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A gtrl of eight St~Jub "'C this .,._·hool for nil the1r tnt'Ctin"'' be COI~sider I '>• ml u' ~our problems leader'! year\ of cgc should nc\cr he ~ven the we h:nc 1 ''thank·\0\t booth .. to \\hidt "e reo-pons1bilih uf handlin~ large )ttnlS of mone). t'Ontnhut• handmade ttcms or craft,. Tilt~ E arl) repli~ to the January problem of Tith is "ft) some counctls h."c adoptoo .tre made 111 our meetin!;:s tltrt u~hout the ' r. polit"'t>S t'OD~~mtn" youn(!cr !.,'Iris and fmanet:. \nother \\;t\· to l'O\er this was don~ b\ Troop trea)ury lost .h there <:tnt' to be no reath \Oiutioo h.l\ing t hootenann\' on O<:toh.~ 31 at ot~r Because the lender of my daughter\ troop for ret'O\l·nng thtl troop trc.·asury: .md the 4 ClnL ~COt LE.·U>I:m Author! Author! In Broadening Our Reach, World Wide." Bt tt) Goode l>pr.t,~ue ( \lr,. Ho\1 ard A ) reporb on the \\ orld A'-'><>· ci:ltion confen·n~-c ho~tt.-....._d bv Girl Scout' of the U.S.A. at Rod;\\ood, \lr Sprag..1c, who \\,IS a con ference pArtiCipant, b 0 MJall of the Rt>t;on IV Commilttt· and u memlx r of thr :\"ation.tl Board t•f Dirf'cto·' Shc 1> ,1 p.1~t prl'~ident of the Girl Sco 1t counctl 111 Cl.. vt>land, Oluo. ~[r, Spra~e b no\• .en ing a' nattorutl c h~tlrman for Alnmn.:u:- F unJ Rahing Conunittlt' of :\lount Holyukt· Collcgt·. Her two tl.m¢lter' gre\\ up m Scouting and .ue CliTTt-ntly adult \OluntcNs. HCI' hu,b.md b an nssod.tlt• m('JI}J:x.r. Rub> Glc n Sill' rt.'<.,nmb highlighb of past meeting' uf the :-\atinn.tl Couucil in · \ '.tlues to Hold ." Her •.. oft'en1 an ea:;y way to be sure li\'dy article• should pro\'e an inspiration and a cb.tl yout·daughter is properly mformed lengt• to dt'l<'gak~ to the October meeting in Detroit, concerning menstrual hygiene; '" tlkv prl'par., to writt- .mother chapter in the ~ation .tl Couudl'' lonj! md illu~triuus hi\ tot') :\li's Sills. who .•. answt rs not on!~· the questions is .m A"i'tant to tht• ~.ltiOJul E'ecutive Director, is she ask!~, but al!;O those she might rt·~pon,ihle• for ,t.tlf t·oordination of ~ational Council be too ~hy to nsk ... in terms she meding' Sl • t~u•ac to Girl Scouting tn 1964 from thc> can understand; :-\,ltion.tl Ft.d• mlion of Bmine" and Profes<;ion.tl Sill, ••. contain, everythmg you need \\'om( n\ Club,, Inc., \\',,,hin~ton, D. C. As CX('<.'lltivt t.o acquaint her with sanitary pro dirl-ctor uf that urg.mization from 1960 to 100.1. she w.h tection and personal daintiness; an char:!" pf thP ndm1nistraUon of the n.Uional t"tt"Ctttiw officx·, -.-rvmg 1 memilt.'t'blp of liO.OOO \\Outen m ••. teaches her that menstruation the Un1k(l Statc,, Puerto Rk-o, and the \'irgin Island,, is a natut-al function that tells her she has graduated to womanhood •.. and how to be her usual, active, "Opcrntinn Gr.mdcbu:!hter" by Helm John.":m ( .\Ir-. attractn·e self dudng"those day~ \h,le)) 1s a delightful story of ser\it-e to shut-ins in tJ,.. St P.ml . .\lmo•·,ot.t. area. ~Irs Johnson j, .1 mcm Onlu$1.00 from the makrt8 of~ J,. r ,,t the Progr '" Ser\' ce' Or unittee of tht.- Girl Sl'Out Conndl of St. Crot.\ Valle\. ShP has .tlso ,en·ed BELTX SASTY P.4.XTY j n' n Brm\ nit• k·adt r. Senior ,IClv~r .md troop c.11mnlit Kit includes. l Beltx Santy Panty (be tce dt.timun. \lr John-.un come, of a Girl Scout sure to spec•fy size) • 1 Sanitary Napkin 1 h\ f.unih lie r hu,IJ.lml •~ r•·!!;t,tert'tl ml'lllber. Her Purse with sanitary n11pkin • 1 booklet, d.mghtt·r' h.wc bc('n in Scouting ~int·e their Brownw "Just Between Us" by Betty Kay expla•n· clavs in St. Panl. Sus.tn, 2l, i' llOw advi,cr to the Senior ing menstruation plus tips on health, S!f~·ring Bn.trd. S.mdra. 2.3, h a Senior ad,ist·r. .\fr,. po1se, actov•t•es, etc. • 1 Beltx Dial Cal· Julmson 111d h('r two dmghteT<; .tttt:nded the 196.'5 endar (in back cover of booklet) to help ill Idaho, 1\ here they advi>ers. Roundup 'erved ,,, troop keep track of penods. • 1 Leaflet on ••.~miog .\I. hohd Cro\H' t tkt·, us un t journ• \ mto intt·matiooal '"""" '""""'" . fnl'n Ell•' \'ol. 43, '\o 3 ~larch 1966 Published by Contents Girl Scoub of lhc U.S.A. \lrs. Holton R. Price, Jr., Pre•ident 3 Call to Convention Louise A. Wood, National Erccutlc>e Director \Irs. John D. Ile-'<'llwin. 7 A Search for Standards. Joan :\lcEuiry Cloalrman, Progrnrn Committee Leaders and girls can work together to establish standards for Mrs. Edward L. Wamt>r, Jr., Chairman. Magazine Committee determining when a badge has really been earned. Esther R. Bien, Publisher 8 First Girl Scout Leader \'irginia Greene, The story of Page Wilder Anderson, \\ho was selected by Juliette Editor Low to be th .. first leader. Alice \\'hite. A~>£1Ciate Editor 10 Broadening Our Reach. World Wide. IJctty Goode Sprague Joan ~ly.. rs, A report on the World o\.ssociation Conference, hostesscd by Girl Associate Editor Scouts of the U.S..\., nt Rockwood, on "~lcthods of Broadening the Tillie \\'. Green, Reach of Girl Guiding Girl Scouting Within a Country." .Uana/?,ing Editor Phil Hummcr~tOlll'. .\rt Editor 11 Operation Granddaughter, Hdt·ll ]olm\Oil T. James Thompson. Girl Scout service to slmt-ins in the St. Paul, ~iinnesota, area. ,\cb:cr1i.ling Director Editorial Board 12 Spotlight on Senior Planning Boards, Gu:e11dolyn C. Elsemore Alice S. Rivoire, Claalrman CatmcU.s can utili7.c Senior planning boards to help build Senior Irene Anthony Esther R. Bien Scouting, to introdu<'C girls to adult responsibilities, and to provide Elisnh<"th S. Brower them with wider opportunities. Lucile Cnnnon Helen M. F~ency Mlnnio Gilliland 14 "Values to Hold ... ," Ruby Glen Sills Virginia Crrrnc Joan Myers The important work oF drlcgates to the 1\'ational Council. Eliznheth Sbct>hy Fred Todd Alice White 16 "Within Frontiers and Beyond," :0./. !w1Jel Crou:e Little-known aspCl'IS of the "international relations" of Girl Scouts of the U.S.A. Sources of pictures in this li Where a Leader Gets Help: 2. The Troop Committee, Jean E. Terry issue pages: by A leildt·r discov('rs how to get three to si"' extra pairs of willing: hands Co' cr-Conrt<"W of S> dncy R. to help out ,~;th the troop. Kantttr 5-Top to hottnm: \lndison Cffid,.,; n.1ppoport Studios, Inc.; court<·,>· of author: RAJ) 18 Desert Camping, )rnit.:a Berger and :\far~o A. Bartlett poport Studi<», Inc., R. T. Adventures in desert c:unpin!!, Ariwna and ~evada styles. B.utu 7-Hnrry B.-dford 8-9- Bachrach 30 Handbooks Keep Coming to Rockwood, .\!arion Hoffman 11-Court<->> of author Girl Swuts who visit thl~ nation.'ll program center bring their 14-15-Ldt to rit:ht: l. Jay Oi 6 GIRL SCOUT LEADER Proficiency baclgt•s provide au opportunity for girls to learn fum to estnhlisl, ~t.mdard, lor themselve, Tomorrow-or next rt•eek-or next month, some of the Junior or Cadette Girl Scouts tcith whom you work may be starting to earn another proficiency badge. How will you and By Joan McEniry the girls know when that badge has really been eamed? 'What standards tcill determine A search for how each requirement should be done? Or how long an activity should take? Or how standards ·. well a skill must be learned or demonstrated? ·who makes these [Continued on page 22] The author. Joan McEnfry, Is the Junior age-lewl s~t. Prol!;ram Department. FIRST GIRL A portrait of the public-spir,ito Girl Scouting in the l S \ Pa!!e Wilder \nclel'!>on. oot Girl S• 1t leader C One of tl1e secrets of Juliette Low's slllCC's in foundinl! the Girl Scout mowmt-nt in this couuh} was her extmordmal} ability to ~elect the right per,ons to help ht•r. !'rom the first, she cho'e those ''ho were alrt'a 8 GIRL SCOUT LEADER ton of tl1e u.ttiou ShL· \\,tS a member of the Colonial Da""mes, and for thitl\ , ears was '"ice-regent for Georgia COUT LEADER for the :\fount Vcmon Ladies Association. She was a charter member of the Trustees' Carden Club. and she remained President of tlte Board of Telfair Ho,pital for eighteen 'ears. A bea~tiful tribute to :\lr. and :\Irs \r Jerson ap chosen by t1t e Founder of peared in the t•ditoual l'Oiumns of the Sal't• nrtal. Eve ning Prc~s at the tunc of :\Irs. Anderson's death. in 1956: "Life is lll.ult• tl1c ricllt'r bv the acthities and interest of such per,ona~t·~ .1.; "t•n• ~l r. and \ Irs Anderson. Her death now matl.. s t lw closing of their truly inspiring careers, hut tlll'it stm y is .1 delightful chapter in living and worth) of l'tnul.ttion by all generations to rome." At the Julicttt• r.ordon Low Birthplace tlwre is a fountain. pt't'Sl'lltt•d in mt•mory of ~ Irs . Anderson by her daughter nnd f1rst tunwd on by her little great-grand daughter.. -\.; ,i,itor to the Birthpla<"e pause beside this fountain. the\ thmk of the e;racious. dedicated woman who ht>lped to l.umdt the Girl Scout mo' ement on its way-the first of .111 unnumbered throng of leadNs who have ¢\'en of theit time. their ~kills, and themselves for the girls of Anwri<'il. rm: L:ND Rt" As u }Oung girl in SaV"mnah, in the 'dghtic:; Ander:;on drives up to the £rout door of lwr home on Lafayette Square tion Patrol met together in \Irs. Low's b.tcl.; yard aud later had tea at till' Loui~a Porter Home ne:\1 door. At thi" mectin~. the first ~irJ, \\ en.