AS I SHOULD LIKE TO KNOW HIM 51 



he should endeavour to be of service to any one 

 desiring help, and enter into a sacred pledge to 

 perform a kind action at least once each day. 



The Boy Scout as I should like to know him 

 should be a boy with a smiling face; he should be 

 a regular handy man, kind and considerate in all 

 things, abstemious and regular in habits, of equal 

 temperament, patriotic to a degree, and thrifty; 

 he should possess ambition, be industrious and 

 painstaking, loyal, and well disciplined; one who 

 can face difficulties and dangers with a light heart, 

 as did the hero of Mafeking. 



The Boy Scout as I should like to know him 

 should be unselfish and mindful of others; he 

 should possess ideas, a knowledge of camping and 

 making useful articles; play cricket, football, and 

 other games; learn the useful art of swimming 

 and rendering first-aid; he should not be indolent 

 nor a loafer; he should be tidy and methodical, 

 and when the time arrives for him to choose a 

 career should make tracks for a definite goal 

 which, if steadfastly worked for, will as surely be 

 attained. 



The true Boy Scout should be courteous, well- 

 spoken, chivalrous, friendly, generous, neatly 

 dressed, cleanly, an early riser, a stickler for fair 

 play; he should be acquainted with fortitude, 

 good temper, honour, and cheerfulness; make 

 Jiimself an adept at woodcraft; and learn to know 



