It is called in our schools 'beastliness', and this is about the best name for it . . . should it become a habit it quickly destroys both health and spirits; he becomes feeble in body and mind, and often ends in a lunatic asylum."

Be Prepared . . . the meaning of the motto is that a scout must prepare himself by previous thinking out and practising how to act on any accident or emergency so that he is never taken by surprise . . .

[A Scout] is never taken by surprise; he knows exactly what to do when anything unexpected happens.

Dyb-dyb-dyb.

A Scout smiles and whistles under all circumstances.