Published by Girl Scouts of the U.S.A. !\Irs. Holton R. Prlce, Jr. Prcsi
J. Herbert Sihemlan, Publ~ller Leader Patricia S. di Semia, Edttor-in-Chief Vol. 45, No.9 Virginia Greene, Edttor
Joan F. ~lyers, ..\Hoci11tc Editor :l.lclha :I. I. f't>rguson, A \SOCillle Editor Tillie W. Green, M Editorial Board .~lu:~ S Ri\C>Ir<'. Clroormau \·1t~i Ji.\ Gra-ue lr.. n• Anthom l;ath~nne S. Horbn Eluaht-th ~ - Bru\H•r \·.,~un it juOl"S Ru. •h~ Campbrll \\ rlm.r Ldng Lucl ~ C.mnon Elinllf'lh \lcRugb P.uricl.l S do ~~ moa ln;.rn F. ~l)en :\ldh.• ~1. .1-"''''"on r rf'dt·rick Todd CONTENTS 4 \\'hat Are High Ideals of Character? Ann R. Franklin Developing a clearer <:oncepl of ~our own p<·rsonal value~. 7 Planning in a Girl Seoul Council, Audrey R. Finkelstein Four indispensable advantages of council planning. 10 Adventures of Troop 351. Carrie flarri.s lkginning a new seril-s: the re 12 To Catch a Cadette, C~tTtlclc>/yn C. E/,cmore Take a good look at your Senior troop and see what it offers Cadettes who might join. 15 What Do You Kuow About Junior Girl Scouting? A quiz to find out how much ) 'Oil know about Juniors. 18 Exchange Troop Trips Judy \'an \'lief Cook Cadettes disco,er a practical wav of going places and doing <.Omething new and different. 21 Juliette Lo\\ Session at Hotk\\ood. .\lab el A. Hammemnit/1 A report on the conference on citizenship .md scnice. 23 Self-test on Personal \'alues Test }OUr reaction to twent} different situations involving personal values. 24 A Guider's Year in the U.S.A., Jenny Lippe~·tad A Norwegian trainer talk, alx)ut ht•r sta} in tllC' \'irginia Skyline C.ouncil. 26 The Light of a Candle, Corinn£' .\l. .\lurplly Candle customs around the world and how to make a candle. 29 ~ew Re~ources for Brownie Leaders A pre\.iew of three new re,ource. de-igned to aid Brownie leaders. 32 Seniors Speak Out Senior Scout! sound oH on high :.chool curriculum. 3 Problem Clinic 20 Author, Author 31 Camping Comer 6 Bulletin Board 22 Sincerely Yours 33 Index. GIRL ScotJT LEADER, 11 The Catchall File 28 Success Stories \'olume 45 14 JIL~t What You Wanted 30 Girl Scout Books and Films Sonrc~' of pictures in this rssu~ h) pul(es: Cover-Puper sculpturl' by Cer~ldine Coney. Cov,·r pholo: Ll\rry Goldstein. 8-Court('Sv ol C.\1\E. 21-Second from top: A now ToJl(;imz: nil othtM h~ \\ urrf'n ~f:ltto•. ;l.t-Chnrlottf'1' illt·. \' i\ •• Daoly Progrt'H. 26-Bottom: \\-.u • Suhcommrttf't'. American Petrolrum lrutotutr ~&-Bottom, Courte•> Guam C1rl S''Out Councrl 30- From the Grrl Scout mo\Jc PromrJt'. GIRL SCOCT LEADER. puhl"hl'd rn<1nlhl\ from October to june b)· Ctrl Seoul> of thv U.S.-\ .• 1!30 Third o\\f'nue. '\t·w Yurk. '>'.\'. 100:!1. Co~nght. 1968 • b) Crri ,Scuuu DECEMBER 1968 3 Ann R. Frankli AR IDEALS 0 quent subject of self-tests. You'll find one such quiz page 23. Perhaps you'd like to test yourself now. th,,,..,._ compare your answers with those of others. A tally of the results when this quiz was gh·en to of Girl Scout adults showed speeding checked by the largest number (13%); an additional70% adm to being guilty sometimes. i-l'ext highest on the list stretching the truth, while turning a turtle or beetle its back was at the bottom. (Yes, a Girl Scout is a to animals.) Cheating at the pay toilet was COJ1Siclercdill~h4 justifiable, at least occasionally, by 90~. Least msuuam.a .•-,~~_. ... was taking soU\·enirs, yet almost 10~ pleaded guilty. average subject had never committed se,·en or eight the twenty offenses, had done ten or eleven sm:ne{Jm•es.RHo""' and one or two often, but considered onh- two of justifiable. • What does this tell vou about individual ,·alues? your own? What implications do attitudes about minor offenses as these have on indi\'idual toward today's major issues? Is it really possible to generalizations about what is right and wrong? If not, how can we "dedicate ourselves to the purpose of in spiring girls with the highest ideals of character ... "? Setting an example, limiting choices to "acceptable" values, and appeals to conscience just aren~t enough. Such persuasive approaches, in which the "right" values are predetermined, don't teach children how to make their own free and thoughtful choices, how to sort out, e\·aluatc, and revise their values throughout their lives. To develop a meaningful relationship with the world around them, children need to develop the habit of ex amining their purposes, attitudes, aspirations, and feel ings. Adults can help young people select ·their own \alues from the available array by behaving ethically themselves, by giving reasons that make sense to them, by offering them opportunities to appraise their values. A test such as the one used here, or one developed with your girls in Court of Honor that fits the age and experience of the girls in the troop, might be used to spark a more serious discussion of racial prejudice, riots, heckling of speakers, protest marches, and sit-ins. Here are some ways to appraise your own ,•alues: 1. List your own "ten commandments"-the values you consider of greatest importance to you-then test them against the criteria (summed up in the following ques tions) for the process of valuing suggested in Values and Teaching. Did you choose them yourself, or were they forced on you? Were there alternatives to your choices? Did you weigh the consequences of each alternative be fore choosing? Do you cherish your values and affirm them proudly? Do you act on them over and over in different situations at different times? 