Every girl who goes to a camp in the summer is interested in some form
of sport. But perhaps swimming and boating head the list for popularity.
There are many interesting ways in which to run your swimming program so
that it is taught systematically and leads to real progress and
efficiency.
One method that has been tried successfully in a very large camp, but
which would apply equally well in any camp, is the arrangement of the
entire camp into groups designated as "Swimming Classes" and indicated
by a special color bathing cap for each group or class so that they may
be easily distinguished in the water.
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_Class Number 4, Red Cap._--All who have not passed the canoe test which
is explained under the heading "Class Number 3."
_Class Number 3, Green Cap._--Pass the canoe test which consists of
swimming, floating or otherwise staying above depth for fifteen minutes,
and swimming in from an overturned canoe 20 yards from shore.
_Class Number 2, Blue Cap._
_Strokes_: Breast stroke--25 yards
Side Stroke--25 yards
Back stroke--25 yards
Single overhand--25 yards
Double overhand--25 yards
_Dives_: Standing or running dive from spring board
(3 perfect out of 5).
Dive from a low tower 4 feet high. (3 perfect out of 5).
_Class Number 1, White Cap_.
_Strokes_: Crawl
Trudgeon
_Dives_: From spring board, running plain
From spring board, running jack knife
From spring board, running angel
From spring board, standing side
From spring board, standing back
From float standing from high tower (10) and
3 optional dives from the following:
Hand stand (spring board, high or low tower).
Back somersault, spring board
Front somersault, spring board
Sailor running, spring board
Back dive, high tower
Jack knife, high tower
Double dive, high tower
Another method is to record the swimming achievements on a chart under
the following headings:
Form swimming, ornamental swimming, speed swimming, canoe tests, life
saving and dives.
Did you ever work to become a member of the Women's Life Saving Corps of
the American Red Cross? The purpose of this organization is to train
women in all coast cities, and cities bordering on lakes and rivers, to
be able to meet emergencies in the water and save lives.
There are six tests which have to be passed before a girl is considered
worthy of a W. L. S. C. certificate.
Test 1. Jump off a low dock dressed in bathing
suit, shoes, shirt waist and skirt. Swim to a
given point, (about 20 yards), there undress and
swim in bathing suit to another dock (about 20
yards).
2. Swim down from surface in 10 feet of water and
fetch up a 2-foot birch log from bottom.
3. Rescue a non-resisting person and demonstrate
the "carries" (head, under-arm and side stroke) as
you bring them ashore.
4. In deep water demonstrate the correct breaks
for the wrist holds, and the front and back
strangle holds around the neck.