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,,the ,,girl ,,scouts4  ,by ,,louise    
,,stevens ,,bryant1  ,educational       
,secretary1 ,girl ,scouts4              
,,contents4--,history and               
growth--,activities--,methods--,organiza
tion4   ,do you believe that girls      
should like to work at home1 to cook and
 clean house and mind the baby8 ,do you 
believe that a girl should like to take 
care of her clothes and be able to make 
them2 that she should know how to be    
thrifty and to conserve the family money
 in buying and using food and clothing2 
that she should play a fair game and put
 the group above her personal interests8
 ,do you believe that she should value a
 strong healthy body above clothes and  
cosmetics1 and rejoice in the hope of   
being some day the healthy mother of    
healthy children8  ,if you do1 you      
believe in the ,girl ,scouts1 for in    
this organization the girls learn all   
these things in such a happy way that   
they like to do them1 which means that  

they keep on doing them4  ,the ,girl    
,scouts1 a national organization1 is    
open to any girl who expresses her      
desire to join1 and voluntarily accepts 
the promise and the laws4 ,the object of
 the ,girl ,scouts is to bring to all   
girls the opportunity for group         
experience1 outdoor life1 and to learn  
through work1 but more by play1 to serve
 their community4 ,patterned after the  
,girl ,guides of ,england1 the sister   
organization of the ,boy ,scouts1 the   
,girl ,scouts have developed a method of
 self-government and a variety of       
activities that appear to be well suited
 to the desires of the girls1 as the    
#hi1hfd scouts and the #b1ejj new       
applicants each month testify4          
,,history ,,and ,,growth4   ,girl       
,scouts and their leaders1 to the number
 of #hi1hfd1 were in #aibj organized in 
every ,state1 and in ,hawaii1 ,porto    
,rico1 and ,alaska4 ,there are troops in
 #a1djj cities1 and local councils in   
#afb places4 ,this represents a         

tremendous growth since the founding by 
,mrs4 ,juliette ,low in ,march1 #aiab1  
of a handful of enthusiastic ,girl      
,guides in ,savannah1 ,ga4 ,in #aiae the
 growth of the movement warranted its   
national incorporation2 so headquarters 
were established in ,washington1 ,d4    
,c41 and the name changed to ,girl      
,scouts1 ,incorporated4 ,in #aiaf the   
headquarters were removed to ,new ,york1
 and are now located at #ahi ,lexington 
,avenue4  ,from the start the           
organization has been nonsectarian and  
open to all races and nationalities4    
,through the ,international ,council the
 ,girl ,scouts are affiliated with the  
,girl ,guides of ,england and all parts 
of the ,british ,empire1 and similar    
organizations in other parts of the     
world4  ,at the #aibj meeting of the    
international conference at ,london1    
reports were received from ,italy1      
,france1 ,belgium1 ,switzerland1        
,poland1 ,norway1 ,sweden1 ,denmark1    
,holland1 ,portugal1 ,russia1           

,czechoslovakia1 ,brazil1 ,argentina1   
,japan1 ,china1 and ,siberia1 as well as
 from all parts of the ,british ,empire1
 and the ,united ,states4  ,from a      
membership of #i1gfi in ,january1 #aiah1
 the girl scouts grew to #hi1hfd in     
#aiba1 at the rate of nearly #aj to #a  
in three years4 ,the greatest relative  
growth was in #aiah1 when the membership
 grew fourfold4 ,during #aiai the       
increase over the preceding year was    
more than two-thirds1 while in #aibj the
 relative increase was one-third4 ,the  
details are as shown in the accompanying
 table4  ,this growth is due to a       
spontaneous demand of community after   
community for scouting for girls1 and   
not to deliberate propaganda on the part
 of the national headquarters4 ,the     
reasons for it are therefore to be      
sought in the activities and methods    
themselves1 which make such widespread  
appeal4     ,,activities4   ,a glance   
through the handbook1 ,scouting for     
,girls1 will show that the activities of

