Word: turning
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...sorry that the Scout way of learning to be helpful to others by doing a "good turn" every day does not meet with the approval of Custis Knapp. Surely the Boy Scout organization would be willing to receive constructive suggestions on how to better its teaching of helpfulness...
First, does Reader Knapp realize that when he makes light of the Boy Scout movement, that there are close to one million Boy Scouts doing a Good Turn da'ly? Does he realize that these boys will be the men of the future generation and that because of their training there will not be any such catastrophe as the World War, in which millions of men were killed? If Reader Knapp can recall 365 good deeds, in any year during his boyhood, he surely would be more broad-minded than he is today...
...square and generous with all. I'm careless sometimes. Lord, when I'm in town, But never let 'em say I'm mean or small! . . . Just keep an eye on all that's done and said And right me, sometimes, when I turn aside, And guide me on the long, dim trail ahead That stretches upward toward the great divide...
...chipper urchin among greybeards; rattled questions about London slums and busses; missed his dinner; clapped at the theatre; consoled Mrs. Walker for losing her largest trunk. He startled his Manhattan subordinates by calling up on the radiophone to say, "Hello, how is everybody over there?" Mrs. Walker took her turn at the instrument and said. "Is everybody at home all right...
...used to be when there were no restrictions on the boats and speeds of 70 miles per hour were achieved. Such boats were too expensive (over $50,000 each). The committee limits Gold Cup racers to 625 inches displacement. Such boats easily make 50 miles per hour. Such boats turn over easily at 50 miles per hour. Drivers and mechanics hit the water hard and break ribs and eardrums easily. George H. Townsend, President of Boyce Motometer, broke ribs and eardrums recently in testing his Greenwich Folly. Unafraid he drove and won last week the Gold Cup race...