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For every 100 boys who join Scouting, records indicate that:
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Scouting's alumni record is equally impressive.
A recent nation-wide survey of high schools revealed the following statistics:
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Will develop a hobby that will last through their adult life. |
89% of class presidents were Scouts |
| 17 |
Will become future Scout volunteers |
85% of student council presidents were Scouts |
| 12 |
Will have their first contact with a church |
80% of junior class presidents were Scouts |
| 8 |
Will enter a vocation that was learned through the merit badge system |
75% of school publication editors were Scouts |
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5
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Will earn their church award |
71% of football captains were Scouts |
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Will become Eagle Scouts |
Scouts also account for: |
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Will enter the clergy |
64% of Air Force Academy graduates |
| 1 |
Will use his Scouting skills to save his own life |
68% of West Point graduates |
| 1 |
Will use his Scouting skills to save the life of another person |
70% of Annapolis graduates |
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Will one be brought before the juvenile court system |
72% of Rhodes Scholars |
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85% of F.B.I. agents |
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26 of the first 29 astronauts |