 the girl scouts center about the three 
interests--,home1 ,health1 and          
,citizenship4  ,home4--,the program     
provides incentives for practicing      
woman's world-old arts by requiring an  
elementary proficiency in cooking1      
housekeeping1 first aid1 and the rules  
of healthful living for any girl scout  
passing beyond the ,tenderfoot stage4   
,of the forty-odd subjects for which    
,proficiency ,badges are given1 more    
than one-fourth are in subjects directly
 related to the services of woman in the
 home1 as mother1 nurse1 or home-keeper4
  ,growth of ,girl ,scout membership1   
,jan4 #a1 #aiah1 to ,jan4 #a1           
#aiba--;,active registrations4          
,january #a4  ,officers4  ,increase4    
,scouts4  ,increase4  ,total4           
,increase4   #aiah          #a1cad      
444444     #h1dee    444444     #i1gfi  
444444  #aiai          #c1hbc           
#b1eji    #cf1hdg    #bh1cib    #dj1fgj 
#cj1ija  #aibj          #e1ceg          
#a1ecd    #fa1ged    #bd1ijg    #fg1aaa 

#bf1dda  #aiba          #f1hci          
#a1dhb    #hc1jbe    #ba1bga    #hi1hfd 
#bb1gec  ,into this work1 so often      
distasteful because solitary1 is brought
 the sense of comradeship4 ,this is     
effected partly by having much of the   
actual training done in groups4 ,another
 element is the public recognition and  
rewarding of skill in this1 woman's most
 elementary service to the world1       
usually taken for granted and ignored4  
,the spirit of play infused into the    
simplest and most repetitious of        
household tasks banishes drudgery4 ,give
 us1 oh1 give us1 says ,carlyle1 the man
 who sings at his work4 ,he will do more
 in the same time1 he will do it better1
 he will persevere longer4 ,wondrous is 
the strength of cheerfulness2 altogether
 past comprehension its power of        
endurance4  ,while the place of most    
production is to-day outside the home1  
much of the final preparation of goods1 
particularly food and clothing1 is still
 done there4 ,so that1 while the        

homecrafts are far from being the vital 
necessities they once were1 they are    
still needed4  ,handicrafts of many     
sorts enter into the program of the girl
 scouts4 ,in camping1 girls must know   
how to set up tents1 build lean-to's1   
and construct fireplaces4 ,they must    
also know how to make knots of various  
sorts to use for bandages1 tying        
parcels1 hitching1 etc4 ,among the      
productive occupations in which         
,proficiency ,badges are awarded are    
cooking1 house planning1 beekeeping1    
dairying and general farming1 gardening1
 millinery1 weaving1 and needlework4    
,while production has left the home1    
consumption is increasingly the business
 of the home-keeping woman4 ,there are  
few purchases1 even for men's own use1  
which women do not have a hand in       
selecting4 ,practically the entire      
burden of household buying in all       
departments falls on the woman1 who is  
thus in a position to learn how to spend
 wisely and make the most of each       

dollar4 ,in ,france this has long been  
recognized1 and the women of the middle 
classes are the buying partners and     
bookkeepers in their husbands' business4
  ,the girl-scout organization          
encourages thrifty habits and economy in
 buying in all of its activities4 ,the  
scout troops are self-supporting1 and   
are expected to earn most of their      
equipment by means of rallies1 pageants1
 plays1 as well as by individual effort4
 ,one of the #aj scout laws is that ,a  
girl scout is thrifty4  ,health4--,the  
girl scout learns that a cheerful scout1
 a clean scout1 a helpful scout is a    
well scout4 ,she is the only scout that 
really is prepared4 ,so that health1    
physical and mental1 is the keynote to  
the scout activities1 which are         
calculated to develop the habit of      
health1 rather than simply to give      
information about anatomy or physiology4
 ,personal health is recognized by the  
badge of ,health ,winner1 given to the  
girl who for three months follows       

certain rules of living1 such as eating 
only wholesome food1 drinking plenty of 
water1 going to bed early1 exercising in
 the open air1 and keeping clean1 and   
who shows the result by improved        
posture1 and by the absence of          
constipation and colds4 ,outdoor sports1
 swimming1 boating1 and dancing are     
other health-producing activities4  ,of 
all health-promoting activities1 camping
 is the best1 and this means all stages 
of life in the open1 from the day's     
hike1 with one meal out of doors1 to the
 overnight or week-end hike1 and finally
 the real1 big camp1 open all summer4   
,girl scouts learn how to dress for     
outdoor living1 how to walk without     
fatigue1 and how to provide themselves  
with food1 warmth1 and shelter1 so that 
roughing it does not mean being         
uncomfortable4  ,during #aibj1 #ej large
 girl-scout camps were maintained in #af
 ,states4 ,these are self-supporting1   
and as they are open for #aj weeks as a 
rule and accommodate about #ej girls at 

