Campward Ho! A Manual for Girl Scout Camps

Part 11

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GAMES FOR THE PLAYGROUND, HOME, SCHOOL AND GYMNASIUM, Jessie Bancroft

HARPER'S CAMPING AND SCOUTING, Joseph Adams, Harper Bros.

MANUAL FOR ARMY COOKS, Military Pub. Co., 42 Broadway, New York City.

ON THE TRAIL, L. Beard, Scribner.

PRACTICAL HINTS ON CAMPING, Howard Henderson.

SHELTERS, SHACKS AND SHANTIES, D. C. Beard.

SUMMER IN A GIRLS' CAMP, Anna Worthington Coale, Century.

SWIMMING AND WATERMANSHIP, L. DeB. Handley, Macmillan Co.

THE BOOK OF WOODCRAFT, Ernest Thompson-Seton.

THE BOY'S CAMP BOOK, Edward Cave.

THE BOYS' CAMP MANUAL, Charles K. Taylor.

THE CAMP FIRE GIRLS' VACATION BOOK, Camp Fire Girls, New York City.

THE FIELD AND FOREST HANDY BOOK, D. C. Beard.

TOURING AFOOT, Dr. C. P. Fordyce, New York Outing Pub. Co.

WILDERNESS HOMES, Oliver Kamp, Outing Pub. Co.

VACATION CAMPS FOR GIRLS, Jeannette Marks, D. Appleton Co.

ONE-ACT PLAYS (SMALL CAST)

MISS CIVILIZATION, Richard Harding Davis

POT O' BROTH, William Butler Yeats

SOCIAL GAMES AND GROUP DANCES, T. C. Elson and Blanche Trilling.

THE MAKER OF DREAMS, Oliphant Doun.

THE TRAVELING MAN, Lady Gregory.

THE WORKHOUSE WARD, Lady Gregory.

PAGEANTS AND MASQUES.

THE BIRD MASQUE, Percy MacKaye.

_For Special References on_: First Aid, Cooking, Nature Study, Astronomy, Home Nursing and other Scout Activities, see references in section of Proficiency Tests in "Scouting for Girls," the official handbook of the Girl Scouts.

GIRL SCOUT PUBLICATIONS

SCOUTING FOR GIRLS. Official Handbook of the Girl Scouts. 572 pages, profuse illustrations. Bibliography. Khaki cloth cover, flexible, $0.75; Officers' Edition, board, $1.00.

CAMPWARD HO! Manual for Girl Scout Camps. 192 pages. Illustrations. Bibliography, cuts and diagrams. Cloth, $1.25.

THE BLUE BOOK OF RULES FOR GIRL SCOUT CAPTAINS. 32 pages. All official regulations, constitution, etc., $0.25.

A TRAINING COURSE FOR GIRL SCOUT CAPTAINS. Outline approved by National Headquarters. Lectures and practical lessons. $0.15.

THE GIRL SCOUT'S HEALTH RECORD. A convenient form for recording the points needed to cover for badge of "Health Winner." $0.10.

GIRL SCOUTS: THEIR HISTORY AND PRACTICE. Pamphlet, 2 cents.

GIRL SCOUTS: THEIR WORKS, WAYS AND PLAYS. Pamphlet, 2 cents.

YOUR GIRL AND MINE, by Josephine Daskam Bacon. 2 cents.

WHY I BELIEVE IN SCOUTING FOR GIRLS, by Mary Roberts Rinehart. 2 cents.

THE GIRL SCOUTS. A Training School for Womanhood, by Kate Douglas Wiggin. 2 cents.

THE CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS OF THE GIRL SCOUTS, INCORPORATED. 5 cents.

THE AMERICAN GIRL. (Formerly The Rally). A Scouting Magazine for all girls. Monthly. 15 cents the copy, $1.50 the year.

IN PREPARATION

GIRL SCOUT OFFICERS' MANUAL. For Captains, Lieutenants, Commissioners and Councillors.

