Re: 100 SCOUTS
Cyndi Castro (ccastro@UTEP.EDU)
Tue, 18 Nov 1997 08:11:14 -0700
I am sending this to the entire list because we have added so many
wonderful people since Richard originally posted it, I apologize to those
of you who have already seen it.
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SCOUTINGS BOTTOM LINE
What happens to a Scout? For every 100 boys who join Scouting, records
indicate that:
- RARELY will on 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 his own life
- 1 will use his Scouting skills to save the life of another person
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
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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Thanks to Richard Breininger.
Cyndi Castro
Yucca Council
Gila Lodge #378
El Paso, TX
"In a cat's eyes, all things belong to cats." english proverb
Terry Howerton Sakima Group, Inc. SCOUTER Magazine Kansas City | 
