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8 Boy Scouts with the windows of. his bedroom open both summer and winter. It means also that he should t?ke a cold bath often, rubbing dry with a rough towel. He should breathe through the nose and not through the mouth. He should at all .times train' him- self to endure hardships. In addition to these the scout should be a lover of his country., He should know his country. How many states there are in it, wlmt are its natural resources, scope, and boun- daries. He ought to know something of its history, its early settiers, and of the great deeds that won his land. How they settied along the banks of the James River, How Philadelphia, New York, and other great cities were founded. How the Pilgrim Fathers established New Englahd and laid the founda- tion for our national life. How the scouts of the Middie West saved all that great section of the country for the Republic. He ought to know bow Texas became part of the United States, and how our national heroes stretched out their hands, north and south, east and west, to make one great united country. He ought to know the history of the important wars. He ought to know about our army and navy flags and the insignia of rank of our officers. He ought to know the kind of govern- ment he lives under, and what it means to live in a republic. He ought to know what is expected of him as a citizen of his state and nation, and what to do to help the people among whom he lives. In .short, to be a good scout is to be a well-developed, well- informed boy. Scout Virtues There are other things which a scout ought to know and which should be characteristic of him, if he is going to be the kind of scout for which the Boy Scouts of America stand. One of these is obedience. To be a good scout a boy must learn to obey the orders of his patrol leader, scout master, and scout commissioner. He must learn to obey, before he is able to command. He should so learn to discipline and control himself that he will have no thought but to obey the Orders of his officers. He should keep such a strong' grip on. his own ?life that he will not allow himself to do anything which is ignoblei or which will harm his life or weaken his powers of e?durance. AnoLher virtue ot a scout is that of cou?y (?[?out