BRIEF TRAINING COURSE FOR GIRL SCOUT CAPTAINS. 10 lessons.

GIRL SCOUT OFFICERS' FIELD BOOK. A notebook with all necessary material for troop work, including much Manual information in loose leaf form.

SENIOR SCOUT PROGRAM.

BROWNIE OR JUNIOR PROGRAM.

GIRL SCOUT AWARDS. Requirements for Proficiency and Class Badges, and all special medals.

OUTLINES OF LECTURES ON SEX HYGIENE, in collaboration with the United States Bureau of the Public Health Service.

STUDIES IN APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY AND ANTHROPOLOGY, in collaboration with the American Museum of Natural History.

A GIRL SCOUT BOOK SHELF, in collaboration with the New York Public Library.

GIRL SCOUTS

INCORPORATED

National Headquarters

189 Lexington Ave., New York City

The Girl Scouts, a National Organization, is open to any girl who expresses her desire to join and voluntarily accepts the Promise and the Laws. The object of the Girl Scouts is to bring to all girls the opportunity for group experience, outdoor life and to learn through work, but more through play, to serve their community.

OFFICERS, 1920

FOUNDER Mrs. Juliette Low

HONORARY PRESIDENT Mrs. Woodrow Wilson

FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT Mrs. James J. Storrow

TREASURER Mrs. Nicholas F. Brady

COUNSEL Douglas Campbell

PRESIDENT Mrs. Arthur O. Choate

SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT Mrs. Herbert Hoover

CHAIRMAN, EXECUTIVE BOARD Mrs. V. Everit Macy

DIRECTOR Mrs. Jane Deeter Rippen

EXECUTIVE BOARD Mrs. Selden Bacon Mrs. Nicholas F. Brady Miss Ellen M. Cassatt Mrs. Arthur O. Choate Francis P. Dodge Miss Emma R. Hall Mrs. Juliette Low Mrs. V. Everit Macy Mrs. William McAdoo Mrs. Robert G. Mead Miss Llewellyn Parsons Mrs. Harold Irving Pratt Mrs. Theodore H. Price Mrs. W. N. Rothschild Mrs. George W. Stevens Mrs. James J. Storrow Mrs. Charles Welch Mrs. Percy H. Williams

PERMANENT COMMITTEES

EDUCATION _Chairman_ Miss Sarah Louise Arnold _Secretary_ Dr. Louise Stevens Bryant

PUBLICATION _Chairman_ Mrs. Josephine Daskam Bacon _Secretary_ Dr. Louise Stevens Bryant

FIELD _Chairman_ Mrs. Robert G. Mead _Secretary_ Miss Mary C. Clendenin

STANDARDS _Chairman_ Miss Llewellyn Parsons _Secretary_ Miss Mary C. Clendenin

BUSINESS _Chairman_ Mrs. Percy Williams _Secretary_ Mr. Sidney Monroe MacDowell

FINANCE _Chairman_ Mrs. Nicholas F. Brady

ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON BUSINESS AND FINANCE _Chairman_ Mr. Frederic W. Allen

INDEX

A Achievements 125, chart record for, 126 A Day in Camp 174ff American Red Cross 92 Apple cake 163, slump, 113 Apples, fried 163 Application form 56 Around the Campfire 137 "A Slack Rag of Canvas" 18

B Bacon 164 Basins 67 Basketry 55 Bath houses 83 Bathing place 85 Bathing suits 82ff Beans, baked 164 Bedding 76 Beds 64ff Beef, shriveled 165 Before the Campfire is Lighted 103 Beets 169 Beginners in swimming 85 "Be Prepared", the Signalling Class 125 "Between Wood and Field" 10 Biscuit 161 Blankets 48, 64, 65, 130 Board rate 62 Boats and boating 79ff, 83, 102 Boiled salad dressing 168 Books on Camps and Camping 178ff Bread Line, the 58 Breads 161 Bryant, Louise Stevens 7 Builders, the--House Built by Girl Scouts 118 Buoys 87 "Business End of Camp Hall" 29 "By the Shining Big Sea Water" 25 Byron, Lord 9

