A HOUSE RESOLUTION TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR DUNCAN CHRISTOPHER PERRY FOR HIS NOTEWORTHY ACHIEVEMENTS IN THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA, AND CONGRATULATE HIM UPON ACHIEVING THE PRESTIGIOUS RANK OF EAGLE SCOUT, THE HIGHEST AWARD IN SCOUTING. Whereas, the members of the South Carolina House of Representatives are pleased to learn that Duncan Christopher Perry of Troop 804 of the Pee Dee Area Council has successfully completed the requirements for the rank of Eagle Scout; and Whereas, to earn the rank of Eagle Scout, a Boy Scout must demonstrate that he lives by the principles of the Scout Oath and Law in his daily life; he must plan, develop, and give leadership to others in a service project helpful to any religious institution, any school, or his community; and he must earn a total of twentyone merit badges, actively serve in a position of responsibility within his troop for six months, take part in a Scoutmaster conference, and complete an Eagle Scout board of review; and Whereas, only two percent of Boy Scouts complete these rigorous requirements to achieve the coveted rank of Eagle Scout; and Whereas, in the early 1900s all over the British Empire, the Scout Movement began to form troops as a result of reading Lord Robert to to train soldiers. In BadenPowell’s “Aids Scouting,” written 1910, at the age of fiftythree, Lord Baden-Powell retired from a highly successful career as a scout in the British army to give his attention to this work; and Whereas, as an outgrowth of the Scout Movement in England and with the endorsement of the Chief Scout of the World, Lord
A HOUSE RESOLUTION TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR DUNCAN CHRISTOPHER PERRY FOR HIS NOTEWORTHY ACHIEVEMENTS IN THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA, AND CONGRATULATE HIM UPON ACHIEVING THE PRESTIGIOUS RANK OF EAGLE SCOUT, THE HIGHEST AWARD IN SCOUTING. Whereas, the members of the South Carolina House of Representatives are pleased to learn that Duncan Christopher Perry of Troop 804 of the Pee Dee Area Council has successfully completed the requirements for the rank of Eagle Scout; and Whereas, to earn the rank of Eagle Scout, a Boy Scout must demonstrate that he lives by the principles of the Scout Oath and Law in his daily life; he must plan, develop, and give leadership to others in a service project helpful to any religious institution, any school, or his community; and he must earn a total of twentyone merit badges, actively serve in a position of responsibility within his troop for six months, take part in a Scoutmaster conference, and complete an Eagle Scout board of review; and Whereas, only two percent of Boy Scouts complete these rigorous requirements to achieve the coveted rank of Eagle Scout; and Whereas, in the early 1900s all over the British Empire, the Scout Movement began to form troops as a result of reading Lord Robert BadenPowell’s “Aids to Scouting,” written to train soldiers. In 1910, at the age of fiftythree, Lord Baden-Powell retired from a highly successful career as a scout in the British army to give his attention to this work; and Whereas, as an outgrowth of the Scout Movement in England and with the endorsement of the Chief Scout of the World, Lord
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