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6. Be able to state the points of the compa.s.s by stars or the sun, using watch as compa.s.s when sun is invisible.

31. Pioneer. (Axes.)

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1. Tie six knots. Make a camp kitchen.

2. Build a shack suitable for three occupants.

32. Photography. (Camera.)

1. Know use of lens, construction of camera, effect of light on sensitive films and the action of developers.

2. Be able to show knowledge of several printing processes.

3. Produce 12 photos of scout activities, half indoor and half outdoors, taken, developed and printed by herself, also 3 pictures of either birds, animals, or fish in their natural haunts, 3 portraits and 3 landscapes.

33. Scribe. (Open Book.)

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1. Must present a certificate from teacher of her school, showing a year's record of excellence in scholarship, attendance and deportment.

2. Describe in an article, not to exceed a thousand words, how a newspaper is made; its different departments, the functions of its staff; how the local news is gathered; how the news of the world is gathered and disseminated.

3. Define briefly a news item.

4. Define briefly an editorial.

5. Define briefly a special story.

6. Tell how printer's ink is made.

7. Tell how paper is made.

8. Describe evolution of typesetting from hand composition to machine composition.

9. Write 12 news articles (preferably one a month), not to exceed 500 words each, on events that come within the observation of the Scout that are not public news, as for instance, school athletic events, entertainments of Scouts, church or school, neighborhood incidents.

10. Write a special story on some phase of scout-craft, a hike, or camping experience, etc.

Or, as an alternative:

Write a good poem.

Write a good story.

Know princ.i.p.al American authors of prose and verse in the past and present century.

34. Signaling. (Two Flags.)

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1. Send and receive a message in two of the following systems of signaling: Semaph.o.r.e, Morse. Not fewer than twenty-four letters a minute.

2. Receive signals by sound, whistle, bugle or buzzer.

3. Or general service (International Morse Code).

35. Swimmer. (Life-buoy.)

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1. Swim fifty yards in clothes, skirt and boots.

2. Demonstrate diving.

3. Artificial respiration.

4. Flinging a life-line.

5. Flinging a life-buoy.

6. Saving the drowning.

Requirements for examination must be sent to parents of candidate for approval. Approval must also be obtained from the family physician or some other doctor.

36. Telegraphy. (Telegraph Pole.)

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1. Be able to read and send a message in Morse and in Continental Code, twenty letters per minute, or must obtain a certificate for wireless telegraphy. (These certificates are awarded by Government instructors.) (See p. 77.)

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