DAN BEARD AND THE BOYS. 



523 



his feats as a warrior. The medals on the 

 soldier's breast are nothing but bronze or 

 precious metal and deserving of no rever- 

 ence by him or anyone else ; the tattoo marks 

 on the savage are nothing but scars filled with 

 pigment and deserving of no respect by him 

 or anyone else, but what each represents is 

 bravery, courage and fortitude, all of which 

 are respected not only by the soldier and the 

 savage, but by everybody. 



Now, since it has been suggested that each 

 council be called a Fort, we have carried that 

 idea a little , further and given a name to 

 each of the officers of the council. In place 

 of Mr. President for the presiding officer we 

 have simply the name Daniel Boone. For 

 secretary, the title of Davy Crockett ; for 

 treasurer, the title of Kit Carson ; for libra- 

 rian the title of Audubon ; for the keeper 

 of the tally gun we could find no more ap- 

 propriate name than that of Simon Kenton, 

 the friend of Daniel Boone, the tall, long- 

 legged pioneer, who had so many adventures 

 with the Indians when Kentucky was known 

 as the "dark and bloody ground." 



When the Forts form it is not necessary 

 to have more than two or three boys. The 

 secretary can also be treasurer and librarian, 

 and the president can also be keeper of the 

 gun and assume all the duties that go with 

 the different offices; but as the Fort increases 

 in numbers and more boys want to join, 

 more officers can be elected. As for the gov- 

 ernment of the Fort, it can be done in the 

 good, old democratic style of the town meet- 

 ing, where every member has a voice in the 

 management, or by a board of managers 

 composed only of the officers of the Fort. 

 But from a long experience in club life, I 

 would advise for the boys the town meeting 

 style, as that keeps up the personal interest 

 and personal responsibility of each member. 

 I find as soon as the power is delegated to 

 someone else the members lose interest and 

 depend upon the officers to do all the work. 



While to succeed The "Sons of Daniel 

 Boone" must have a high, moral purpose be- 

 hind them, it must not be understood that it 

 is necessary for them to go around as sober 

 and solemn as church deacons. One object 

 of this society is to prove to the rest of the 

 boys that you can have a moral purpose and 

 be jolly and full of fun at the same time, for 

 we must not forget that as the Farmer's 

 Journal puts it, 



"A laugh is just like sunshine, 



It freshens all the day, 

 It tips the peaks of life with light 



And drives the clouds away. 

 And the thing that goes the farthest, 



Toward making life worth while, 

 Costs the least, and does the most, 



Is just a friendly smile." 



Do not think that all this preparation 

 and organization is not necessary. You have 

 "base-ball clubs, tennis clubs, rowing clubs, 



golf clubs, and one and all of them have a 

 constitution, by-laws and officers. You do 

 this not because of a fad or because it is the 

 style, but because experience has taught you 

 boys that to really have fun and enjoy your- 

 selves you must have some sort of an organi- 

 zation and not go at it as an undisciplined 

 mob. 



In the last issue of Recreation, I promised 

 you that we should have a constitution and 

 by-laws and Recreation would furnish them 

 on request to the different organizations as 

 they are formed. In Recreation we are all 

 boys, but so as to keep "The Sons of Daniel 

 Boone" within the limits of what most peo- 

 ple call "boys'' it will be necessary for all 

 active members to be under twenty-one years 

 of age. That is, all active members except- 

 ing the editor of Recreation, who is the 

 founder. We have distributed the names of all 

 the noted backwoodsmen among you boys,"so 

 will retain no title for the editor other than 

 "Founder." 



When writing to Recreation on matters 

 pertaining to the "Sons of Daniel Boone" 

 address your letters to Founder Dan Beard, 

 Recreation Office, 23 IV. Twenty-fourth St., 

 New York City. 



As soon as a Fort is established send in 

 the list of members and honorary members 

 to Recreation that they may be recorded in 

 the Boone Book and remember that we do 

 not insist upon all the Sons of Daniel Boone 

 being subscribers to this magazine; knowing 

 that even a dollar a year is a large sum to 

 some small chaps whose friendship we value 

 and who can do valuable work in our favor- 

 ite field of game protection. 



We here give a rough outline of the pro- 

 posed constitution, which is complete enough 

 to serve the organizations until the regular 

 printed copy is prepared and forwarded. 



CONSTITUTION. 

 ARTICLE I. 



NAME. 



The name of this Association is THE SONS OF 

 DANIEL BOONE. 



ARTICLE II. 



OBJECT. 



The elevation of sport, the support and en- 

 couragement of all that- tends to healthy whole- 

 some manliness; the study of woodcraft, outdoor 

 recreation and fun, and serious work for the 

 making of and support of laws prohibiting the sale 

 of game, and the preservation of our native wild 

 plants, birds and beasts. 



ARTICLE III. 



THE OFFICERS. 



The officers of this club shall be a President, 

 with the title of Daniel Boone; a Secretary, with 

 the title of Davy Crockett; a Treasurer, with the 

 title of Kit Carson; a Librarian, with the title of 

 Audubon; the Keeper of the Tally Gun, with 

 the title of Simon Kenton, and a Founder. 



The Editor of Recreation is the Founder and 

 Presiding Officer over all the Councils, and the 

 only boy over twenty-one having a voice in the 

 Councils. 