2. Consider how the Promise and Laws apply to mod t'rn times. Are they still contemporary in intent? In lan guage? British Girl Guide Law revisions were described in "Tomorrow's Guide," in the June 1967 issue of the LEADER. Read this article (if you can locate it), and look at the wording of laws in other countries as translated in Trefoil Around the World. o If you were starting over to write the Girl Scout Laws, what would you include to meet what you believe are the important values of to da~'s world? Compare your version with the original. Are they really at odds? 3. Young people express their confusions and their need for meaningful reasons in the filmstrip Values for TecMgers: The Choice Is Yours. o If you haven't seen this thought-provoking filmstrip, see if your council owns a copy or can borrow one. And, if possible, see it with a group of teen-agers and listen to their reactions. ·t Read and keep reading. view and continue to view, with a critical eye, the many books, articles, and films that arc being produced on ,·alues, morals, and sex edu cation. Haunt your library, browse in bookstores, search through your own magazines at home. You will probably find it harder to answer the title question after you've done all this reading than before. But perhaps you11 have a clearer concept of your own values and a better un derstanding of how to help Girl Scouts develop their o·wn higl) standards of character and conduct. • See·o:tsources, p. 22. For ,, not.- about the author, sec- pa~:(• 20. Bulletin Board Pro{!,ram datelines: December Stumped on what to give? Ce) louese G1rl Guide Ra.ugers and se\en teen Girl Guide Rangers from Austr.1ha. December 2-Pan Amcrkun Health Day Wntp up your holiday gifts list quickly, Denmark, Hong Kong, India, Israel. The December 6-St. Nicholas Day (Belgium practicttll). and beautifully al the Girl ~1aldivcs. I\ew Zealand, and U.S.A. Girl and other Ew·opean nations; children Scout equipment agency. Scouts. ''hen they participated in a receh e gifts) There are dozens of hints in the Equip work <:amp held in the Cevlonese , il- December 8-Feast of the Immaculate ment Catalog of simple. practical gifts lage of Epakanda. · Conception (Roman Catholic Hoi} Day) for the girl or adult in Scouting. During the camp. the girls worked on December 10-17-Hum.m Ri~hts Week For instance. wouldn't a BrO\Hlie lo\e community de,·elopment projects in the December 15-Bill of Rights Day a real leather belt purse ( C.lt.tlog ~o. ,;Jlage They made a socio-economic fam December 16-23-Hnmtkkah 11-625) for only 85¢? Or the darling i1) survev, conducted sewing classes for December 21-\\'inter begins doll (Catalog ~o. 11-955 or 1 l-965) for girls of the ,.ilJage, cleaned up home December 25-Christmus Da\ $3.i5? A lovely golden trcfotl pendant ga~dens and planted vegetable seeds, December 31-"e" lear's Eve on a chain (Catalog "o. 12-160, 2.00); tramed a team of village girls in first a new record for the su g-in-Sow fal'or aid, and helped to complete a road to Tlwu{!,1lt for tl1e montl1 itcs (Catalog '\o. ll-9S , 1.00) or Mu the \'illage sical Joy R1dl' Catalog ~o. 11-957. As 196S. '' luch has been obserYed as the The L S .\.. girls went to Ce\ lou at $1 00) would be a happy choice for any lntcnutional Year for IIuman Rights, the im it.lhon of Ceylon Girl to Grrl Scout. Banks make popula1 presents, Gt~Jde!> draws to a close. the followmg excerpt t 6 GIRL SCOUT Lf: \DER Audrey R. Finkelstein ponn ·n o Gf Xout courc· Some councils say, "We don't have time to plan." I Such documents should be consulted for the "how· submit that they do not have time not to plan. to." I wish now to dwell on the "why." There is nothing more wasteful (and a Girl Scout I think planning has at least four indispensible is thrifty) than deriving less than the best use of a advantages: council's time, money, resources, personnel, and 1. It makes us see, in looking at the whole picture. community support. To be certain to get maximum how each segment of the work relates to the other: return means looking at the picture whole, evaluat many operators. one operation; many members, one ing options, choosing priorities, and planning steps membership. toward implementation. 