• ··registered"" b) \Irs. Low. "ho ofriciall) registered her niece Dais) Conlou as the first Ctrl Scout, although she \\as out of town. ~Irs. Anderson lwlped \Irs. um design the ongmal uniform-middv blou c nnd -;kirt of d.trk blue. \\ith a light blue tic. ' At first, ribbnm of different colors took the place of hadgc·s. Enmiu~ bad~es was slow work, howe,·er, with ouh cuu· book-the British one. When tlw Uuit~·d Stutes rntered \\'01ld War I in 1917, mum \cntng \\Ottwn, including those who would ha,·e nl MARCH 1966 9 \Irs Lyndon B. Johnson ~cets delegates to the international conference on broadening our reach By Betty Goode Spmgue Delegates explore methods of extending membership throughout the free tVorld Broadening our reach, world wide C Tho winds of concern for the girls we have not called being "a hopper" and soon changed to being reached nrc freshening, not only in our country but "lc hoppaire"). around the world. How, we have wondered, can we The purpose of this conference was stated for us by touch the girl who lives in isolation, barred from the :\Irs. Leonard Davidow, Chairman of the Conference ongoing life of her country because she lives in a slum for the World Committee: to explore methods by which or up a mountaiu, on a desert or across the river, speaks Girl Guiding/Girl Scouting can be carried to girls of a different language or exists in demeaning poverty? families in rural areas. marginal ?.ones, distant towns Last fan thirty-one delegates from twenty-one coun and villages. and all socio-economic groups, including tries gathered at Rockwood, our national program cen the upper and more leisured classes. ter near Washington, to discuss "Methods of Broaden Because many of the countries represented have prob ing the ~each of Girl Guiding/Girl Scouting Within a lems of great clistance and communication, there were Country. discussions on practical ways of recn1iting and training Sponsored by the World Association, hostessed by leaders in isolated towns and in rural villages to serve Girl Scouts of the U.S.A., the conference brought to girls in these communities. The delegates talked about gether national commissioners, presidents, ~md other the use of radio and television, correspondence courses, top Girl Guide/ Girl Scout administrators from Argen "traveling suitcases" of program materials, trainers tina, Brazil. Canada, Cevlon, Colombia, Denmark, crossing the country by jeep, canoe, or on horseback! Fmnce. Ghana. Great Britain, Guatemab. India, Ja Delegates heard how Canada was reachmg out to maica, \lexico, the :-.:etberlands, Panama, Peru, Sweden, hring Girl Guiding to the children of the Eskinios; bow S\\it..:erland, Thailand, \'enezuela, and the C.S.A. the Girl Guides of Pem are strhing to serve the chil \\'hat can happen to a group of individuals from dren of families living in Pamplona, a crowded barriada twenty-one different countries during two weeks of on the outskirts of Lima. We leanwd what the Girl shared living and listening, speaking and thinking Guides of Great Britain were doing to real·h and to together? hold more older girL~ and young ;ldults, :.Uld how the For n moment, memory explodes in a shower of bright Girl Guides of France have a plnn to share the Guide pictures. The discussions and their consensus become program ancl ils activities with children and young entangled in the beauty of Rockwood in the fall; in adults who are not now members of the movement. the rapid sound of seven joyful women all speaking in Words we are familiar with began to appear in our Spanish at one time; in the simultaneous translations sessions: "goals," "objectives," "long-tcm1 planning." \\·e that were constantly in process; in the giggling that spent an entire day-tlrree sessions-on how to com went on as we brushed our teeth in a long trough municate. How does a national assodation make plans lmO\m as the Spit Pit. mshed off to wash and iron the to broaden its reach? The sessions became very practi 11ext dav's blouse or sad and to arrive on time to wait cal~ A city called Cuide\ille, \\'orlch\ide, was described 011 t;tblc (a prhilege, to which we were all entitled, ~ to us and h;lllded over to our four discussion groups. For n note nboul the author, see page 5. We made actual charts of the [Continued on page 27] 10 ClHL SCOUT LEADER By Helen Johnson Operation granddaughter Almost 1,200 Scouts from St. Paul have opened Two to four troops were assigned to each home, depending upon the size and needs of the institution. Troops were teamed up-a Brownie Girl Scout troop a window on the world outside for their with ;\ group of older girls, for instance-so that the homes could benefit from a wide variety of Scout "adopted grandparents" in m·ea nursing homes services. Brownies usually visit a nursing home once or twice a year, joining the older troop for a party or a program. Br0\\11ies also serve in other ways, such as making holi CPeople who live in homes for the aged are some day tray favors, table centerpieces, and door or room times lonely, handicapped. or ill. Too often, they are det-orations. They collect reading materials, start bulbs the community's forgotten people. But happily for the and plants, and make inexpensive gifts for the patients. residents of nineteen nursing homes in St. Paul. ~finne Since mail means so much to a lonely shut-in, sota, someone does care, someone does remember. Brownies make and send greeting cards on holidays. Hundreds of Girl Scouts now do. Troops from the Girl The troops also receive lists of the residents' birthdays Scout Council of St. Croix Valley have been visiting and mail a handmade birthday card to each person. A St. Paul nw-sing and boarding-care homes on a regular holiday or a birthday means much more to these senior basis since :\fnrch of 1963. Dw-ing this time about citizens when the postman arrives with cards from their twelve hundred Girl Scouts have acted as "adopted Brownie friends. granddaughters" to these homebound residents. Juniors, Cadettes, and Seniors visit their aging The St. Paul nursing-home project got under way friends regulaxly. Some homes encourage a person-to three years ago when several troop leaders asked Pearl person relationship. The girls write letters for patients, ~fitchell, \'olunteer Service Coordinator for the Ramsev read to them, set the women's hair, shine shoes, polish County Welfare Department, to suggest various services nails, and nm errands. But more important, the girls Girl Scouts could perform. Senior Troop 384 accepted t;~ke time simply to sit and get acquainted. They be the first nursing-home assignment. It soon bec-ame ap come friends with the older people, ready to listen to parent that there was a real need for such youthful a stor} about the good old days. share a confidence, visitors, and a cotmcil plan was developed to meet it. take a walk, or play a game of checkers. First, the area homes were asked if they were willing Other nursing homes prefer that the ,;siting troops to participate in the project and, if so, what their give parties or programs for lnrgcr groups of patients. specific needs were. Here the Gi rl Scouts ente1tain by presenting talent shows, For 11 note about the author, see page 5. holiday programs, and puppet [Continued on page 21} Two members of Cadette Troop 7t9 set a patient's hair during their \i;it Seniors from Troop 267 earn money to buy a few prizes for patients' games ~IAI\CH 1966 By Gu.•cndolyn C. Elsemorc Spot I ig ht on Senior planning boards How councils crm help planning boards to strengtlwn Senior Girl Scouting C .. Our Pro~t.lm SerYic-cs Committ(·e is tak ng a thorough look .It our Senior planmng boru·ds-t!lt'ir pm·po~e. and how they affect Senior Girl Scouting in our coundl... This st.ttcment was retumed ''ith one of the S• l)f planning board cptestionn.tircs distributed to co Is in thl' sprin~ of 196.5. The primary purpose of the questiomJ.Iirc \hiS to fumish the Program Departrnc·nt \\ith c·mrcnt information H'garding Srnior plannin~ boards. lna 12 higher troop representation, l>nt they have the same problems of nonparticipation, and for the same reasons llo'' <"tm these problems be o,·ercomc? Senior plan ning l>oards cannot be contc>nt to continue without full reprcst·nt,ation if they are to fulfilJ their primary pm pose. Distuawc or means of travel can be a real problem for plannin~ board represent.lth·cs. It rna) be easy to shrug @[§[J!)ll@:?d off the problem and say. "Too bad-Troop X is too far awa) to get to meetings!" But a board ron live up to its commitment and tackle the problems of time and (JJ~!fJfJ:J fJ:Jom tramportation by: • finding a location for meetings that is convenient !E@!JJ{f!Jj) to nil • agreeing upon a time-hours and dtly-that is possible for all • rotating meetings in different locations and thus equalizing time. distance. unci expense for an Lack of troop interest in the planning board rna) stem from several different sources. A troop may not understand the purpo~e and fw1ction of a planning board. It nl.l) ha,·e had .a poor experience in the past "ith a former board. It ma\ fear interference with its own plans tmd acth·ities. Perhaps there are too many dem.mds on too many ~iris ns the result of councih,ide or area-wide Senior event~ ~ troop may honest!) feel no reason for belonging if there are no obvious return dividends A troop adviser mav not be convinced of the value of planning board re,.,rcsentation. (As one coun cil states: "\\'e have founc that the trainin~ of troop advisers, or the lack of it, can make or break a planning board." This council holds a seminar for troop ad,·is ers periodic-all~ to discuss and cx.tmine the purpose and perfonnanc:c of Senior planning boards.) Dull, poor!) conducted meetings may rontribute to the dist•cmragement of members of the planning board. But ~tirnulating agenda, tht• use of 'isual~ .