Scouting, Volume 1, Number 23, April 15, 1914 Page: 8
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S FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA
9. Earn and deposit at least one dollar in a public bank.
10. Know the sixteen principal points of the compass.
Requirements for First-Class Scout
To become a First-Class Scout, the Second-Class Scout must pass the
following tests:
1. Swim fifty yards.
2. Earn and deposit at least two dollars in a public bank.
3. Send and receive a message by semaphore or International Morse
alphabet sixteen letters per minute.
4. Make a round trip alone (or with another Scout) to a point at
least seven miles away (fourteen miles in all), going on foot or rowing
boat, and write a satisfactory account of the trip and things observed.
5. Advanced first aid:—know the methods for panic prevention;
what to do in case of fire and ice, electric and gas accidents; how
to help in case of runaway horse, mad dog, or snake bite; treatment for
dislocations, unconsciousness, poisoning, fainting, apoplexy^ sunstroke,
heat exhaustion and freezing; know treatment for sunburn, ivy poison-
ing, bites and stings, nosebleed, earache, toothache, inflammation or grit
in eye, cramp or stomach-ache and chills; demonstrate artificial respira-
tion.
6. Prepare and cook satisfactorily, in the open, without regular
kitchen utensils, two of the following articles as may be directed: eggs,
bacon, hunter's stew, fish, fowl, game, pancakes, hoecake, biscuit, hard-
tack or a "twist" baked on a stick; explain to another boy the methods
followed.
7. Read a map correctly, and draw, from field notes made on the
spot,' an intelligible rough sketch map, indicating by their proper marks
important buildings, roads, trolley lines, main landmarks, principal ele-
vations, etc. Point out a compass direction without the help of the
compass. . .
8. Use properly an ax for felling or trimming light timber; or
produce an article of carpentry or cabinet-making or metal work made
by himself. Explain the method followed.
9. Judge distance, size, number, height and weight within 25 per cent,
10. Describe fully, from observation, ten species of trees or plants
including poison ivy—by their bark, leaves, flowers, fruit or scent;
or six species of wild' birds by their plumage, notes, tracks or habits;
or six species of native wild animals by their form, color, call, tracks or
habits; find the North Star, and name and describe at least three con-
stellations of stars. _ .
11. Furnish satisfactory evidence that he has put into practice m
his daily life the principles of the Scout Oath and Law.
12. Enlist a boy trained by himself in the requirements of a Ten-
derfoot.
The Scout Motto
The motto of the Boy Scouts is BE PREPARED. This means
that the Scout is always in a state of readiness in mind and body to do
his duty.
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Boy Scouts of America. Scouting, Volume 1, Number 23, April 15, 1914, periodical, April 15, 1914; New York, New York. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth282674/m1/12/: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Boy Scouts of America National Scouting Museum.