It Is The Patrol System That Makes

Correcting Bad Habits Cannot Be Done By Forbidding Or Punishment.

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.

Always Do I Recall The Parting Words Uttered By My Old Governor: "my Boy, Never . . ." I Won't Set 'em Down. I Disregarded Them Fool-like And Paid, And Paid; Had I A Son I'd Hand 'em On And Ram 'em Home. What Fools We Be When Young. We Fancy We Be Wise, Forgetting That The Old Boys Have Graduated In The 'varsity Of The World, The Greatest 'varsity Of All, And Each Day We Should Learn From They.

Success In Training The Boy Depends Largely On The Scoutmaster's Own Personal Example.

Be Prepared... The Meaning Of The Motto Is That A Scout Must Prepare Himself By Previous Thinking Out And Practicing How To Act On Any Accident Or Emergency So That He Is Never Taken By Surprise.