a time1 they give an opportunity to     
several thousand for the best sort of   
holiday4  ,the idea is to have enough   
camps to give every scout the           
experience4 ,to promote this work       
national headquarters maintains a       
camping section and has published a     
book1 ,campward ,ho6 which gives full   
directions for organizing and running   
large1 self-supporting camps for girls4 
,community health habits are quite as   
important as the purely personal1 and   
the older girl scout is expected to     
become a health guardian1 which means   
that she takes an intelligent interest  
in the things pertaining to public      
health1 such as playgrounds1 swimming   
pools1 school lunches1 the water and    
milk supplies1 clean streets1 the       
disposition of waste and garbage1 the   
registration of births1 and the         
prevention of infant mortality4 ,she    
also learns how to help in times of     
emergency as first aid1 in sickness as  
home nurse1 and at any time as child    

nurse4  ,a scout whose mind is filled   
with interesting facts about birds and  
animals and trees1 and who is busy      
playing games with her companions or in 
making useful and beautiful things and  
in rendering active service to her home 
and community1 is apt to have a healthy 
mind without thinking much about it4    
,and she has a little rule for the blue 
times1 which is to smile and sing under 
all difficulties4  ,citizenship4--,the  
basic organization of the girl scouts   
into the self-governing unit of a patrol
 is in itself an excellent means of     
political training4 ,patrols and troops 
conduct their own meetings1 and the     
scouts learn the elements of            
parliamentary law4 ,working together in 
groups1 they realize the necessity for  
democratic decisions4 ,they also come to
 have community interests of an         
impersonal sort4 ,this is perhaps the   
greatest single contribution of the     
scouts toward the training of girls for 
citizenship4 ,little boys play not only 

together but with men and boys of all   
ages4 ,the interest of baseball is not  
confined to any one age4 ,the rules of  
the game are the same for all1 and the  
smallest boy's judgment on the skill of 
the players may be as valid as that of  
the oldest fan4 ,girls have had in the  
past no such common interests4 ,their   
games have been either solitary or in   
very small groups1 in activities largely
 of a personal character4 ,if women are 
to be effective in modern political     
society1 they must have from earliest   
youth gregarious interests and          
occupations4  ,among the scout          
activities that tend to develop this    
larger community sense are games1       
athletic sports of all kinds1 including 
team work and competition between small1
 well-knit groups4 ,folk dancing and    
other forms of amusement1 such as       
dramatics1 pageants1 and story-telling1 
serve a similar purpose because they all
 mean the possession of a resource not  
only for the right use of the girl's own

 leisure time1 but for serving this need
 in the community4     ,,methods4   ,the
 activities of the girl scouts are1 of  
course1 not peculiar to this            
organization4 ,every one of them is     
provided for elsewhere1 in schools1     
clubs1 and societies4 ,but the way in   
which they are combined and coordinated 
about certain basic principles is       
peculiar to the girl scouts4  ,in the   
first place all these activities have a 
common motive1 which is preparation for 
a fuller life for the individual1 not   
only in her personal but in her social  
relations4 ,it is believed that both the
 habits formed and the concrete         
information acquired contribute to the  
girls being ready to meet intelligently 
most of the situations that are likely  
to arise in their later life4 ,this     
concept is expressed in the girl scout's
 motto1 ,be prepared4  ,the method of   
preparation followed is that found in   
nature1 whereby young animals and birds 
play at doing all the things they will  

