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Title: Educational Work of the Boy Scouts

Author: Lorne W. Barclay

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

BUREAU OF EDUCATION

BULLETIN, 1921, No. 41

EDUCATIONAL WORK OF THE BOY SCOUTS

By

LORNE W. BARCLAY

DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA

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[Advance sheets from the Biennial Survey of Education in the United
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EDUCATIONAL WORK OF THE BOY SCOUTS.

By LORNE W. BARCLAY.

_Director of the Department of Education, Boy Scouts of America._

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CONTENTS.--Scouting and the schools--Scouting and
citizenship--The pioneer scout--Seascouting, a
branch of the Boy Scouts of America--National
Councils endeavor to discover vital facts in
regard to the boyhood of the Nation--International
aspects of scouting--Scout handbooks, organs, and
other literature--Motion pictures for boys.

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SCOUTING AND THE SCHOOLS.

Scouting continues to enjoy the cordial indorsement of school men
everywhere all over the country. More and more those interested are
coming to see the enormous possibilities of cooperation between the
scout movement