Campward Ho! Part 11

12:00 M. Report for duty Prepare for and serve dinner Clear tables, wash dishes Wash dish towels

3:30 P.M. Report for change of squad Relieved of duty Swimming and re-enter general program

Housekeeping Squad

A feature of the day's routine is the coming on duty of the housekeeping squad which for a period of twenty-four hours keeps the camp clean, orderly and safe, and performs most if not all of the necessary household duties which must be done in every home or camp. The squad should be under the leadership of a counsellor who is particularly fitted to direct and instruct the squad and be responsible for the work it does.

Going on duty in the middle of the afternoon gives the members an opportunity to have a swim earlier in the day, and after going off duty the next day, which is a privilege not to be despised. The work which this squad does is for the benefit of the entire group and raises or lowers the camp standard each day.

The general program should be posted on the bulletin board and explained to each new group that enters camp. It should be given in detail as to hours, activities and requirements. Whether the program is planned for the group divided into two or three units or for the group as one unit, depends upon the size of the camp. No counsellor can do justice to her work if she has too large a group, and on the other hand, the group if too large will lose interest in the subject. The accompanying program has been tried and may be of value as a suggestion.

[Ill.u.s.tration: FIREPLACE IN THE HOUSE THE SCOUTS BUILT]

DAILY PROGRAM FOR A GIRL SCOUT CAMP

-----+----+----------------+-----------------+--------------------- Bugle| M. | Group I | Group II | Group III -----+----+----------------+-----------------+--------------------- 6.30 | 10 | REVIELLE -----+----+-------------------------------------------------------- 6.40 | 10 | SETTING-UP EXERCISES -----+----+-------------------------------------------------------- 7.15 | 15 | a.s.sEMBLY AND MORNING COLORS -----+----+-------------------------------------------------------- 7.30 | 30 | BREAKFAST AND ANNOUNCEMENTS -----+----+-------------------------------------------------------- 8.30 | 30 | INSPECTION -----+----+----------------+-----------------+--------------------- 9.00 | 30 | Nature Lore | 2d Cla.s.s Work | Games -----+----+----------------+-----------------+--------------------- 9.30 | 45 | Drilling, Games| Swimming | First Aid, Bed | | | | Making -----+----+----------------+-----------------+--------------------- 10.15| 45 | Basketry |Health, First Aid| Swimming -----+----+----------------+-----------------+--------------------- 11.00|30 |Scout Laws | Basketry | Health -----+----+----------------+-----------------+--------------------- 11.30| 30 | Health, Adv. | | | | First Aid | Scout Laws | Scout Laws -----+----+----------------+-----------------+--------------------- 12.00| 30 | FREE TIME -----+----+-------------------------------------------------------- 12.30| 60 | DINNER -----+----+-------------------------------------------------------- 1.30 | 60 | REST HOUR -----+----+-------------------------------------------------------- 2.30 | 45 | MAIL DISTRIBUTED, AND FREE TIME -----+----+----------------+-----------------+--------------------- 3.15 | 30 | 1st Cla.s.s Work | Nature Lore | Knots and Signalling -----+----+----------------+-----------------+--------------------- 3.45 | 45 | Swimming | Games, Drilling | Nature Lore -----+----+----------------+-----------------+--------------------- 4.30 | 60 | FREE TIME -----+----+-------------------------------------------------------- 5.30 | 30 | a.s.sEMBLY, RETREAT, SUPPER -----+----+-------------------------------------------------------- 6.00 | | CANTEEN, BOATING, SHORT WALKS, GAMES, DANCING, ETC.

-----+----+-------------------------------------------------------- 7.30 | | CAMP FIRE, SINGING, STUNTS, ETC., FOR THE WHOLE CAMP -----+----+-------------------------------------------------------- 8.20 | | FIRST CALL -----+----+-------------------------------------------------------- 8.45 | | TAPS -----+----+--------------------------------------------------------

IX.