need to do well when they are grown and 
must feed and fend for themselves and   
their babies4  ,the heart of the girl   
scouts' laws is helpfulness1 and so the 
scouts have a slogan3 ,do a good turn   
daily4 ,by following this in letter and 
spirit1 helpfulness becomes second      
nature4  ,because the girl scouts are   
citizens they know and respect the      
meaning of the flag1 and one of the     
first things they learn is the pledge3  
,i pledge allegiance to my flag1 and to 
the ,republic for which it stands2 one  
,nation indivisible1 with liberty and   
justice for all4  ,some observers have  
criticized the girl-scout organization  
because of its apparently military      
character4 ,it is true that the girls   
wear a uniform of khaki and are grouped 
in patrols corresponding to the fours in
 the ,army2 that they salute and learn  
simple forms of drill and signaling4    
,but the reason they do these is because
 the military organization happens to be
 the oldest form of organization in the 

world1 and it works4 ,it is the best way
 men have found of getting a number of  
persons to work together4 ,following    
directions given to a group is quite a  
different matter from doing something   
alone1 and most of us need special      
training in this4 ,a group of eight has 
been found to work the best1 because it 
is the largest number that can be       
handled by a person just beginning to be
 a leader1 and1 moreover1 elementary    
qualities of leadership seem to exist in
 just about the proportion of one in    
eight4 ,it is probably on this account  
that children take so kindly to the     
form1 rather than because of any glamor 
of the army1 though this must be        
admitted as a factor4 ,in actual        
practice the drill and signaling take up
 a very small portion of the program and
 are nowhere followed as ends in        
themselves1 but only as a means to an   
end4  ,uniform4--,the uniform is simple1
 durable1 and allows freedom of action4 
,it is of khaki because this has been   

found to be the best wearing fabric and 
color4 ,it is not easily torn and does  
not readily soil4 ,wearing it gives the 
girls a sense of belonging to a larger  
group1 such as it is hard to get in any 
other way4 ,it keeps constantly before  
them the fact that they represent a     
community to whose laws they have       
voluntarily subscribed1 and whose honor 
they uphold4 ,it is well1 too1 to have  
an impersonal costume1 if for no other  
reason than to counteract the tendency  
of girls to concentrate upon their      
personal appearance4 ,to have a neat1   
simple1 useful garb is a novel          
experience to many an overdressed doll  
who has been taught to measure all worth
 by extravagance of appearance4         
,,organization4   ,the outstanding      
feature of the girl-scout organization  
is its voluntary character4 ,among some 
#g1djj officers and leaders of girl     
scouts throughout the country in the    
fall of #aibj1 just #baa were paid      
workers4 ,this is about #c per cent4    

,the organization is actually a great   
volunteer school of citizenship in which
 the women of the country share with    
their younger sisters the results of    
their own experience in ideals and      
practical working knowledge of community
 living4 ,scout troops are organized    
either independently or in connection   
with public and private schools1        
churches1 settlements1 and other        
associations4  ,scouts of different     
ages4--,the original girl-scout program 
was designed mainly with the needs of   
the young adolescent in mind1 and the   
age was fixed from #aj to #ah years4    
,but the little girls wanted to come in1
 and so a separate division was made for
 them called the ,brownies or ,junior   
,scouts4 ,then the older girls and women
 wanted to join1 and as time went on the
 original girl scouts grew up but not   
out of the scout movement1 and programs 
are being made for ,citizen ,scouts who 
are #ah and over4  ,the three age groups
 seem to be natural ones1 and each has  

its own methods and activities4 ,the    
,brownies are formed into packs1 under  
the leadership of a ,brown ,owl1 and    
play games and learn self-help and how  
to lend a hand to their families4 ,the  
,citizen ,scouts are expected to be     
self-directing and to take actual part  
in the life of the community and1 either
 as wage earners or service givers1 to  
pay their way4  ,but the large majority 
of all girl scouts belong to the middle 
group4 ,more girls register at #ac than 
at any other age4 ,this is interesting1 
as it marks the age of susceptibility to
 social ideas1 shown also by the fact   
that it is the most common age of       
religious conversion4 ,it is also the   
age of first crime4 ,the distribution of
 ages at first registration is shown by 
the accompanying table4  ,the           
organization of the regular girl scouts 
is as follows3  ,ages of ,girl ,scouts  
at first registration4                  
-------------------------------   ,ages4
        ,number4 ,per #a1jjj4           

