I Have Often Urged My Young Friends,

I Have Over And Over Again Explained That The Purpose Of The Boy Scout And Girl Guide Movement Is To Build Men And Women As Citizens Endowed With The Three H's Namely, Health, Happiness And Helpfulness. The Man Or Woman Who Succeeds In Developing These Three Attributes Has Secured The Main Steps To Success This Life.

A Man Carries Out Suggestions The More Wholeheartedly When He Understands Their Aim.

I Have Often Urged My Young Friends, When Faced With An Adversary, To "play Polo" With Him; I.e., Not To Go At Him Bald-headed But To Ride Side By Side With Him And Gradually Edge Him Off Your Track. Never Lose Your Temper With Him. If You Are In The Right There Is No Need To, If You Are In The Wrong You Can't Afford To.

The Patrol System Leads Each Boy To See That He Has Some Individual Responsibility For The Good Of His Patrol.

Possibly The Best Suggestion In Condensed Form, As To How To Live, Was Given By My Old Headmaster, Dr. Haig Brown, In 1904, When He Wrote His Recipe For Old Age. A Diet Moderate And Spare, Freedom From Base Financial Care, Abundant Work And Little Leisure, A Love Of Duty More Than Pleasure, An Even And Contented Mind In Charity With All Mankind, Some Thoughts Too Sacred For Display In The Broad Light Of Common Day, A Peaceful Home, A Loving Wife, Children, Who Are A Crown Of Life; These Lengthen Out The Years Of Man Beyond The Psalmist's Narrow Span.