The Honolulu times. [volume], October 01, 1910, Page 3, Image 3

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workers on this committee, they
to be appointed later on.
The boys of the city to form
this organization will be formed
into what are called patrols, each
patrol to consist of eight boys
and a leader. Several patrols will
consist a troop. One of these
troops will be formed in the Y.
M. C. A., or of Y. M. C. A. boys ;
and the others will be made up in
the different district of which Honolulu
is composed, of boys who
arc not members of the ,Y M.
C. A.
In their work of perfecting this
organization the committee feels
itself very fortunate in having the
assistance of several gentlemen
who are familiar with the Scout
movement elsewhere. Among
them is a gentleman of Aberdeen,
Scotland, and another of Australia.
The committee invites the cooperation
and assistance of any
other gentlemen in the city who
have experience in the work.
There should be quite a few
here whose services would be
very valuable, as the Boys' Scout
movement in Great Britain now
numbers 400,000 members, while
it has spread all over the United
States and Australia.
The first duty of the new committee
will be to draw up details
of the organization, perfect the
scheme and then continue the
work until their successors are
chosen.
The object of the Boys' Scout
movement is, in brief, to give to
the youth of the land a certain
kind of very valuable training
which is not afforded, systematically
at least, by any school or
other institution. For instance,
there will be practical training in
tracking, camping, signaling,
nature study,
having birds, landshells, animals,
plants, etc., as subjects; camp
cooking and many other things
that a boy should know.
Certain requirements are made
of the members as will shape
their habits rightly. For instance,
each boymust have a bank account,
and is taught to save. He
must be courteous under all circumstances,
and must respond to
aid or to alleviate distress where-ever
necessary. He is pledged to
honor God and the flag of his
country; and to be honorable to
his fellow man in every respect,
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He must be a friend to animals,
and to every useful creature.
News of the movement has already
gone among the boys of
the city, and they are thoroughly
lavie to it. Up Manoa, in
out on the Plains, in Palama
and elsewhere the boys are impatiently
waiting to make the
start, and the men at the head of
affairs have been literally
in the past few days by
and with questioners and questions
in regard to it.
Two patrols will probably be
organized this week, as the boys
are all ready to be "mustered" in.
One of them is in Manoa Valley,
where Mr. Super will probably
attend to starting them off. The
other will be organized among
Y. M. C. A. boys at the Y. M. C.
A. building; those boys also being
ready to make the start in advance.
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"OUR DUTIES."
If you cannot on the ocean
Sail among the swiftest fleet,
Rocking on the highest billow,
Laughing at the storms you
meet;
You can stand among the sailors,
Anchored yet within the bay,
You can lend a hand to help them
As they launch their boats
away.
If you are too weak to journey
Up the mountains steep and
high,
You can stand within the valley
While the multitude go by;
You can chant a happy measure
As they slowly pass along;
Though they may forget the
singer
They may not forget the song.
If you cannot in the conflict
Prove yourself a soldier true,
If where smoke and fire are
thickest
There's no work for you to do ;
When the battlefield is silent
You can go with careful tread,
You can bear away the wounded,
You can cover up the dead.
If you cannot in the harvest
Garner up the richest sheaves,
Many a grain both ripe and
golden
May the careless reapers leave ;
Go and glean among the briers
Growing rank against the wall,
For it may be that their shadow
Hides the heaviest wheat of all.
Do not then stand idly waiting
For some greater work to do;
Fortune is a fickle goddess,
She will never come to you.
Go and toil in any vineyard,
Do not fear to do and dare ;
If you want a field of labor,
You can find it anywhere.
Ellen H. Gates.
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THE EDITOR'S FEW BRIEF
NOTES FOR SEPTEMBER.
Thursday, September 1.
This day came in to us and
registered at once as one of the
warmest, if not the very warmest,
days of the season. Even the
calmest and most patient man
complained of the heat. And we
complained.
September 2.
Today is the seventy-second
birthday of Queen Liliuokalani.
She sees in the Islands only
peace, progress and prosperity;
and she realizes that her former
Kingdom of Hawaii is one of the
most noted coutries of the globe,
not for climate and beauty only,
but for the convenience of the
commerce and help of the nations.
It is a port that can hardly be
avoided, for the comfort and the
vital interest of the traveling population.
Honolulu is the theme of every
large business man whenever he
starts out to see a world-tour.
He must satisfy himself if there
be anything in Hawaii worth his
while, and here he will stop off if
only for a few days.
"Did you see Honolulu?" he
knows he will be asked on his return.
"Why did you miss Honolulu?"
Today is as warm as was yesterday.
We can "hear the Band playing
at Washington Place.
Long live Queen Liliuokalani.
Labor Day.
This is, indeed, a sultry morning
and slightly overcast. We
may have a downpour.
We rejoice to see the Boy
Scout movement on hand and
sure we are our boys will prove
good scouts every boy of them
that has the healthy ambition to
have and do his part. We believe
it is bound to becQm.e a very