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Scouting For Girls, Official Handbook of the Girl Scouts
Girl Scouts of the United States of America
Girl Scouts -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
7. Know how to use the fire alarm, how to consult
telephone directory, how to call for assistance in
case of water leak, accident, burglary, forest
fire and how to call the police for any other
emergency.
8. Find any of the four cardinal points of the
compass by sun or stars, by use of a watch and a
cane or stick.
REFERENCES:
Sections in Handbook on "Woodcraft," and "Measurements and Map-making,"
and publications of local Historical Societies, Guides and Directories.
[Illustration: PHOTOGRAPHER
SYMBOL--CAMERA ON STANDARD]
1. Submit six good photographs, interior and out
of door, taken, developed and printed by self, OR
twelve good photographs taken by self including
portraits, animals, out of door and indoor
subjects.
2. What constitutes a good picture?
3. Give three rules to be followed in taking
interiors, portraits and out of door pictures.
4. Name and describe briefly the processes used in
photography.
5. Tell what a camera is and name and describe the
principal parts of a camera.
6. What is a film? What is a negative?
7. What position in relation to the sun should a
photographer take when exposing a film?
8. Should a shutter be operated slowly? If so,
why?
9. What causes buildings in a picture to look as
if they were falling?
10. What precautions should be taken when
reloading a camera and taking out an exposed film?
11. What is an enlargement? How is it made?
12. What are the results of under exposure and
over exposure?
13. What are the results of failing to take the
proper camera distance, having improper light and
allowing the camera to move?
14. If there is more than one method of exposing a
film what determines the method to be used?
REFERENCES:
"How to Make Good Pictures," Eastman Kodak Company.
"The Photo Miniature," such numbers as appear to be needed.
"Nature and the Camera," A. R. Dugmore, Doubleday.
"Photography for Young People," T. Jenks, Stokes.
"Why My Photographs Are Bad," C. M. Taylor, Jacobs.
[Illustration: PIONEER***
SYMBOL--AXES]
1. Tell four things that must be considered when
choosing a camp site.
2. Know how to use a saw, an axe, a hatchet.
3. Know how to select and fell a tree for building
or fuel purposes. Know a fork and sapling and
their uses.
4. Build or help three others to build a shack
suitable for four occupants.
5. Make a latrine, an incinerator, a cache.
6. Make a fireplace for heating and cooking
purposes and cook a simple meal over it.
7. Know how to tell the directions of the wind.
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