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#f-i             #ddj          #e   #aj 
#f1jei         #gc   #aa                
#i1acj        #aaj   #ab                
#ad1heg        #agi   #ac               
#af1dcd        #aih   #ad               
#ad1bgf        #agb   #ae               
#aj1gjg        #abi   #af               
#e1haj         #gj   #ag                
#c1dhf         #db                      
-------------------   ,total #aj-ag     
#hj1gei        #igh   #ah and over      
#a1hbf         #bb                      
-------------------   ,grand total      
#hc1jbe      #a1jjj                     
-------------------------------         
,patrol4--,eight girls form a ,patrol1  
which is the working unit4 ,one of them 
is elected patrol leader and has charge 
of the activities for as long as the    
patrol wishes4 ,it is desirable to have 
each girl of a patrol serve as a leader 
at some time or other4  ,troop4--,one or
 more patrols constitute a ,troop1 which
 is the administrative unit recognized  

by the national organization4 ,the      
,troop meets weekly and wherever        
possible at a place which belongs to it4
 ,when possible troops should meet      
outdoors4 ,the troops are               
self-supporting and earn money for all  
equipment as well as for camps and hikes
 or special activities4 ,troops are     
registered with national headquarters   
and pay annual dues of #ej cents for    
each member4 ,they also have their own  
local dues1 generally #e or #aj cents   
weekly4  ,captain4--,the troop is under 
the direction of a ,captain1 who must be
 at least #ba years of age and whose    
qualification as a leader of young girls
 is passed upon by national headquarters
 before she is commissioned4            
,lieutenant4--,a captain may have one or
 more ,lieutenants1 who must be at least
 #ah years of age1 and whose commissions
 are likewise subject to control by     
national headquarters4 ,captains and    
lieutenants may be organized into       
associations in any given locality4     

,scout classes4--,there are three       
classes of girl scouts1 the youngest    
being the ,tenderfoot1 the name given by
 frontiersmen to the man from the city  
who is not hardened to the rough life   
out of doors4 ,even the ,tenderfoot1    
however1 has to know some things1       
including the promise1 laws1 slogan1 and
 motto2 how to salute and the respect   
due to the flag2 how to make an         
,american flag2 and how to tie at least 
four kinds of useful knots4 ,she must   
also have earned enough money to buy    
some part of her scout equipment4  ,the 
,second-class scout has been a          
tenderfoot for at least one month and   
can pass a test of distinctly greater   
difficulty4 ,this includes1 under home  
interests1 the ability to make fires in 
stoves and out of doors1 to cook a      
simple dish so that it will be          
palatable1 to set a table for two       
courses1 to make an ordinary and a      
hospital bed1 and to sew4  ,under health
 interests1 she must know the main rules

 of healthful living1 her own height and
 weight1 and their relation to the      
standard2 some simple first-aid points  
such as stopping bleeding1 removing     
speck from eye1 and bandaging a sprained
 ankle4 ,she must also have a variety of
 facts at her command that will keep her
 alert and interested when out of doors1
 such as an acquaintance with animals1  
birds1 and plants1 the use of a compass1
 the alphabet of a signal code2 and must
 demonstrate her ability to observe her 
surroundings accurately and quickly so  
as to report upon them4  ,under topics  
preparing for citizenship she must know 
the history of the ,american flag1 how  
to prevent fire1 and what to do in case 
of fire1 and must have served her troop1
 church1 or community in some way and   
earned or saved money for some personal 
or troop equipment4  ,the highest rank  
is that of ,first-class scout1 and is to
 be attained only by a young person of  
considerable accomplishment4 ,she must  
be able to find her way about city or   

country without any of the usual aids1  
using only the compass and her developed
 judgment of distance and direction4    
,she must also be able to communicate   
and receive messages by signaling4 ,she 
must have shown proficiency in home     
nursing1 first aid1 and housekeeping1   
and1 in addition1 in either child care1 
personal health1 laundering1 cooking1   
needlework1 or gardening4 ,she must also
 be an all-round outdoors person1       
familiar with camping and able to lead  
in this1 or be a good skater or a       
naturalist or be able to swim4 ,not only
 must she know all these different      
things1 but she must have trained a     
tenderfoot1 started a savings account1  
and served her community in some        
tangible way4  ,proficiency             
badges4--,after a girl scout has        
attained to first class there are still 
other worlds to conquer1 as the badges  
she has earned on the way are only a few
 of the many to be worked toward4 ,there
 are no less than #dg subjects in which 

