Boost E. City
For
Good Will Day
TEE ADVANCE
E. City's Only
Democratic
:: Newspaper ::
Vol I
Elizabeth City. N. C., Wednesday Morning, June 14, 1916
No. 14
BOY SCOUTS
MAKE REAL MEN
Mr Cook Interests Old
And Ydungr With The
; History of Scoutdom
THE STROLLERS' QUARTET
At last night's performance the
, Schubert S ring Quartet opened the
program with their concert, which
was followed by Dr. Thomas Green e
lecture on ( The Forces That fall.'
The quartet. waseven more ap
preciatively applauded In the even
ing than In the afternoon. Dr.
Green's address was a brilliant ex
pose o(. the.. 'Preparedness' fallacy
and the Navy League and was en
thusiastically received by. Eliza
i be h Cay People.
Duriig the intermission announce
meat ws made that the contract
"for 1917 Chautauqua, has been
signed with one- hundred and Ave
gurantors and the- probability of
thirty others, today. Mr. Cook con
gra'uVed Elizabeth City on the
signing or the contract before the
Seven Joyous Days are half- goner
and anno'inced that early this morn
ing he will send by wire to Chau
tauqua headquarters tne message
that the contract Irs been signed,
adding the 'words "Boost Elizabeth
City the banner Chautauqua town."
Chautauqua crowds are continuing
large and en husigtlc and Chautau
qua spirit Is pervading the entire
city.
Monday's afternoon program be
pan with a lecture in the series of
Literary Hearthstones, the subject
be'ng "Sidney. : Lanier. ' The lec
ture was followed by a concert by
Victor's Band, which is Chautauqua
favorite with the majority of people.
Victor's Band again played in the
evm'ng and Rosanl, the prince of
jugg'ers, delighted bo'h old and
young wih his exceptionally wonder
ful feats" '"''"" '
OirTMWUrttarnoon at three o'
cloak Chautauqua Superintendent
Hunt Cook spoke on the Boy Scout
MoYement. - 5
Mr rook bean by saying that
tbe Boy Scout Movement wns the
subject nearest his heart since he
had been in close touch with boys
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Chaniauqu audiences ate the moat appreciative in the world. They
know a good thing- when, they see it. The Original Strollers Quartet has
a third season's engagement with the Chautauqua Association of Swarthy
more and, will be on oar program this year solely because, tbe Chautau
quas demand them.
They present a program of wonderful variety quartets, duets solos,
both Tocal and instrumental; songs, both serious and comic; interlocutor
work; high grade recitals, both tear fetching and laughter compelling,
with many etceteras. With it all, they are the best Swiss Bell Eingers
on the road. They never fail to capture the crowd.
in this movement for thirteen years
having given himself to the work
because he had no money to give.
From this intimate experience
with tbe Boy Scout ' Movement Mr.
Cook declared that it is undoubtedly
the best movement ever Inaugurated
out of which grow stalwart, cons
cientious men.
THE BOY. SCOUT MOVEMENT
"One Sunday afternoon" said the
speaker, ' 'Sir Baden Powell, who
had won brilliant honors in the
Transvaal and was again at home in
London, took ten boys for a walk,
an . inconsequential happening end
returning to his room he kept think
ing of thes boys and as be thought
the conviction grew upon him that
these boys were thirsting for leader
ship. From the of ernoon's experi
ence plans were evolved whereby
the kinetic energy of a boy's make
up is directed into proper channels
and transformed Into wholesome act
Ion. This was the beginning of the
Boy Scout Movement.
"There art now six hundred thous
and. Scouts In America, and two bun
dred thousand of these are in camp
this summer.
"Dan Beird, whose signature you
have seen oncarlcatures perhaps, Is
the man who has done more than
any other man In America for the
Boy Scout Movement.
"The King of Spain has read the
manual and has become a soout mas
er h his young subjects as his
scouts.
"The Prince of Italy , is a Scout
Master.
"The Prince of benmark is also
a scout, because his father realized
the Importance of the Boy Scout
Movement. And wherever men have
realized what the movement has done
for . boyB, they have become scout
masters or appointed others as scout
masters to carry on the work.
'The Boy Scouts of Europe were v
immediately called into service when
the war broke out not Into mili
tary action, but carrying water, tend
ifig farms, tarrying messages, and
so on. . "
"William Randolph Hearst organ
ized the Country Boy Scouts In con
tradiction to the Boy' Scouts of 7
merica, but this- movement was
solely for self-aggrandizement, and
It has already almost died out.
"The Boy Scouts organization Is
MOVEMENT NON MILITARY
not a military organization. Vou '
who are. mothers will want to know
about this before you permit your
sons to join. In camp the boys are
taught camp sanitation, camp drain
age, and camp, life generally. Tf
they should be called Into war as
men they will know camp life and
thus be ready to serve quickly and
efficiently. But the mRtary feature
goes no further. In fact, the -move
ment Is strictly non-military'."
Mr. Cook said ' would drop
every interest in the world except
the maintenance of my hpme before
I would drop the Boy Scout Move
ment, because I realize how import
ant it Is. It is my life work from
this time on."
He then related a number of in
teresting incidents In his experience
wherein boys were developed Into
splendid manhood from most unprom
i lelng circumstances and conditions
combating disease, poverty, lack of
home care, and simlllar disadvanta
ges. " In conclusion Mr. Cook bade the
boys take the Scout oath as their
compass through lifer-' 'On my honor
I will do what I can to be true to my
country, to my fellowman, and to
my Gnd, striving at all times to
be helpful to other people, to fleep
mvaoif montnllv alert and mor
ally straight."
Con'inulng the Illustration, he
urged them to take the twelve Scout
Laws at their twelve points of their
compass; the thirty two lines of
Kipling's poem "If as the thirty
two divisions on the compass dial.
"If you can keep your head when
all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming It
" on you, . .
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