MEMBERSHIP
This Organization is Non-Sectarian and Non-Political
Any girl over ten years old may become a Girl Scout and she may belong
to other organizations at the same time.
She first ranks as Tenderfoot or third-class Girl Scout, then, after one
month, she becomes, after passing certain tests, a second-class Girl
Scout, and finally attains the rank of first-class Girl Scout.
After she has reached the age of eighteen, a girl can become a
lieutenant, and when she is twenty-one years old she may become a
captain if she has passed the first-class examinations. Girl Scouts'
patrols in Europe are sometimes formed by grown-up women, who wish to
carry out the Girl Scout program of preparedness, and these are called
Senior Scouts.
Grades
Tenderfoot
Second Class
First Class
Officers of the Local Organization
A Commissioner. The duties of a Commissioner are:
To inspect companies and patrols and advise how to conduct them
according to the principles found in the Handbook.
To secure the harmonious co-operation of all the captains in the
district.
To be the authority for recommending the issue or the denial of
captains' certificates before they are sent to Headquarters.
To foster the movement generally throughout the district. (Where there
is no Secretary, the Commissioner must organize the examinations for
Merit Badges.)
To forward the semi-annual reports to Headquarters.
A Secretary. The duty of a Secretary is to be the local executive
officer.
She shall have charge of Headquarters and other property of the local
organization.
She shall have a general supervision of the captains and instruct new
captains in their duties.
She shall keep a record of all the troops, the names and addresses of
the captains and the councilors of Girl Scouts, and such other
information in regard to them as may be necessary for her work. She
shall receive all the applications for Girl Scout captains' certificates
and send these applications to Headquarters. Where a local council
exists, all applications must be approved by the local council.
She shall render a report at the regular meetings of the local board of
councilors on the condition and progress of the Girl Scouts.
She shall notify all the members of the annual, regular, and special
meetings.
She shall attend all the public meetings connected with the
organization.
A Treasurer. The duties of a Treasurer:
She shall keep an itemized account of all receipts and disbursements in
a book, and present a written report at the regular meeting of the board
of councilors.
She shall pay only those bills that have been signed by the Commissioner
and Secretary.
She shall make an annual report and produce the vouchers which shall be
submitted to an auditor at least one week before the annual meeting.
All the local organization's funds shall pass through her hands.
A Captain. The duties of a Captain:
The captain has the power to enroll Scouts and to recommend them to the
local committee for badges and medals. She also has the power to release
a Scout from her promise, and to withdraw her badges at any time, and to
discharge her. A Scout who considers herself unjustly treated may appeal
to the local council. Their decision shall be final.
The captain must apply to National Headquarters for an official
certificate. Her application must be accompanied by the names of two
prominent citizens, and in places where a local council is established
her application must be sent through the local council or court of honor
and be endorsed by one member of the council.
The qualifications for a captain shall be:
A general knowledge of the Handbook for Girl Scouts.
A full appreciation of the religious and moral aim underlying the
practical instruction of the entire scheme of training.
Personal standing and character such as will insure a good moral
influence over the girls, and sufficient steadfastness of purpose to
carry out the work with energy and perseverance.
Age not less than twenty-one years.
A captain is assumed to have passed the first-class Scout Test. She
wears the all-round cords, if she prefers to do so, instead of putting
on all the separate badges as the girls do.
Captains may join the Red Cross or any other organization or club.
Officers' certificates must be returned if the officer resigns or if the
certificate is cancelled, as these are the property of the President.
A Lieutenant:
The duties of a lieutenant are the same as those of a captain in the
absence of the captain. She is chosen by the captain to work with her,
and must be over eighteen years of age. Lieutenants may wear captains'
badges after passing the first-class test.
A Patrol Leader is selected in each patrol by the girls themselves (or,
if the girls desire it, by the captain). She holds her office for six
months or a year. The girls are apt to select the right girl for the
place.
