Girl Scout Handbook: Intermediate Program Book Overview

1947, Hard cover

Motto
Be prepared.

Slogan
Do a good turn daily.

Promise
On my honor, I will try: To do my duty to God and my country, To help other people at all times, To obey the Girl Scout Laws.

The Laws of the Girl Scouts

I. II. III. IV. V. VI. VII. VIII. XI. X. A Girl Scouts honor is to be trusted. A Girl Scout is loyal. A Girl Scouts duty is to be useful and to help others. A Girl Scout is a friend to all, and a sister to every other Girl Scout. A Girl Scout is courteous. A Girl Scout is a friend to animals. A Girl Scout obeys orders. A Girl Scout is cheerful. A Girl Scout is thrifty. A Girl Scout is clean in thought, word and deed.

Tenderfoot Requirements
1. Learn the Girl Scout Promise, Law, slogan, motto (See pages 7-10.) Talk with your leaders about them. 2. Learn the history of Girl Scouting and be able to give the Girl Scout sign, salute, and handshake and know when they are used. (See pages 11-12.) 3. Learn how the Flag of the United States of America should be displayed and cared for. (See pages 112-113.) 4. Choose one activity from each of the following groups and show by the way you do them that you understand the Girl Scout Laws: (See pages 8-10.) a. Homemaking: Know how to set a table and do it at home at least once a day for a week; OR know how to make a bed and make your own bed every day for a week, OR show that you know how to care for a household pet. b. Out-of-Doors: Make a rough sketch map of the route you follow from home to school, school to troop meeting place, or troop meeting place to home. Mark on your map the places where there are traffic lights, crossings, sharp corners, and other hazards; OR know how to use a compass; OR show that you know four trail signs in grass, stones, and sticks; OR know the best types of fuel and tinder for an outdoor re. 5. Pay the Girl Scout annual national membership dues and know something about why you pay these dues. (See pages 19-20.) 6. Attend troop meetings for not less than four weeks. Try to be there on time, stay until the meeting is over. Take an active part in the meeting. (See pages 19-20.) 7. Make the Girl Scout Promise and be invested as a Girl Scout. (See pages 20-21.)

How to Become a Senior Girl Scout

The last page of most books is a sort of good-by, but in this, your Girl Scout Handbook, it need not be that. If you are nearing the end of your Intermediate days, you are nearing the beginning of bigger adventures as a Senior Girl Scout. Senior Girl Scouts are high school girls, or girls between fourteen and eighteen, who have their own troops, a different uniform and pin, and special programs of their own. Because they are older, they can do advanced camping, such as trip camping, they can do big jobs in their community, and can go much further along the paths you began as a Girl Scout. Senior Girl Scouts do not have ranks and badges in their program, but all that you have learned in earning your ranks and badges will help you in your Senior Scouting. Most Senior troops choose a special interest on which they will concentrate as Senior Service Scouts, Child Care Aides, Program Aides, Hospital Aides, Ranger Aides, Nutrition Aides, Farm Aides, Garden Aides, Museum Aides, Office and Library Aides, Occupational Therapy Aides, Wing Scouts, or Mariner Scouts. If you have earned your Curved Bar, you will see that you have done some real preparation for one of these. Senior Girl Scouts also like to learn more about such things as good grooming and enjoy including boys in some of their affairs. The things you have learned as an Intermediate Girl Scout about planning your own program and running your troop will help you as a Senior, for high school girls like to plan and carry out their own affairs. You may join an already formed Senior Girl Scout troop or, with other graduates and new friends, help start one of your own. If there is a Senior Girl Scout troop in your neighborhood, invite one of the members to visit your troop to tell you about the things they do and how the Senior troop works. Borrow a copy of Senior Girl Scouting and read about it for yourself. You will nd good times ahead as a Senior Girl Scout. Good Scouting to you!

Prociency Badges
Agriculture
Beekeeper Dairying Farmer Fruit Raiser Home Gardener Landscaper Poultry Raiser Rabbit Raiser Truck Gardener

International Friendship
Interpreter One World Western Hemisphere World Gifts World Neighbor World Trefoil

Literature and Dramatics

Bibliophile Dramatic Appreciation Journalist Play Producer Player Reader Troop Dramatics Writer

Arts and Crafts

Architecture Basketry Bookbinding Colorcraft Design Drawing and Painting Glass Interior Decoration Leather Metal Needlecraft Photography Pottery Prints Sculpture Weaving Wood

Music and Dancing

Dancer Folk Dancer Group Musician Minstrel Music Appreciation Musician

Nature
Bird Cat and Dog Conservation Garden Flower Insect Mammal Rambler Reptile and Amphibian Rock and Mineral Star Tree Weather Wild Plant

Community Life
Aviation Clerk Junior Citizen My Community My Country My Troop Radio Speaker Traveler

Health and Safety

Child Care Community Safety Farm Safety First Aid First Aid to Animals Home Health and Safety Home Nurse Outdoor Safety Personal Health Public Health

Out-of-Doors
Back-Yard Camper Campcraft Explorer Foot Traveler Outdoor Cook Pioneer

Sports and Games

Boating Cyclist Games Horsewoman Life Saver Swimmer Winter Sports

Homemaking
Clothing Cook Foods Good Grooming Handywoman Hostess Housekeeper Nutrition Sewing