Milford chronicle., 1915-06-18
Continued from last week.
FIRST CLASS TEST.

T Inc iIrst test is that the candidate he
e ISqulred to swim fifty Yards. frst
e class scout IS supposed to be PREPARED 70
( meet emergencies, and this is the reaso,,
t ior THIS requirement. A sco1t ,vbo cc,,1-j
{ not swim would be of no use v,hste,'a-
IN drowning accident. NumberIess 90
CaSions can be imagined in which a Lno,cI-
cage OF swimming would be absoI,tai,.
essential If the scout were to live nn -
"nst IS expected of a First Classer. Ger
tam thlhgs are expected of a bov vveariro,
1ilat PIN, and certainly KNOWLEDGE of |
swimming IS one of the most itnpoTfa,,t
scouts who cannot swim should lose no /
tiule IN getting instructions in and prac-
/ ticing this art - ~
lest number two requires that the
Soou! earn ana deposit at least two dol
iaIs IN PuDic bank. In the lessons on
,ii siie SeeC.u class tests we have spoken on
the subject of thrift. This frst-c1ose
test IS simply continuation of ths ss,,,s
ne having IN the bank the dollar that he | :
earned and deposited to meet the second
ciaSs test and he now simply has to carr,
ana add another to that. OF course he
should not stop at this point. The habit
oi saving once formed, should bv al ,
means be continued and the bank acconnt |
i'aue q, 70 ihountu up toa substantial amourt
iest NUMBER three requires the ability
@ send and receive 4 message in e;tLer -
'eHlaphore or International Morse at tbs q
d'e OF sixteen letters per minute Ofl
ou' sc tnis Is not a very high rate Of
peed and can be easily acquired bv nrac- 81
zee. The receiving, of course. is the me-
Uncut. In the second class lessons
Snalling was taken up verv tbororgl,i,
l,, those who have saved those lessons +Oi
"a VIII simply practice systematicaIl, PHI
III soon be able to pass this test TLe -
essaSe ior the test should be of some =
hStn and the time taken. The AVERAGE y
eed should be at the required rate +,
uhtiIS letters, interval in the In
national Morse and Front" in Sem
lol should each be counted as a letter ~.
=, reasoning the number per minute. -
lest number four reads as folio,,s .-'H
iahe round trip alone (or with an -
Ter scout to a point at least sa,.s,,
les away, going on foot or ro,.ino,
II, and write satisfactory account ot
trip and things observed =" This tast
leSigned, of course, to bring ont tbe
nj power of observation and descr;,, Dae,
II IS not simply taking fourtea,,
c walk. There is no idea of ral.i,- 600
eeu' ana any attempt to make il in
* ume should be forbidden tn -
l. IS to carefully observe e,,er,,ti,;,,,-
that space of country, and then vrits
tisfactory account of it. The time If
ting, reaching destination and retnrn
should be carefully noted. as shouId
the condition of the roads and the
-her. If possible. the route sboniJ
IN some forest country. The ronta
wed should be carefully described
all turnings noted so that an,ot,a
could follow the directions without
pie. Persons met should be De,
ed the character Of the surrounding
Try set out in full, and incidents -
Quincy should be told. Anv strean,
ater should be located in the de.
uon. Any historical spots or bui1d-
snouid be located and an account
!; !; Ann to make your account lust
Y and interesting as possible. The
OF observation is exceedingly val
and anything that you can do 70
It, IS well worth doing Do not
Win one hike Make a practice
ing them even after You become n
class Scout, and do not think tbat
activities along this line are anv.
out Just beginning simply because
ave passed this test A First Class
snouid be continuing training ali
Continued next week..