The patrol leader must be what her name implies, "A Leader," for she
stands next to the captain and lieutenant, and takes either place in
their absence. The patrol must not look upon her as a "Boss." This
feeling must not enter into the patrol affairs at all, but the girls
must remember that they have put her there, and they must do all they
can to uphold her and support her in the work. If she is the right sort
of girl no such feeling will arise. If a patrol leader gives an order
that a Girl Scout does not like or think fair, the Scout must obey the
order, but later on she may talk it over with her patrol leader. If,
still, she is dissatisfied, she may go to her captain, who must decide
the matter. If the patrol leader is not a good officer, the captain may
reduce her to Scout rank and have another election.
The patrol leader appoints one of her girls as a Corporal, who takes her
place when she is absent, and assists her in keeping the patrol leader's
books.
The duties of the patrol leader are to call the roll and keep a record
of attendance of her patrol.
The patrol leader keeps a record of the dues. Patrol leaders' registers
may be obtained at Headquarters.
The patrol leader is responsible for leaving the club room in perfect
order. She may have her corporal assist her in tidying up, or she may
choose some girls to help her.
Patrol Officers:
Each patrol selects its own secretary or scribe.
The duties of a secretary: To keep a record of what is done at the
meetings; to receive and answer letters.
Patrol Nurse. The duty of a patrol nurse is to take care of any
accidents to the girls during a hike or a picnic. She should possess a
first-aid kit.
QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE THREE GRADES OF GIRL SCOUTS
The Tests
~A Tenderfoot~ (Badge, a Brooch) must be ten years old.
Before making the Scout Promise, she must know:
How to tie four of the following knots: reef, sheet-bend, clove hitch,
bowline, fisherman's, and sheep-shank (see p. 68).
The name of the Governor of the State and of the Mayor of the city.
The History of the Flag, and how to fly it (see p. 135).
The ten Scout Laws.
~A Second-Class Girl Scout~ (Badge, worn on left arm) must have had one
month's service as Third-Class Scout. She must pass the following tests:
Must have made a drawing of, or cut out and made in cloth or on paper,
the Flag of the United States.
Know how to cook one simple dish, such as potatoes or a quarter of a
pound of meat.
Lay a fire in stove, or light a fire in the open with two matches.
Make a bed properly, and know how to make an invalid's bed.
Know her own measurements (see cards at Headquarters for details of
measurement).
Must know the eight points of the compass (see compass, p. 71).
Must know what to do in case of fire (see p. 125).
Must know remedy for poison ivy and what to do to prevent frost-bite
(see pp. 134 and 135).
Must know health habits (page 96).
Must know how to work a button-hole, or knit or crochet, sew a seam and
hem a garment.
Must know Morse alphabet or semaphore alphabet.
~A First-Class Scout~ (Badge, sewn on left sleeve above elbow, which
entitles the wearer to go in for all-round cords) must have gained a
Second-Class Badge.
Must know how to set a table properly for breakfast, dinner, and supper.
Bring a shirt-waist or skirt sewn by herself or equivalent needlework.
Be able to describe how to get a specified place and walk one mile in
twenty minutes.
Must be able to dress and bathe a child two years old or younger (see p.
122).
Be able to pass an examination upon the first three chapters of the
woman's edition of the American Red Cross Abridged Text-Book in First
Aid.
Must have knowledge of signaling and of semaphore code or International
alphabet (p. 75), writing 32 letters per minute.
Must have 50 cents in savings bank earned by herself.
Must produce a girl trained by herself in tests, Tenderfoot Class.
Know how to distinguish and name ten trees, ten wild flowers, ten wild
animals, ten wild birds.
Must know simple laws of sanitation, health and ventilation (pp. 111 to
115).
Swim fifty yards in her clothes or show a list of twelve satisfactory
good turns.
Show points of compass without a compass.
Must give correctly the Scouts' secret passwords.
