Scouting For Girls, Official Handbook of the Girl Scouts Part 11

First Cla.s.s Scout Test

Head

1. Draw a simple map of territory seen on hike or about camping place, according to directions in Handbook, using at least ten conventional map signs. Area covered must equal a quarter square mile, and if territory along road is used it should be at least 2 miles long.

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 compa.s.s, using the sun or stars as guide.

4. Send and receive messages in the General Service or the Semaph.o.r.e 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, a.s.signing 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 s.h.i.+n 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 Cla.s.s Drill.

[Ill.u.s.tration: AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL

KATHARINE LEE BATES

Music by WILL C. MACFARLANE, Munic.i.p.al Organist, Portland, Maine

_Maestoso_

1. O beautiful for s.p.a.cious skies, For amber waves of grain, For purple mountain majesties Above the fruited plain!

America! America!

G.o.d shed His grace on thee.

And crown thy good with brotherhood.

From sea to s.h.i.+ning sea!

America! America!

G.o.d shed His grace on thee!

2. O beautiful for pilgrim feet, Whose stern, impa.s.sion'd stress A thoroughfare for freedom beat Across the wilderness!

America! America!

G.o.d mend thine ev'ry flaw.

Confirm thy soul in self-control, Thy liberty in law!

America! America!

G.o.d shed His grace on thee!

3. O beautiful for heroes proved, In liberating strife.

Who more than self their country loved.

And mercy more than life!

America! America!

May G.o.d thy gold refine, Till all success be n.o.bleness, And ev'ry gain divine!

America! America!

G.o.d shed His grace on thee!

4. O beautiful for patriot dream That sees beyond the years Thine alabaster cities gleam Undimm'd by human tears!

America! America!

G.o.d shed His grace on thee.

And crown thy good with brotherhood.

From sea to s.h.i.+ning sea!

America! America!

G.o.d shed His grace on thee!

Copyright, 1913, by WILL C. MACFARLANE]

FOOTNOTE:

[1] By permission of the author.