The most important object in Boy Scout training is to educate, not instruct.

Boys can see adventure in a dirty old duck puddle, and if the Scoutmaster is a boys' man he can see it, too.

Where is there a boy to whom the call of the wild and the open road does not appeal?

Vigorous Scout games are the best form of physical education because most of them bring in moral education.

It is important to arrange games and competition so that all Scouts of the troop take part.

Can we not interpret our adult wisdom into the language of boyhood?

It is only when you know a boy's environment that you can know what influences to bring to bear.