The subjects for proficiency badges may be undertaken after a girl
becomes a Second-Class Girl Scout, and the interest in her work is thus
continuous. The badges for proficiency are registered and are issued
only by Headquarters.
ENROLLMENT
Ceremony of Investiture of Scouts
The ceremonial for a Tenderfoot to be invested as a Scout should be a
serious and earnest function. The captain calls "Fall in." The patrol is
formed in a horseshoe, with captain and lieutenant in the gap, and the
American flag spread out. The Tenderfoot, with her patrol leader (who
will already have taught her tests and knots), stands just inside the
circle, opposite the captain. "Salute." All salute her. The lieutenant
holds the staff and hat, shoulder-knot and badge, and neckerchief of the
Tenderfoot. When ordered to come forward by the captain, the patrol
leader brings the Tenderfoot to the center. The captain then asks: "Do
you know what your honor means?"
The Tenderfoot replies: "Yes, it means that I can be trusted to be
truthful and honest"--(or words to that effect).
Captain: "Can I trust you on your honor to be loyal to God and the
country, to help other people at all times, and to obey the Scout Law?"
The Tenderfoot then makes the half salute, and so do the whole company,
whilst she says: "I promise, on my honor to be loyal to God and my
country, to help other people at all times, and to obey the Scout Law."
The captain then says: "I trust you, on your honor, to keep this
promise."
Whilst the recruit is making her promises aloud, all the Scouts remember
their own promises, and vow anew to keep them.
The captain orders: "Invest."
The patrol leader then steps out, gives the Tenderfoot her staff, and
puts her hat, neckerchief, and knot on her.
She then marches up the line to the captain, who pins on her trefoil
badge, and explains that it is her Scout's "life." If, for misbehavior,
her trefoil or life has to be taken from her, she becomes a dead Scout
for the time the captain orders--a day or a week--and is in disgrace.
The badge may be worn at all times, but the uniform is worn only when
the patrol meets.
The new Scout is then initiated into the mysteries of secret passwords
Be Prepared (said backwards). The captain orders: "To your patrol--quick
march."
The whole patrol salute and shoulder staves; the new Scout and her
patrol leader march back to their places.
These badges being the registered designs of the Corps, do not belong to
the girls who have passed the tests.
The equipment does not belong to the girl except by special permission.
Any person wearing Girl Scouts' badges without permission is liable to
be prosecuted according to law, and may incur a penalty. Offenses, such
as people who are not enrolled saluting, outsiders wearing Girl Scouts'
badges, or "Monkey" patrols wearing Girl Scouts' uniforms, must be dealt
with by trial at a Court of Honor to determine the forfeit or penalties
to be imposed on the culprits.
Captains have the power to dismiss a Scout, and the badge and the
buttons of her uniform must then be returned.
BADGES AND AWARDS
The Badge
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The Girl Scout badge is a clover leaf, the three leaves representing the
Girl Scout promises: (1) To do her duty to God and her country. (2) To
help other people at all times. (3) To obey the Scout law.
When to Wear the Badge
A girl asked me what were the occasions on which she might wear her
badge, thinking it was not for everyday use. The reply was, "You may
wear your badge any day and any hour when you are doing what you think
is right. It is only when you are doing wrong that you must take it off;
as you would not then be keeping your Scout promises. Thus you should
either take off the badge, or stop doing what you think is wrong."
The "Thanks" Badge
The "Thanks" badge may be given to any one to whom a Girl Scout owes
gratitude. Every Girl Scout throughout the whole world when she sees the
thanks badge, recognizes that the person who wears it is a friend and it
is her duty to salute and ask if she can be of service to the wearer of
the badge.
[Illustration: The "Thanks" Badge.]
The approval of National Headquarters must be obtained before a thanks
badge is presented to any one.
Medals for Meritorious Deeds
These medals are granted only by Headquarters, or by the President on
special recommendation from the captain, who should send in a full
account with written evidence from two witnesses of the case.
