"softly, Softly, Catchee Monkey," Is The West

The Great Thing That Strikes You On Looking Back Is How Quickly You Have Come-how Very Brief Is The Span Of Life On This Earth. The Warning That One Would Give, Therefore, Is That It Is Well Not To Fritter It Away On Things That Don't Count In The End; Nor On The Other Hand Is It Good To Take Life Too Seriously As Some Seem To Do. Make It A Happy Life While You Have It. That Is Where Success Is Possible To Every Man.

The Scoutmaster Teaches Boys To Play The Game By Doing So Himself.

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.

See Things From The Boy's Point Of View.

After Forming A Cadet Corps Of Boys For Assisting As Noncombatants During A Military Campaign In 1900: We Then Made The Discovery That Boys, When Trusted And Relied On, Were Just As Capable And Reliable As Men.