Chapter XXIX: Section XVIII: Girl Scout Proficiency Tests and Special Medals (2)

Demonstrate ability to plan for an indoor party,
arranging the rooms, a place for wraps,
entertainment of guests, serving of refreshments.

4. Set a table and entertain guests for lunch or
dinner or afternoon tea and demonstrate the duties
of a hostess who has no maid, or one who has a
maid, to serve.

5. What are the duties of a hostess when
entertaining a house guest for a few days or more?

GUESTS:

6. When entertained as a house guest what are some
of the necessary things to be remembered?

7. What is a "bread and butter" letter? Write one.

8. When invited to a party, luncheon, dinner, or
to make a visit, how should the invitations be
acknowledged? Write at least two letters to cover
the question.

9. What are the duties of a caller, dinner or
party guest as concerns time of arrival, length of
stay and leaving?

REFERENCES:

"Everyday Manners, for American Boys and Girls," by the Faculty of the South Philadelphia High School for Girls, Macmillan, 1922.

"Dame Courtesy's Book of Novel Entertainments," E. H. Glover, McClurg.

"Hostess of Today," L. H. Larned, Scribner.

"Bright Ideas for Entertaining," H. B. Linscott, Jacobs.

SYMBOL--UNITED STATES ARMY EMBLEM]

1. Show ability to converse in a language other
than English.

2. Translate quickly and accurately a conversation
in a foreign language into English, and English
into a foreign language.

3. Be able to write a simple letter in a language
other than one's own, subject to be given by
examiner.

4. Read a passage from a book or newspaper written
in a language other than one's own.

5. Write a clear intelligible letter in a foreign
language.

SYMBOL--BOTTLE AND PEN]

1. Know how a newspaper is made, its different
departments, functions of its staff, how the local
news is gathered, how the news of the world is
gathered and disseminated--Inquire at newspaper
office.

2. What is a news item?

3. What is an editorial?

4. Describe briefly the three important kinds of
type-setting used today.

5. Write two articles, not to exceed five hundred
words each, on events that come within the
observation of the Scouts. For instance give the
school athletic events or describe an
entertainment for Scouts in church or school or
rally.

6. Write some special story about Scoutcraft such
as a hike or camping experience.

REFERENCES:

"Newspaper," G. B. Dibble, Holt.

"Handbook of Journalism," N. C. Fowler, Sully.

SYMBOL--FLAT IRON]

1. What elements are needed to clean soiled
clothes?

2. Show a blouse that you have starched and
folded, OR

Show a skirt and coat you have pressed.

3. How is starch made? How is it prepared for use?

4. What is soap? How is it made? What is soap
powder?

5. How can you soften hard water? How are a ringer
and a mangle used?

6. Name steps to take in washing colored garments.

7. Should table linen be starched? Why?

8. Why do we run clothes through blueing water?
What is blueing? How made?

9. Know the different kinds of irons and how to
take care of irons.

10. How to remove stains; ink, fruit, rust, grass,
cocoa and grease. Why must stains be removed
before laundering?

11. What clothes should be boiled to make them
clean? How are flannels washed? What should be
done to clothes after drying before they are
ironed?

REFERENCES:

"Saturday Mornings," C. B. Burrell, Dana Estes.

"First Aid to the Young Housekeeper," C. T. Herrick, Scribner.

"Guide to Laundry Work," M. D. Chambers, Boston Cooking School.

"Approved Methods for Home Laundry," Mary Beals Vail, B. S., Proctor Gamble Co.

SYMBOL--BONNET]

1. Renovate a hat by removing, cleaning and
pressing all trimmings and the lining, turn or
clean the hat and replace trimmings and lining.

2. Trim a felt hat and make and sew in the
lining.

3. Make a gingham, cretonne or straw hat using a
wire frame.

4. What is felt and how is it made into hats?

5. What is straw and how is it prepared for
millinery purposes?

6. How is straw braid for hats sold?

7. What is meant by "a hand made hat?"

8. Can the shape of a felt or straw hat be
materially changed? if so by what process?

9. What kind of thread is best for sewing trimming
on to a hat?

10. How is the head measured for ascertaining the
head size for a hat?

REFERENCES:

"Art of Millinery," Anna Ben Yusef, Millinery Trade Pub. Co.