These are worn on the right breast, and are awarded as follows:
Life-Saving Medals
The Bronze Cross. (Red Ribbon.) Presented as the highest possible award
for gallantry, this medal may be won only when the claimant has shown
special heroism or has faced extraordinary risk of life in saving life.
The Silver Cross (Blue Ribbon) is given for gallantry, with considerable
risk to herself.
[Illustration: Bronze and Silver Cross for Saving Life.]
The Badge of Merit (Gilt Wreath. White Ribbon), for a Scout who does her
duty exceptionally well, though without grave risks to herself, or for
specially good work in recruiting on behalf of the Girl Scout movement,
or for especially good record at school for one year in attendance and
lessons is awarded when full records of such deeds accompany the claim.
[Illustration: Gilt Medal of Merit.]
How to Become a "Golden Eaglet"
To secure this honor a Girl Scout must win fourteen of the following
badges: Ambulance, Clerk, Cook, Child-nurse, Dairy-maid, Matron,
Musician, Needlewoman, Naturalist, Sick-nurse, Pathfinder, Pioneer,
Signaler, Swimmer, Athletics, Health or Civics.
In examining for tests one of the Court of Honor should, if possible, be
present.
The Local Committee should be satisfied, through the recommendation of
the girls' captain, that the tests were satisfactorily performed.
TESTS FOR MERIT BADGES
A girl must become a Second Class Scout before she is eligible for the
proficiency tests. Merit badges are issued to those who show proficiency
in the various subjects listed in this chapter. These badges are
registered at Headquarters and are issued from no other source.
The purpose of the various tests is to secure continuity of work and
interest on the part of the girls.
The girl who wins one of these merit badges has her interest stimulated
and gains a certain knowledge of the subject. It is not to be understood
that the knowledge required to obtain a badge is sufficient to qualify
one to earn a living in that branch of industry.
Merit Badges 1. Ambulance. (Maltese Red Cross.)
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To obtain a badge for First Aid or Ambulance a Girl Scout must have
knowledge of the Sylvester or Schaefer methods of resuscitation in cases
of drowning.
Must pass examination on first three chapters of Woman's Edition of Red
Cross Abridged Text Book on First Aid.
Treatment and bandaging the injured (p. 131).
How to stop bleeding (p. 133).
How to apply a tourniquet (p. 134).
Treatment of ivy poison (p. 134).
Treatment of snake-bite (p. 59).
Treatment of frost-bite (p. 135).
How to remove cinder from eye (p. 124).
2. Artist. (Palette.)
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To obtain an artist's badge a Girl Scout must draw or paint in oils or
water colors from nature; or model in clay or plasticine or modeling wax
from plaster casts or from life; or describe the process of etching,
half-tone engraving, color printing or lithographing; or
Arts and Crafts:
Carve in wood; work in metals; do cabinet work.
3. Athletics. (Indian Clubs.)
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To obtain this badge a Scout must:
1. Write a 500-word article on value of Athletics to girls, giving
proper method of dressing and naming activities most beneficial.
2. Be a member of a gymnasium class of supervised athletics or a member
of an active team for field work.
3. Understand the rules of basket ball, volley ball, long ball, tether
ball, tennis and captain ball.
4. Must be able to float, swim, dive and undress in water.
5. Know and be able to teach twenty popular games.
4. Attendance. (Annual.) (Badge, Silver Star.)
Must complete one year of regular attendance.
5. Automobiling. (A Wheel.)
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1. Must pass an examination equal to that required to obtain a permit or
license to operate an automobile in her community.
2. Know how to start a motor and be able to do it and be able to explain
necessary precautions.
3. Know how to extinguish burning oil or gasoline.
4. Comply with such requirements as are imposed by body conducting the
test for licensing drivers.
