The Jester of St. Timothys

The Jester of St. Timothy's

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Title: The Jester of St. Timothy's
Author: Arthur Stanwood Pier
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OFFICERS OF THE NATIONAL COUNCIL.
Honorary President, THE HON. WOODROW WILSON Honorary
Vice-President, HON. WILLIAM H. TAFT Honorary Vice-President,
COLONEL THEODORE ROOSEVELT President, COLIN H.
LIVINGSTONE, Washington, D. C. Vice-President, B. L. DULANEY,

Bristol, Tenn.
Vice-President, MILTON A. McRAE, Detroit, Mich. Vice-President,
DAVID STARK JORDAN, Stanford University, Cal. Vice-President, F.
L. SEELY, Asheville, N. C. Vice-President, A. STAMFORD WHITE,
Chicago, Ill. Chief Scout, ERNEST THOMPSON SETON, Greenwich,
Connecticut National Scout Commissioner, DANIEL CARTER
BEARD, Flushing, N. Y.
NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA
THE FIFTH AVENUE BUILDING, 200 FIFTH AVENUE
TELEPHONE GRAMERCY 546 NEW YORK CITY
FINANCE COMMITTEE John Sherman Hoyt, Chairman August
Belmont George D. Pratt Mortimer L. Schiff H. Rogers Winthrop
GEORGE D. PRATT, Treasurer JAMES E. WEST, Chief Scout
Executive
ADDITIONAL MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE BOARD
Ernest P. Bidwell Robert Garrett Lee F. Hanmer John Sherman Hoyt
Charles C. Jackson
Prof. Jeremiah W. Jenks William D. Murray Dr. Charles P. Neill
George D. Porter Frank Presbrey
Edgar M. Robinson Mortimer L. Schiff Lorillard Spencer Seth Sprague
Terry
July 31st, 1913.
TO THE PUBLIC:--
In the execution of its purpose to give educational value and moral
worth to the recreational activities of the boyhood of America, the
leaders of the Boy Scout Movement quickly learned that to effectively
carry out its program, the boy must be influenced not only in his

out-of-door life but also in the diversions of his other leisure moments.
It is at such times that the boy is captured by the tales of daring
enterprises and adventurous good times. What now is needful is not
that his taste should be thwarted but trained. There should constantly be
presented to him the books the boy likes best, yet always the books that
will be best for the boy. As a matter of fact, however, the boy's taste is
being constantly vitiated and exploited by the great mass of cheap
juvenile literature.
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To help anxiously concerned parents and educators to meet this grave
peril, the Library Commission of the Boy Scouts of America has been
organised. EVERY BOY'S LIBRARY is the result of their labors. All
the books chosen have been approved by them. The Commission is
composed of the following members: George F. Bowerman, Librarian,
Public Library of the District of Columbia, Washington, D. C.;
Harrison W. Graver, Librarian, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, Pa.;
Claude G. Leland, Superintendent, Bureau of Libraries, Board of
Education, New York City; Edward F. Stevens, Librarian, Pratt
Institute Free Library, Brooklyn, New York; together with the Editorial
Board of our Movement, William D. Murray, George D. Pratt and
Frank Presbrey, with Franklin K. Mathiews, Chief Scout Librarian, as
Secretary.
In selecting the books, the Commission has chosen only such as are of
interest to boys, the first twenty-five being either works of fiction or
stirring stories of adventurous experiences. In later lists, books of a
more serious sort will be included. It is hoped that as many as
twenty-five may be added to the Library each year.
Thanks are due the several publishers who have helped to inaugurate
this new department of our work. Without their co-operation in making
available for popular priced editions some of the best books ever
published for boys, the promotion of EVERY BOY'S LIBRARY would
have been impossible.
We wish, too, to express our heartiest gratitude to the Library

Commission, who, without compensation, have placed their vast
experience and immense resources at the service of our Movement.
The Commission invites suggestions as to future books to be included
in the Library. Librarians, teachers, parents, and all others interested in
welfare work for boys, can render a unique service by forwarding to
National Headquarters lists of such books as in their judgment would
be suitable for EVERY BOY'S LIBRARY.
Signed
[Signature: James E. West]
Chief Scout Executive.

[Illustration: LAWRENCE LAUNCHED HIMSELF AND HURLED
THE RUNNER BACKWARD (p. 194)]

EVERY BOY'S LIBRARY--BOY SCOUT EDITION
THE JESTER OF ST. TIMOTHY'S
By ARTHUR STANWOOD PIER
AUTHOR OF BOYS OF ST. TIMOTHY'S, HARDING OF ST.
TIMOTHY'S. ETC.
ILLUSTRATED
NEW YORK GROSSET & DUNLAP PUBLISHERS COPYRIGHT,
1911, BY ARTHUR STANWOOD PIER
ALL