The following appeared in the "Scouter's Digest" Vol. 6 No. 31

Boy Scout Alumni are:         71% of football captains
          65% of basketball captains
          85% of student council presidents
          88% of school newspaper editors
          77% of school newspaper editors
          75% of business managers of school publications
          80% of junior class presidents
          89% of senior class presidents
          65% of college graduates
          72% of Rhodes Scholars
          75% of Military Academy graduates
          65% of US Congress
          85% of airline pilots
          85% of FBI agents
           
26 of the first 29 astronauts.
11 of the 12 who walked on the moon.
108 of 172 astronauts were Boy Scouts.
Over half of the 108 attained Star, Life or Eagle rank.

For Every 100 youths involved in Scouts:
  12 will have their first contact with a church
  5 will earn their religious emblem
  1 will enter the clergy
  1 will use Scout skills to save a life
  1 will use Scout skills to save his own life
  2 will become Eagle Scouts
  8 will enter professions first learned through the Merit Badge system
  17 will become Scouting volunteers
  18 will develop hobbies that will give them lifelong interest
  Only rarely will one appear in juvenile court.
 
And yet, Scouting reaches only 25 percent of the youth in this country!