6. Aviation. (Monoplane.)
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To obtain a merit badge for aviation, a Scout must:
1. Have a knowledge of the theory of the aeroplane, helicopter, and
ornithopter, and of the spherical and dirigible balloon.
2. Have made a working model of any type of heavier than air machine,
that will fly at least twenty-five yards; and have built a box kite that
will fly.
3. Have a knowledge of the types and makes of engines used for
aeroplanes, of the best known makes of aeroplanes, and of feats
performed or of records made by famous aviators.
4. Have a knowledge of names of famous airships (dirigibles) and some of
their records.
5. Understand the difference between aviation and aerostation, and know
the types of apparatus which come under these two heads.
7. Bird Study. (Bird.)
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To secure this badge a Scout must:
1. Give list of 30 well known wild birds of United States.
2. State game bird laws of her State.
3. Give list of 30 wild birds personally observed and identified in the
open.
4. Give list of 10 wild birds sold as cage birds.
5. Name 10 birds that destroy rats and mice.
6. Give list of 25 birds of value to farmers and fruit growers in the
destruction of insect pests on crops and trees.
7. Give name and location of 2 large bird refuges, explain the reason
for their establishment and the birds they protect.
8. Tell what the Audubon Society is and how it endeavors to conserve the
birds of beautiful plumage.
9. What an aigret is, how obtained, and from what bird. (_Land Birds and
Water Birds_, C. A. Reed.) (The Department of Agriculture has a number
of bulletins on birds. See list.)
10. What methods to attract birds winter and summer.
8. Boatswain. (Anchor.)
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To obtain a badge for seamanship a Girl Scout must:
1. Be able to tie six knots.
2. Be able to row, pole, scull, or steer a boat.
3. Land a boat and make fast.
4. State directions by sun and stars.
5. Swim 50 yards with clothes and shoes on.
6. Box the compass and have a knowledge of tides.
7. Know rules of the road for steamers and power boats, also lights for
boats underway. See Pilot Rules, Gov. Ptg. Office, Washington, D. C.
9. Child-Nurse. (Green Cross.)
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To obtain this badge a Girl Scout must:
1. Take care of a child for two hours each day for a month, or care for
a baby for one hour a day for a month.
2. Know how to bathe and dress a baby.
(Examination should be made with infant present, if possible.)
3. Should understand care of children, have elementary knowledge as to
their food, clothing, etc.
4. Know three kindergarten games and describe treatment of simple
ailments.
5. Be able to make poultices, and do patching and darning.
6. Know how to test bath heat and use of thermometer; count the pulse
(p. 123).
10. Clerk. (Pen and Paper.)
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1. Must have legible handwriting; ability to typewrite; a knowledge of
spelling and punctuation; a library hand; or, as an alternative, write
in shorthand from dictation at twenty words a minute as a minimum.
2. Ability to write a letter from memory on a subject given verbally
five minutes previously.
3. Knowledge of simple bookkeeping and arithmetic.
4. Keep complete account of personal receipts and expenditure for six
months, or household accounts for three months.
11. Civics. (Eight-point Star.)
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To obtain this badge a Scout must:
1. Be able to recite the preamble to the Constitution.
2. Be able to state the chief requirements of citizenship of a voter, in
her state, territory or district.
3. Be able to outline the principal points in the naturalization laws in
the United States.
4. Know how a president is elected and installed in office, also method
of electing vice-president, senators, representatives, giving the term
of office and salary of each.
5. Be able to name the officers of the President's Cabinet and their
portfolios.
6. The number of Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States, the
method of their appointment and the term of office.
7. Know how the Governor of her state, the lieutenant-governor, senators
and representatives are elected and their term of office. Also explain
the government of the District of Columbia and give the method of
filling the offices.
8. Know the principal officers in her town or city and how elected and
the term of office.
9. Know the various city departments, and their duties, such as fire,
police, board of health, charities and education.
10. Be able to name and give location of public buildings and points of
interest in her city or town.
