What happens to a Scout? For
every 100 boys who join Scouting, records indicate that: |
- RARELY will one be brought before the
juvenile court system
- 2 will become Eagle Scouts
- 17 will become future Scout volunteers
- 12 will have their first contact with a
church
- 1 will enter the clergy
- 5 will earn their church award
- 18 will develop a hobby that will last
through their adult life
- 8 will enter a vocation that was learned
through the merit badge system
- 1 will use his Scouting skills to save his
own life
- 1 will use his Scouting skills to save the
life of another person
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Scouting's alumni record is
equally impressive. A recent nation- wide survey of high schools
revealed the following information: |
- 85% of student council presidents were
Scouts
- 89% of senior class presidents were Scouts
- 80% of junior class presidents were Scouts
- 75% of school publication editors were
Scouts
- 71% of football captains were Scouts
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Scouts also account for: |
- 64% of Air Force Academy graduates
- 68% of West Point graduates
- 70% of Annapolis graduates
- 72% of Rhodes Scholars
- 85% of F.B.I. agents
- 26 of the first 29 astronauts
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