The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1922-04-25
Test Requirements And Suggestions
IA mile Hike

The IA mile hike is getting to be
the thing. Not a mail arrives but
what there are from n to three
hike accounts. 1t is fine work fellows
and surprising what a number of
things you see on a trip of this kind,
that you never saw before. One of
the noticeable things about these &C
counts is the good turns done by the
scouts while on these trips. Here
are some of them: Saw a large hole
in the road. Filled it up with dirt
and stones. Rolled large boulders
and rocks from the road. Picked up
broken glass. Picked up nails and
spikes. Helped a lady put a tire on
her Ford. Helped a man push his
auto out of the mud. Carried heavy
bundle for old oma etc.
Suggestions for your account of IA
mile hike. Head with name, date,
troop number and location of start
ing point. Name of scout with whom
you hike. Time of departure and ar
rival home. Directions in which you
travel, Name the trees, shrub and
plants along the road or trail. Des-
cribe the condition of trails and roads
level, smooth, rough, macadam, noun
famous, etc. Kinds of fences wire,
wood etc. Kind of weather. Impor-
tant buildings and houses ETC., Ami
mails and birds, fowl etc. Autos,
makes and numbers Cliffs waterfalls,
streams, gulches, foliage etc, Name
all towns gulches, roads and places
passed. Ocean and island seer on
hike etc,
Nature Study
Scouts are requested not to write
account of trees or stars until the
troop is visited by Mr.. Frank Croc-
kett of Troop 8.
Mr.. Crockett will call on your troop
and describe THE different species of
leaves, trees, also describe the bark
trunks, branches and limbs. Use of
woods and fruit. Height etc. Scout
masters should get in touch with Mr..
Crockett and set dates for his visit
to your troop. He will also talk on
stars.
Map Drawing
Many scouts are now anxious 10
take up First Glass Test number 7.
This includes the reading of maps,
sketching same and pointing north
direction without the aid of a COM
pass. The area covered should be
o one quarter square mile. All
Iences, trees, grass, roads, telephone
and light poles, rail roads, bridges,
buildings, streams, gulches, ponds,
dams, ~irrigating bitches, hills and
ridges, trails etc, must be marked or
designated as required by civil en-
"glneering maps. Scoutmaster should
secure an instruction sheet on Map
Drawing and reading from the Exc
cutiye before allowing scouts to draw
maps. Pick the location for the
to sketch. Maps should be
neatly drawn to a scale. Names of
towns, roads etc. neatly done.
TESTS PASSED
Tenderfoot-M. CaraValho. .Fuiiyo
SIN, q. Fletchet, Troop 2; Y. Sato,
Troop 5; T, Tanabe, NJ. Nishihara,
Troop 10; G, Aikala, Troop; F. Pts
tani, Troop 5.
Second Class
First Aid. Maehara, X. Hozama,
l. Hleda' Troop 2; H. de Rego, Troop
X. Matsueda, Troop 8; T. Hieda.
Hamamoto, T. Inamasu, Y. Nagata,
Troop 7.
Signalling-T. Ito, |. Maehara, H.
Masuoka, M. Shimomura, Troop 2; r.
Santos, Troop 81; X. Towata, Troop 6;
Matsueda, Troop 8; X. Yoshida, S.
Sasaki, H. Yamaguchi, Troop 10.
Tracking-Troop 2, NJ. Watanabe,
Nakasone, X. Hazama, S. Inaba, X.
Nishiyama, X. Fujiyoshi, j. Omori, l..
II HirOSa NJ S~bimomura ID