I would have loved to have shared this at our Blue & Gold but I didn’t come across it until the morning after.
“ONE HUNDRED SCOUTS”
Of any one hundred boys who become Scouts, it might be confessed that twenty will drop out in their first year. Perhaps this may be regarded as a failure, but in later life all of them will remember that they had been Scouts and will speak well of the program.
Of the one hundred, only rarely will one ever appear before a juvenile court judge. Twelve of the one hundred will come from families that belong to no church. Through Scouting, many of the twelve and many of their families will be brought into contact with a church and will continue to be active in a church program all their lives. Five of the one hundred will become church leaders.
Each of the one hundred will learn something from Scouting. Almost all of the boys will develop hobbies that will add quality and fulfillment throughout the rest of their lives. Approximately one-half will service in the military and in varying degrees profit from their Scout training. At least one will use their Scout training to save another person’s life and many will credit the training with saving their own life.
Four of the one hundred Scouts will achieve Eagle rank, and at least half will later say that he valued his Eagle Award above his college degree. Many Scouts will find their future vocation through Merit Badges and Scouting Programs. Seventeen of the one hundred Scouts will later become Scout leaders and give leadership to thousands of additional boys in the Scouting Program.
Only one in five boys in America joins Scouting, however it is interesting to know that of the leaders of this nation in business, religion and politics, three out of four were Scouts.
This story will never end. Like the “Golden Pebble” of service dropped in the human sea, Scouting will continue to radiate in ever-widening circles influencing the character of Men down through the unending generations.
