i Scouts
Have Good Year
(By DOROTHY SKINNER .
WILLIAMS)
With the end of the school year
:omes the end of the scout year,
. ind this Is the time for each scout
:roop to take stock of its accom
plishments during the past
nonths. Although the individual
icouts may vary as to the bene
its they hare received according
,o the time and effort they have
>ut into scouting, none of them
sloses a year's work without some
eal gain in personality and know
edge.
Scoting today is not, as some
one unfamiliar with scouting
might think, merely group play.
Instead, it is a carefully studied
and worked out program to oc
cupy the energy'of young people
with worthwhile activities. Its
purpose is to help develop In a
young person who is psychologic
ally rather insecure at this time Of
life, real loyalties to God. his
country, and Ms reuow-men. aiso,
It attempts to develop in the
children an ability to work, as
well as play, with others in a
cheerful and well adjusted way.
Girl Scout Troop 3, comprised
of girls from the Woodlawn sec
tion of North Wilkesboro, and
lander the leadrship of Mrs. Cecil
[Adamson, has had an especially
productive year in scout work,
■fie majority of its members have
■pent the year working on pro
tects which will qualify them to
pttafn the rank of First Class
Ik^ut. As the Girl Scout Hand
book expresses it: "To be a First
Class Girl Scout is a high honor
and a privilege. It should mean
that you are not only an all
found sort of girl but that you
prepared as well to be of
Ireal service in at least one field."
•These "fields" of whiclrthe scout
fbook speaks, are program fields:
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WOODLAWN GIRL SCOUT TROOP HAS GOOD RECORD
Here are shown members of the Wood I awn Girl Scout troop. In the background
is the stage set for production of a marionette show, "Little Red Riding Hood."
left to right in the picture are: front ro w — Ellawee Gore, Velma Soots, Louise
^Lambert, Grace Grider, Mary Hall; standing — Madge Hall, Betty Jo Griffin, Lena
Grimes. Shirley Royal, troop member, was not included in this picture.
(Agriculture, Arts .and Crafts,
Community Life, Health and Safe
ty, Homemaking, International
Friendship, Literature and Dra
matics, Music and Dancnig, Na
ture,' Out-of-Doors, and Sports
and dames.
A scout given the opportunity
to choose her year's activities
from these fields according to
her own interests and abilities.
The system is similar to that em
ployed by colleges. That is, a
scout chooses the field in which
she is most interested as her "Ma
jor," and she does concentrated
work in this field. She then
chooses a certain number of other
fields in which she is interested
for her "Minors."
Despite which activities the
scouts choose, however, every
leader must keep two aims in
mind: first, to encourage the na
tive interests of the scouts; and
second, to determine the weak
nesses of the individuals in the
troop. When she has discovered
these weaknesses, it is the duty
of the leader to create and stimu
late in the scouts an interest
in new ideas and experiences
which will broaden and enrich the
scouts.
Back In the fall, when the pro
gram for Troop 3 was being set
up, most of the girls seemed tc
have a real Interest in Homemak
ing. The leaders discussed the
needs of the girls and decided
with the consent of the troop that
"Homemaking'' would be the "Ma
jor Field" of the troop for the
year. Do not think that the rest
of the year was spent doing tire
some household chores! Instead,
§very phase of Homemaking was
pursued.
A good homemaker must
know the rudiments of clothing.
Consequently basic mending and
cleaning of clothes were discussed
and applied. Then, approaching
the subject from another angle,
'Mrs. Richard Bason from Spain
hour's store, was invited to make
a talk to the troop on how to plan
an attractive, suitable, and econo
mical wardrobe for girls of this
age. She pointed out to the scouts
the importance of using their
minds as welf as their eyes when
they are shopping. She brought
along an inexpensive suit, a short
sleeved sweater, a skirt, a blouse,
a little silk tie, and a suitable
piece of costume jewelry to illu
strate her theories of "thought
ful puying." By inter-changing
just these items, the scouts could
be well dressed on any occasion
and yet have the variety of clothes
that all girls desire. She also
advised the girls on their choice
of cool combinations according
to the color of their skin, hair,
and eyes.
At another meeting a hair
dresser was ' invited to discuss
suitable hair styles for girls. She
stressed the importance of cleanli
ness of hair and skin, especially
at this age. Then to illustrate her
ideas on becoming hair styles, she .
cut and set the hair of one of the '
§,couts right at the meeting. She I
urged the girls to strive for a'
neat, clean, and natural look, and
suggested that keeping the hair
achieves this look. Since her visit,
almost every one of the girls has
had her hair cut short and has dis
pensed with permanents in favor
Of soft, rolled hair.
Cooking, of course, is an essen
tial in homemaklng. Besides learn
ing the meaning of cooking terms
such as "broiling," "baking," and
"simmering," the scouts discuss
ed well balanced meals and became
more cognizant of foundation
foods necessary for good health.
They "cooked out*' on "buddy
burners," small self-made stoves,
and at another meeting made
dozens of cookies which they took
to the patients In the T-B hpt. Al
so, they toured the Coble Dairy
Plant to learn the processes
through which milk goes.
In studying for the Good Groom
ing badge of Homemaklng, the
scouts discussed the importance
of healthy teeth. Subsequent to
this discussion a group of the
scouts paid a visit to the dentist
to have some urgent work done.
One meeting was spent learning
how to .properly clean windows,
woodwork, books, and to improve
other methods of housekeeping.
It is inevitable that the girls will
be better house keepers, now and
later, because of just these few
months 6f enjoyable "work."
Some of the minor fields which
Troop 3 worked upon were Music
and Dancing, Sports and Games,
and Literature and Dramatics.
Work upon this last field climax
ed the year and resulted In a party
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