C Cabbage 169 Cabins, of wood, canvas 37 Camp Budget 58ff All other 60 Boats 60 Canteen 60 Cartage 60 Casual labor 60 Equipment 59 Motor upkeep 60 Opening and closing 60 Printing 60 Rental or purchase price of land 59 Salaries 60 Stamps 60 Storage 60 Telephone 60 Transportation 59 Wages 60 Camp canteen 54 Camp closing 47 Camp Directors and Counsellors 15ff Camper, the 22ff Campfires 121, 131ff; to build in rain 134 Camp foods 160 Camp, for single Scout troop 33 Camp house, the 28ff Camp Health and Camp Safety 140ff Camp implements 69 Camp Living Room 27 Camp log 55 Camp Menus and Recipes 157ff Camp Post Office 175 Camp Program 93ff Camp Records and Accounts 50ff Camp Regulations 39 Camp Sanitation 140 Camp sings 113ff Camp songs 114ff Candles 71 Candy 76 Canoes 87, 122ff Canteen 76ff Canteen record 53 Carrots 170 Cereals 161 Chaucer 51 Cheese and eggs 165 Cheese cloth 73 Cleaning squad 65 Closing Camp 47 Clove Hitch 42 Cocoa 112 Codfish, creamed 165 "Colorado, In high and dry" 20 Cooking utensils, for campers 133 Corn 170 Cornmeal 161 Counsellors, camp 15ff Crafts and occupations 108 Cream sauce 168 Crew for Life Saving Corps 87 Crib 79ff Cucumbers 167

D Daily program for Girl Scout camp 97 Dancing 106ff Deschutes River Fishing Trip 135ff Desserts 163ff Directors, camp 15ff Dishes, washing 45, for kitchen 67ff Disinfectants for latrines, for garbage pits 143 Dives 100ff Donations 57 Double boiler 72 Dried fruit 163 Dumplings 162

E Eats 80 Eggs 165 Entertainments and diversions 112ff Equipment for: boating 79ff general 64ff personal 74ff swimming 79 waterfront protection 85

F Feeding the Multitude 152 Field Day Program 55 Fire extinguishers 42 Fires, out door 29 Fireplace 34 Fire prevention 149 First Aides: Several Kinds of bandages 131 First Aid, essential supplies 148 house 151 Food, for hiking 129 Foreword 7 Flatware for table 68 Float 83 Floor Plan for Mess Hall 35 Floor, tent with 32, without 20, 33 Flowers 74 French dressing 168 Furnishings 69ff

G Games 72, 105ff Garbage, disposal of 134, trench for 142ff General Camp Activities 98ff General routine from opening to closing camp 40ff "Girl Scout Hayseeds and the Stack they Made" 139 Girl Scouts' Laws and Promise 6 "Good Morrow, Lord Sun" 90 Goodnight story 88 Grappling irons 87

H Handbook of Girl Scouts 7, 93, 112, 179, 180 Handcrafts 108 Health Certificate 51ff Health Winner, the, in camp 149ff Hikes, 127ff; daytime 127, week end 128, overnight 130 Horseback riding 107 Housekeeping squad 94 Housekeeping outdoors 43ff

I Ice box 36ff Identification tag 57 Implements 69 Indian pudding 164 Individual account card 57 Insurance 49

K Keeping of records 55ff Kidney and bacon 166 Kitchen 28ff, 34 Kitchen furnishings 69ff Kitchen stove 49 Komac stew 166