SYMBOL--A WINGED WHEEL]

To qualify for this badge a Scout must be at least eighteen, and must pass the examination which was required for the Motor Corps of the National League for Women's Service.

This includes:

1. A certificate of health from a physician.

2. Possessing the First Aide Badge.

3. A diploma from a training course for motorists,
such as that run by the Y. M. C. A., with a mark
of at least 85 per cent.

4. A driver's license from her State, signed by
the Secretary of State.

5. Taking the oath of allegiance.

REFERENCE:

"The Gasoline Automobile," by Hobbs, Elliott and Consoliver, McGraw, Hill Book Co.

Putnam's Automobile Handbook, H. C. Brokaw, Putnam.

SYMBOL--HARP]

For pianist, violinist, cellist or singer.

1. Play or sing a scale and know its composition.

2. Write a scale in both the treble and bass clef.

3. Know a half-tone, whole tone, a third, fifth
and octave.

4. Be able to distinguish a march from a waltz,
and give the time of each.

5. What is a quarter, half and whole note, draw
symbols.

6. Name five great composers and one composition
of each, including an opera, a piano composition,
a song. Two of the foregoing must be American.

7. Play or sing from memory three verses of the
Star Spangled Banner. The Battle Hymn of the
Republic and America.

8. Play or sing correctly from memory one piece of
good music.

9. For instrumentalist: Be able to play at sight a
moderately difficult piece and explain all signs
and terms in it.

For singers: Show with baton how to lead a group
in singing compositions written in 3/4 and 4/4
time.

10. What is an orchestra: Name at least five
instruments in an orchestra.

REFERENCES:

"Art of the Singer," W. T. Henderson, Scribner.

"How to Listen to Music," H. E. Krehbiel, Scribner.

"Orchestral Instruments and What They Do," D. G. Mason, Novello.

SYMBOL--SPOOL, THREAD AND NEEDLE]

1. Know how to run a seam, overcast, roll and
whip, hem, tuck, gather, bind, make a French seam,
make buttonhole, sew on buttons, hooks and eyes,
darn and patch. Submit samples of each.

2. Show the difference between "straight" and "on
the bias," and how to make both.

3. Know the difference between linen, cotton and
woolen, and pick out samples of each.

4. Know how thread, silk and needles are numbered
and what the numbers indicate.

5. Know how to measure and plan fullness for
edging or lace.

6. Know how to lay a pattern on cloth, cut out a
simple article of wearing apparel and make same.
Use this article to demonstrate as much of
question 1 as possible.

7. Knit, either a muffler, sweater or baby's
jacket and cap and crochet one yard of lace or
make a yard of tatting.

8. Hemstitch or scallop a towel or bureau scarf
and work an initial on it in cross stitch.

REFERENCES:

"Complete Dressmaker," C. E. Laughlin, Appleton.

"Art in Needlework," S. F. Day, Scribner.

SYMBOL--A HAND POINTING]

1. Describe the general plan of the city, town or
village in which you live, locate the principal
shopping, business and residence districts and
know how to reach them from any quarter of the
city, town or village. Be able to direct a person
to the nearest place of worship to which they
desire to go, OR

Describe in a general way the township or county
in which you live giving the principal roads,
naming two of the nearest and largest cities or
towns, giving their distance from your residence
and telling how to reach them.

2. Know the route of the principal surface car and
subway lines, OR

The name of the nearest railroad division to your
residence and four of the principal cities or
towns through which it passes within a distance of
one hundred miles.

3. Know at least three historic points of interest
within the limits of your city, town or village,
how to get to them and why they are historic, OR

Tell of three things of interest concerning the
history of your own community.

4. Know the name and location of the Post Office,
Telegraph and Telephone Stations, Public Library,
City or Town Hall, one Hospital of good standing,
one hotel or inn, three churches, one Protestant,
one Catholic, one Synagogue, and the nearest
railroad, OR

Know the name, location and distance from your
home or village of the nearest Library, Hospital,
Church, Post Office, Telegraph and Telephone and
Railroad Stations.

