The Scoutmaster Teaches Boys To Play The

We Never Fail When We Try To Do Our Duty, We Always Fail When We Neglect To Do It.

Show Me A Poorly Uniformed Troop And I'll Show You A Poorly Uniformed Leader.

Possibly The Best Suggestion In Condensed Form, As To How To Live, Was Given By My Old Headmaster, Dr. Haig Brown, In 1904, When He Wrote His Recipe For Old Age. A Diet Moderate And Spare, Freedom From Base Financial Care, Abundant Work And Little Leisure, A Love Of Duty More Than Pleasure, An Even And Contented Mind In Charity With All Mankind, Some Thoughts Too Sacred For Display In The Broad Light Of Common Day, A Peaceful Home, A Loving Wife, Children, Who Are A Crown Of Life; These Lengthen Out The Years Of Man Beyond The Psalmist's Narrow Span.

It Is Called In Our Schools 'beastliness', And This Is About The Best Name For It... Should It Become A Habit It Quickly Destroys Both Health And Spirits; He Becomes Feeble In Body And Mind, And Often Ends In A Lunatic Asylum.

In Scouting, A Boy Is Encouraged To Educate Himself Instead Of Being Instructed.