2. To look at where we want to go, we have to Planning in a Girl Scout council has many di look at where we are, and that enables us to assess mensions. The primary plan to which a council our present activities and to evaluate the current pledges itself, really. is the responsibility it accepted working plan. With this kind of constant inventory upon receipt of its charter; to provide an effective we cnn always be timely. Girl Scout program to all the girls in its jurisdiction. 3. In order to establish where we want to go That means qualified people-professional and vol and to provide the opportunities to get there. we unteer-facilities, materials, money. community must look into the future. Looking forward leaves awareness and support, and vision, imagination, and less likelihood of slipping backward or standing courage That is the basic commitment. To achieve still. this is not the work of a day. 4. When we attempt to study the future, it allows One enabling plan is sometimes referred to as us to try to help shape it and not be confined by ''objectives and goals." It is built on the dreams and it. We do not want to be victims of the future, we realities, the broad reach, the needs of the times. want to be crC'ators of it! These fonn the frame into which goes the picture that is the "annual plan of work:' To be creative \'l:e must not be imprisoned by our An effective council has built into its ways of work plans. Remember, you work the plan, the plan does the ongoing opportunity for feedback throughout not work you. Councils must be flexible and alert the year from everyone in the council so that a and courageous to sieze the opportunity. In our plan may be fonnulated that truly includes the S\viftly changing world, needs change, and we must needs and aspirations of its members. Do you hear be prepared to meet the challenge and change, too. the leader? She is where the action is! Do vou Change, not for novelty, but for relevance and im listen to the girl? She is our whole reason for 'be pact. Life simply cannot pass us by! ing, you know. Shouldn't her opinion be consid If Girl Scouting is truly a part of the communit\• ered too? and not apart from it, it must be ever alert to an~ The planning committee or group is not just a emergent need that fits into its foundation element~ . tabulator or cataloguer of the~e expressions. Good and be always willing to try to meet it. In fact, a Girl Scout planners utilize their skills to eYaluate all good plan should have built into it both time for this infonnation, hlend it with what thev have the unexpected and freedom to be innovative. On<' discoYered to be the crucial communitv needs. and council I know hns as one of its goals, ''To be ready. formulate a relevant, inspiring. and ~ovable plan willing. and able to take advantage of opportun that is idealistic enough and realistic enough to ities that may arise." make the seemingly impossible possible. To our motto, '' B<• Prepared,'' I would add "Sieze The basic principles involved in planning may be the opportunity." Or do they really mean the same found in Chapter VII of The Council Manual and thing? its supplement or in any good book on organization. 01-:CEMBF.R 1968 7 Wsulletin Board Continued from page 6 Science Talent Search 1968, by Senator ~fike Mansfield of Montana. A Girl Scout background appa1·ently is of Biographies of the three young writers great value to participants in the ammal also became a part of the record, and Science Talent Search. Senator Mansfield praised the efforts of Last year, forty-one of 300 honor the gi.J.·ls' Setlior troop, which came to the awards went to girls who either were or aid of tl1e Montana Citizens Committee had been Girl Scouts. Five of them were on the State Legislature, contributing among eleven girls and twenty-nine boys time to stenographic and general office selected for all-expense b·ips to Washing work, after ~Irs. Allan S. Mackenzie, ton, D.C. And one of the five-Penelope adviser to the troop, had learned of the Jo Parsons of San Diego, California-was In memoriam: Edith W. Conant nonpartisan committee's financial plight. winner of a $4,000 Westinghouse Science Girl Scouting lost one of its outstanding In his remarks, Senator Mansfield said: Scholarship, the only girl among ten educators and most dedicated workers " ... without this volw1teer work, it is scholarship wi.J.mers! (See page 58 of the in the death, on October 10, 1968, of likely that the Montana Citizens Com April 1968 AMERICA~ GIRL magazine Edith W. Conant, a past Director of the mittee . . . would have failed. In addi for a picture and brief article about Program Department. tion," he said, "the girls developed a ~'!iss Conant began l1er Girl Scout ca them.) reer in Boston as a b·oop leader after far better understanding of the workings Senior Girl Scouts now have an oppor of our state government. I congratulate her graduation from Vassar College in tunity to participate in the Twenty-eight11 tl1e Girl Scouts from Lewistown.