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

A fisherman does not bait his hook with food he likes. He uses food the fish likes. So with boys.

A boy is supremely confident of his own power, and dislikes being treated as a child.

A boy can see the smoke rising from Sioux villages under the shadow of the Albert memorial.

Fun, fighting, and feeding! These are the three indispensable elements of the boy's world.

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

The object of the patrol method is not so much saving the Scoutmaster trouble as to give responsibility to the boy.