•md a varlet) of methods C.".lll help pl.u111ing boards impro,·e com mwnc. .ttion and engender c-onficlt-nce in their work. (Sec ""Aids to Livelier ~leetings' pp. 6-5-il. S(•nior Girl Scor~t JJ mtd!Jook.) \chit·,·iug effecth·e communication between plan ning bo.uds and troops el•ms to require constant stru{!J~It Sound communic:ation depends not so much on the r t ms b,· whic-h infom1.1tiou is com evcd as on the cbrit~ \\ith ·which it as originally compo~·ed. Troop •cpresentati,·es art• tlu.• carriers of infonnation to and from meetings. The skall~ needed b~ these repre scnt.ttl\'es include the .ability to: • listen ottenth·eh • participate in discussion • t.tke clear, condse notes • wmpose lively rcpmts • 111aintain an objcc-th·p vil•wpoint-.speaking not for themsdws hut for ali nac•mla rs of their troops The~e an• not easy tasks, hut skills C"'.lll he sharpened uitlt good guidance and applic.ation. ThP "ritten word in the form of minutes is nnothl'r fonn of communication u~t' 13 By Ruby Glen Si71s Jon~ to the Girl Scout nu1vcment, but the lives of about twentv-two million others who IHlVC beneCited from Girl 'scout membership through the years. The pridleg,e of being a delegate " Being an elected delegate to the :"Jational Council is a Values highlight in Girl Scouting to any adult so honored by ht•r or his colmdl. This t·oming Octobt-r in Detroit, delegates ''ill a~ain have the ra~e prhilege of prO\id ing the incenthc: and setting the direction that will mow Girl Scouting forward. Aud in I his C'tmte:ct, it is to· hold . .. " important to recognize the fact that the overwhelming majority of delegates to the '\Tntional Council will be from local councils-a far greater percentage than the constitutionally required fom-fifths. So. if you are one So you've been elected as one of your of these prhileged persons elected by your council to the 1966 National Council meeting, you will need a thorough worldng knowledge of the Girl Scout organiza councirs delegates to the National Council? tion. an understanding of the role the '\ational Cou11Cil IHls played over the years, and an awareness of the re Then you follow in a great tradition sponsibilities you '"ill shoulder as a deleg;lte. The anatomy of the National Council0 C \\"heu Juliette Gordon Low called together the The membership of the '\ational Council consists of first meeting of Girl Scout adult leaders and troop delegates elected by the local Girl Scout councils, mem representatives in 1915, she established what is now bers of the :-.!ational Board of Directors of Girl Scouts known as the ~ational Council of Girl Scouts of the of the U.S.A .• and members elected bv the ~ational U.S.A., and through it, set the stage for a continuing Council itself. Onlv United States citizei1s who are ac dialogue, natiom,ide, within the Girl Scout family. In tive. adult membe~s registered \\ith Girl Scouts of the its long and illustrious history, the \{ational Council t.:.S.A. are eligible. And, as mentioned earlier, our con has, indeed, made many far-reaching decisions, stitution states clearlv that at least four-fifths of the affecting not only the lives of almost three and entire membership of the National Council shall at all three-fourths miJlion girls and adults who now be •'For a detailed di II GIRL SCOUT LEADER times consist of delegates elected by local councils. The expected, ke~ed it~elf cvcu more closely to national total nwnber of these delegates elected by councils, concerns. The t·onferences held were work conferences. ho\vever, shall not exceed four thousand. Onlv the ~a emphasizing Girl Scout participation in the war effort tiona! Council can amend the constitution, 'elect the and in postwar planning. national officers and Board of Directors, and establish And then came 1946. As the national com ention con membership and credential requirements. But the most vened in Atlantic City, active citizenship became the importaut function of the '\Jational Council is to set the focal point for the~e delegates as they sought to em broad direction that Girl Scouting is to take in the phasize Girl Scout contacts in the c.:ommunity and in Onited States. the rountry. Said one ~ational Council speaker, "To build friendships through better understanding, to aiel "Values to flold-Worlds to Explore" other couutries where there are felt needs, to know the people of other lands, and to join in common endeavors Over the years, the '\Jational Council has followed with the girlhood of the world was set forth as a pro through on the responsibilit} of determining this di gram of 'Citizenship in Action.' " rection. The 1966 national convention theme, "Values to Delegates to thE' \£ilwaukee ~ational CowlCil meet Hold-Worlds to Explore," 1night very well paraphrase ing in 1949 \Vt•re told that "Scouting is not just one the \\' MARCH 1966 13 C It h.ts bct·n s.tid th.tt a man's check sh1bs c.u1, in br~c mt•asurt', 11•11 the :-.tOI") of his life. \\'e might par.t· phr.tse th.tt b) s.l) iug: The footsteps coming and going through the front door of :-.:ational Hcadqn.uters tell, in la1 ~e measure, tlw t ' ' the intemational ucth it it• of Girl Scouts of thl' l S. \ ' J"ootst ps of 'V'~St •• Ja.l ao; he C'.lnies Jetter<: t•.tclt d.\\ to and from G Sc 1ts and Girl Guide in l'H'r. OO'mer of the \\Orld. · . Footsteps of Her Ho~ al Highness. The Print.>c s ~largant, Pre,tdent of the Girl Guides -~~oeiation of Great Britain and the C..ommon"·ealth, .md of Iler Ro> a) lliglnwss, lite l'rinc•css Bf'nedikte, Chairman of the loiut Colllnntlet• ol Gill Guides in Demn.uk, as t>.tch c·ontt•s In JM~ .Ill official call...... Quick, t'Ol~t·I footstt>ps of a group of S!;'lllOI' Girl Scouts, tlwir l nit•litt~ sessious over, hurrying off to a great tHiwnl1114' in international friendship at Om Chalet, Om C.llmria, or in :\ ladagascur, Jamaica, or By M. h obel Crowe Peru! . Footstt·p~ of 'istrr Girl Guides from f.lr,m'.l) '\(.'\\ Zc,tlnnd, Jnp.w, Sweden. and more th:m fifty otht r counttil s, nt'\\ h .lrrivrd from o,·erseas to attend .\IJ.(jt t ~or Houndup.... "Within II urn mc.: foohtl'Jl' of .l messenger 'ent to pick up a print of our I 1 ·o len Your Eyes." being loont~l to our Department St t • for a 'eminar in Bmzil.... • . . S.mdalrd f, h 16 ClRL SCOt;T LE \OER WHERE A LEADER GETS HELP 2. The troop committee By Jean E. Terry Here's Tzow to provide your troop rcith three to six extra pairs of tcilling hands and to help swead the load of leadership C "How's your Girl Scout troop coming along?" went clown to open the troop bank account. ~Irs. \lr:s. Adams asked as she drO\'e ~Irs. \\'light home from Baker is a \'olunteer in the town library and has helped the PTA meeting. many of our girls locate resource material for badge "Oh, fine," responded \Irs. Wright, "but sometimes I work. We do have one parent on the committee-:\lr. wish I were twins or triplets. Those girls want to do so Da,-idson; he's ,·ery helpful, since he has lived in our many things. I wonder if I'll be able to keep up with tO\\TI all his life and knows man) people.'' them. I get bogged down when I have to run around :\Irs. \\'right intem1ptecl, "But you still ha,·e to call making arrangements and calling people and trying to those people and get them to do things. It's easier to find transportation for the trips the girls want to take." do them vourself." "Why not get your troop committee to help?" asked "Not the way I work," replied l\lrs. Adams. "About ~Irs. Adams. "~tine is so helpful!" every three months, tho girls got troop plans organized \Irs. W1ight sighed. "~Iy troop consultant suggested nnd blocked into a calendnr. Then my assistant leader 1 gt>t a troop committee going, but after listening to and I meet with the entire committee to discuss the several of the parents when I asked them to help, I plans. Together we decide what help will be needed ga\'e up. I'm not sure it's worth the time and effort." and who