a scout may achieve1 and more are being 
added4 ,just to mention a few3 ,a girl  
scout may be an artist1 a beekeeper1 a  
business woman1 a craftsman1 or a       
dancer2 an electrician1 a farmer1 a     
flower finder1 a horsewoman1 an         
interpreter1 a motorist2 or a musician1 
a scribe1 a swimmer1 or a star gazer4   
,the highest award given is the ,golden 
,eaglet1 which means the earning of #ba 
,merit ,badges1 of which #ae are in     
required subjects4  ,about #b1jjj ,merit
 ,badges are earned a month4 ,an        
analysis of the subjects shows that home
 nursing is the most popular1 with #abf 
of each #a1jjj earned4 ,laundress comes 
next with #ig4 ,first aid is next with  
#fg4 ,needlewoman1 child nurse1 cook1   
pathfinder1 health guardian1 flower     
finder or zoologist1 and home maker     
complete the first #aj most popular     
badges1 with between #fa and #ch in each
 #a1jjj4 ,the details are shown in the  
accompanying table4  ,local             
councils4--,where troops are numerous it

 is usual to form a council composed of 
women and men representing all the best 
interests of the community3 ,parents1   
schools1 religious denominations of all 
sorts1 business1 producers1 women's     
clubs1 and other social and             
philanthropic organizations4 ,the       
council acts as the link between the    
girl scouts and the community4 ,it has  
the same relation to the separate troops
 that the school board has to the       
schools--that is1 it guides and decides 
upon policies and standards1 interprets 
the scouts to the community and the     
community to the scouts4 ,it does not do
 the executive or teaching work2 that   
belongs to the directors1 captains1     
lieutenants1 and patrol leaders4  ,one  
function of the council is to interest  
public-spirited women and men1          
particularly artists and scientists1 in 
girl-scout work and to get them to act  
as referees in awarding proficiency     
badges4  ,but wisdom is to be sought not
 only in large cities1 where there are  

schools and museums1 laboratories and   
studios4 ,it is a poor community that   
does not have at least one wise old     
person--a farmer learned in nature's    
ways1 a retired sailor stocked with sea 
lore1 or a mother of men who knows life 
as perhaps no one else can4 ,the wise   
council will know where to find these   
natural teachers and see that the scouts
 go to their schools4  ,another prime   
function of the council is to raise     
funds and to make available such        
material equipment as camp sites1       
meeting places for the troops1 etc4 ,the
 captain should turn to the council for 
help in arranging and directing rallies1
 dances1 fairs1 pageants1 and other     
devices for entertainment or securing   
money4  ,national organization4--,the   
central governing body of the girl      
scouts is the national council1 holding 
an annual convention of elected         
delegates from all local groups4 ,the   
national council works through an       
executive board1 which meets monthly and

 conducts national headquarters in ,new 
,york4 ,the national director is in     
charge of headquarters and his direct   
responsibility for the administration of
 the whole organization1 with the       
general divisions of field1 business1   
publication1 and education1 each in     
charge of a secretary4  ,the field work 
is administered through #ad regions1    
each covering several ,states1 and in   
charge of a regional director1 who helps
 in the formation of local councils1 the
 training of captains1 and acts as      
general supervisor and consultant for   
all work in the district4  ,under       
business comes the handling of mails1   
all the work of the shop where uniforms1
 insignia1 books1 badges1 flags1 and    
other equipment are sold1 and the       
distribution of material ordered by     
mail4  ,there are three classes of      
publications3 ,first1 a monthly journal1
 ,the ,american ,girl4 ,second1         
pamphlets and articles for general      
propaganda and publicity2 these are     

