When he in Boy Scout uniform appeared at the meeting, boys who adored him began to sing, "our favorite chairman with white mustache and a pair of pince-nez, wearing uniform and walking with a cane, is always cheerful and smiling."
制服姿の新平が集会に現れると、彼を慕うスカウトたちから「僕等の好きな総長は、白いお髭に鼻眼鏡、団服つけて杖もって、いつも元気でニコニコ」と歌声が上がったという。