can provide it best. Some things are assigned :\Irs. Adams shook her head. "An active troop com to the troop committee members to do or to ask other mittee can be ,·ery ,·aluable to you and to Girl Scout individuals to do. For example, when ~rr. Davidson ing in general. :\Iy committee members do many things volunteered to provide transportation for our cookout to help me \\ith the actidties the girls and I plan; they this fall, he didn't actually drive, but contacted keep me informed of community service projects the enough adult drivers so that the whole troop had rides. girls can do if they wish, as well as other program If something else comes up nftcr these planning meet resources. They get community backing for our troop ings, I call ~irs. Baker (I appointed her chairman) and they even found us our sponsor by working with the she selects the committee member to do it. Once I troop organizer. One troop committee member came to turn something over to her I know it will get done. meetings for three weeks to help my assistant while I She's grand." was out with the flu. Thev're wonderful when it ''I'm surprised she doesn't get discouraged by doing comes to interpreting troop activities to parents, our all the little things, as I do," said Mrs. Wright. "With sponsor, and other groups in the community." out th; wee~l!.' troop meetings to build up my enthu.~i "Oh, that sounds like heaven!" exclaimed :\Irs. asm, I d qt11t. \\'right. "But how do you get parents to do all those ··r must confess I was afraid she'd drop out last things?'' spring," said ~Irs. Adams. "But the girls planned a "The troop committee doesn't have to be parents thank-you party in June for the entire troop committee. only,'' said ~Irs. Adams. "There are four people on In addition to brushing up on their cooking and host mine. Mrs. Brooks is a member of the Hikers Club, our ess skills, the girls learned to express their appreci sponsor. ~Ir . Sullivan works at the bank and became ation to adults for helping the troop. The troop com interested in our b·oop when tho patrol leaders and I mittee was so pleased at the displays and at the girls' For 11 note about the author, see pnge 5. pride··in troop accomplishments, [Continued on page 26] MARCH 1966 17 By !eniva Berger F1'0m "The Canadian Guide" {by permission) comes this account of a desert-survival camp in the Atizona Cactus-Pine Council C It was a very unusual winter day. The sun was shining and it was warm outside: seventy degrees or so. Of course, it happened to be Phoenix, Arizona, "The Valley of the Sun." That made a difference. "Why. our girls go up on the mow1tain and pray for snow," the camp director of the Alizona Cactus Pine Girl Scout Cow1cil explained to me. "Some of them have never seen snow!" Well, all right, I said to myself, we do have snow in Canada. But we don't have the desert. "Tell me about your desert," I asked.... "There's no other desert like the A1izona desert," the camp director answered. . . . "People think that all deserts arc alike. They aren't. We have things which make ow· camping problems different.... Would you like to see how we go camping on the desert? There's a printitive camp course going on this weekend." I said I would be delighted to go, and reached for her copy of Dcsctt Survival. What's more, I felt very lucky being able to see the desert when the weather \Vas "cool" enough to enjoy it. (The temperature can reach 120!) The campsite was located at the foot of Estrellita Mountain, a beautiful Spanish word that means "little star." At first glance. it might have been a Girl Guide camp anywhere, for the setup was very familiar, the site being broken into patrols. At second glance, it couldn't possibly have been a campsite anywhere. The dese1t was no ordinary setting. . . . There were clouds. ~fotmds of them. In back of them, the mountains, and all around us \vere hundreds of Saguaros, the tall cactus trees that have become a srmbol of the state of Arizona, their limbs outsb·etched so they resembled human beings reaching for the sky .... "I see you came properly dressed," someone shouted to me. Of course, I had followed the regulations of desert camping. :-\o malter how hot it is, everyone wears long pants and tall shoes or boots as protection against the sand and break on the rocks. Oh yes, the Arizona steel-like needles of the low cactus, and the insects and desert is full of rocks and stones! snakes. And a hat. Always a hat! I had 11oticed that all "You can always put a small stone in yom- mouth, the Arizonians wore the ten-gallon vmiety, and I was though." I was listening to the Girl Scout instructor happy to see some of the Girl Scouts did, too. . . . in Desert Survival. "If you're very thirsty," she ex I was prepared. all light. For everything except back plained to her group of Cadettes, "lost on the desert ing into a cactus. I learned the hard way why tweezers and without water, a wet stone will keep your mouth are such an important pa1t of the Girl Scout's first-aid moist." kit! But the needles of the cactus have their good "I thought the cactus held water," said one girl. ''points." They're used to fix torn clothing much in "~ot as much as you think," was the reply. "If I the same way you would use a straight pin. Desert were in the desert and had no water"-(something un Survival-it covers everything! thinkable: no camper goes anywhere alone at any time Visiting the vruious instruction units, I saw that of the day or night for you can get lost over a hill!) the older campers knew their business pretty well. ''I'd look for the nearest arroyo and dig for water." They sawed, chopped, lashed, and erected tents with Arroyo? Something like a long shallow gully. real style. Except, tJ1eir tent pegs are steel. Heavy to Th~re are htmdreds of them ali over the dese1t; flat carry? Well, slightly, but wooden ones slip in the and innocent looking. Except when it rains, and they The author, Jeniva Berger, is a Canadian writer. become bulging sb·eams, homes of flash floods. . . . ,1.8 GIRL SCOUT LEADER I Girl Scouts pitch camp under red sandstone cliffs in the desert By Margo A. Bartlett ·wise advice for desert campers from a field adviser in the Frontier Girl Scot~t Cot~ncil (Las Vegas, Nevada) C Campfire ashes stir with a pre-dawn breeze. Quavering cries of coyotes rouse sleepy campers to the lwuuties of a desert sunrise. Girl Scouts camping on the desert cxp<•rit>IIC<' wonders not to be fow1d elsewhere. ).Ii)d winters, long autumns, and early springs mal-e tents getwrally unnecessary. The girls enjoy havin~ their sleeping bags in the open where they can sec whole c:o;panse of night sky. :\'owhere are the stars quite so bright as when shining like jewels on the dark veh-et of the desett sh. Any disackantagcs of clcscJt camping may be over· come hy careful planning and careful selection of a site. An area on high ground, clear of cactus and low brush, ~hould be chosen. A spot that abuts against rocks or a cliff, for shelter from the v\ind and for shade during part of the da~, is ideal. )[aturally, safety procedures should be established: girls and leaders should know what to do in case of snakebite or other emergencies. \\'ind is a f,Jctor to be dealt with on the desert. Ac tivities should be flexible enough that a trip won't be ruined if the '' incl suddenlv kicks up a dust storm. Camping on high grom{d away from washes vdll eliminate the danger of flush floods. Though weath er mav be clear in the vallevs, a cloudburst in the motmt;tins mav send a swift and vicious flood down the arroyos. · A constant source of water is usually lacking on the desett. Five gallons for every two girls will be ample if used carefully during a two-day weekend. Dishwashing will be cnt to a minimun1 if all utensils are carefully scraped and if disposable plates are used. Hikers will find that one swallow of vvater vvill moisten the mouth just as well as a canteenful. Firewood is often hard to find in abundance on the desert. It mav be neccssarv to use charcoal. Care must be taken to' ~ather only de MARCH 1966 19 which were geared to active demonstrations ratl1er than pas~ivc displays. Senior Scouts had a booth demonstrat mg all the major interest group:;. Younger Scouts also visited the fair, and a typical re Success stories mark was: "Don't Cadette Scouts have fun!" During the day, the city saw many "girls in green," as they went downtown when they were not on duty or viewing the ex hibits. Television and newspapers covered the c,·ent, so the public saw Girl Scouting "American Girr' Fashiotl Show Homemaking fair in action. Planning well in advance was tlle key to An Al\:lERICA."' GmL Fashion Show proved to A Homemaking Fmr was held recently by the success of the fair. Troops integrated be the magic ingredient for bringing tl1e mes Cadette Girl Scouts of Gateway Council (fif their part into ongoing troop activities, and sage of Girl Scout Week to tlle public of teen counties in the north