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OFFICERS OF THE NATIONAL COUNCIL
| Honorary President, THE HON. WOODROW WILSON | Vice-President, MILTON A. McRAE, Detroit. Mich. | |
| Honorary Vice-President, HON. WILLIAM H. TAFT | Vice-President, DAVID STARR JORDAN, Stanford University, Cal. | |
| Honorary Vice-President, COLONEL THEODORE ROOSEVELT | Vice-President, F. L. SEELY, Asheville, N. C. | |
| President, COLIN H. LIVINGSTONE, Washington, D. C. | Vice-President, A. STAMFORD WHITE, Chicago, Ill. | |
| Vice-President, B. L. DULANEY, Bristol, Tenn. | Chief Scout, ERNEST THOMPSON SETON, Greenwich, Connecticut | |
| National Scout Commissioner, DANIEL CARTER BEARD, Flushing, N. Y. |
FINANCE COMMITTEE
John Sherman Hoyt,
Chairman
August Belmont
George D. Pratt
Mortimer L. Schiff
H. Rogers Winthrop
John Sherman Hoyt,
Chairman
August Belmont
George D. Pratt
Mortimer L. Schiff
H. Rogers Winthrop
NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS
BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA
THE FIFTH AVENUE BUILDING, 200 FIFTH AVENUETELEPHONE GRAMERCY 545
NEW YORK CITY
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ADDITIONAL MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE BOARD
GEORGE D. PRATT
Treasurer
JAMES E. WEST
Chief Scout Executive
Treasurer
JAMES E. WEST
Chief Scout Executive
| Ernest P. Bicknell Robert Garrett Lee F. Hanmer John Sherman Hoyt Charles C. Jackson | Prof. Jeremiah W. Jenks William D. Murray Dr. Charles P. Neill George D. Porter Frank Presbrey | Edgar M. Robinson Mortimer L. Schiff Lorillard Spencer Seth Sprague Terry |
July 31st, 1913.
TO THE PUBLIC:—
In the execution of its purpose to give educational value and moral worthto the recreational activities of the boyhood of America, the leaders ofthe Boy Scout Movement quickly learned that to effectively carry out itsprogram, the boy must be influenced not only in his out-of-door life butalso in the diversions of his other leisure moments. It is at such timesthat the boy is captured
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