The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-05-20
BOY SCOUTS
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other three fingers upright.
This is the scouts salute and
secret sign.
when the hand is raised shoulder
high it is called The Half Salute
when raised to the forehead it is
the Full Salute
1.-THE three fingers held up Oike the
three points of the scouts badge) re-
mind him of his three promises in
the scouts oath"
Tenderfoot
"A boy on joining the Boy Scouts
must pass a test in the following
points before taking the oath:
know the scouts laws and signs,
and salute,
"Know the composition Of the ma
tional flag and the right way to fly it
"Tie four out of the following
knots; Reef, sheet bend, Glove hitch
bowline, middleman's, flshermans
sheepshank
"He then takes the Scouts oath
and is enrolled as a Tenderfoot, and
is entitled to wear the buttonhole
badge"
Seeond-Class Scout
Before being awarded the second
class scouts badge a Tenderfoot mus
pass the following tests;
Have at least one months service
&. a Tenderfoot.
go. Elementary first aid and band
aging.
"3. Signaling, elementary knowl
edge of semaphore or Morse alphabet
a. Track half a mile in twenty
five minutes; or, if in a town, describ
store window out of four, observe
for one minute each.
IS. Go mile in twelve minutes a
scouts pace"
&c. Lay and light a fire, using nc
more than two matches,
81. Cook a quarter of pound {
meat and two potatoes without COO
ing utensils other than the CampiI
Outfit.
"S. Have at least one dollar in
savings bank"
First-cass Scout.
Before being awarded a first-cla
scouts badge a scout must pass t
following tests, in addition to t
tests laid down for second-cla
scouts:
q. Swim fifty yards. IN. BIT
may be omitted where the doctor c
titles that bathing is dangerous to
boys health, in which case he mi
run a mile in eight minutes, or p
form some equivalent selected by
scoutmaster).
SO. Must have two dollars at lie
in the savings bank.
"3. Signaling. Send and receive
message either in semaphore
Morse, sixteen letters per minute.
a. Go on foot, or row a bo
alone to point seven miles away a
return again; or if conveyed by a
vehicle or animal, go to a distar
OF fifteen miles and back, and VIZ
q short report on it. 1t is prefe
BILE that he should take two days o'
it,
IS. Describe or show the prol
means for saving life in case of t
Of the following accidents (allott
by the examiners): Fire, drowning, r
away carriage, sewer gas, ice bref
ing, or bandage an injured pate
or revive apparently drowned pers
&C. Cook satisfactorily two out
the following dishes, as may be
rected: Eggs, bacon, hunters ste
or skin and cook a rabbit, or plu
and cock bird. Also make Hi
Tack out of half a pound of -four,
q twist" baked on thick stick
~. Read a map correctly, q
draw an intelligent rough sketch m
FONT out a compass direction wi
out the help OF a compass.
IS. Use an axe for telling or tr
ming light timber; or as an alter
tive produce an article of carpen
or joinery or metal work, made
himself satisfactorily
80. Judge distance, size, numb
and heigt within 25 per cent of er
40. Bring a Tenderfoot trained
himself in the points required TO
Tenderfoot.
The Scout Law.
81. A scouts honor is to
trusted.
"If scout were to break his he
by telling a lie, or by not carr!
out an order exactly, when trusted
his honor to do so, he may be dir