~' 1918, and two years later she came to Annual Science Talent Search, which is the staff of the Greater New York Girl open to all high school seniors of 1969. Scout Council. In 1924 she joined the Human Rights W eek It is conducted by Science Clubs of Amer national staff experimental "flving squad Human Rights Week, December 10-17, ica, a Science Service activity, and spon ron," financed by the Lauf'a Spelman will sored by the Westinghouse Educational be observed in many communities. Rockefeller ~'lemorial, to train colleue and Gi.J.·l Scouts who wish to cooperate should Foundation, an organization supported by university students for volunteer ~ervice fi.J.1d out what is being planned locally. to youth groups. the Westinghouse Electric Corporation As a training adviser in the Persom1el for the purpose of promoting education UNICEF offers children's calendar Department, she was an early director of and science. Deadline for entering is De the Edith ~lacy Training Center. She cember 27, 1968. A colorfully illustrated wall calendar, es was also among the first Americans to Information on tl1e Science Talent pecially designed for children, is being qualify for the Blue Cord, a Blitish cer Search may be obtained from school sci offered this year for the first time by the tification of an elite corps of trainers of ence teachers and from Science Clubs of United Nations Children's Fund. leaders. Children's art, depicting their own In 1938 i\liss Conant b·ansferred to America, 1719 :N Street, :N.W., Washlng ton, D.C. 20036. Senior Scouts interested special views of holidav carnivals and the Program Department as adviser on celebrations in India, Haiti, Malaysia, Intermediate Girl Scouting and later be in participating may do so through their local schools. Scotland, Guatemala, and other countries came director of program development. around tl1e world, as well as bright vi She was a co-author of the 1940 edition of the Girl Scout' Handbook and of Lead EDITOR's NOTE: Senior advisers and gnettes of daily life in other countries, ership of Gil'l Scout Troops, Intermedi Senior Scouts may want to share this make tllis calendar a thing of pure de ate Program, the first of our leaders' item with their troops. light. guides. The calendar also contains an illform From 1954 until her retirement in Artistic treat in sto1·e ati:e. section on origins of twenty-five 1958, she was Director of the Program Alert to art lovers: An hoW"-long special relig1ous and secular holidays, among Department. In tllis capacity, she coordi them England's Guy Fawkes Day, nated the. 1954-58 Program Study, which on Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel Ceil illg, ABC-TV, December 5, 9:30 P.M. Japan's Boys' Day, France's Bastille Day, was earned out by the University of and our own Hallowe'en. Suggestions for Ylichigan's Survey Research Center and EST. Photographed in color from the which led to the redesigning of th~ en height at which Michelangelo painted it. further reading on holiday customs of tire Girl Scout program. "The Secret of Michelangelo: Every otl1er countries are included. After her retirement, she remained ac Man's Dream," is a sensitive and beau tive as a volunteer, serving on the form tiful study of this work of tile artist, and er Region II Committee and on the Inter could provide an excellent springboard national Selections Committee. for troop discussions and activities in the Edith Conant personified the staunch New England qualities of her inheritance. arts and art appreciation. ~er deep convictions about what Scout mg could do for girls complemented her In "Congressional Record" own ~pecial gift for discovering and de An article written by three Lewistown, velopmg the potentialities of young peo Montana, Senior Scouts-Barbara Eck ple. Girl Scouting will always be the rich Jeanne Tognetti, er for her life. and Barbara Pallett~ Contributions in her memory are being for the February 1968 issue of the made to Girl Scouts of the U.S.A. for the LEADER magazine was read into the Juliette Low World Friendship Fund. Congressional Record of March 25, 8 GIRL SCOUT LEADER Proceeds from sale of the 32-page cal endar will benefit needy children in m.111~ lands through U;:>.:ICEF. Orders mar be sent to: U. S. Commit tee for t:'NICEF, 331 East 38th Street, :\e\\ York l\ew York 10016; Sl.OO each Brou:nie Tlandbook in Spanish A Kion. Guiadoras! dSabian ustedes que ha~· 111M edicibn en espaiiol de ;\/an tw/ cfr> las Siiias Escuclws, Brownie? Attention. leaders! Do you know that tl•e• e is a Spani~h edition of the Brownie (.,[Scout Handbook? Leaders of Brownie b·oops are again 1 minded that there are many interesting NEW FFV SOUTHERN BISCUIT COMPANY ' n to use the ne\\ Spanish edition of GIRL SCOUT COOKIE DIVISION tht> Brownie Girl Scout Handbook, so COOKIE TERMINAL PLACE, RICH MOND, VA. 23204 Pleast send me sates kit and eomptate infor· copies certainly should not lie around on mellon recardinc the ffV Girl Scout Cookie ~h£>hes gathering dust. Plan. The Spanhh-language Handbook orig PLAN inally was intended, of course. to help You have a lot going for you NAME OF COUNCIL OR LONE TROOP when you sell FFV Girl Scout I rmg Brownie experiences into the Jiyes Cookies: Old fashioned good YOUR NAME of Bro\\1lie-age girls in Spanish-speaking ness, attractive new package countries and in Spanish-speaking areas designs, and all-new cookie TITLE of the United States. But evervone who sales plan, including new, sim 'ee~ it has ideas on how to us~ it: to in plified accounting procedures. 