5. Know the name and location of three buildings
or places in your city, town or village, of
interest from a point of beauty either of
architecture, decoration or surroundings, OR

Know and locate three places of interest within
ten miles of your home, because of beautiful views
or surroundings, OR give directions for taking a
walk through beautiful woods, lanes or roads.

6. Draw a map of the district around your home
covering an area of one quarter square mile,
noting streets, schools and other public
buildings, fire alarm boxes, at least one public
telephone booth, one doctor's office, one drug
store, one provision store, and four points of the
compass. Draw to scale, OR

Draw a map covering a half square mile of country
around your home noting schools and any other
public buildings, roads, lanes, points of
interest, historic or otherwise, streams, lakes
and four cardinal points of the compass. Map must
be drawn to scale.

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.

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.

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.

8. Know how to mark a trail.

9. Tell what to do to make water safe for drinking
if there is any question as to its purity.

REFERENCES:

"Campward Ho!" A Manual for Girl Scout Camps, National Headquarters, Girl Scouts, Inc.

"Camping and Woodcraft," Horace Kephart, Macmillan.

"On the Trail," L. Beard, Scribner.

"Vacation Camps for Girls," Jeannette Marks, D. Appleton.

SYMBOL--PICK AND SHOVEL]

1. Collect and correctly identify ten rocks found
among the glacial boulders.

2. Make photograph or make sketch of glacial
boulders.

3. Collect two or three scratched glaciated
pebbles or cobblestones in the drift.

4. Make a sketch or photograph of an exposed
section of glaciated or scratched bed-rock and
note as accurately as you can the direction of the
scratches or grooves.

REFERENCES:

"The Story of Our Continent," N. S. Shaler, Ginn and Co.

"The Great Ice Age and Its Relation to the Antiquity of Man," D. Appleton and Co.

"A Text Book of Geology," portion of Chapter XXV entitled "The Glacial Epoch in North America,"--D. Appleton and Co.

"Physiography for High School," Chapter V entitled, "The Work of Snow and Ice," Henry Holt and Co.

"An Introduction to Physical Geography," Chapter VI entitled, "Glaciers," D. Appleton, or any other good text-book of geology or physical geography.

"Travels in Alaska," John Muir.

SYMBOL--ANCHOR]

Qualify for questions under A, one to eleven, and one other test on rowboat, sailboat, canoe or motor boat.

A. GENERAL

1. Swim twenty-five yards with clothes and shoes
on, or hold the swimming merit badge.

2. Know sixteen points of the compass.

3. Find any one of the four cardinal points of the
compass by sun or stars.

4. Know the rules for right of way.

5. Know how to counteract the effect of current,
tide and wind.

6. Demonstrate making a landing, coming along
side, making fast, pushing off.

7. What is a calm? What is a squall? What are the
sky and water conditions that denote the approach
of the latter?

8. Why are squalls dangerous?

9. What are the dangers of moving about or
standing in a boat?

10. Tie four knots for use in handling a boat.
Prepare, tie and throw a life line a distance of
25 feet.

11. Which is the "port" and which the "starboard"
side of the boat, and what color lights represent
each.

B. ROWBOAT.

1. Demonstrate correct way to step into a rowboat,
to boat the oars, feather the oars, turn around,
row backward, back water, keep a straight course.

2. Name two types of row boats.

3. Demonstrate rowing alone on a straight course
for a period of one-half hour. Keep stroke with
another person for the same length of time.

4. Demonstrate sculling or poling.

5. Bail and clean a boat.

6. What does it mean to "trim ship?"

C. SAILBOAT.

1. Demonstrate hoisting a sail, taking in a reef,
letting out a reef, steering, sailing close to
the wind, before the wind, coming about, coming up
into the wind.

2. What is meant by tacking?

3. What is the difference between a keel and
centerboard type of boat? Tell the advantage of
each.

4. Coil the ropes on a sailboat.

5. Name three different types of sailboats.

D. CANOE.

1. Where and how should a canoe be placed when not
in use?

2. Demonstrate putting a canoe into the water,
stepping into it, taking it out, and the technique
of bow and stern paddling.