11. Tell the history and object of the Declaration of Independence.
12. Cook. (Gridiron.)
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1. Must know how to wash up, wait on table, light a fire, lay a table
for four, and hand dishes correctly at table.
2. Clean and dress fowl.
3. Clean a fish.
4. How to make a cook place in the open.
5. Make tea, coffee or cocoa, mix dough and make bread in oven and state
approximately cost of each dish.
6. Know how to make up a dish out of what was left over from the meals
of the day before.
7. Know the order in which a full course dinner is served.
8. Know how to cook two kinds of meat.
9. Boil or bake two kinds of vegetables successfully.
10. How to make two salads.
11. How to make a preserve of berries or fruit, or how to can them.
12. Estimate cost of food per day for one week.
13. Invalid Cooking. (A palm leaf.)
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1. How to make gruel, barley water, milk toast, oyster or clam soup,
beef tea, chicken jelly.
14. Cyclist. (A Wheel.)
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1. Own a bicycle.
2. Be able to mend a tire.
3. Pledge herself to give the services of her bicycle to the government
in case of need.
4. If she ceases to own a bicycle, she must return the badge.
5. Read a map properly.
6. Know how to make reports if sent out scouting on a road.
15. Dairy. (Sickle.)
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1. Know how to test cow's milk with Babcock Test (p. 119).
2. To make butter.
3. How to milk.
4. Know how to do general dairy work, such as cleaning pans, etc.,
sterilizing utensils.
5. Know how to feed, kill, and dress poultry.
6. Test five cows for ten days each with Babcock Test and make proper
reports.
16. Electricity. (Lightning.)
To obtain a merit badge for Electricity, a Scout must:
1. Illustrate the experiment by which the laws of electrical attraction
and repulsion are shown.
2. Understand the difference between a direct and an alternating
current, and show uses to which each is adapted. Give a method of
determining which kind flows in a given circuit.
3. Make a simple electro-magnet.
4. Have an elementary knowledge of the construction of simple battery
cells, and of the working of electric bells and telephones.
5. Be able to replace fuses and to properly splice, solder, and tape
rubber-covered wires.
6. Demonstrate how to rescue a person in contact with a live electrical
wire, and have a knowledge of the method of resuscitation of a person
insensible from shock.
17. Farmer. (Sun.)
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1. Incubating chickens, feeding and rearing chickens under hens.
2. Storing eggs (p. 116).
3. Knowledge of bees.
4. Swarming, hiving and use of artificial combs.
5. Care of pigs.
6. How to cure hams (p. 120).
7. Know how to pasteurize milk (page 116).
18. Gardening. (A Trowel.)
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1. Participate in the home and school garden work of her community.
2. Plan, make and care for either a back-yard garden, or a window garden
for one season.
3. Give plan of her work, the flowers or vegetables planted, the size
and cost of her plot and the profit gained therefrom.
4. She must also supervise or directly care for the home lawns, flower
beds; attend to the watering, the mowing of the grass, keeping yards
free from waste paper and rubbish, to the clipping of shrubbery and
hedges.
This test is open to scouts already in the Girls' Garden and Canning
Clubs throughout the country and a duplicate of their reports, sent in
for their season's work, to the state agricultural agents, or
agricultural colleges, in co-operation with the Department of
Agriculture of the United States, may be submitted as their test
material for this badge.
_Farmers' Bulletins_, 218, 185, 195.
19. Personal Health. (Dumb-bells.)
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To obtain a badge for personal health, a Scout must:
1. Eat no sweets, candy, or cake between meals for three months.
2. Drink nothing but water, chocolate, or cocoa for a year.
3. Walk a mile daily for three months.
4. Sleep with open window.
5. Take a bath daily for a year, or sponge bath.
6. Write a statement of the care of the teeth, and show that her teeth
are in good condition as a result of proper care.
