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Scouting For Girls, Official Handbook of the Girl Scouts
Girl Scouts of the United States of America
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2. Demonstrate ability to judge correctly height,
weight, number and distance, according to
directions in Handbook.
3. Demonstrate ability to find any of the four
cardinal points of the compass, using the sun or
stars as guide.
4. Send and receive messages in the General
Service or the Semaphore Code at the rate of
sixteen and thirty letters a minute respectively.
5. Present the following Badges:
Home Nurse
First Aide
Homemaker
and any two of the following:
Child Nurse
Health Winner
Laundress
Cook
Needlewoman
Gardener
Health
6. Take an overnight hike carrying all necessary
equipment and rations; _or_
Take a group of younger girls on a day time hike,
planning the whole trip, including where and how
to get the food, assigning to each girl her part
in responsibility, directing transportation and
occupation, and so forth; _or_
Be one of four to construct a practical lean-to;
_or_
Demonstrate skating backwards, the outer edge, and
stopping suddenly; _or_
Run on skis; _or_
Show your acquaintance from personal observation
of the habits of four animals or four birds.
7. Be able to swim fifty yards, _or_ in case of
inaccessibility to water, be able to shin up ten
feet of rope, or in case of physical disability,
earn any merit badge selected that involves
out-of-door activity.
Helpfulness
8. Present a Tenderfoot trained by candidate.
9. Present to Captain or Council some definite
proof of service to the community.
10. Earn or save one dollar and start a savings
account in bank or Postal Savings, or buy Thrift
Stamps.
Recommended: Practice Setting-up Exercises. Practice First Class Drill.
[Illustration: AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL
KATHARINE LEE BATES
Music by
WILL C. MACFARLANE,
Municipal Organist, Portland, Maine
_Maestoso_
1. O beautiful for spacious skies,
For amber waves of grain,
For purple mountain majesties
Above the fruited plain!
America! America!
God shed His grace on thee.
And crown thy good with brotherhood.
From sea to shining sea!
America! America!
God shed His grace on thee!
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