3. Overturn, right and get back into a canoe.

4. Name two standard makes of canoes.

5. What does it mean to make a portage?

E. MOTORBOAT.

1. Know how to oil the engine and the best kind of
oil with which to oil it.

2. Demonstrate cleaning the engine; cranking the
engine.

3. Know how to measure gas in tank, how much gas
the tank holds, and how long the engine will run
when the tank is full. Know how to judge good
gasoline.

4. Why should a motor boat never be left without
turning off the gas? State reasons.

5. Be able to rectify trouble with the carburetor.

6. Know proper weight of anchor for boat; how to
lower and hoist anchor; how to ground anchor so
boat will not drag; know the knot to fasten rope
to anchor and rope to boat, and how to throw out
anchor.

7. Demonstrate how to coil rope so it will not
kink when anchor is thrown out.

8. Know channels and right of way by buoys and
lights.

REFERENCES:

"Harper's Boating Book for Boys," C. J. Davis, Harper.

"Boat Sailing," A. J. Kenealy, Outing.

SYMBOL--OPEN BOOK]

1. Submit an original short story, an essay or
play or poem.

2. Know three authors of prose and their
compositions.

3. Mention the names and some works of three
novelists, two essayists, three poets, two
dramatists of the present century, at least three
of them American.

SYMBOL--CROSSED FLAGS]

SEMAPHORE

1. Give alphabet correctly in 30 seconds, or
less.

2. Give the following abbreviations correctly;
AFFIRMATIVE, ACKNOWLEDGE, ATTENTION, ERROR,
NEGATIVE, PREPARATORY, ANNULLING, SIGN OF
NUMERALS.

3. Send message not previously read, of twenty
words, containing three numerals and sent at the
rate of 50 letters per minute. Only one error to
be allowed. Technique is to be considered and
judged.

4. Receive unknown message of twenty words,
containing three numerals at the same rate. Two
errors to be allowed. Scouts may have someone take
message down in writing as they read it, and five
minutes in which to rewrite it afterwards.

WIGWAG

1. Give alphabet correctly in two and one half
minutes or less.

2. Give numerals up to ten correctly.

3. Send message not previously read, of twenty
words, containing three numerals, at the rate of
ten letters per minute. Only one error allowed;
technique and regularity to be considered and
judged.

4. Receive unknown message of twenty words,
containing three numerals, to be given at the rate
of 10 letters per minute--Two errors to be
allowed. Conditions for receiving, the same as in
Semaphore.

BUZZER

GENERAL SERVICE CODE

1. Send message of twenty words, not previously
read, at the rate of ten letters per minute. Two
errors allowed.

2. Receive unknown message of twenty words to be
given at the same rate. Two errors allowed. Scouts
to be allowed five minutes in which to rewrite
message, afterwards.

REFERENCES:

"How to Signal by Many Methods," J. Gibson, Gale.

"Cadet Manual," E. Z. Steever, Lippincott.

"Boys' Camp Manual," C. K. Taylor, Century.

"Outdoor Signalling," Elbert Wells, Outing Pub. Co.

SYMBOL--STAR GROUP]

1. What is meant by the Solar System?

2. Make a diagram showing the relative positions
and movements of the earth, sun and moon. What
governs the tide? What causes an eclipse? What is
a comet, a shooting star, a sun spot?

3. Name the planets in their order from the sun.
Which planet is nearest the earth and give its
distance?

4. How fast does light travel?

5. What is the difference between planets and
fixed stars and name three of the latter.

6. What is a constellation? Name and be able to
point out six. Name two constellations which are
visible throughout the year.

7. Draw a chart of the Big Dipper and Cassiopeia
and the North Star at intervals of three hours
through the night using a fixed frame and drawing
from the same spot.

8. Observe a sunrise and a sunset.

9. What is the Milky-Way? Give its course through
the heavens.

10. What is a morning star? What is an evening
star?

11. Explain zenith and nadir.

12. What is the Aurora Borealis? Have you seen it?

REFERENCES:

"Field Book of Stars," W. T. Olcott, Putnam.