of Florida, extend the program services committee felt that Portland, Oregon, last year. Preliminary plans ing from the Atlantic Ocean to the Gulf of much was done to establish high standards in were discussed by the Columbia Rh·er Mexico). The idea was born from meetings Cadette achievement. Cooperation of non Council and eqttipment agency officials the of Cadette Girl Scout representatives held Scout consultants and groups was outstand previous November. In December tlle equip· throughout the COtmcil with a member of the ing. ment agency made plans for a window dis pro~:,'Tam servires committee. Divisions were play to promote tlle show and Girl Scout set up according to the girls' requests: good Arts in a waiting room \Vt-ek in the week prior to and during Girl grooming; home nur...ing; cooking (a complete Scout Week. Dh-plays by Girl Scout troops meal cooked on the spol includin~ barbecued In the center of Weatherly, Pennsylvania, in the Girl Scout equipment departments of chicken, potato and bean casserok-s, salad, sits an aged, weatherbeaten brick building, the two stores in Portland were also ~;ched rolls, and a lemon chiffon pic); interior dec showing no outward sign of tlle activity it uled, and three Fashion Shows planned. oration; food raising, complete witll live housed years ago ns a waiting room of the Early in January tlle women's editor of chickens and samples from a garden raised Lehigh Valley Railroad. In the past year, the Oregcmian, the only large Sunday paper by a troop from n school for the deaf; animal however, it has become a beehive of activity, / in tlle state, agreed to publish a full picture care, including a do~-obedience demonstra thanks to the railroad officials who have p:1ge for Girl Scout Sunday. In addition to tion; creative stitcherY, knitting, and crochet permitted its use, without charge, by Senior fc,tturing the Fashion Show, the picture page ing; home safety. \,ith "Re~uci-anne, ~ a Girl SCO\tts of Penn's Wood Council (Kings told how Brownies look forward to "crossing dummy supphed by the Safety Council for ton, Pennsylvania). The girls meet tllere each the bridge" into Junior Girl Scouting; it demonstration of mouth-to-mouth resusci week for arts clas~ with their adviser, who showed Cadettes and Seniors giving service, tation; child care, with a real nursery for wns largely responqible for making the proj p and included a large picture publicizing the the toddlers of adults working at the fair; ect possible. With mops, rags, and pails, Birthday Party and demonstrating the interest nn international tasting booth, with troops the t;rls gave the room a thorough cleaning. ) of Girl Scouts in ~ood grooming and fashion. scheduled tllrou~h the day to bring bite Parents. rclathl.::i, and friends of the troop The many Girl Scout Week activities that sized tastes and recipes of forei;n foods; provided lamps. chairs. table, a mdio, a re districts, neighborhoods, and troops had dre~smaking; and a cake decoration demon cord player, and a chest of drawers for sup scheduled were worked into publicity stories stration. plies. The borough light department force for tlle many other dailies and weeklies in Added attractions were a teen-age panel, installed a large double fluorescent li~ht to the council's jurisdiction. including oors· diSCII';~g "What Boys Like brighten up thl' otherwise dimly lighted Three thousand unifonned Girl Scouts About Girls, ' and a fashion show of gar wailing room, which has suddenly been trans attended the three ~bows, many troops travel ments made and modeled bv the t;rl.s them Conned into an art ~allery. Painting easels ing a hundred miles to be present. In their selves. One hundred and five girls entered were made by the girls themsclvc:;. uniforms they created a favorable impres thili event alone, and it was necessary to Work includt'S charcoal, colored pencil and sion, not only throughout the city but in divide them into two showings! A local charm ptll>tel sketching from a still life group, and ntunerous radio and television appearance school gave free instructions in modeling. oil paintincr. All the girls show promise of durinR Girl St-'Out Week. when the A:-.lERl· Another popul.tr 'pot was the C.1dette "Get bcin~ budding "Sunday painter!l," says their tCA~ GIRL and the Fashion Shows were ting to Know You" loun~e for $1, only, a adviser. Several ~how signs of making art covered. One television interview featured ~ctal request of the Cadette rcpre~entatives. their vocation. In this vacant waiting room, the Braille edition o( the AMERICAN GIRL. Tbe event, held at Jack.o;ooville's ~fu one p;Ut of a brid~e to their future is being nicipal Auditorium, lasted from 10:00 A.M. built by these Senior Girl Scouts. Citizenship Day event ( \vith an impre,~ivc opening ceremony) un (For additional suggestions re studio proj til 8:00 P.,t. Troops were scheduled, for ects, see tl1e Scnior Girl Scout Handbook, For Girl Scout Week last year, seven troops two hours each, to cover each of the booths, PP· 90-91.) of tlle Riverland Council (La Crosse, Wis consin) want<.-d to do something along the lint•-; of good dtt;r.cnship. So they presented Brownie Girl St~luts of Auduhon Council ( n.,ton Rouge, Louisiana) bow, an all-~chool asst:mblv program at St. Thomas Korean style, a~ they present "Arirang'' in song and dance at a Girl Scout \lore School with tlte thcmt:, "On Citizen Birthday C'C'kbr.ltion. TI1eir frit•nd, Jtmg Su Soeur. accomp,\nics them. 'hip Day of Girl Smut Wt't.'k, we would lik~ tn giw honor to the flag of our country. They ga,·e a program of flag history and eti quette, of \\ hich the climax was the presenta tion to the school of a flag tllat h;td come (rum Washington, D.C. This fl•tg had been flown over the Capitol BWlding. and was purch.t'ied. at sm:tll wst, by the Girl Scout,. The school childrt'll touclu:d tl1c flag with e;re.tt reverent~ as it was being passed from d.ts,room to d.tssroom for closer ino;pec· tion. The Girl St'Ouls also had n dbplay of .. rtidcs about the fla~ attractivdy arranged on the walls of the auditorium. ,\ gre-ater intcre~t in the Star Span"led Rumer that now Elies over their schooi is being shown h} 6.50 ~tudents bt•c.tuse of the c.\pre3sion of p.ttriotism and citizenship shown by sevt'n troops of Girl Scouts who meet at the school. :w Cffil. SC.Ol:T LEADER Tornado disaster cleanup Operation granddaughter Continued from page 11 'hows. TI1e girls learn songs that the patients homes throughout the cotmcil's jurisdiction so ··specially enjoy, such as hymns and old that more girls will have an opportunity to Curfew shal l not ring tonight, nc.:lodics. and look for nnmual wan of mak parllcipate. Down the mountain she whips, l n~ thdr ,;sits cntertaining. For c:..:Ultple, one Is there really a llt'Cd for tllis projt>et? Ask wind in her face, snow 'cnior troop brought a collet:tion of ribbons, the ddt!l'ly m.m who usually rduscs to get !lowers, bright p.tper. and other materials at up w the morning, but rues at five o'clock powdering behind her, Eastcrtirne and made gay bonnets on the spot on the day a Girl Stout visit is scheduled. Or till she wheels into the valley for every woman in the audience. talk to the dghty-five-year-old who ;m;-.iously and stems to a stop. Troops have found many ways to serve awaits her Girl Scout "granddaughters" so all n·~idents of lhc homes. One troop planted lhey can dist'ltSS American ~ovemmcnt. The woman who doesn't let a flower gardt'Tl .1nd carefully \\eeded and There's the .tging lady who love:. to sing darkness deter her is not one "atered it .1ll summer long. Other !,rirls have ,md has found bht: can join In the harmony to hang up her ski poles brouc;ht and dtce~rat...'tl Chrisbnas tn:es. with her Girl Scout fricntk Th~:n there's the Before a troop hc•gi.ns to s~·rw a nursing p•llicnt who yearned to hem her favorite for a few days each month. home, the girls and leader must be oriented old-time songs again and wrote• ou ~ the Like so many of today's active to the needs ttnd characteristies of aging, lyrics £or a troup to learn. And thews the bUnd. and disahkd pl'rsons aJ; wdl .ts to the lonelv woman who has ''adopted" a new young moderns, she uses nct.:c.l for voluntN.·r S<.·nice. \\'lwn this project fanufy by porin~;: through photo albums Tampax menstrual tampons. first began, tht·re was an orimtation course belon!!ing to her f,1vorite little Girl Scout. And finds that differences for leaders, who, in tum, instruct~.'l tlt oi this projet1:, thousands of in days of the month all but 'ow, wilh the project so wcll established, shut-ins have dismvered lhnt tlwy aren't lll'WCOmers arc oriented through interviews alone, that they an:n't forgotten, that someone vanish. A Tam pax tampon .mel written nl.lterink doc•y care. If the patients have learned that can't bind, chafe, irritate-or Lc 1ders arc ask~;d to subnut fl·port.~ t\\ice 'omeoue can..,, tl1e drl~ luve learned the even be felt, when it's in place. ,1 yt'ar to assist in the continuing evaluation joy of earin~. 