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Enclosed is a Spanish and trainers or otller neighbor hood adults whose first language is Eng Girl Scout may now sub- money order_ _ or a check_. lish. scribe to the GIRL SCOUT LEADER Name (please print): ______The size. c'O,·er. color. artwork. illus magazine at the special annual Street address::______trations. diagrams are the same in both rate of 50 cents (9 issues). City: Stote__ Z ip code_ _ the English and Spanish editions. which Girl Scout council:------simplifies shifting from one language to Seniors may use this coupon. Senior Troop No.: ______the other. Copies of the Handbook, .\fan ual de la.\ \'itias Escuchas, Brownie, can be ordered direct from the l\ational of Public Assistance iu 1936 and di other organizations concerned with EtJUipment Service in l\ew York, St. ty rected it until 1954, joined the Girl Scout social work. education, health, child wel Louis, or San Francisco. (Catalog :\ o. Xational Board in 1957, and for a decade fare, race relations, Catholic culture, and 20-120; Sl.OO) was a valued member of its Field, Pro the interests of consumers, migrants, In memo1·iam: gram, Personnel, International. and Re women workers, and American Indians. ligious Policy committees. Born January 15. 1892, in Greele) Jane Margtteretta Hoey In addition, she served New York City's County, Nebraska, she came to New York Girl Scouting has lost a valued frier.d in Board of Child Welfare, Lhe American with her family when she was six. She the death of Jane \[argueretta Hoey. a Red Cross. and the l\ew York Tuber studied at Hunter College. and later at national volunteer for ten yeru·s, who died culosis and Healtl1 Asliociation. From Trinity College, Washington, D.C., where October 6 in a New York City hospital early 1954 until her 1957 retirement, she she received her B.A. degree in 1914. after a stroke. She was seventy-six years was director of social research for the She earned a master's degree in politi old. 'ational Tuberculosis Association. She cal science fro111 Columbia University Miss Hoey, who organized the U.S. was president of the Council on Social and a diploma from the affiliated Ne\\ Social Security Administration's Bureau Work Education and was a leader in lwen- York School of Social Work in 1916. • DECEMBER 1968 9 Adventures of Troop 351 Sturgeon Bay, \Vbconsin December. 196i Dear Program Department. I'm not a new leader. I have been co-leader and leader of a Brownie troop. leader of a Junior troop, leader of a Cadette troop. fm in my fifth year of serving as a delegate to our council, second )ear as a Cadette leader. second year as Brownie troop committee member and Jill of All Trades for our associ ation. I like it! BUT ... I sincerely feel there are some problems in the program. \Vide age range sounds wonderful (and can be wonderful). but girls of three ages are not easy to handle. The complexit) of this type of programming either baffles leaders or is unseen by them. On the Cadette age level ... where do I begin? Seventh-graders needing to be told we hopscotch out side, ninth-graders discussing the prom and who drank too much. eighth-graders from a pri\'ate school "not allowed" most everything ... and a program to interest them all. Who's kidding whom? As to the design of Cadette Girl Scouting, again, who's kidding whom? One set of Challenge preps to take six months? How thoroughly do you want them done? At home? Don't you believe it! I have a girl a patrol leader. an excellent Scout-who asked how much time outside meetings she would need, as she was already staying up untilll :00 P.:\f., getting up at 6:00 .... 'r.-art. band. chorus. homework, church choir, confirmation class, orthodontal work (which for her entails trips of forty miles and more). but she wants to be a Girl Scout. This girl is typical of today's seventh-, eighth-, and ninth-grade girls. rather than an excep tion. It is literally impossible to do all the requirements for First Class in regular meetings and at camp. And bas anyone told you recently what a party costs? (To say nothing of packaged foods!) What kind of troop budget can accommodnte this? I'll admit the party can be simple. but have it too simple and you're back to "Oh. no ... not again! We made cupcakes for our mothers when we were Brownies." The preps, to be done properly, are too much and spread thin. The girls have trouble understanding which badge fits where with the First Class