The Boy's Boys Club Analysis

Among the evolving mindset of the 1900s population, the Methodist, Presbyterian and United Church would evolve as well. The adoption of the Canadian Standard Efficacy Training (CSET) and the Canadian Girls in Training (CGIT) educational techniques by the church, allowed for the churches modern-day transition to a masculine Christian and maternal feminist. To display this new educational tactic the church initiated boy’s clubs, The Trail Rangers and the Tuxis Boys, as well as a girl’s club. The boy’s clubs were developed to rival the scouting movement and maintain the churches congregation. Where the church’s boys’ club’s values were inconsistent with modern-day needs and struggled, its girls club adhered with the new coming maternal feminist movement making the club highly admired and a popular organization. The gender oriented clubs of the church display the changing gender roles of the new Century, allowing for …show more content…
This decline in attendance was due to the modern-day focus on masculinity and self-gain, which was being taught by the scouting programs making them highly popular. Differently the scouting movement was not primarily rooted in the church and biblical study, it also did not focus on community cultivation and spirituality, rivaling the churches primary beliefs. This rivalry made the church encourage and develop their own clubs, when boys enlisted in their form of scouting program they would also develop a sense of community in the church and contribute to the future congregation, and by means the future church. This effort was displayed by the use of Boys Parliament, non-Christian teachings and new educational techniques, this idea ensured boys that there would be a growing community among the church with connections to the real world, making it highly useful for long term