7. Tell the difference in effect of a cold bath and a hot bath.
8. Describe the effect of lack of sleep and improper nourishment on the
growing girl.
9. Tell how to care for the feet on a march.
10. Describe a good healthful game and state its merits.
11. Tell the dangers of specialization and over-training in the various
forms of athletics, and the advantages of an all-around development.
12. Give five rules of health which if followed will keep a girl healthy
(page 96).
20. Public Health. (U. S. A. Flag.)
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1. Write an article, not over 500 words, about the country-wide campaign
against the housefly, and why, giving the diseases it transmits and make
a diagram showing how the fly carries diseases, typhoid, tuberculosis
and malaria. (See _Public Health Service Bulletins_ on these subjects.)
(Also see page 117.)
2. Tell how to cleanse and purify a house after the presence of
contagious disease.
3. State the laws of her community for reporting contagious disease.
4. Tell how a city should protect its supplies of milk, meat and exposed
foods.
5. Tell how these articles should be cared for in the home. (See
_Farmers' Bulletin_--"Care of Food in the Home.") (Also see pages 115
and 116.)
6. Tell how her community cares for its garbage.
7. State rules for keeping Girl Scout camp sanitary--disposal of
garbage, rubbish, etc.
21. Horsemanship. (Spur.)
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1. Demonstrate riding at a walk, trot and gallop.
2. Know how to saddle and bridle a horse correctly, and how to groom a
horse properly.
3. Know how to harness correctly in a single or double harness, and how
to drive.
4. Know how to tether and hobble and when to give feed and drink.
5. State lighting up time, city law.
6. How to stop run-away horse (page 135).
22. Home-Nursing. (Red Cross, Green Ring.)
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1. Must pass tests recommended by American Red Cross Text Book and
Elementary Hygiene and Home Care of the Sick, by Jane A. Delaro,
Department of the American Red Cross. These tests may be had from
Headquarters, upon request.
2. Know how to make invalid's bed.
3. Know how to take temperature; how to count pulse and respirations.
4. Know how to prepare six dishes of food suitable to give an invalid.
23. Housekeeper. (Crossed Keys.)
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1. Tell how a house should be planned to give efficiency in housework.
2. Know how to use a vacuum cleaner, how to stain and polish hardwood
floors, how to clean wire window screens, how to put away furs and
flannels, how to clean glass, kitchen utensils, brass and sinks.
3. Marketing.
Know three different cuts of meat and prices of each.
Know season for chief fruits and vegetables, fish and game.
Know how flour, sugar, rice, cereals and vegetables are sold; whether by
packages, pound, or bulk, quarts, etc.
4. Tell how to choose furniture.
5. Make a list of table and kitchen utensils, dishes for dining-room and
glasses necessary for a family of four people.
6. How to make a fireless cooker, small refrigerator and window box for
winter use.
7. Prepare a budget showing proper per cent of income to be used for
food, shelter, clothing, savings, etc.
24. Interpreter. (Clasped Hands.)
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1. Be able to carry on a simple conversation in any other language than
her own.
2. Write a letter in a foreign language.
3. Read or translate a passage from a book or newspaper in French,
German, Italian, or in any other language than her own.
25. Laundress. (Flatiron.)
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1. Know how to wash and iron a garment, clear starch and how to do up a
blouse.
2. Press a skirt and coat.
3. Know how to use soap and starch, how to soften hard water, and how to
use a wringer or mangle.
26. Marksmanship. (Rifles.)
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1. Pass tests in judging distances, 300 to 600 yards and in miniature
rifle shooting, any position, twenty rounds at 15 or 25 yards, 80 out of
100.
2. Know how to load pistol, how to fire and aim or use it.
3. Or be proficient in fencing or archery.
27. Music. (Harp.)
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1. Know how to play a musical instrument. Be able to do sight reading.
Have a knowledge of note signs and terms.
2. Name two master composers and two of their greatest works.
3. Be able to name all of the 25 instruments in the orchestra in their
proper order.