requirements. "Mrs. Harris. I have three badges." "Yes. Debbie, but they're all in the Home ... for First Class you really only have one badge." "~frs. Harris. I haYe three " The badges veer off occasionally, and the girls feel they're a "drag.'' (Our costumes for Folk Dancer are cute, but we wanted to dance, not sew.) I'm Trying-the girls are Trying. I want to do a conscientious job but find myself tied up so often in "requirements" there is no time left for-oh, just fun. And when we lose that, everything goes. I know Daisy Low once said something like "Have fun and teach something. But if you can't teach something, be sure there's fun so the girls will come back another time. Then they can learn something." Sometimes I think we hnve this bacl..-ward: no time to sing, we want to finish our badge: no time for a game, there's a prep to do ... no time, no time. I don't write all this as a gripe or a threat (1'11 quit unless they .. .'').but in hope someone may hear a voice crying in the wilderness. Please listen! Sincerely, Mrs. Chan Harris Leader, Cadette Troop 351 (Watch for Mrs. Harris's next letter, written a few months later.) For o nottl ubout the author, see pa11e 20. Most of m would like to organize our Rice. noodles, macaroni, or vegetables tmte well-if onlv we kne\\ where to be in frozen dishes should be slightly un m :\ .:'\ew Jer~ey neighborhood chair derdone; thcv'll cook more as thev're m 11, \\ ho prefers to be u;unele\~, sug heated Tl') ~mg pans or C:1sserole~ as gests a method that works for lwr. "For freezer molds. Lirrt• them carefully with l!~ht \ears," she writes. in addition to hea\) dury aluminum foil, put in the prO\ iding my family 'dth a \'ari<•ty of food, cover with a foil lid, seal tightly 1 utr itiom meals. this system ha~ been a with a dmgstore fold.O thl'n l reeze. Re great time-,:n er nnd nt•n·e-\ettlcr." It mo' c the pan when tl1e food is frozen. depend,, howe\ er. on an efficient, good- \Yitcu re,tdy to heat, retum the food. zed fnwzt•r. If 'ou dou't ha\e one, vou with or "·ithout tlw foil, to a \Uitable uld point out' to ~our husband that container. Food can be thawed before \'Our hnme organization calls for one! heating. siO\\ I) in tltc refrigerator or more " Hecenth-. the \\'all Strrr.t ]ormral di~- quit-kly at room tt·mperaturc. or heated u ~ed in ticpth the incre.t'ed use of 'pre without tha\\ in g. Large. solid blocks of cooked pnrtiou-t:ontrolled' mcak now frozen food should ho heated ~lowly and scrYed t'\ <.•n in some of our most t'legant stirred occt\sionallv so that it won't burn. rest.mr.mts. These meals are p.lrtially o.r Am cake c.1n be baked U" .1 sheet cake cornplctt.•ly cooked by the processor. fm· in a foil-lined pan then <.·oolcd, frosted. zen. uud ~old to restaurauts for rehe.lting cut m ~qu.H"es, aud frozeu in the foil. \\hen ordered )l\' conswners. \Vhat a Indh ldual ~quart'S, on separate ser\'ing cJc,·er .lpplication' of our motto, 'Re Pre dishes. \\ill defrost .tt roorn tempe• ature It' all pared'! in ahout half an hour. For CJUick ~en·ing. part of being 'The portion-control principle, applied keep an angel cake in the freezer; it stays to the homemaker's system of food prep fre~h without completely freezing. a "'Otnan aratiou, pro\'ides the delighb of a 'sl:w 0 tr corre~pondont t'Ondudes, "The nt ... )H r .t hot stoH~ all day' kind of m€-al possible lbt of portion-controlled meals Th~ '' ay ~ ou look. The wa,· uot oul) on Scout meeting days, hut also is limited only by your family's prefer you feel ... and there's no ren..,on in ''hen ('()mpam is e\-pected (or unex ences. Thr<>e or four hour~ 'pent in prep th~ world you can't look and feel pected), or you just don't feel like cook arallon ,~;11 pro\'idc· at lt•.•st one frozen fantac;tic. e\en during your monthly mg. mc.tl a week for ~cveral weeks. It re period. Internally worn Tampax "Here\ how the s\·stem \\Orks: take quires ad\'ance planning hut save' both tampons will certainly help. at.kant.tgc of ad\·ertlscd specials. but time and energy in the long rw1." The) 're preferred L) more don't freeze foods when \'OU bring them Consult cookbooks, \'Our freezer man women the world o'er than all other home: cook arul frce=e f~mily-st:cd Jlnr- ual ar..d food sections. of magazines for tarnponc: combined. Wh} ? Becau.. e rOIIS at that time." othtr sugge,tions .md .spc<:ific instruc they're made of pure absorbent sur Our ('Orrespondeut offered \Ome spe tions. :\'ot every recipe is appropriate <:ific food suggestioru.• md '' c\·c added for freezing. but try some of your favor gical cotton. They're so totally com· .1 few of our own. Chickem, \\hole or 111 ites. The point is this: rt takes a much fortable that you can"t e,·en feel a parts, may be simmered or b;tkcd, then larger pot, not a much longer time, to Tnrnpa:x tampon when it's in place. honed (Sa\ e tht.