handled by the editorial and publicity  
staffs1 respectively4 ,third come       
publications of a technical nature1 like
 the official handbooks for scouts and  
officers and outlines for training      
courses4 ,these form part of the work of
 the education department1 which has    
general oversight of all that pertains  
to training for leaders and the         
development of standards of work1       
including the important feature of      
coordinating the girl scouts with the   
other educational and social            
organizations4 ,camping also forms a    
part of the work of the education       
department4  ,during #aiai and #aibj the
 following publications were issued3    
,scouting for ,girls3 ,the official     
handbook1 #egf pages4       ,campward   
,ho3 ,a manual for girl-scout camps1    
#aib pages4      ,designed to cover the 
needs of those undertaking to organize  
and direct large1 self-supporting camps 
for girls4       ,the ,blue ,book of    
,rules for ,girl ,scout ,captains3 ,all 

official rules and regulations1 #cb     
pages4       ,training ,courses3 7#a7   
,outline for #cb-period course1 #ag     
pages4 7#b7 ,introductory course1 #aj   
periods1 #af pages4       ,girl ,scout  
,health ,record3 ,booklet form for      
recording points      for health        
winner's badge4       ,miscellaneous    
,pamphlets3 ,averaging #h pages2        
#abh1cbe copies4  ,need for             
leaders4--,the growth in membership has 
been twice as rapid among the scouts as 
it has among the officers1 as may be    
seen in the table already given4 ,for   
every scout in #aiah we have #aj in     
#aiba4 ,for every officer in #aiah we   
have but #e in #aiba4 ,for some time to 
come1 therefore1 the energy of the      
national officers must be directed      
toward the securing of properly trained 
leaders4  ,colleges and higher schools  
are responding to a gratifying extent   
with the introduction of training       
courses in scouting for girls4 ,within  
two years courses have been given at the

 following colleges or universities3    
,adelphi1 ,boston1 ,bryn ,mawr1         
,carnegie ,institute1 ,cincinnati1      
,converse1 ,elmira1 ,hunter1 ,johns     
,hopkins1 ,missouri1 ,new ,rochelle1    
,northwestern1 ,pittsburg1 ,rochester   
,mechanics' ,institute1 ,rochester      
,university1 ,rockford1 ,simmons1       
,smith1 ,syracuse1 ,teachers' ,college1 
and ,vassar4 ,also at the following     
higher schools3 ,battle ,creek ,normal  
,school of ,physical ,education1        
,brooklyn ,training ,school for         
,teachers1 ,chautauqua ,institute1      
,chicago ,normal ,school of ,physical   
,education1 ,community ,service ,council
 of ,marquette ,county1 ,mich41         
,manhattan ,trade ,school for ,girls1   
,milwaukee ,normal1 ,state ,normal at   
,pittsburgh1 ,pa41 ,washington ,state   
,normal1 and ,western ,state ,normal1   
,mich4 ,the following schools and       
colleges are asking for courses3        
,chicago1 ,cornell1 ,detroit ,normal1   
,kalamazoo1 ,michigan ,state ,normal1   

,pennsylvania ,state1 and ,temple       
,university4  ,through cooperation with 
the deans of women in all parts of the  
country1 and with the ,intercollegiate  
,community ,service ,association1 the   
college women are being influenced to   
take up scouting as an extra academic   
activity before graduation1 and as a    
form of community service in their home 
towns later4  ,in addition to this work 
through existing educational bodies1    
many special courses are conducted in   
connection with the organizations of    
local councils4  ,the ,first ,national  
,training ,school for ,girl ,scout      
,officers has been conducted for four   
years1 the last two years at ,long ,pond
 ,camp in ,plymouth1 ,mass4 ,during the 
summer of #aibj special training camps  
were also held in connection with the   
councils of ,greater ,new ,york1        
,cincinnati1 and ,harrisburg1 with      
instruction given under the auspices of 
national headquarters4 ,five such camps 
are planned for #aiba1 located in       

,plymouth1 ,central ,valley1 in the     
,catskills1 ,lake ,mohegan1 ,n4 ,y41    
,philadelphia1 and ,cincinnati4         
,scouting in the public schools4--,only 
that organization for young people can  
succeed which contributes directly to   
their chief business1 which is getting  
an education4 ,one reason the girl scout
 organization is received so cheerfully 
by school people is that it works into  
the school's own plans to a remarkable  
degree4 ,local councils have a larger   
representation from the public schools  
than from any other single agency4      
,scout leaders are drawn largely from   
the teaching force because teachers     
naturally have a better insight into the
 needs of young people than any other   
single group4  ,in a few places this    
interest has resulted in the gradual    
assimilation of scouting into the school
 system4 ,at ,fort ,scott1 ,kans41 this 
work has progressed furthest1 with #ij  
per cent of all pupils of scout age1    
either boy or girl scouts4 ,supt4       

