Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-01-14
Girls and Their Affairs.
Conducted by Helen FL. Fetter
- NE Of the most interesting of

~ NE of the most interesting. OF
the national organizations for
girls is the Camp Fire Girls
and the real Importance that
may be attached TO this organization
and its beneficial work is shown IN the
way colleges, universities and normal
schools are giving special credit to camp
fire work done by members in their IN
stitutions. They are introducing the
campfire courses in higher educatlonal
institutions all over the country. There
are more than 800 Camp Fire girls In
twenty-five groups in Washington and
IL will be a pleasure for them TO renew
their camp fire work when attending
universities or colleges.
Among the schools that have added a
camp fire course to the curriculum are:
University of Southern California,
Northwestern University, University OF
Kansas, Colorado State Teachers Col
lege, Cornell University, Syracuse Uni
versity, Kansas State Agricultural
College, Louisiana State Normal
School, Battle Creek Normal School
of Physical Education. Southern Meth
odist University, College of Puget
Sound and University OF Omaha. IN
several cities Camp Fire worker has
been put on the staff of the pubic
schools to supervise Camp Fire work
thereby making il the recreation pro-
gram of the school. Training course
certificates were awarded to 1900
women
Moreover. the Camp Fire movement
is not confined to the United States.
There are Camp Fire groups in seven
teen foreign countries. with a total
enrolment for the past year OF
10000. During the year 2,03S,5I2
honors We're awarded. These were d.
Vided as follows: Home craft, 636.s4S'
health craft. $4,000; hand craft. 40
800; patriotism, 21S,I2O: required.
1000: business craft. 16S360: camp
craft, lis, 400; local. 7.544. During the
summer over 125.000 went camping.
the largest camp having been at cam
Crete. Neb., where there were 'oo
girls at one time.
MANY people confuse the Camp
vi Fire Girls and the Girl Scouts.
They are, however. two distinct or
ganizations. The Camp Fire GIFTS
were organized in 1911 with the pur-
pose to assist in the development
and dissemination of the home spirit
differeing in this respect most striN-
ingly from the Girl Scouts, which If
primarily military and patriotic.
The founder of the organ izatiS!
designated the Camp FIRE Girls a.
..an Experimentation that is back OF III"
home 1t is helping girls and nom
ers to discover that there are NOR
interesting and happy things l" u"
and relationships 10 ENJOY IN 'o.o
nection with everyday life than are
to be found in the commercially sup
piled amuSements.'
The annual report for 49, polnts
out that the entire Camp FIRE pro
gram Is one of citizenship; that each
Of the seven crafts Is such as makes
for better citizenship by developing
young women who are capaole.
strong, who love beauty and nave
high ideals of life. Camp FIRE Girls
co-operated with many civicF move
ments during 1922 in addition 10
carrying on their own work. They
took part in safety first campaigns.
Fire-preventiton week and cleanup
DAYS. They made, donated and
helped with the. distribution Of thou
sands of garments for the Needle
work Guild OF America, took part III
community festivals and PROVIDED
Christmas presents for thousands or
They planned and developed park
on the Lincoln highway in the middle
west and conducted nat1on-Wld e
campaign for the preservation OF WIG
flowers.
Sixty-two registered courses in
Camp Fire were given altogether.
This number included courses given
under the supervision of local eXecut-
tives, guardians associations, camp
Fire summer camps and summer
camps of religious education, as well
as the courses in schools and COL
leges.
4 registered Camp Fire course is
one whose instructors and course OF
study have been officially recognized
by national headquarters and one IN
which en- examination is given ana
diplomas are awarded for SatlSfac-
tory work. The work for a semester
Includes attendance at Camp Fire
meetings, the making of ceremonial
gown portraying the aspirations OF
the girl in it's trimming and the WIN
ming of tWenty-eight honor beads. An
honor bead is awarded for satisfac-
tory performance of a task listed un-
. der one of the seven crafts into which
the work is divided-home-craf
health-craft, camp-craft, hand-craft'
nature-craft businesS-cr patriot
ism and citizenship. Three beads
must be worn in each craft and three
must be local service beads:
President, aaId Piye is tbe honorary
vice presidents being ex-President
Wilson, ex-President Taft and Sir
Auckland Geddes. Mrs. Warren G..
Harding is honorary chairman of the
national advisory council; Mrs. oliver
Hartman. president: Miss Florence
Hughes and Mrs. T. J. Oakley Rhine
lander, vice presidents; DR.. Myron T.
Scudder, treasurer: and Lester F.
scott, secretary and national execd :
tive. Headquarters are at 81 East
t7th street. New York city. Mrs. Lii
liam Johns is head of the Washington
Camp Fire Girls.
T,,n;ors Are ELIGIBLE