1 he Girl S<.'Outs ha\'e ae .md e:.:pansion of lhe project. The rerrt foml fJlHrt'tl patit'Jll'l', l.mtrtesy. undcrstanding, and Take Tampax tampons on is an adaptation of the one liSt'< by the rl·~pect tor otlwr people. They have the your next ski trip. You Rrunscy County Welfare Dc:partrnent for ~ati~faction of kno"ing that they nrc needed volunteer workt•rs and organizations. This Lind appreciated. They have discovered how may be glad you did. snnuner the homes will al 'IIARCII 1966 21 SELLING POLICY Speak your mind Certa in advertisements appearing In the mag a zines of Girl Scouts of the U.S.A. Roundup memories of my daughter\ Junior Troop 1190. ~ly present opportunitiet for In dividuals or husb.tttd is on my troop committee, so all groups to earn money. Boca Raton, Florida of us ttre register("(] Girl Scouts! Roundup is over now, and every day that \\'hm I first began il.\ a leader I never The selling of a ny product must be goc> hy brings back memories-of the Arena thought I'd be doing the thiugs I am tod.l), done on Its own me rits. and our thousand> of voices singing a- the or to !Lwe the knowledge 1 have ~ained When o g irl w ishes to take part in one stars came into view lUld the tall pines grew through Girl Scouting. I never thought I'd dark along the edge of the bowl where we sleep in a tent on the ground, but today we of these opportunities to earn personal sat as frit·nch, and far in the clistanc:e the are avid family campers. We love camping money, she doe s so as an indivi dual and "high lowering mountains'' rose to toucl1 the lllld all that God's wonderful world offer' 1L\. not a s a Girl Scout. moon. 1 remcmher these things; they were -~1~. Paul C. Brunner When a Girl Scout troop wishes to take important to all of u;, as a !,'TOup. part In one of the opportunities to earn But there wer(' other things that I re G1·aduation certificate call. money for the troop, the troop first Things import.mt, perhnl's• only to me. Ont> of tl1ese wns my friend~hip with Rika. Towanda. Pennsylvania secures the approval of ill Girl Scout I sh.1ll never Jmm, who cho)4' Rika to come As a Senior advt-er of many vears' standing, council for the particular money-eaming to the United State, all the way from Bel I w,l\ particularly happy to have the grad project. gium, and 1 shall never be abl(• to say "thank ualion certificates recalled to attention in you" to everyom· who contrihuted to our your Success Storii:S in the December issue. Juliette Low \\'orld Fricnd,bip Fund, which \\'c have pn....ented th~. as nearly as we brought her here nor to the many, many can rcl·.tl~ since 1958, and each )CIIr Oltr CANOE TRIPS tireb> people who made the 1965 Senior prcwntation has differed. This past year we Friendly, efficient outfi tting for trips Into Minnasoto· Girl Scout Roundup a reality, but this is a had our outgoing Seniors cross the bridge Conodion wildetness. Our 21 yeo" •x.,.rience in1ures start. Thank you all. Roundup wru. wonderful. into ,\dult Scouting to be welcomed by the expert planning. Spacial help for groups, fomlll•s, neighborhood scn.icc team. Our consultllllt beginners. Wr-ite Janet Hanson. Bo• 19, - Holly Barton made the prc.s~:ntation ,,;th very appropriate GUNFLINT NORTHWOODS OUTFITTERS Patrol L.-ader Grand Mara is, Minnesot a 1965 Roundup remark~ on the S(."O\lting act'Omplis1unent of the recipients and our horx·s for thei r ron Scouting family tinucd interest and activity. FREE ILLUSTRATED CATALOG For .my othtr areas that are intcr~ted Indian Crafts-General Handicrafts Wa,hingtou Court Hou\e, Ohio in prewnting suclt a recognition, the format INDIAN CRAFT CO. is pictured in Dramatics and Ceremonlc:s for G5-Box 86 Iam a lea 33, N.Y. I have read in the LEAD~ of ~cveral mother GREY OWL daughter combinations in Girl Scouting. I Gid Scouts," page 92. Please Mention The am pretty proud lo be tht mother of four -PtHricia Pa.-..ons Girl Scout Leader daugbters, all Girl S<.-outs. Thh year I have Troop 207 When Writing to Advertisers one in each of the four agt le\·els. r have P<:un-York Cotmcil been in Girl Smuling six years. I am adviser • Now out of print. but still twailable in mtmy to Senior Troop 1090, and nn a~si~tan l leader counCil office-s. THE GIRL SCOUT LEADER MAGAZINE A search for standards Continued from page 7 now available to Senior Girl Scouts dechions? Where do standards for badge value,-for both the girl ~ an MA.RCR 1966 23 Just what you wanted ( Classic flower guide the author's st.1temcnt that ever) four-lel!~ed anim.u walks b' mo\in!! a front foot nnd a Hou; tn k11ow tile \\ rln Flot~;ers, bv ~Irs. re:~r leg on the- other side at the same time. \\'illirun St rr D:ma. is a rcvl..OO reprint in Giraffe:. and camels lli'C anlOn~ the animals paperhalk of n work ori~m.tll~ published in that do not. But the error.. arc ft.'\\ and the 1893. It '' n d.t"lc that mo t mOdem flower book is quite wortll while. ( Alfr~. GIRL. for Fishery Biologi.~ts and iVildlife Biologists Opening Nature's doors (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Bureau of Sport Fibncries and Wildlife, Washington, The leaflet You Can Be a Naturalist will be D.C. 202-!0) sent free to m1y Girl Scout leader who sends Fisheries as a P·rofession (American Fish a stamped, addressed business envelope for it eties Society, 1404 :-Jew York Avenue, N.W., to All.m and Ellen Bonwill, 48 Grannis Street, Washington. D.C. 20005) East Haven, Connecticut. The leaflet suggests Preparillg for a Career in Range Manage "things to do" in the out-of-doors for each ment (American Society of Range ~lanage month of the year. ment, P.O. Box 5041, Portland, Oregon 07213) About trees Careers in Soil Couser~:ati(m Service, :\Iis cellaneous Publication l\o. 717 (U.S. Soil A good guide Conservation Service, \\'asbington, D.C. lf your troop library Jacks a good, compre 2.0250) hensiYe guide to tree identification-nere So Yott iVant to Be a Forester and irlwt it is! Supplemented by local and regional tree Do Employers Want? (American Forestry manuals, The Book of Trees, by \Villian1 Association, 919 17th Street, :"J.W., Washing- Carey Grimm, can help you to recognize all ton, D.C. 20006) . the trees of central and eastern North Ameri Careers in Forestry, :>.Hscellaneous Publi ca. The vohune contains a smnmer key to cation i'J'o. 249, and A Job With the Forest trees based largely on ]c,u characteristics and Sert;iCIJ, :\Iiscellaneous Publication l\o. 843 a winter tree ](ey emphasizing twig and bark (U.S. Forest Service, Washington, D.C. 202.'50) features (needed for trees that drop their leaves in the wintertime). Pen sketches of Resources on early days leaves, buds, fruits, and twigs of most species in Girl Scouting dc~cribed are good. Junior and older Girl Scouts, with some From Tree Flowers of Forest, Park, and Street "At the Beginning," by Page Anderson Platt guidance from their leaders, will be able to (:\larch 1962 LEADER; now out of print). usc this hook themselves to identify trees "ln the Beginning," by Frances Sattetfidd -a fine winter and smnmcr activity, (Stack of 121 tree species. The enlarged pictures (:>.larch 1965 LEADER; 1.5 Cl'nts a copy while pole Books, Cameron and Kelker Streets, of tree flowers themselves allow readers the supply lasts). Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17105; 1965; $7.95) opportunity to study the flower parts in de Juliette Low and tl!e Girl Scouts (Catalog tail. The book has more artistic than basic ~o. 19--!09, $1.00). The official biography of 'Tree flowers reference value, however, for those with Juliette Low. Tree Flowers of Forest, Park, and Street, by strong nah1re interests. Certainly, it is no Juliette Lote, Girl Scout, by Helen Boyd Walter E. Rogers, is a specialized book for substitute for a standard tree identification Hig__gins (Catalog .No. 23-137, $2.25). A those who love trees. The volume is made up manual. (Dover Publications, Inc., 180 Varick story for Brownie-age girls about the child of full-page silhouette drawings, a brief text, Street, New York, i\'ew York 10014; 196.5; hood of Juliette Low. and black-and-white photographs for each S3.00) THE 'END Free Booklets fo1 the Gids (Order in quantity-one for eoch girl) YOU'RE A YOUNG LADY NOIV for pre teens (9-11), a simple explanation of men struation. How to VERY PERSONALLY YOURS (forgirlsl2 and over) gives more detailed explanation.' Includes hints on diet, grooming. · tell her about Free Materials for the Leader • Motion Picture- "The Story of Men· struation" by Walt Disney Productions. 