"The Book of Stars," R. F. Collins, D. Appleton.

"Around the Year With the Stars," Garrett P. Serviss, Harper.

"Monthly Evening Sky Map," Barrett, 360 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, N. Y.

"The Star People," Gaylord Johnson, Macmillan 1921. Especially for Younger Scouts.

"The Call of the Stars," John, R. Kilfax.

SYMBOL--LIFE BUOY]

The following is identical with the life-saving test for Juniors of the American Red Cross. If the test is given by one of the various examiners of the First Aid Service of the American Red Cross the Scout may wear in addition to the regular Scout Badge the Junior Life Saving Badge. It is recommended that Girl Scout troops work toward the establishment of Junior Life Saving Crews, directions for the formation of which may be secured from any American Red Cross Division.

I. Pass the swimmer's test for American Red Cross as follows: a. Swim 100 yards, using two or more strokes. b. Dive properly from a take-off. c. Swim on back 50 feet. d. Retrieve objects at reasonable depth from surface (at least 8 feet).

II. Life Savers must pass the following test, winning at least 75 points. The value in points for each section of the test is given in parenthesis after it:

1. Carry a person of own weight 10 yards, by: a.
Head carry. (10 points). b. Cross Chest Carry. (10
points). c. Hair or two point carry, or repeat
cross chest carry. (9 points). d. Tired Swimmer's
carry. (5 points).

2. Break three grips, turning after break, bring
subject to surface, and start ashore: a. Wrist
hold. (8 points). b. Front neck hold (10 points).
c. Back neck hold. (10 points).

3. Make surface dive and recover object from
bottom. (10 points).

4. Demonstrate the Schaefer method of inducing
artificial respiration. (18 points).

5. Disrobe in water from middy blouse, skirt or
bloomers, and camp shoes, and then swim one
hundred yards, not touching shore from time
entering water. (10 points).

SYMBOL--TELEGRAPH POLE]

Either: a. Telegraphy,

1. Send 22 letters per minute using a sounder and
American Morse Code.

2. Receive 25 letters per minute and write out the
message in long hand or on a typewriter directly
from sound.

No mistakes allowed. OR

b. Wireless. Pass examination for lowest grade wireless operator according to U. S. N. regulations.

REFERENCE:

"Harper's Beginning Electricity," D. C. Shafer, Harper.

SYMBOL--SEAHORSE]

I. To pass this test a Scout must be able to tell in a general way the differences between plants and animals, the different kinds of animals, Invertebrates and Vertebrates, and among the Vertebrates to distinguish between Fishes, Amphibia, Reptiles, Birds and Mammals.

II. She must also pass the test on Mammals and the test on at least one other group: either Invertebrates, Fishes, Amphibia, Reptiles or Birds, (For this see special test under Bird Hunter).

A. MAMMALS

1. Describe and give life history of ten wild
mammals personally observed and identified.

2. Name two mammals that kill fruit trees by
girdling them.

3. Mention three mammals that destroy the farmer's
grain.

4. State game laws of your State which apply to
mammals.

5. Name and locate one great game preserve in the
United States and mention five game mammals
protected there.

B. REPTILES

1. Give the life history of one reptile.

2. Give names of three Turtles that you have
identified in the open.

3. What is the only poisonous Lizard in the United
States?

4. Name and describe the poisonous Snakes of your
State.

C. AMPHIBIANS

1. Describe the life history of the frog or the
toad.

2. Describe the wonderful power of changing color
shown by the common Tree-frog.

3. What is the difference in the external
appearance of a salamander and a lizard?

4. Give a list of five Amphibians that you have
identified in the open.

D. FISHES

1. Describe the habits of feeding and egg-laying
in one of our native fishes.

2. Mention a common fish that has no scales, one
that has very small scales, and one that has
comparatively large scales.

3. Name five much-used food fishes of the sea, and
five fresh-water food-fishes.

4. What are some necessary characteristics of a
game-fish? Mention a well-known salt-water game
fish, and two fresh-water ones.