> broth. Wrap Jnd freeze bake enough bean' for four meals. Be Both tampon and dainty applicator breasts individually for weight·\\ atehers. sure to label and elate your frozen food can he flushed awa). They do a\ILIY Use honed meat and broth to prepare package~. and u~e them within a month with all the discomforts and incon· chic-ken pies, rice or noodle cas,eroJe,, or l o. ,·eniences of pins. pads and belts. chicken Div.ut, or other such dishes. ~end us your id(•as for making life as But be:.t of all. Tampax tam Ground beef mav be made into meat a \Olunteer easier. How about techniques pon. let ) ou be free. poi~d and Jo.lf. mt•.tth.llb. stuffed cabbage. lasagne, for starting a meeting on 'till<'.? \\'rite to: complete)} feminine. completely 01 meat sauce for spaghetti Several ''The Catchall File. GmL ScoUT LEADER, pounds of cubed lamb, beef. or· veal 830 Third Avenue, Kew York, 1:\. Y. ) ourself. And that's all part of be nM) he m.tde into "basic stew"-seasoned 10022. Unsigned letters won't be used; ing a woman. but \\ ithout vt'getab]es. Each of several tell us if you want your r1ame withheld. por·tions of "basic" can be individuallv Letters cannot be individuallv acknowl- finished later \\ith ,·egetab)e,. sour edged. · TAMPAX $ <:ream. curry, or whatever strikes your -~ •see Cooklntz-Out-of-Doort (Cu1alo11 '\o 19-533), SANITARY PROTECTION WORN INTERNALLY fane' at the time. paJe 136. MAD IN~ 8 l > 1- I r~P"'~ATED. A~ME • ._ ~ OF.CE\IRJ::R 1968 ll _hfutv~7if~/PdJ~ lii~ {o . ~,~ '/ In the months of May or June, up her mind in which direction she will ninth-grade Cadettes will take off go. She has made some decisions. She has their berets, remove their badge already weighed the basket of opportuni sashes, hang their skirts and blouses in ties and tasted some of the fruit. Her de- their closets, never to don them again. cision may not have been based on "What This may be a nostalgic time for some is best for me?" but rather "What's in it girls as they realize they will be saying for me?" If she isn't convinced that there goodbye to many good friends. To some it is something ahead for her in Girl Scout may mean more freedom. The anxious ing, she will look to greener fields! (No summer is ahead and in the fancy of some pun intended.) girls almost anything can happen-why, How soon then and by what lw·es do they may even fall in love! Glorious-un you have to begin in order to catch a Ca planned days-no school-no troop meet dette? When does a Cadette first become ings-summer fun and carefree days. attracted to the idea of becoming a Senior For some others, the reality of summer Gid Scout? She may have had her first time is grim. What looms ahead is full care contact with a Senior in her Brownie of little brothers and sisters; household troop. And how wonderful that Senior chores-full time, not just after school; or seemed to her! This impression may have a search for some kind of work where a been reinforced when she was a Junior few dollars could be earned for school Scout-how would !he have survived that clothes next fall. No chance to get away first overnight if that Senior hadn't been, from a hot, noisy dwelling, and only the there? raucous, grimy street as a place to go. The As a Cadette, she may have been in one carefree days are behind. They will miss of those lucky troops that had a sister going to school, the time spent in troop Senior troop-and wow! What good times meetings and activities, time to spend they had together-that weekend house with friends, opportunity to follow their party was the greatest. And when the Ca own interests. dettes were invited to go with the Seniors on that Heritage Trail trip-she knew Will any of these girls-carefree or bur they had made it. She wasn't quite sure dened-become Senior Scouts? Will their they were "in" with the Seniors-but that new attire be a Senior uniform, or will capping ceremony did it! It wasn't just they tuck Girl Scouting away with their "another ceremony" because she could see discarded uniform? What will it be like for and feel the pride in each Senior as each the girls you know? Have we missed their Cadette was capped by her "sister." What "moment of decision" when we might have a groovy feeling it was to know that she caught their interest to remain in Girl was now part of the Senior troop-that Scouting? she knew where she was going-that she To catch a Cadette, you have to get up "belonged"-and that she had one less earlier than the day she meets with her fear of what was going to happen to her! Cadette t1·oop for the last time. Long be How could the Seniors know what an an fore this day, this young lady has made chor they had given her? a- ai)~ 7if~;vd)~ 2;-v, With all the unknown qualities in a Ca that the troop is full of vim, ~ dette's life-such as what the school would vigor, and vitality? be like to which she was transferring next • whose members hold up their heads ~""\. fall, what the kids would be like in that and are proud to be known as Senior Girl ~ school, what kinds of teachers she would Scouts? have and whether