10 min., 16mm., sound, color • Pamphlet- "At What Age Should a Girl menstruation Be Told About Menstruation?" • Menstrual Physiology Chart USETHESE HELPFULI NSTRUCTI ONAL MATERIALSFROM THE MAKERSOF KOTEX SANITARYN APK INS • Leader's Guide-includes Jesson plans on menstrual hygiene Leaders have found our menstrual hygiene program to be • Kotex Demonstration Kit-(for leaders a simple, direct method of answering questions about men of 9, 10, and 11 year old girls) • Booklet-"How to Tell the Retarded struation and personal hygiene. Girl About Menstruation." For mothers KOTEX is a trademark of Kimberly-Clark Corporation, and teachers of retarded girls ..... ------______..,._ ...... , I ~ Kimberly-Clark Corporation, Educational Dept. GSL-36, Neenah, Wisconsin 54957 : NAME Please send me free (except for return postage) your film, I (please print) "The Story of Menstruation." Day wanted (allow 4 weeks)___ 2nd ehoiee (allow 5 weeks)___ I TROOP NO·------!'i~0e~~~~~ (allow 6 weeks)_ _ Number of days needed-- I ___copies of "You're a Young --- Menstrual Physiology Chart STRE~T------• Lady Now" (girls 9 thru 11) I --- Guide for the Leader I --··_eopies of "Very Personally --- Kotex Demonstration Kit CITY------Yours" (girls 12 and OV?r) (for leaders of 9, 10, and I 11 year old girls) --- Pamphlet-"At What Age I STAT"'------ZIP CODE------Should a Girl Be Told ----"How to Tell the Retarded I Note: Material will be sent to leaders only. About ~1enstruation?" Girl About Menstruation" ' ------/ ~lARCH 1966 25 Spotlight on pla nning boa rds Continued from page 13 should in no w 1y reduce a troop r~·presenta hoards served as a girls' advi<;OI) committee tivl.''s responsibilitit>. to pro~ain "tl'\ icc,. Councils have indit-ated b: a lan~c majority Responsibilities of plarming boards th;\t it .is their lx·lil'f that plannin~ boards promote Senior Girl Scouting bc)t by plan There has been little change n:cently in the ning and carryln~ out wider opportunities. ;tdminbtrativc ~tmcture of planning boards. Such areas as c.,tirl leadership "Values to hold ... " Continued&ompa~· n ~how the public why Girl Scouting is as far and ,.,ide as we can; reach those who re~p<·cted and what Girl Soouting mea.ru; to wait for us just beyond our present reach; \tl those who belong. und to each girl we serve, make Scouting WESTON'S ~lo-t of you ''ill remember that the Birth ins.·parable front all ~hc is and does," dav Years beg.ln officiallv with the 1900 Xa In do,ing, she 'aieL "The world we live in tiomtl Council ml'Chng. 'It ''as this delei!;atc h 1' never been 'o complc,., so troubled, so body that bcg.m :1 penetrating examination of difficult. But it h.1s ne'er been 'o exciting or tlw Girl Scout program in light of the pres so cl~;!lll·nging. Tlw need for what \Vl'-togeth sures. problems, and responsibilities that er can give to ~iris has never been so great young people f.tcc. or so nr~<~nt ... It b not an idle dialogue. .\s l\ p;uticipant, The responsibility an elected dl'IC'C.Itc from vour council. vou will k"Tiow the tweds and • conc·l·ms of \Utlf ,\nd so the dialogue goes on. In 1063, ~1rs. gco~.tphic area, of course, bnt you will be Holton R. Price, Jr., in her inau~:,rural address 111.1king your decisions in light of the best .1s President of Gul Scouts of the L".S.A., intt·rests of tht! Girl Scout mo,·ement spdk·d out for del( ~ates lwr "thoughts of the taow and in the <1itital years ahc.ad Yours h PJ't and hope' for the future." Tll('v are to a gn'llt opportunit)-and an eqn.tlly grt"at re 'pre,en.e our grl-at tradition; fuffill Ollf spon'>ibilitv-onc th.1t "ill be a~ lasting as PEANUT Prorni~ in knm of our time,: keep dose to tftat of those dd,·g,ttes who have )CTV~-d be one another; makt: new friend~ but keep the fore: to help identify those values we will old; hold intact our Promise in action, what c:hl·rish and the worllfs we will explore, as we BUTTER ever shoukl chalkng~· it; carry our movement go fol'\vard to~dher. THE E."'D Where a lead er gets h e lp Continued frolll page 17 PATTIES they couldn't help themselves-they volun wiU1 the other 14irL~' parents to tell them what ONLY Weston makes Peanut Butter tel•n>d to contimtl' thi' year! tlw troop plam to do. She also tell~ them Patties. "After you get your comntittee together, if that they will bt. contacted with 5pecifie re· Other favorites include New Sugar )'OU don't ).;no\\ whkh person would be a steps we would take to reach different parts fa...,t to the f1mdamental principle that our of our mythical city. We made a plan for re movement is open to girls of all races, creeds, t:ruiting, involving, and training six persons and classes, and that its membership is voltm for various jobs and with various amounts of tary and nonpolitical. At the same time, re time to give. cognizing that our world is changing quickly, \Ve explored how best to use commllllity we must be willing to change our ways to resomce.~. materials, and people's services to meet the needs of girls; we must keep our enrich the program. For these SC!>~ions, repre progr,lm tlexible and adapt it so that it \viii ~cntativcs of the Peace Corps, the 4-H Clubs, be meaningful to girls wherever they live. the Dt>partmt'nt of State, CARE, and several \\'hat criteria c,m we establish to govem tllis other org:anizations were invited to share fk-..ibilitv? their thinking with our Girl Guide Girl Scout Little ·hy little we hammered out the agree delegate group. And there were field trips to ment: if we keep the Promi~e and Laws, all ARE WE RUNNING l'Oundls in Pellllivh·ania and Virginia. t'l'>t' can change. For two weeks: we listened and learned. How far we had come, we tl10ught on that we plotted and planned. -;tntggling \\ith the l.tsl morrung! How accepting of need for dii OUT OF WATER? variety that was inherent in our differences. ft'rc:nt wavsl E\'en the Promise and Laws have But because there lay in each of us a deep different 'words. although the same concepts. Water is almost indestructible. and almost tangible helit>f in our movement, One (:otmtry, for example, will say, "A Girl Most scientists agree amount of and because our dt'tennination to find \\ ays Sl'Ont is a friend to all" and another, >imply, to serve more youn~ people persisted almost ".\ Girl Scout is friendly." Yet there we stood water on and in the earth has twcnty-fom homs out of every day, we in our final circle, ourselves illustrnting the diminished little in historic times. bridged our differences nnd with great joy precious diversity that can exist within com The problem is to build storage found ourselves coming to some basic agree mon purpose, to make of it rich and living reservoirs and ro do a better job ments. reality. Our breath caught as we said the of treating our waste water. The First of all, we found that there is no list Promise at th<- same time but each in her own water that we use is the same, of methods that applies to all countries; from language; as we sang in similar fashion the purified by nature, our ancestors the discussions and the ideas and sug_2;cstions Chalet Song, the World Song, and Taps. We used. It may be last season's rain exch.mged, each delegate must decide \\ hich dedicated ourselves to the proposition tllat \\'ill be most usable and useful in her own our new methods for broadening the reach or, before, waste from a factory, land. When ~he reaches l1omc. she must think would indeed be put to effective use, diffkult etc. Scientists urge youth of our through with her own people the method~ as it might often be. But always, we knew nation to know how vital that would seem best able to reach across that in moments of discouragement we could d d 6 water conservation is for mountains and rivers and forests to girls in rcnH.'mber that a conference on this subject d water to be safe to drink, distant villages or to search out the girls who had in truth broadened the reach of thirtv cook with, bathe in. And live in crowded cities or exclusive suburbs. one friends who have taken home with the~ ~ to be of right quality at Emerging from all the di~cusgons, how a certainty that the whole world may, after the right place and time. ever, were the c:onclusions that we must hold all, THE El\"D l be kin. One way to appreciate pure water is to visit a water filtration plant. To realize quantity of water that "Within fronti e rs and beyond" Continueclfrompagcl6 air conditioning takes, visit a sky national staff members, their special orienta ing in otl1er countries to former Girl Sc.-outs, scraper or big industrial unit. To lion and briefing completed, as they leave now Peace Corps workers, who want to know realize importance of rainfall and for a two-year a>sigmnent to serve onr Girl if they c~m as~i~t with Guiding while on their snowfall, make a field trip to a Scout Troops on Foreign Soil in the ~orth tour of duty overseas. weather bureau. Find out why it Atlantic and the Far East. ... • Helping to "progrnm" visitors from keeps records on precipitation . . . . Footsteps of nineteen young members abroad, in this country under the sponsorship of the University International Festival Cho of our Department of State and organizations rus, Guides or fQrmer Guides in their own like the Institute of lntemational Education, countries, come to tea before their opening the Y.\V.C.A., the ~ational Social Welfare com:ert at Linc..