Pollard: Museum Extension Work with Boy Scouts 109 



of the troop, and by the fact that one, at least, of the boys has 

 justified his training in first aid by saving the life of a person over- 

 come by illuminating gas, having administered artificial respiration 

 by the Schaefer method until the arrival of a physician. 



The writer cordially endorses Professor Franklin W. Hooper's 

 plea for the establishment of more commercial and industrial 

 museums. In communities like Staten Island, where the museum, 

 though limited in size, must be broad in scope and diversified in its 

 activities, there is excellent opportunity for such departments or 

 institutions, and each should have a troop of Boy Scouts organized 

 in affiliation. If the natural history museum can develop good 

 results, it is evident that one which contains a well-chosen series 

 of industrial exhibits can make an even greater appeal to the boys 

 and will be an admirable adjunct to the ordinary school training. 



Our local experiment has certainly proved that the benefits of 

 the. connection betwen the museum and the scouts are mutual, and 

 that the latter are a positive asset as well as a good advertisement 

 for the former. From the personal standpoint, as a lover of boys, 

 the writer can testify that all the labors of the scoutmaster are 

 repaid by the pleasure of the work and the confidence reposed in 

 him by the troop. 



