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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. DULANEY, Bristol, Tenn. Vice-President, MILTON A. McRAE, Detroit, Mich. Vice-President, DAVID STARR JORDAN, Stanford University, Cal. Vice-President, F. L. SEELY, Asheville, N. C. Vice-President, A. STAMFORD WHITE, Chicago, Ill. Chief Scout, ERNEST THOMPSON SETON, Greenwich, Connecticut National Scout Commissioner, DANIEL CARTER BEARD, Flushing N. Y.
NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS
BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA
THE FIFTH AVENUE BUILDING, 200 FIFTH AVENUE TELEPHONE GRAMERCY 545 NEW YORK CITY
FINANCE COMMITTEE John Sherman Hoyt, Chairman August Belmont George D. Pratt Mortimer L. Schiff H. Rogers Winthrop
GEORGE D. PRATT Treasurer
JAMES E. WEST Chief Scout Executive
ADDITIONAL MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE BOARD 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 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 isnot 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 vitiated 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 beenorganised. 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.
"DO A GOOD TURN DAILY."
In selecting the books, the Commission has chosen only such as are ofinterest to boys, the first twenty-five being either works of fiction orstirring stories of adventurous experiences. In later lists, books of amore serious sort will be included. It is hoped that as many astwenty-five may be added to the Library each year.
Thanks are due the several publishers who have helped to inaugurate thisnew department of our work. Without their co-operation in makingavailable for popular priced editions some of the best books everpublished for boys, the promotion of EVERY BOY'S LIBRARY would have beenimpossible.
We wish, too, to express our heartiest gratitude to the LibraryCommission, who, without compensation, have placed their vast experienceand immense resources at the service of our Movement.
The Commission invites suggestions as to future books to be included inthe Library. Librarians, teachers, parents, and all others interested inwelfare work for boys, can render a unique service by forwarding toNational Headquarters lists of such books as in their judgment would besuitable for EVERY BOY'S LIBRARY.
Signed James E West] Chief Scout Executive.
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"The most indescribable antics were gone through."
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Every Boy's Library--Boy Scout Edition
THE RANCHE ON THE OXHIDE
A Story of Boys' and Girls' Life on the Frontier
by
HENRY INMAN
Late Captain United States ArmyBrevet Lieutenant Colonel
Author ofThe Old Santa Fe Trail
Illustrated by Charles Bradford Hudson
New YorkGrosset & DunlapPublishers(Macmillan's Standard Library)
Copyright, 1898,By The Macmillan Company.
Set up and electrotyped. Published July, 1898. ReprintedDecember, 1905; December, 1908; October, 1909; June, 1911.New edition September, 1906; August, September, 1911; March,June, 1912; July, 1913.
Norwood PressJ. S. Cushing & Co.--Berwick & Smith Co.Norwood, Mass., U.S.A.
To My Grandson GEORGE INMAN SEITZ