GENERAL CAMP ACTIVITIES

Outline

1. SPORTS a. _Water sports_ 1. Swimming (a) Cla.s.sification (1) Groups or cla.s.ses (b) Life saving 2. Boating (a) Rowing (b) Canoeing (1) Cla.s.sification b. _Games_ 1. Major games 2. Minor games c. _Dancing_ 1. Types (a) Aesthetic or cla.s.sic (b) Folk dancing (c) Social dancing d. _Horsemanship_ 1. Requirements 2. CRAFTS AND OCCUPATIONS a. _Crafts_ 1. Handcrafts (a) Kinds 2. Woodcraft (a) Nature Study 1. Ferns, Flowers, Trees, Birds, Stars, Maps 3. Campcraft (a) Making and breaking camp (b) Camp fires (c) Cooking (d) Trail making 3. ENTERTAINMENTS and diversions outside of the regular schedule a. Types 1. Dramatic 2. Miscellaneous 3. Celebrations and pageants 4. Inter-Camp frolics 4. SINGING a. Camp songs 5. ACHIEVEMENTS a. _Recording of achievements_ 1. Books 2. Chart system b. _Recognition of achievements_ 1. Points and honors 2. Girl Scout Merit Badges

1. SPORTS

Every girl who goes to a camp in the summer is interested in some form of sport. But perhaps swimming and boating head the list for popularity.

There are many interesting ways in which to run your swimming program so that it is taught systematically and leads to real progress and efficiency.

One method that has been tried successfully in a very large camp, but which would apply equally well in any camp, is the arrangement of the entire camp into groups designated as "Swimming Cla.s.ses" and indicated by a special color bathing cap for each group or cla.s.s so that they may be easily distinguished in the water.

[Ill.u.s.tration: THE TOP OF THE MORNING]

_Cla.s.s Number 4, Red Cap._--All who have not pa.s.sed the canoe test which is explained under the heading "Cla.s.s Number 3."

_Cla.s.s Number 3, Green Cap._--Pa.s.s the canoe test which consists of swimming, floating or otherwise staying above depth for fifteen minutes, and swimming in from an overturned canoe 20 yards from sh.o.r.e.

_Cla.s.s Number 2, Blue Cap._

_Strokes_: Breast stroke--25 yards Side Stroke--25 yards Back stroke--25 yards Single overhand--25 yards Double overhand--25 yards _Dives_: Standing or running dive from spring board (3 perfect out of 5).

Dive from a low tower 4 feet high. (3 perfect out of 5).

_Cla.s.s Number 1, White Cap_.

_Strokes_: Crawl Trudgeon

_Dives_: From spring board, running plain From spring board, running jack knife From spring board, running angel From spring board, standing side From spring board, standing back From float standing from high tower (10) and 3 optional dives from the following: Hand stand (spring board, high or low tower).

Back somersault, spring board Front somersault, spring board Sailor running, spring board Back dive, high tower Jack knife, high tower Double dive, high tower

Another method is to record the swimming achievements on a chart under the following headings:

Form swimming, ornamental swimming, speed swimming, canoe tests, life saving and dives.

Did you ever work to become a member of the Women's Life Saving Corps of the American Red Cross? The purpose of this organization is to train women in all coast cities, and cities bordering on lakes and rivers, to be able to meet emergencies in the water and save lives.

There are six tests which have to be pa.s.sed before a girl is considered worthy of a W. L. S. C. certificate.

Test 1. Jump off a low dock dressed in bathing suit, shoes, shirt waist and skirt. Swim to a given point, (about 20 yards), there undress and swim in bathing suit to another dock (about 20 yards).

2. Swim down from surface in 10 feet of water and fetch up a 2-foot birch log from bottom.

3. Rescue a non-resisting person and demonstrate the "carries" (head, under-arm and side stroke) as you bring them ash.o.r.e.

4. In deep water demonstrate the correct breaks for the wrist holds, and the front and back strangle holds around the neck.

5. Demonstrate resuscitation by Schaefer method.

6. Tell proper procedure in caring for patient after breathing has been restored.

Boating

Boating, of which we shall first consider rowing, may also be worked out according to cla.s.ses, such as:

Second Cla.s.s: Manoeuvre a row boat properly, i. e., unship, reverse, anchor, scull, make 3 perfect landings out of 5.

First Cla.s.s: Row singly for a given distance 1-1/2 miles in 40 minutes, or according to certain standards, such as:

Start Row forward Row backward Manoeuvre Good landing Fasten boat

Canoeing

Cla.s.s II. Know how to paddle bow and stern with another girl in a canoe, and make 3 out of 5 perfect landings.

[Ill.u.s.tration: BEFORE THE CAMP FIRE IS LIGHTED]