The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-09-17
The Qualifications

From tendcrfoot the neopbyte has passed to the
degree of second class scout for which these the
qualifications
l. Have at least one months service as a tender
foot
.. Elementary FIRST aid and bandaging
3 Signalling elementary knowledge of semaphorc
Morse alphabet
/. Track half a mile in twenty-five minutes: or II
in town describe satisfactorily the contents OF one
store window out of four observed for one minute
each
;. G o a mile in twelve minutes at scouts pacc"
g Lay and light ire, using not more than two
matches
Cook quarter of pound of meat and two pota-
toes without cooking utensils other than the regula
tion billy
s Have at least twenty-five cents in savings
bank.
o Know the sixteen principal points of the com
pass.
Signalling is done largely by Gags and the scouts
have formuae for remembering the Morse code. The
billy" billy can" referred in the regulations Is
combination of the can and skillet so arranged as TO
be compacty carried.
After 1t has been adjudged that The scout of the
second class has passed all his qualifications he Is
eligible 10 promotion as FIRST class scout These
then the which he must meet in order to
nttan that position
l. Swim fifty yards tN B-This nav be omitted
where the doctor certfeS that bathing is dangerous
the boys health in which he must run mile
In eight minutes, OF perfom equivalent selected
by the ScOutmasterJ
.. Must have fifty least In the savings bank
3. Signalling Send and receive message either in
semaphore or Morse. sixteen letters per minute
4. Go on root or row boat alone 10 poRt
miles away and return again: OF, II conveyed by any
vehicle animal go to distance Of fifteen miles and
back and write short report H. 1t IS preferable
that he should take two days over 1t.
. Describe OF show the proper means for saving
life In OF OF the following accidents laotted
by the eNamIncrSD:-Flre. drowning. runaway car
riuge gas. Ice breaking or bandage an In
Jured patient revive an apparently drowned person
g. Cook satisfactorily two of the following dishes
may be Observation-Disclosures. bacon. hunters stew
Or skin and cook a rabbit OF pluck and cook bird.
Also make "dumper" OF half a pound OF flour or &
twist baked ON thick stick
Z. Read a map correctly. and draw an intelligent
rough sketch map. Point a compass direction
without the help of a compass.
S Use an axe for telling or trimming light timber.
or an alternative produce article of CARPENTRY
toriy.
O. Judge distance Size numbers and height within
% per cent
10 Train tendcrfoot for a month so that he may
qualify second class scout
The Badges of Merit
Boys who passed all these tests and have been
duly enrolled first class have before them
the opportunity OF winning certain badges of merit
They may do this by qualifying by special training as
members OF the ambulance corps. dremen OF
cyclists. and also as clerks, sgnaleTS pioneers sea
men, marksmen, masters arms. Stalkers gardeners
horscmeu, electricians uud musicians.
Shoulder lines awarded 10 any scout who has
attained six OF these badges and the exalted rank Of
SILVER Wolf goes the youth who has qualified In
all fourteen of these extra requirements Last of all
iS precious these young knights orders CON
ferred 10y kings and queens the medals meri-
orous deeds. To be only when conferred by the
chief Scout Black Wolf himself The bronze cross
with the red ribbon IS for saving life the risk
MS own: silver lue ribbon for life saving
Without the element OF personal danger and the eiIt
medal OF merit with white ribbon IS conferred for d