Produced by David Edwards, Emmy and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) 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 * * * * * [Advance sheets from the Biennial Survey of Education in the United States, 1918-1920] [Illustration: Department of the Interior Logo] WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 1921 ADDITIONAL COPIES OF THIS PUBLICATION MAY BE PROCURED FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D. C. AT 5 CENTS PER COPY EDUCATIONAL WORK OF THE BOY SCOUTS. By LORNE W. BARCLAY. _Director of the Department of Education, Boy Scouts of America._ * * * * * 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. * * * * * 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 and the schools. Many schools now give credit for scout work done outside of the schools. Many more are in hearty sympathy with the program as an extraschool activity. In 1919 there were organized in connection with public schools 1,942 troops and 170 in connection with private schools. The records also show that for the same year 1,623 scoutmasters were also school-teachers. Many troops have their meetings in the school buildings and in turn render good service by taking charge of fire drills, first aid and safety first instruction, yard clean ups, flag drills, etc.