Essay On Boy Scouts.
The Boy-Scout movement was started by General Baden- Powell in 1909: and it has now become a great and important institution in England. and is being introduced into many schools in Pakistan. with the most encouraging results. Baden-Powell fought in the South African War, and was the hero of the siege of Mafeking: and was his experience in South Africa. and his realisation that what the British solider especially needed was the power of observation and individual initiative, that led him to the idea of training boys in these and other useful qualities, by a suitable organisation.
Though he is a soldier and a brave one, he has no love for war: and his object was, not to make boys soldiers, but so to guide their love of adventure and their manly instincts as to turn them into good citizens. So. although the organisation and discipline of the Boy- Scouts is semi-military, its whole aim is peaceful.
The Boy-Scout organisation is based on what is called "the herd-instinct": that is the tendency of men. like certain animals that live his herds or flocks to act together as one body.
A Scout Troop in any school. or locality is therefore divided up into sections. each consisting of eight boys -- one leader, one second in command. and six scouts. Each section is named after some animal (e.g. the bear, lion, fox, beaver wolf, etc.) and has as a signal -- call a cry which is an imitation of the cry of the animal after which it is named. About six of these sections form a troop under a Scout-Master in the same way as so many platoons from a company in the army. But while all the sections work together as one troop, the stimulus of competition is introduced by placing the sections in friendly rivalry with each
other.
Moreover. the Scouts are divided into grades. The young recruit. after a certain amount of training, has to pass a practical examination (which consists of knowledge of the Scout-law, some drill, and the tying of certain knots) before he becomes a "Tender-foot". The "Tender-feet" then have to pass a second examination (including observation tests, first-aid, semaphore signalling, and the lighting of a fire with one match) to become Second Grade Scouts:
and these must pass a fairly stiff examination before they can be First Scouts. The Scout-law, which every scout takes a solemn vow to keep, includes loyalty to King and country, purity of thought, truthfulness, honesty, and the doing of one kind deed a day.
The whole object of the training is to make boys loyal and useful citizens. More over the, boys who take part in scouting. they stay busy. An idle brain is a devil's workshop. On its contrary, happiness lies on busy feet. The boys who are scouts can kill their time in a satisfactory way .They have no time to worry. They are busy in doing good things. They are good citizen in the country.
The Boy-Scout movement was started by General Baden- Powell in 1909: and it has now become a great and important institution in England. and is being introduced into many schools in Pakistan. with the most encouraging results. Baden-Powell fought in the South African War, and was the hero of the siege of Mafeking: and was his experience in South Africa. and his realisation that what the British solider especially needed was the power of observation and individual initiative, that led him to the idea of training boys in these and other useful qualities, by a suitable organisation.
Though he is a soldier and a brave one, he has no love for war: and his object was, not to make boys soldiers, but so to guide their love of adventure and their manly instincts as to turn them into good citizens. So. although the organisation and discipline of the Boy- Scouts is semi-military, its whole aim is peaceful.
The Boy-Scout organisation is based on what is called "the herd-instinct": that is the tendency of men. like certain animals that live his herds or flocks to act together as one body.
A Scout Troop in any school. or locality is therefore divided up into sections. each consisting of eight boys -- one leader, one second in command. and six scouts. Each section is named after some animal (e.g. the bear, lion, fox, beaver wolf, etc.) and has as a signal -- call a cry which is an imitation of the cry of the animal after which it is named. About six of these sections form a troop under a Scout-Master in the same way as so many platoons from a company in the army. But while all the sections work together as one troop, the stimulus of competition is introduced by placing the sections in friendly rivalry with each
other.
Moreover. the Scouts are divided into grades. The young recruit. after a certain amount of training, has to pass a practical examination (which consists of knowledge of the Scout-law, some drill, and the tying of certain knots) before he becomes a "Tender-foot". The "Tender-feet" then have to pass a second examination (including observation tests, first-aid, semaphore signalling, and the lighting of a fire with one match) to become Second Grade Scouts:
and these must pass a fairly stiff examination before they can be First Scouts. The Scout-law, which every scout takes a solemn vow to keep, includes loyalty to King and country, purity of thought, truthfulness, honesty, and the doing of one kind deed a day.
The whole object of the training is to make boys loyal and useful citizens. More over the, boys who take part in scouting. they stay busy. An idle brain is a devil's workshop. On its contrary, happiness lies on busy feet. The boys who are scouts can kill their time in a satisfactory way .They have no time to worry. They are busy in doing good things. They are good citizen in the country.
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