BOY SCOUTS’ JAMBOREE.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 19219, 9 July 1924, Page 3

BOY SCOUTS’ JAMBOREE.

LOCAL BOYS ORGANISE, i..'ONATIONS EARNED BY SERVICE. One of the principal mottoes of the B.P. Boy Scouts is “Tho Scout must not beg.” hie may accept donations or subscriptions, it is true, but ho must render some service in return. The enforcement of this principle—a principle that should commend uself to all who believe in teaching the young generation to depend on their own resources and efforts —has led to a unique organisation of the local Boy Scouts for the raising of £ISOO. A big jamboree of Boy Scouts from ail over New Zealand, Australia, ami the Pacific Islands is to be held in Dunedin during the progress of tho Exhibition, possibly in January, 1926. The boys wid go into camp for a fortnight at Ravenstxmrne, and during that time will give displays at tho Exhibition and will hold various athletic contests amongst themselves. This will not only form an additional attraction for tho Exhibition, but. as tho usual training will ho observed, it will bo of incalculable, value to the boys from an educational and physical point, of view. While each Boy Scout will contribute a certain amount towards expenses, it is estimated (hat an additional £ISOO will he necessary to hold tho jamboree on the scale that has been planned. To raise the sum, tho local Poy Scouts have been organised to perform various little jobs about our homes in return for whatever sums the public may see fit to subscribe. Each Boy Scout, has been supplied with a book divided into coupons of threepence, sixpence, and one shilling each. When being paid for whatever task has been performed, he (ears off a coupon and gives it ns a receipt, for the money received. As there are large numbers who sympathise with, and believe in. the Boy .Scout movement, the scheme should prove as popular as if is practical. There are a dozen and one jobs about the home that a Bov .Scout could perform, and, by doing so, save the householder time and trouble. Chopping kindling for the fire, cleaning windows, weeding the garden, running mesl sages are only a few of them. Tile subscriber may offer as much as ho likes, hut he must call upon tile hoy for some such se.rviee in return. Tho Scout must not bog! Tho scheme came into operation last Saturday, and in tho course of the flay one of tho Scouts earned no less than 20s. That is an indication of its popularity. Tho Seoul performs some service, and his dignity and self-respect are upheld. The householder subscribes to a worthy cause, and, apart from the feeling of satisfaction which comes from the performance of a generous act, receives a service in return by way of settlement. “The Scout must not beg!”