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… like the savage, is purely physical in his ideals. I do not know that I ever met a boy that would not rather be John L. Sullivan than Darwin or Tolstoi. Therefore, I accept the fact, and seck to keep in view an ideal that is physical, but also clean, manly, heroic, already familiar, and leading with certainty to higher things.
(9) Picturesqueness in Everything. Very great importance should be attached to this. The effect of the picturesque is magical and all the more subtle and irresistible because it is not on the face of it reasonable. The charm of titles and gay costumes, of the beautiful in ceremony, phrase, dance and song, are utilized in all ways.
Form of Goverment
When two or three young people camp out, they can live as a sort of family, especially if a grown-up be with them; but when a dozen or more go, it is necessary to organize.
What manner of organization will be practicable and also give full recognition to the eight principles set forth? What form of government lends itself best to —
- Recreation,
- Outdoor life,
- Self-rule,
- The camp-fire,
