Scouting Fun Facts

A recent nationwide survey showed that:

89% of senior class presidents were scouts
80% of junior class presidents were scouts
85% of Student Council Presidents were scouts
88% of school newspaper editors were scouts
71% of football captains were scouts
64% of basketball captains were scouts
64% of Air Force Academy graduates were scouts
58% of West Point graduates were scouts
70% of Naval Academy graduates were scouts
72% of Rhodes Scholars were scouts
85% of FBI Agents were scouts at one time

For every 100 boys that enter scouts:

Very rarely will one appear before a juvenile court judge
12 will be from families that belong to no church
6 of these will be brought into contact with a church and continue
3 will become pastors
45 will serve in the Military
1 person will use scout skills to save somebody else’s live
2 will report that they used scout skills to save their own lives
17 will later serve as adult volunteers
8 will find their future life vocations from scouting
30 will drop out the first year
4 will reach the rank of Eagle Scout

While less than 2% of our nation's youth are a part of the Scouting movement, 3 out of 4 of the leaders of this nation in business, religion and politics were scouts. 65% of all college and university graduates were scouts, and 133 of the 233 Astronauts were scouts at one time. Actually, 26 of the first 29 Astronauts in NASA’s program were Eagle scouts.

As it happens, 4 out of 100 scouts successfully reach the rank of Eagle Scout. So, what about the other 96 scouts who didn’t make it to Eagle? Did they just waste their time? No. The scouts have “aims and methods," which are found in the Scout Oath and Law, the Patrol Method, outdoors training, personal growth, leadership, and so on. Advancing up is certainly one of these, but only one. Just being part of the program gives a child the opportunity to “better and belong."

Sure, we know the famous Eagle Scouts like Sam Walton, James Lovell, Hank Aaron, Gerald Ford, John Glenn, Ross Perot, and Steven Speilberg. Did you know, though, about the not-quite Eagles? These scouts include John F. Kennedy, Jimmy Stewart, Harrison Ford, Merlin Olson, Richard Gere, Nolan Ryan, Jim Morrison, Joe Theisman, Bill Gates, and the not-quite Queen’s Scout Paul McCartney in the British Scouts. The list goes on and on. Scouting really does make a difference!

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