Scouting's Bottom Line
What happens to a Scout? For every 100 boys who join Scouting, records indicate that:
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RARELY will one be brought before the juvenile court system
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2 will become Eagle Scouts
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17 will become future Scout volunteers
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12 will have their first contact with a church
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1 will enter the clergy
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5 will earn their church award
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18 will develop a hobby that will last through their adult life
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8 will enter a vocation that was learned through the merit badge system
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1 will use his Scouting skills to save his own life
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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:
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85% of student council presidents were Scouts
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89% of senior class presidents were Scouts
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80% of junior class presidents were Scouts
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75% of school publication editors were Scouts
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71% of football captains were Scouts
Scouts also account for:
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64% of Air Force Academy graduates
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68% of West Point graduates
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70% of Annapolis graduates
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72% of Rhodes Scholars
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85% of F.B.I. agents
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26 of the first 29 astronauts
Note: Since this was written the percentage of Eagle Scouts has climbed to nearly 4%. The Eagle Scout Service in 1997 announced that the figure was 3.89%.
For more information, please see http://usscouts.org/eagle/bottomline.asp