Scouting For Girls, Official Handbook of the Girl Scouts Part 88

SYMBOL--BONNET]

1. Renovate a hat by removing, cleaning and pressing all tr.i.m.m.i.n.gs and the lining, turn or clean the hat and replace tr.i.m.m.i.n.gs 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 tr.i.m.m.i.n.g 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.

[Ill.u.s.tration: MOTORIST****

SYMBOL--A WINGED WHEEL]

To qualify for this badge a Scout must be at least eighteen, and must pa.s.s 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.

[Ill.u.s.tration: MUSICIAN

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 ba.s.s 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.

[Ill.u.s.tration: NEEDLEWOMAN

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 b.u.t.tonhole, sew on b.u.t.tons, 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.