,ramsey made a most favorable report on 
this situation at the ,cleveland meeting
 of the ,department of ,superintendence 
of the ,national ,education ,association
 in #aibj4 ,among essential features he 
mentioned the following3  ,the boy scout
 executive and girl scout commissioner  
act as recreational directors and have  
charge of all the health education and  
vocational guidance4  ,a room is set    
aside in the ,junior ,high ,school for  
all scout work which1 however1 is passed
 upon by a council1 including persons   
outside of the school force4  ,through  
glee clubs and choruses great interest  
in community singing and other music has
 been developed4 ,the scout organization
 is helping to solve the dress problem  
for both boys and girls4  ,to give the  
modern ideals of education would be to  
state the ideals of scouting4 ,the      
modern teacher is increasingly well     
fitted to become a good scout leader4   
,scouting may best be promoted through  
the public school1 because that is the  

only organization that includes all the 
boys and girls4 ,moreover1 because of   
close daily association1 leaders of     
school troops can insure each scout     
being an active scout4  ,the school also
 benefits by scouting in a number of    
ways4 ,older pupils stay in school      
longer because of their interest in     
scouting than because of any other      
influence4 ,a year of work in scouting  
will do as much toward acquainting a    
teacher with the ideals of teaching as a
 year spent in any college or university
 of the country4 ,finally1 scouting     
secures the interest1 attention1 and    
good will of the parents to the public  
schools4          ,girl ,scout badges   
earned in #aiai-bj4                     
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,number4  ,per #a1jjj4                  
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#a4 ,home nurse                         
#b1heb        #abf    #b4 ,laundress    

#b1aib         #ig    #c4 ,first aid    
#a1ebc         #fg    #d4 ,needlewoman  
#a1chi         #fa    #e4 ,child nurse  
#a1bfg         #ef    #f4 ,cook         
#iia         #dd    #g4 ,pathfinder     
#iij         #dd    #h4 ,health guardian
                 #ibc         #da    #i4
 ,flower finder or zoologist      #hgh  
#ci   #aj4 ,home maker                  
#hfa         #ch   #aa4 ,citizen        
#gcb         #cb   #ab4 ,signaler       
#fdg         #bh   #ac4 ,bird hunter    
#fcf         #bh   #ad4 ,health winner  
#fjj         #bf   #ae4 ,pioneer        
#eie         #bf   #af4 ,artist         
#eib         #bf   #ag4 ,musician       
#ehj         #bf   #ah4 ,interpreter    
#egh         #be   #ai4 ,swimmer        
#eeg         #be   #bj4 ,business       
#dbd         #ai   #ba4 ,cyclist        
#dbb         #ai   #bb4 ,gardener       
#cic         #ag   #bc4 ,athlete        
#cde         #ae   #bd4 ,horsewoman     
#bff         #ab   #be4 ,bugler         
#bed         #aa   #bf4 ,scribe         

#baf         #aj   #bg4 ,telegrapher    
#aib          #h   #bh4 ,motorist       
#aij          #h   #bi4 ,dairy maid     
#aij          #h   #cj4 ,farmer         
#ahg          #h   #ca4 ,sailor         
#acj          #f   #cb4 ,electrician    
#aja          #d                        
,total                        #bb1fic   
#a1jjj                                  
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-----------   ,,transcriber',s ,,note3  
,on the second table1 first column1 the 
totals look a little confusing1 but     
properly read they are correct4 ,the    
sub-total does not take into account the
 first line 7#ddj7 making the total     
#hj1gei4 ,adding it back in gives the   
total of #ha1aii plus #a1hbf 7#ah7 gives
 the correct grand total4 ,it has been  
left as in the original4  ,there is a   
variation between girl-scout and girl   
scout2 girl-scout denotes the           
organization1 and girl scout pertains to
 an individual4 ,they have been left as 
in the original4  ,only one typo found  

and corrected2 susceptibility was       
misspelled as susceptibilty4