High Point Boys Welcome Old Scoutmaster Back After War, July, 1919

From The High Point Scout, July, 1919

The Scouts of High Point Welcome the Return of Professor Weaver M. Marr

A letter from Mr. Marr, received a month ago, just after our last issue went to press, stated that he hoped to be in High Point about the middle of July. He did not then know he had been elected to his old position. The letter also revealed his undying interest in the boys and the scout work. He wrote of his appreciation of our efforts in publishing our little paper. Thanks, Professor Marr. There has never been a man in High Point who has taken the interest in boys that you have. There is no one we could so warmly welcome. We know you were a good soldier, and we know you are a good scout, and we are looking forward to the work you are going to do with us and for us the coming year. You are our Scoutmaster sill, and we are your loyal scouts. We feel your sympathy; we feel you understand us. You have not, as so many have done, forgotten the days when you were a boy. Glad we are that you retain your youthful enthusiasm, and touch with the young life. We believe that later others will understand what they do not now—the value of the Scout work. In your absence we have held together and made some advance. In your return we are resolved to press forward. We are eager to hear something of your experiences in the army, of your observations in other lands, and to have you give us something of what the war experience has added to your life. Come on, we are waiting.