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our greatest\n\nasset  \nNew York  \n[1925?]  \n# COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY LIBRARIESPRESERVATION DIVISION\n\n## BIBLIOGRAPHIC MICROFORM TARGET\n\nORIGINAL MATERIAL AS FILMED-EXISTING BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD  \n### RESTRICTIONS ON USE:\n\n Roproductions may not be made without permisslon from Columbia University Libraries.                  \n## TECHNICAL MICROFORM DATA\n\nFILM SIZE:            5mm  \nIMAGE PLACEMENT:IA  \nIB  \nDATE FILMED:                    4-a8-97INITIALS:         9B  \nTRACKING\\#:                                                                                        23376  \nFILMED BY PRESERVATION RESOURCES,BETHLEHEM,PA.  \n+  \n190  \nThe following address was delivered by Mr.West on theoceasion of the Ninth Annual Convention of Lions Interna-tional.Immediately afterwards,Mr.West was unanimouslyelected an honorary member,as a tribute to his services tothe boyhood of the world.  \nThis address is substantially the same as that deliveredbefore civie organizations during 1924-1925,in the eourse ofa 23,000 mile tour.The list included the following eities:  \nALABAMA:Montgomery,Anniston  \nARIZONA:Tuscon  \nARKANSAS:Little Rock,Hot Springs  \nCALIFORNIA:San Diego,Los Angeles,Pasadena,Oakland,  \nSan Francisco,Sacramento,Bay DistrietDELAWARE:WilmingtonFLORIDA:JacksonvilleGEORGIA:Atlanta  \nILLINOIS:Chieago,Joliet,Rock IslandIOWA:Cedar Rapids,Iowa City,Des MoinesLOUISIANA:MonroeMAINE:South Caseo  \nMASSACHUSETTS:Lincoln,SpringfeldMINNESOTA:St.Cloud,Fergus FallsDuluth,Winona,St  \nPaul,Minneapolis  \nMISSISSIPPI:Jackson  \nMISSOURI:Kansas City,St.Louis,St.Joseph  \nMONTANA:Butte  \nNEVADA:Reno  \nNORTH CAROLINA:Charlotte  \nNORTH DAKOTA:Fargo  \nOHIO:Cedar Point,Cincinnati  \nOKLAHOMA:Tulsa,Oklahoma City  \nOREGON:Portland  \nPENNSYLVANIA:PhiladelphiaSOUTH CAROLINA:Charleston  \nTENNESSEE:Memphis,Chattanooga  \nTEXAS:Galveston,San Antonio,EI Paso,Austin  \nUTAH:Ogden  \nWASHINGTON:Seattle,Spokane  \nWISCONSIN:Milwaukee,Madison  \nWEST VIRGINIA:Parkersburg,Wheeling  \nMr 3i924Ae  \n# Conserving Our Greatest Asset\n\n## JAMES E.WEST\n\nPARTI-ORGANIZATION AND AIMS  \nI come to you this morning not only to bring you amessage.I bring you the greetings from an organization ofmen and boys that is nation-wide,yes,world-wide.Thoseof us who are in Scouting are thinking in terms of inter-national brotherhood,international_friendship,and we,likeyou,have international alliances._Here in our own countrywe have a membership of some 776,000 men and boys.Ontheir behalf I bring to yon a word of appreciation for thesplendid service that has been rendered to the Boy Scoutsof Ameriea by various clubs in different parts of the country.Indeed,we gladly acknowledge that much of the strength,much of the success,much of the value of the Boy ScoutMovement is due to the practical expression of interest onthe part of the service clubs of our eountry.Lions?YesAnd your brother organizations.Indeed,I would be inter-ested to know how many in this audience here today arenow,or have been in some way connected with the Boy ScoutMovement,either as a scont,as a scoutmaster,as a troop com-mitteeman,a couneil member,or a contributor.Please raiseyour hands.(Practieally every delegate signified he had beeninterested in some way.)(Applause.)  \nYou see,gentlemen,you are a part of us!I do want,Mr.Chairman,to have the records of this meeting show that thegoverning body,the Exeeutive Board of the National Couneil,and the Executive Officers of the Boy Scouts of America aredeeply appreciative of the splendid service which has beenrendered to the boyhood of America throngh the co-operationof the members of your organization with ours.  \n### What Is Scouting?\n\nI find in my travels throughout the country that one ofour greatest handieaps is a lack of nnderstanding as to thereal purposes and objectives of the Boy Scouts of Ameriea.It is likely that some in this room,in all good faith,feel thatthey have a pretty full understanding of 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