L Lamps 67 Land drill 71, 80 Lanterns 48, 70ff Latrines, making, care of 145ff Lavengro 177 Laws, of Girl Scouts 6 Laying the fire 86 Lean-tos 33, 105, 110, 112 "Lean-to Going Up" 110 Lettuce 167 Lice (head) to remove 150 Life boats 86ff Life Saving Corps 85 Red Cross, Women's 85 Lighting 70ff Linen 72 Location 13ff Log houses 34ff

M Macaroni, with cheese and tomato 166 Making camp on overnight hike 78 Master of Aquatics 85ff McClure, Emily 7 Meats, fish and meat substitutes 164ff Menus for overnight hike 173 Mess Hall, tent 23, floor plan for 35 Mills, Captain Fred C., 7, 85 Miscellaneous records 55 Monarchs of all they Survey 92 Morale, camp 22ff Motto, Girl Scout 6

N Nearly Finished 122 Newspapers 73ff

O Oatmeal 162 Oil heater, Standard 36 Onions 170 "Over the Top" 141

P Packages for Scouts 77 Pack for hiking 129 Peas 170 Personality 19 Personal Equipment 74 Personnel, of Life Saving Corps 88 Pests 143 Petty cash record 53 Physical examination of Girl Scout 49 Pillows 48, 67, cases 72 Pitching tents 40ff Planning Committee 11ff Planning for camp 9ff Plays, for use in camp 178 Play, place in program 93 Potatoes 170ff Program for housekeeping squad 95 Program, camp 93ff Promise, Girl Scout 6 Provisions, 47ff, care of 154 Provisioning 152 Publications of Girl Scouts 180

R Recipes 161ff Record of provisions 53ff Record tag 50 Red Cross Life Saving Corps 85 Regulations for Camp 39 Religious Policy 16ff Rice pudding 164 Ring buoys 87 Row boats 87 Rowing 75 Rules for swimming 91

S Salads 167ff Sardines and tomato sauce 167 Sauces and dressings 168ff Scalloped tomatoes 172 "Scouting for Girls" 7 Scout Laws 6, 94 Scout Promise 6, 94 Scrambled eggs 165 Scrubbing up Before Meals 48 Serving table 41 Setting out for the water hike 84 Sheets 72 Shoes, for hiking 128 Site 14ff Slab House 33 Slogan, Girl Scout 6 Soups 169 Special Delivery 175 Spinach 171 Sports 99 Squad, housekeeping 94ff Squash 171 Stew, Irish 167 Store closet 36 Stove 69ff String beans 171 Suits, bathing 82 Sun Clock 94 Sunday dinner 22 Supervision of bathing 91ff Swimmers, equipment for 82ff, 85ff Swimming crib 69, 79ff, 81 Swimming strokes 100 Swimming test 90

T Table manners 46 Tag for Scouts arriving in camp 38 Team Work In Potato Paring 44 "Tent Green" 12 Tents 28ff chart for 50ff conical 12, 30 floors 16, 32 mess 28, 58 pitching 32, 40 pyramidal 30 size 30ff taking down 47 wall 10, 18, 30ff without floors 33 The Morning After 82 The Town Pump 46 Toast 162 Toilet accessories 76 To Keep the Home Fires Burning 133 Tomatoes 172ff salad 168 sauce 169 Top of the Morning 100 Tower, for bathing 86 Training, life saving 89 Transportation 12ff Trash, disposition of 72, 140ff Twin Lake Council Application Form 56

U "Under the Greenwood Tree" 2 Underwear 76

V Vegetables 69ff Victorious Nine 179 Volley ball 146

W Wall tent 18, 32 Wash house 37ff Washing dishes 45 Water front protection 85ff Water glasses 87 Water sports day, program for 104ff Water supply 144ff Weighing scales 72 Well built floors 16 Women's Life Saving Corps, American Red Cross 101 Woodcraft 109ff camp discipline 112 camp site 111 trail making 111 trip planning 111 Wood cutters 105 Wilkeson, Catherine 7 "Wise Virgins" 67

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