Scouting, Volume 24, Number 9, September 1936 Page: 13
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ing Eye
work as set forth in this article. If
your Troop wants to undertake this
inform your Local Council. The See-
ing Eye Headquarters will notify your
Local Council of blind men in your
community who expect to become stu-
dents at their institution and are in
need of preliminary training.
the house. On reaching the curb the
boy must stop and let the man direct
him right or left. In all cases avoid
thinking for the blind man. Let him
think for himself, let him tell you
where he wants to go, and if he be-
comes lost, let him try to figure out
by himself where he is and how he
must turn to get back home.
Three Miles for Forty Minutes
In the beginning of the preparation
work the trips must necessarily be
short and not too fast a pace, limited
to the physical ability of the man. The
goal which the Boy Scout is seeking is
the development of his man to the
point where he can walk at a pace of
three or three and a half miles an hour
for forty minutes at a stretch. When
that goal has been reached, the man is
physically able to take the work at the
school.
During these walks the Scout uses a
few technical tricks in stopping or
"checking" for curbs, obstacles and
various things that the blind man must
locate before walking on. Even though
the Boy Scout may know that when
they get to the next corner they are
going to turn right, he must overcome
the tendency to turn that corner to
the right without a command from the
blind man. Always go to the curb first
and check. Stand still and let the
man feel the curb with his foot, until
he gives the command "Right," "Left,"
or "Forward." If the man gives the
command "Forward" when there is
automobile traffic going by in the
street, the Scout should start to step
off the curb, stop for the traffic just as
he would stop himself, and then, as
the traffic clears, continue to the other
side of the street without any further
commands from the blind man.
In the case of barriers, or obstruc-
tions across the sidewalk, if there is an
opening at one end or the other of the
barrier, so that by a simple swing right
or left it can be passed, that is the thing
to do, just as it is the thing to do with
pedestrians, posts, and trees. On the
other hand, if the barrier is solid and
completely blocks the sidewalk, the
boy should walk up to the center of the
barrier as the dog does, stop and let
the man feel it. If the man asks "Is
this a barrier?" give him an honest
answer, but do not warn him of it in
advance. Once he has located the bar-
Blind man pointing the direction of home.
Scout exercise should work
up to at least 3'/2 miles
per hour.
SEPTEMBER, 1936
Speed is necessary to sup-
ply the contrast between
free walk and barrier or
traffic checks.
The blind must depend
upon the Scout as a guide
so Scouts should see that
the cane is not used.
Send in your Reregistrations Now if They Are Due
Dog showing man that
walk is barred.
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