4. Never play rag time music, except for dancing.
Or, as an alternative:
1. Have a knowledge of singing. Have a pleasing voice.
2. Know two Scout songs and be able to sing them, or lead the Scout
Troop in singing.
3. Be able to do sight reading.
4. Have a knowledge of note signs and terms.
Or, as an alternative:
1. Sound correctly on a Bugle the customary army calls of the United
States.
28. Naturalist. (Flower.)
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1. Make a collection of fifty species of wild flowers, ferns and grasses
and correctly name them. Or,
1. Fifty colored drawings of wild flowers, ferns or grasses drawn by
herself.
2. Twelve sketches or photographs of animal life.
29. Needlewoman. (Scissors.)
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1. Know how to cut and fit. How to sew by hand and by machine.
2. Know how to knit, embroider or crochet.
3. Bring two garments cut out by herself; sew on hooks and eyes and
buttons. Make a button-hole.
4. Produce satisfactory examples of darning and patching.
30. Pathfinder. (Hand.)
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1. Know the topography of the city, all the public buildings, public
schools, and monuments.
2. Know how to use the fire alarm.
3. In the country know the country lanes and roads and by-paths, so as
to be able to direct and guide people at any time in finding their way.
4. Know the distance to four neighboring towns and how to get to these
towns.
5. Draw a map of the neighborhood with roads leading to cities and
towns.
6. Be able to state the points of the compass by stars or the sun, using
watch as compass when sun is invisible.
31. Pioneer. (Axes.)
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1. Tie six knots. Make a camp kitchen.
2. Build a shack suitable for three occupants.
32. Photography. (Camera.)
1. Know use of lens, construction of camera, effect of light on
sensitive films and the action of developers.
2. Be able to show knowledge of several printing processes.
3. Produce 12 photos of scout activities, half indoor and half outdoors,
taken, developed and printed by herself, also 3 pictures of either
birds, animals, or fish in their natural haunts, 3 portraits and 3
landscapes.
33. Scribe. (Open Book.)
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1. Must present a certificate from teacher of her school, showing a
year's record of excellence in scholarship, attendance and deportment.
2. Describe in an article, not to exceed a thousand words, how a
newspaper is made; its different departments, the functions of its
staff; how the local news is gathered; how the news of the world is
gathered and disseminated.
3. Define briefly a news item.
4. Define briefly an editorial.
5. Define briefly a special story.
6. Tell how printer's ink is made.
7. Tell how paper is made.
8. Describe evolution of typesetting from hand composition to machine
composition.
9. Write 12 news articles (preferably one a month), not to exceed 500
words each, on events that come within the observation of the Scout that
are not public news, as for instance, school athletic events,
entertainments of Scouts, church or school, neighborhood incidents.
10. Write a special story on some phase of scout-craft, a hike, or
camping experience, etc.
Or, as an alternative:
Write a good poem.
Write a good story.
Know principal American authors of prose and verse in the past and
present century.
34. Signaling. (Two Flags.)
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1. Send and receive a message in two of the following systems of
signaling: Semaphore, Morse. Not fewer than twenty-four letters a
minute.
2. Receive signals by sound, whistle, bugle or buzzer.
3. Or general service (International Morse Code).
35. Swimmer. (Life-buoy.)
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1. Swim fifty yards in clothes, skirt and boots.
2. Demonstrate diving.
3. Artificial respiration.
4. Flinging a life-line.
5. Flinging a life-buoy.
6. Saving the drowning.
Requirements for examination must be sent to parents of candidate for
approval. Approval must also be obtained from the family physician or
some other doctor.
36. Telegraphy. (Telegraph Pole.)
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1. Be able to read and send a message in Morse and in Continental Code,
twenty letters per minute, or must obtain a certificate for wireless
telegraphy. (These certificates are awarded by Government instructors.)
(See p. 77.)
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