Sept. 26.
IN these days when men good-will all the world over are anxiously searching for effective ideals and practical methods which will bring about universal brotherhood and make war an{ anachronism, one of the most encouraging signs of the times is the marvellous success in_ the British Empire of the Boy Scout Movement. At the Wembley Exhibition recently, 21,000 boys assembled from all parts of the empire. The immense gathering was most interesting and to those who discerned the spirit and aims of the movement it. was ignifieance and promise, Firat as to the various displays. How the hearts of the onlookers must have been stirred by the dancing of " thousand Highland Scouts with their skivling bagpipes and their jolly cheering; by the thousands of little. Wolf Cubs in a well-ordered display using their wits withoitt officers present to guide them; by the handiness of the Sea Scout and bridge builder by the historical pageants, the choirs and bands, the athletic achievements, the pathetic little display of Mafuzziwogs" made by Scouts who could not themselves be there because they were cripples, and the inspiring marching of these young citizens of the Empire! All the displays were wonderful in their way, But as pointed out by Sir Robert Baden-Powell, the Chief Scout, whose article on the sub-
Ject we quote freely, the spirit of the movement is far more wonder~ ful. To a very great extent the hopes and expectations of its founders ave being fulfilled. The boys are appreciating what it all means, the aims of the movement, and the practice of that discipline which comes from within from the sense of "playing the game')
ler a high ideal. This self discipline was evident in the camp, behind the scenes, and in the off-duty behaviour of the was very pronounced at their own ys. The Scout spirit special Thanksgiving Service at Wembley. Still more was it in dence on the occasion of the service in Westminster Abbey when the boys realized that there they were from every country and every race in the Empire, privileged to meet in the sacred shrine of the nation because their pursuit of an ideal was taken seriously. And it made them understand better the history. of their race to be among the "memorials of its great men, from Chaucer down to the Unknown Warrior. This was by far their most impressive experience: "In {their camp that night the reigned an unwonted silence. There was none of the usual singing and skylarking. The. boys went to bed sobered, awed and inspired. Where there is this:
ference and this self-discipline' it is certain that Scouters have. done their work and done it well;. they have instilled and inspired, manding." instead of instructing and com-
In surveying the. disordered' Condition of China, the utter loss, of lofty public spirit among. the elders, and among the children thi absence of the. old-time "willing
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