From: Maryellen (marye@PACIFIC.NET)
Date: Mon Mar 13 2000 - 09:11:38 CST
On 12 Mar 00, when we were talking about 100 scouts info,
J Wilson told me:
> Hello,
> A few weeks ago someone made a post about what happens to 100 scouts (x
> makes eagle, xx learn a hobby, xx use a skill to save a life, etc.) I
> thought I had saved it for a presentation I need to do, however I cannot
> find it now :) If someone has this posting or a similar cross section of
> where scouts end up, I would greatly appreciate it if you would send it to
> me. Thanks! -James WIlson jwilson@makualla.org
>
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
YIS
Mary Chadwick
Redwood Empire, Yokayo District BSA
District Secretary, District Training Chair
Boy Scout Roundtable Commissioner
Scouting for our Country's Future!
Yokay District web page and Calendar can be found at:
http://www.pacific.net/~ben/scouts.html
