It is what to do with him in his leisure time that will, of course, contribute to his health and his education and his morals, but in the main what will direct his interests to constructive joy instead of destructive glee and will yield him constructive joy for the balance of his life.
Herbert Hoover: “It is what to do with him in his leisure time that will, of course, contribute to his health and his education and his…”
On the recordMarch 9, 1930
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Address Commemorating the 20th Anniversary of the Boy Scouts of America.
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