5. Describe the nest of some local fish, giving
location, size, etc.

E. INVERTEBRATES

(EITHER of the following)

a. Insects and Spiders

1. How may mosquitoes be exterminated?

2. Collect, preserve and identify ten butterflies,
five moths, ten other insects, and three spiders.

3. Describe the habit that certain ants have of
caring for plant-lice or aphids which secrete
honey-dew.

4. Describe the life-history of one of our
solitary wasps. (See "Wasps Social and Solitary,"
by George W. and Elizabeth G. Peckham; Houghton
Mifflin Co.)

5. Describe the life of a hive or colony of honey
bees. (See "The Life of the Bee," by Maurice
Maeterlinck, Dodd Mead Co.)

b. Sea Shore Life

1. Name five invertebrates used as food and state
where they are found.

2. What is the food of the starfish? How are
starfish destroyed?

3. Name twenty invertebrates which you have seen
and give the locality where they were found.

4. Name five invertebrates that live in the water
only and five that burrow in the mud or sand.

5. What invertebrate was eaten by the Indians and
its shell used in making wampum? Where have you
seen this animal?

GENERAL REFERENCES

A. MAMMALS

"Life-Histories of Northern Animals," 2 vols., Ernest Thompson Seton, Scribner.

"American Animals," Stone, Witmer and Wm. E. Cram, Doubleday Page.

"American Natural History, Vol. I, Mammals," Wm. T. Hornaday, Scribner.

"Squirrels and Other Fur-Bearers," John Burroughs, Houghton, Mifflin.

"Kindred of the Wild," C.G.D. Roberts, Doubleday Page.

"Animals, Their Relation and Use to Man," C.D. Wood, Ginn and Co.

"Popular Natural History," J.G. Wood, Winston.

B. REPTILES

"Reptile Book," Raymond L. Ditmars, Doubleday Page.

"The Poisonous Snakes of North America," Leonhard Stejnegar, Report U. S. National Museum, 1893.

C. AMPHIBIANS

"The Frog Book," Mary Cynthia Dickerson, Doubleday Page.

"Manual of Vertebrates of the Northern United States," David Starr Jordon, A.C. McClurg Pub. Co.

"Nature Study and Life," Clifton F. Hodge, Ginn and Co.

D. FISHES

"American Food and Game Fishes," David Starr Jordan and Barton W. Evermann, Doubleday Page.

"The Care of Home Aquaria," Raymond C. Osburn, New York Zoological Society.

"The Story of the Fishes," James Newton Baskett, D. Appleton and Co.

E. INVERTEBRATES

a. Insects and Spiders

"Butterfly Guide," W. J. Holland, Doubleday Page.--(For beginners).

"Our Common Butterflies," Frank E. Lutz, (Guide Leaflet No. 38, American Museum of Natural History).

"How to Collect and Preserve Insects," Frank E. Lutz, (Guide Leaflet No. 39, American Museum of Natural History).

"The Moth Book," W. J. Holland, Doubleday Page.

"The Butterfly Book," W. J. Holland, Doubleday Page.

"The Spider Book," J. H. Comstock, Doubleday Page.

"Moths and Butterflies," Mary C. Dickerson, Ginn and Co.

"Manual for the Study of Insects," J. H. and A. B. Comstock, Comstock Publishing Co.

"The Wonders of Instinct," Jean Henri Fabre, Century Co.

"Field Book of Insects," Frank E. Lutz, Putnam.

b. Sea Shore Life

"The Sea-Beach at Ebb Tide," A. F. Arnold, The Century Co.

"Sea-Shore Life," A. G. Mayer, (New York Zoological Society 1906).

"Introduction to Zoology," C. B. and G. C. Davenport, Macmillan Co., 1900.

III. GROUP BADGES

The Scout who follows one line of interest sufficiently long to qualify in several related subjects may take a Group Badge signifying proficiency in the general field.

