the Eighth Law on getting out of bed.
March 20-25—SPRING TROOP GLEANING: Every
scout expected at troop meeting. Camping equip-
ment checked up. Spring calendar of activities
nailed to the Bulletin Board.
March 29-30—TWELFTH ANNUAL MEETING OF
NATIONAL COUNCIL: Every scout's interests
will be considered.
PRESIDENT HARDING LINKS BOY SCOUTS AND WORLD PEACE
'TIMED to reach scout communities as nearly as possible at 8:15 P, M., Wed-
* nesday, February 8, the following radio message of special significance teas
sent from the White House by President Harding in birthday greeting to the
Boy Scouts of America. It is believed that radio Scouts to the number of upwards
of 40,000 were waiting for this message to relay it to their troops and communities.
the white house
WASHINGTON
February 7, 1922.
TO THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA:
Sinoere congratulations to the Boy Scouts
of America on their Twelfth Anniversary, February eighth.
This anniversary of an organization whose ideal
is peace and friendship, quite strikingly coincides with
the birth of a new hope for world peaoe and friendship,
at the reoent conference of the nations here in Washington,
The responsibilities disolosed by that oonferenoe must be
met by the men who come sifter us, and I look with growing
confidence to that steadily increasing number of boys who are
effectively trained to "do their duty to God and their Country"
and to "help other people at all times," as are the Boy Soouts
of Amerioa and Scouts throughout the world.
IN G
Published monthly for Officials and Leaders by the
National Council, Boy Scouts of America.
Entered as second-class matter November 3,
1918, Post Office at New York, N. Y., under the
Act of August 24, 1912. Acceptance for mailing
at special rate of postage provided for in Section
1103, act of October 3, 1917, authorized June 13,
1918.
OFFICERS OF THE NATIONAL COUNCIL AND
EXECUTIVE BOARD
Honorary President: Warren G. Harding.
Honorary Vice-President: Woodrow Wilson.
Honorary Vice-President: William H. Taft.
Honorary Vice-President: Daniel C. Beard.
Honorary Vice-President: Wm. G. McAdoo.
President: Colin H. Livingstone, Washington.
Vice-President: Mortimer" L. Schiff, New York.
Vice-President: Milton A. McRae, Detroit.
Vice-President: Benjamin L. Dulaney, Bristol, Tenn.
Vice-President: Arthur Letts, Los Angeles.
Natl Scout Commissioner: Daniel C. Beard.
Treasurer: George D. Pratt, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Chief Scout Executive: James E. West. N. Y. C.
Office of Publication:
200 Fifth Avenue, New York City
Vol. X.. No. 2. February, 1922
Copyright, 1922, 6V Boy Scouts of America
Twelfth Annual Meeting of the National
Council
AS previously announced, the Twelfth
Annual Meeting of the National
Council will be held at Chicago
on March 29 and 30. The ses-
sions will be held in the La Salle Hotel
and will last two days. Chicago was
elected by a vote of 261 out of 432. Mr.
Howard F. Gillette, President of the
Chicago Council, has accepted the chair-
manship of a Reception and Dinner
Committee and has agreed to make
reservations at hotels for those desiring
same. Mr. Walter W. Head, President
of the Omaha, Nebraska, Council, has
been appointed chairman of the Com-
mitte on Nominations, and Mr. Frank
Presbrey of New York, chairman of the
Committee on Program
and Resolutions.
The Annual Meeting of
the National Council in
the last few years has
been steadily gaining in
interest and in the num-
bers participating. Last
year much constructive
work was accomplished
which has been felt
throughout the field. In
addition to the opportunity
to confer upon matters
vital to the expansion of
the Movement, the Na-
tional Council members
come face to face at these
meetings, getting ac-
quainted with each other
often for the first timp,
and the whole event is
conducive to that good un-
derstanding and personal
friendship which is so de-
sirable among the re-
sponsible national leaders
of a movement of this
character.
Every effort is being
made to provide for the
comfort of National Coun-
cil members while in
Chicago and to conserve
their time while" at the
sessions of the meeting. The largest at-
tendance in the history of the Movement
is looked for in order that the discussions
and voting upon matters that are brought
up shall be as representative as possible
of the whole country.
Where for any reason the duly elected
member to the National Council of any
community cannot attend, prompt steps
should be taken to select an alternate who
can be furnished with the proper creden-
tials by the Executive Boa ' from the
National Headquarters in New York, as
only those who have been duly certified as
members of the National Council will be
furnished with credentials. It must be
borne in mind that by rigid interpreta-
tion of the By-Laws of the Boy Scouts
of America, councils that have not re-
registered or have not filed the pre-
liminary application, will not be entitled
to representation in the National Coun-
cil meeting. Should this question be
raised at the Annual Meeting it will be
within the power of the National Coun-
cil itself to determine it. But obviously
the advisable thing for every council to
do is to re-register or file the preliminary
notice of intention to register with charter
fee, in order to avoid raising the
issue.
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