Milford chronicle., 1952-06-27
Girl Scout Program
ActiUe liz Milford
Continued from first DagsJ

By reading 10 AIMS little ESSAY
it is fairly easy to see what Brow
ME Scouting means to the seven.
eight, and nine year olds. She is
a member of a little club of girls
her own age, who have fun and
good times together under the
leadership of two or three adults
who help these girls learn by
doing" Their activities are based
on eleven fields of interest: l. Out
of doors, 2 Homemaking, 3. Com
munity life, 4. Literature and dra-
matics, 5. Arts and crafts, 6. Ma
ture, Z. Health and safety, 8. Music
and dancing, 9. International
friendship, TO- Sports and games,
II, Farm and garden.
Intermediates
The Girl Scout organization in
the United States includes girls
from z to IS years of age as we'll as
many adults who are interested in
helping girls enjoy the program.
Because girl of z does not like
to do the same things as a girl
of II, there are three seperate
programs for three different age
groups. This means that while all
Girl Scouts have some of the same
interests, each group may do things
differently For instance, a Girl
Scout of any age may love the out
Of-dOOrs, but the youngest ones
may have most fun playing out
door games, or going on short ex-
plOratiOn trips in their own neigh
bOrhOOd. Somewhat older girls
probably prefer day hikes, treasure
hunts, or cOOk-Outs. Still older
girls may decide in favor of gypsy
trips or other favOrite form of
sport
The Intermediate Scouts include
all girls between the ages of 10
and Ia. They have a deep feeling
of kinship with the pioneers who
have gone before them.
Senior Girl Scouts
The Girl Scout who is over four
teen may and often does do all the
things her sister Girl Scouts are
doing, but she also wants to follow
through in the subjects that inter-
est her, going on to more thorough
investigation and specialization.
She is more vitality interested, too,
! in the problems that come with
growing up" Perhaps she is al
ready thinking about a job and
wants to know what is required of
workers in. different fields. She may
study an industrial plant or a re-
tail shop for general information
, but with also a view to her own
future career possibilities. She
wants to take her part in a wider
/ social life with pOise and gracious
ness and she needs appropriate Op-
portunities for developing that pOise
in groups of boys and girls. A
troop of Senior Girl Scouts may
! organize a discussion group on
current problems or possible ca
reers, may plan to decorate their
meeting house or rooms at home.
By making articles for sale, they
may earn money for a troop party.
Camping for the older Girl Scout
is usually more advanced, giving
her many opportunities to make
the things she needs for comfort
able living in the Out-Of-dOOrs. She
develops the hobbies of her young
er days in more grown-up ways.
setting for herself higher standards
of achievement in the plays she
gives. the poems she writes or the
pottery she makes Service is
stressed all through the senior pro-
gram and these girls are seen all
around town doing service in the
home, hospital church and school.
No Brownie, Girl Scout. or Sen
iOr Girl Scout is required to fol-
low any hard and fast rule of ac-
tivity. Girls enter Girl Scouting
quite simply because they want to.