Citizen***
Health Guardian***
Economist
Business Woman***
Telegrapher
Interpreter
Motorist****
Canner]

First Aide***
Home Nurse***
Homemaker
Health Winner
Health Guardian***
Child Nurse*** or Cook]

Athlete***
Motorist****
Horsewoman
Sailor
Swimmer
Pioneer
Pathfinder]

To earn this Badge a Scout must have passed three of the tests of Bird Hunter, Flower Finder, Rock Tapper, Star Gazer or Zoologist. She must also pass the following brief test:

1. What sorts of things are included in Nature
Study?

2. What are the other names for living and
non-living objects?

3. Read one of the following general books on
Nature Study.

GENERAL NATURE STUDY REFERENCES:

"Handbook of Nature Study," Anna Botsford Comstock, Comstock Publishing Co. (Manual for Leaders).

"Nature Study and Life," Clifton F. Hodge, Ginn and Co.

"The Story Book of Science," J. Henri Fabre, Century Co.

"Leaf and Tendril," John Burroughs, Houghton Mifflin.

"Wake Robin," John Burroughs, Houghton Mifflin.

"Natural History of Selbourne," Gilbert White.

"Travels in Alaska," John Muir.

"My First Summer in the Sierras," John Muir.

Gardener
Farmer
Dairy Maid
Bee Keeper]

IV. GOLDEN EAGLET

SYMBOL--A GOLD EAGLET PIN OR PENDANT

Qualifications: Only First Class Scouts are eligible for this, the highest award offered to Girl Scouts. To obtain this a girl must have been given the Medal of Merit and in addition have won twenty-one Proficiency Badges, of which fifteen must be:

Athlete***
Bird Hunter or Flower Finder or Zoologist
Citizen***
Cook
Dressmaker
Economist
First Aide***
Health Guardian***
Health Winner
Homemaker
Home Nurse***
Hostess
Laundress
Child Nurse***
Pioneer

V. SPECIAL MEDALS

To earn this a Scout must attend every troop meeting for a year. A year is counted as one meeting a week for eight months, or two meetings a week for four months.

1. The gold star is given for attendance at all
regular troop meetings held during a period of one
year. Punctuality is required and no excuses
allowed.

2. The silver star is given for attendance at 90
per cent of all regular troop meetings.

3. The attendance badge may be given only to a
girl who has belonged to the organization for one
year; the badges therefore denote how many years a
girl has been a Scout.

1. The Bronze Cross is given as the highest
possible award for gallantry, and may be won only
when the claimant has shown special heroism or has
faced extraordinary risk of life.

2. The Silver Cross is awarded for saving life
with considerable risk to oneself.

3. These two medals are worn over the right
pocket.

4. Applications must be made by the girl's
Captain, who should send to National Headquarters,
through the Local Council, if there is one, a full
account with written evidence from two witnesses
of the deed.

1. The Medal of Merit is designed for the Scout
who does her duty exceptionally well, though
without grave risk to herself.

2. This medal is worn over the right pocket.

3. Only registered Scouts are entitled to this
medal.

4. Application for this medal should be made by
the girl's Captain, who should send to National
Headquarters, through the Local Council, if there
is one, a full account of the circumstances upon
which the claim is based.

1. The Thanks Badge may be given to anyone to whom
a Scout owes gratitude for assistance in promoting
Scouting. Every Girl Scout anywhere in 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.

2. The Thanks Badge may be worn on a chain or
ribbon.

3. The approval of National Headquarters must be
obtained before the Thanks Badge is presented to
anyone. Applications may be sent to National
Headquarters by any registered Scout (whether
Captain, Lieutenant, or Girl Scout) giving the
name of the person to whom the badge is to be
given and the circumstances which justify the
award. Unless the badge is to be presented to the
Captain herself, her recommendation is required.

SCHOLARSHIP BADGE; For this see Blue Book of Rules, Edition, March 1922, p-4.

VI. GIRL SCOUT OFFICERS AND CLASS INSIGNIA

FOOTNOTES:

[8] Any Captain can form a Junior Audubon Club by applying to "The National Association of Audubon Societies," 1974 Broadway, N. Y. City. The club dues are ten cents annually, per member, and must be paid for by the Club. If 25 or more belong, the Magazine "Bird Lore" will be sent.

[9] Note: Scouts in non-glacial regions may apply to Headquarters for other tests in preparation.

[10] This must be passed on by National Headquarters.