-oln Center. . . . Assembly, and others. (Such "programming" includes giving these visitors a chance to ob Girl Scouts of the U.S~'\. is not an interna serve Girl Scout activities in council commu tional organization, for, as set forth in its nities; to meet and talk with Girl Scout people The lively, long-lasting constitution, its purpose is "to promote the about such things as the recruitment and flavor of wholesome, delicious Girl Scout movement in the United States of training of volunteer leadership; sometimes Wrigley's Spearmint Gum satisfies America . . . its territories and possessions." providing home hospitality or an opporttmity yet is never rich or filling. B\tt as a full rnembcr of the World Associ to attend a training course. ) ation of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts, our or • Providing consultants or materials for ganization has a re~ponsibility "to encourage leadership seminars for yotmg women and friendship among girls of all nations within men leaders in other lands, under the sponsor frontiers and beyond." ship of such organizations as the Overseas To carry out this charge, our intcmational Education Fund of the League of Women activities include not only sponsoring and Voters or the Committee of Correspondence. participating in the exchange projects with • Taking part in interagency conferences which we are all familiar, but also: to discuss how best to plan for, brief, and • Participating in cooperative international "progran1" visitors to the U.S.A. projects with other national and intcmational organizations, such as The Experiment in In There is an ancient Chinese proverb that ternational Liviug. says: "A journey of a thousand miles begins • Taking part in the briefing of wives of with a single step"-and as we listen to the our ambassadors and of other members of our footsteps that come and go through the door diplomatic corps preparing to go to their posts way of ~ational Headquarters, we are happy overseas so that they may know where there in the thought that we, rut Girl Scouts of the are Girl Guide as~ociations 1Uld be prepared to U.S.A., are taking many steps nlong the jour do their share to build international friendship. ney into intemational friendship and under • Providing information about Girl Guid- standing. TIIE E."ll MARCH 1966 27 if you must leave the room for only an in stant, remove the container to a safe spot. "2. Store medicines separately from other household product:; and keep these items in their original containers-never in cup) or soft-drink bottl~. "3. Be sure that all products are properly labeled, and n.td the label before using. "4. Alwn}·~ tum the light on when giving or taking medicine. "5. Since children tend to imitate adults, avoid taking medications in their pre..ence. "6. Refer to medicines by their proper names. TI1ey are not candies. "7. Clean out your medicine cabinet periodically. Clot rid of old medicines b}' flushing tf1em down the drain. rinsing each container in water. and then discarding it." Program date lines: Marcl1 her >incere &'nttihKic could be l:onvcyed to If, in spite of ull precaution..., there i~ a all who hclprcl to arrange this visit, particu poisoning accident, call a doctor or the local Marrl1-Rcd Cross ~fonth larly, of courS<·, to ~irs. Malcolm S. Edgar ... Poison Control Center imrrwdiately. - National l\uh·ition ~ l onth Finally, I am to reiterate The Princess' F ind out what yottr local Poi~on l>revcn -Childrm's Art ~fonth wann~t thanks for the record from the 1965 tion Week committee is p lanninf{ and offer March 1-April 10-Easter Seal Campni&rn !':ational Senior Roundup, which she will cooperation. .\larch 5-Girl Scout Sabbath have ple.m1re in gi\'io~ to the Girl Guides March 6-Cirl Scout Sunday of Gre.1t Brit.tin. Her Royal Highness is de Tours of Lincoln Center -Purim lightc..-d with the Fri<."Ddship Pin Thanks from a princess Girl Scouts bc;u ,1 tour guide describe sculph•rcs at Lincoln Center A lettl·r \lfltten from Ken.~ington P.llul'C, Lon don, Dl·ar \l r.... ,\ l.1c:\ell. 1 .un writin~ at th~ biddin(! of Pnncess \f,trgar.;t tn tell you of the plea.,urc wWch it g.1\ e Ht,- Hm al Highne,~ to \'hit the Girl Scout :-\,tlional Headl{ttarter, 10 :\t·\\ York on Frid.1\. Hlth 2\o\'cmb.::r. TJ.;. Pnnccss "as partil111.uly glad to make this VISit in vie\\' of her position as Prc~ident of th<" Girl Guides Association, nnd ...he was delightt·d to m~t you and many of yom collmL,'1.1l'' .md some of your Girl St•Ouls on sm·h .111 agreeable occasion. Ikr Rov.tl Highness mm·h admirt.'Cl ,,JI that ,ht• "'·" ;hown ·in tl1e short time amilahle and '"" came away much impn·,.,.~ by the exltibit' .1ml the ~inging. Print·•·" ~l.ugaret ~muld he ~r;ttdul if 28 l;lltL SCOUT LE.\01!:11 I:'IJ :\1E.\fORIA:\l and was an insptnng 'Pt'akt·r at lllany n:t· tiona! and regional meeting,. \Yhile :\lrs. Fer{!U)Oil was President, the Girl Scout org Queens of the needle Spotlight on uniforms The Jtulior .\Ii~s Queen of St"Wing in the 1965 When you step out in full unifonn during Singer Yotmg Stylemaker Contest is al~o an Girl Scout \Vcek, are you aware of how enthusiastic Cadette Girl Scout. Diane Kauf· much you do to make your community "Clrl man, of Norfolk, Virginia (Girl Scout Cotmcil Seout conscious"? If your uniform docs not of Greater Tidewater), earned the Needle· contribute to a good in1pression, it's time to craft badge as a Junior Cirl Scout. As a overhaul or replace it. Your agency is well Craft Work on a Creative Cadette she has t•arncd the Dressmaker stocked in tmifonm and acceosorics for your REED BASKETS badge. She looks forward to continued par Girl Scout Week appearance. Visit it now PLASTER CASTING ticipation as ,, Cadette and t•ventually as a for a full range of ~izes. PAPIER MACHE Senior Girl Scout. · Chosen from mnung more than 58,000 Treasure Tree project CANDLE MAKING entrants. as one of five finalhts in the Junior bulk or individual supplies \fis~ Divbion. Diane..: \\t·nt with her mother Since the .'\mcric.m Friends Service Com Send 20¢ lor Croft Catalog to Rome. Italy. l.ht October, whcrt: she won mittee published the packet Let's Trim a BERSTED'S • Dept. GS • MONMOU TH, Ill. the titl~ of "Young Stylenukcr Queen." Trea~ure Tree! \\ith ~~~~gt.'>tiOn.s for seniee H(·r mother. ,1 nahve of Latvia. is an e';pert projects to aid .\lgerian children, conditions ..._..,mstre~s. In keeping with the national tra in Ale:cria have changed. The projt:ct h.ts dition of her country, ~he t.luj:(ht Di ~lARCH 1966 29 acthitics are being curried fon\ard in eastern Algeria, 'in Foundation for All Activities Checklist of Contents Girl Scout Program Related to: You and your troop can find fresh program ideas and re· sources in each month's issue of American Girl Magazine "'~ _,0 through the use of this handy checklist of contents. • "0 ... c "'0 0 0 Ill t c Solid dots indicate "primary "' Ill Ill 0 relationships" with Girl Scout E .; - program; open circles show 0 .. t"' 0E ...:I ~ Ill ~ "secondary relationships." Cl. In 1- u ..= ::E: Page Title FEBR UARY 1966 ~ ::E: o II I 10 Books I 0 .,I II Books for mystery· and horse-lovers I 14 Movie Spotlight I • An at-home-on-the-range western 17 The Stolen Masks (f) 0 I 0 0 A girl solves a mystery with her brother's help 20 Meet a Yugoslav Teen I . I I Teen-guided tour of community life in Dubrovnik 22 Volentine Party (f) • • I • Pot Downing is back as one of St. Valentine's helpers 24 Fiesta Fore, Mexican Style I 0 Festive dishes from down Mexico way • I 26 To France, With Fran I I 0 • 0 A teen's summer of study in the south of France 28 Dear Good-Grooming Editor j I I Editor replies to teen beauty problems sent by readers I • 30 Fashions I I 1• 1 Coffee house fashions are featured l Answers on taking sides, teasing, copying the crowd 35 What's on Your Mind I I • I 36 Toke Your Cue I 0 How to play pocket billiards 37 Camping Across the Country 0 I • I Camping in any weather ... any time ... any place 38 The Ivory Cage (Port II) (f) • I 0 I Nora joins the inner circle of West High girls 40 By You I I • I I Nonfiction award: the bigness of Roundup 44 Guest Editor's Recipe of the Month I I l e A prizewinning recipe for maple pecan chiffon coke 46 All Over the Mop 0 Adventures in international friendship from near and for • • • .In addotlon. . you II fond that the entire Issue extend$ the Impact of Gorl Scouting . TEdotoroal material relating to .. the home.. applies (fl Fiction to homemaking skills and/or to self-development AMERICAN GIRl supplements and therefore furthers the total Girl Scout program Pin pointers lnt<:mational friendship, as one of the six do even more advanced services in connection countries in the Far East? Perhaps a little interre1'lted clements that make up the foun with the World Understanding bad Vi.l'il your loccll Girl Scout £quipmem Agency .\oon for .uniform\ and aJI official acce.Hories. GIRL SCOUTS OF THE L 5 '\ NATIO'IAL EQUIP:\fE" T ~!:.R\ ICT ~EW YORI\. ST LOUIS SA'l' FRANCISCO