The Alaska daily empire., 1913-09-19
GEN. tUERTA MAY SUPPORT GEN. DLAZ FOR PRESIDENT
CAMP FIRE GIRLS
 FOR JUNEAU
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A branch of the Camp Fire Girls or ganization is to be formed at Juneau under the leadership of Miss Edith Kempthorne, one of Juneaus leading musicians, who is well known as an enthusiastic mountain climber and pc destrian and lover of all outdoor sports.
 The purpose of this organization is to perpetuate the spiritual ideals of the home under the new conditions of social community.
 The specific ways by which it aims at this large result is to show that the common things of daily life are the chief means of beauty, romance and adventure; to aid in the forming of habits, making for health and vigOr; the out-of-dOor habit, and the out-of- door spirit; to devise ways of measur- ing and creating standards of woman's work; to give girls the opportunity to
 
 team work through doing it and to help young people to fit themselves In every possible way for full, rich, useful lives; so that when the time comes for them to grasp the bigger re- responsibilities of earning their own liv- ing or making homes for themselves and others, they will be equipped and eager for the task.
 In other words the Camp Fire move ment is striving to adjust the rela- tions of woman to the great world which today awaits her-the import ant circle of the home or the wide spheres of social, civic and national activity.
 How does it accomplish this? In the most delightful and imaginative way, by an organization whose meth ods are at once practical and roman tic. For while the Camp Fire Girls may have their heads in the clouds during the hours of exhilarating outdoor freedom and adventure, their feet are planted firmly on the ground
 Membership is open only to girls of twelve years and over, younger girls may become Blue Birds" an auxiliary organization
 There are three grades of Camp Fire Girls: Wood Gatherers, Fire Makers and Torch Bearers. When a girl first joins she becomes a Wood Gatherer, and is given a silver ring on which is a bundle of seven faggots, representing the seven points of the law. This is her membership token and typifies the spirit of the organiza- tion, cooperation and comradeship with others.
 Honors may be won in seven crafts: Health Craft, Home Craft, Nature Lore, Camp Craft, Hand Craft, Business and Patriotism.
 DLuther Gulick, the Camp Fire Girls president, said recently: You know, there's a lot in symbols. Words dehne and limit, but symbols suggest. They appeal to the imaginations. They stand for visions, for ideals. That's why all the little signs and ceremon- ies of our Camp Fire Girls mean so much to them. They are the outward expression of an inward striving after beauty.
 "One of the significant features of this movement is that the girls re- ceive social status for doing things that hitherto have been looked upon as drudgery, and to bring about this wholesome change of attitude toward the essentials of life means to make efficiency and happiness go hand in hand"
 Miss Kempthorne is splendidly equipped to take the leadership of the Camp Fire movement in Juneau. Her experience with girls, her love of the great outdoors and her interest in all that counts for a fuller life are qual- ificatiOns that guarantee success for the movement that she is about to inaugurate in Juneau.