The Alaska daily empire., 1915-02-25
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 CAMP FIRE GIRLS
lcontIauod rom Iag0 T~o7

NfNitsl ilAl- 4.eakA
 (continued rom Haze Two.
 ways been the center Of home be-
 cause camp flre' siiggesta outol.
 doors, and we want thr romantic out ofdoor element in iti because tha camp represents human solldarltr, che coming together ot the group.
 There are threo ordefa The Wood ! Torch Bearers: When g. girl lrst joins
 she becomes a wood galherer She
 stands for these desirtis 'lt is my
 desire to become a Gimp Fire G.rb
 which is to seek bsauty to giye 1er-
 vice, to pursue knowledge. to be trust
 worthy, Go hold on Go health, to glor- fly my work and to be happy This
 law of the Camp Fire ] will strive to
 follow"
 To attain the next stage g sirl must
 learn to do aDd actually perform many useful things.
 In addition she must present twen- ty elective honors There arc seven groups of these elective honora- Health Graft Home Graft Nature Lore, Camp Craft Hand Graft Busl- ness and Patriotism. At least one hon or must bo won in each group, and with Che exception of Home Graft not more than five honors may Do pre- sented from any one group To be- come a Torch Bearer, the girl must present fifteen more Of thesc elective honors besides fulfilling certain oth- CT requirements.
 The activities in theee seven gronps represent aii the phases of woman's worl, that we know about They are to make for status in that work. Ar ter a certain kind Of work has been dignified, it is done in v0ry differ ent sort of way from what it was be. fore. Also. We have hled 10 restore the psychic function Of Iuothorbood by exalting all the domestic feelings The work in the business gection is de signed for the girl who is earning her own living Credits are given for def l mite accomplishment in her particu- lar line of work.
 The general aim of the Camp FireI Girls is to help girls get ready for the new world h which woman Is finding herself and to enable them to over- come the grinding tendency of mod crn machine work; to show that com mon lie contains the materials for romance and edveuture--that making a soup or inventing a new woy ofl alarming may be on adventurei to show by special names and symbols, the significance of the modest attainments Of life: Co put woman's work into bundles; to develop in girls tho power of keeping step. We have made the organization to sim. pie that 1t can be carried on by or dinory people It is adapted to all peoples
 Woman's work has left the home tho religious institutions have gone. the educational institutions have gone. the weaving aud thc making of the things Of beauty have gone, yet the things which these atood for should occupy all her powers the oulk Of her days most of the years of her lle- There must be a broader field os use fitness for her. The fundamental dii.f ference between the world relation of women and the world relation of men is that woman's instinct feelings have been confined to tho home wh.le the mans have worked themselves out In the wider life of the community; as the gang instinct. for example works itself out in the relation of the man to the party or to the army. Here is woman's opportunity, not to copy the of men. but to apply her own instinct feelings to community life. Many Of the fundamental actiy- iies of the community arg not primar- lly the business of men-those that relate co SOod hOuSeheepin5' lot lu' stance, to the cleaning up and partic- llarly to the Identifying of our cities. And so the conditions under which girls work in New York City are tlie of women of New York City | although the men must help them out Woman's work is still womans work The only difference is that vi for nerly 1t was essentially indiy.giollst-c t can no wbe done socially with oth- sr women.
 Love has been predominately a nome affair. By applying 1t to the i community, We are going to get a iner type of community life. It is .oming all over the world, but t must De organized and brought about by yomen and 1t will take time The re. i .djustment Of one-half of human kind o the world is a tremendous step.
 Confidence In Bryan.