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OFFICERS OF THE NATIONAL COUNCIL
| Honorary President, | The HON. WOODROW WILSON |
| Honorary Vice-President, | HON. WILLIAM H. TAFT |
| Honorary Vice-President, | COLONEL THEODORE ROOSEVELT |
| President, | COLIN H. LIVINGSTON, Washington D.C. |
| Vice-President, | B. L. DULANY, ????, Tenn. |
| Vice-President, | MILTON A. McRAE, ???? |
| Vice-President, | DAVID STARR JORDAN, ???? |
| Vice-President, | F. L. SEELY, Asheville, N.C. |
| Vice-President, | A. STANFORD. WHITE, Chicago, Ill. |
| Chief Scout, | ERNEST THOMPSON SETON, ???? |
| National Scout Commissioner, | DANIEL CARTER BEARD, ???? |
FINANCE COMMITTEE
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NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS
BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA
THE FIFTH AVENUE BUILDING, 200 FIFTH AVENUE
TELEPHONE GRAMERCY 545
NEW YORK CITY
ADDITIONAL MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE BOARD
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July 31, 1913.
TO THE PUBLIC--
In the execution of its purpose to give educational value and moralworth to the recreational activities of the boyhood of America, theleaders of the Boy Scout Movement quickly learned that to effectivelycarry out its program, the boy must be influenced not only in hisout-of-door life but also in the diversions of his other leisuremoments. It is at such times that the boy is captured by the tales ofdaring enterprises and adventurous good times. What now is needful innot that his taste should be thwarted but trained. There shouldconstantly be presented to him the books the boy likes best, yet alwaysthe books that will be best for the boy. As a matter of fact, however,the boy's taste is being constantly visited and exploited by the greatmass of cheap juvenile literature.
To help anxiously concerned parents and educators to meet this graveperil, the Library Commission of the Boy Scouts of America has beenorganized. EVERY BOY'S LIBRARY is the result of their labors. All thebooks chosen have been approved by them. The commission is composed ofthe following members: George F. Bowerman, Librarian, Public Library ofthe District of Columbia, Washington, D.C.; Harrison W. Graver,Librarian, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, Pa.; Claude G. Leland,Superintendent, Bureau of Libraries, Board of Education, New York City;Edward F. Stevens, Librarian, Pratt Institute Free Library, Brooklyn,New York; together with the Editorial Board of our Movement, William D.Murray, George D. Pratt and Frank Presbrey, with Franklin K. Mathiews,Chief Scout Librarian, as Secretary.
In selecting the books, the Commission has chosen only such as are ofinterest to boys, the first twenty-five being either works of fictionor stirring stories o