or not she \\'Ould fit in • whose members have status in the t with all these queasy feelings, she was on high school? \ firm ground at least in one area-Girl • whose activities are so varied and ex- ~ Scouting. citing that there is something for every V \ To underestimate the importance of this member? single factor would be to relinquish and re Or do they see a troop- ject a primary element in the development • that is a small clique and wishes to of every adolescent-the search for secur remain that way and couldn't care less ity and identity. The fac;ade of sophistica whether it had new members or not? tion and self-sufficiency that most young • that gets together just to pass the people in their teens build around them is time? a natural, protective, and diversionary ploy. • that has made no impression on the They know how vulnerable they are but community in terms of service to it? would struggle to the utmost not to show • where members hide their Girl Scout it-especially to their 0\\'11 peers. identity and have no pride in belonging? This protective disguise helps them to • where the girls rely on their adult ad move as anonymously as they choose with viser to provide the ideas and do the plan in their peer group. and at the same time ning and are content to have it that way? places them in the po ition of being highly • whose members are not concerned selective in what they choose to do or whether the troop survives or not and has to follow. given only a token nod to Cadettes? This position of high selectivity gives \Vell-which troop would attract you? the Cadette an enviable position. She has the privilege of taking in the things she To catch a Cadette, then, you not only likes and of rejecting those she doesn't like. have to get up early in the morning. but have something to offer her that has rele So, Senior troops, take heed! vance in her life, in this time, and in this If Cadettes in your council turn a deaf place. ear-and even a cold shoulder-to becom It is not enough fm the Cadettes of to ing Senior Scouts, look to your troops and day merely to go through the motions of what they see there. making the transition from Cadettes to Do they see a troop- Seniors: they want to find something • that is involved in a meaningful and w01th their while when they get there. important service to community? Their "moment of decision" depends on • that is girl-centered-where girls do you! What does your troop offer Cadettes? the planning and follow-through? Th" nulhor. Gwmdol>u C. Elo<'IJlOr.,, b on thl" staff ""ittned to u,,. lh-gum l :-;ationBl Br.lllch Otfia.. Sh., "a• fonnt'1'1~ the Semor ""''. • that has enough members to indicate 1<-HI 'IWdnli-t in thl' PrOilrRill DI'P•Ifh ntul. Gwendolyn C ..Eisem ore A place in the fun Scouts on postage stamps Collectors of Scout stamps-and Scouts Big occasions. Small occasions. who are stamp collectors-will be inter Tingly soft drinks go where the ested in the 1968 revised edition of action is. Scouts on Stamps of the World, a sixty Inside. Outside. Refreshing soft !>Oge pamphlet of postage Mamps of drinks are always on the scene. countries lwnoring Boy Scouts, Girl Planning a hike, picnic or a huffin' puffin' sports event? Scouts/ Girl Guides, and their founders. Troop meetings and parties, too. This rtp-to-date edition is rewritten. Tote along plenty of thirst u:ith additions and corrections, from the quenching, quick energy soft drinks. Jamboree edition of 196-1, tt:hich tea.~ Write for our bright little booklet Too much for pocket rer:icwcd in the February 1965 GIRL "You're Never Too Young." ' This little r;olume, Pocket Guide to Ani ScoUT L EADER. mal Tracks, is a new, lwrdbotmcl edition National Soft Drink The llt'w bookln contains the ma of a previously issued JXlpcrback title, all terial in the 1964 r:er.\ion plus new Girl Association Pocket Field Guide to Animal Tracks. 1128 16th St reet, N.W . and Boy Scout stamps issued up to ]an The text, tracks, ancl animal illustrations Washington, D.C. 20036 twry 1968. The nwnlJer of countries (sketches) remain tlre same, but the recognizing the Scouting movement Write for price of the new edition is almost double philatelically has increased .\incr the FREE BOOKLET, that of the older book. Like the older " H andy Guide t o Jambortc edition from 64 to 108. Pic Lessen Litter*' book, the new one i.\ too big to fit into tures of .\tamps, all in black and u;ltite most people's pocket.\. Only mammal are fo llou;cd by philatelic ions' tracks (forty-three dif!Nenl species) are cle~cript including Scott's Catalogue numbers. ' included, but the book does contain in Jwuors t!iscoverir~g the many teays to addition to track nwrh. concise infor;na organi::~ collectiom can find .\toric.\ here (bT"lC\XfWG lion on the characteristics, habitat, ran{!C, a.~ tlwy f1egin their stamp collections. food, and ln·ccding of thr species cot: • •&.r lor TRIPS Cadette.~ tcill find a tcealth of informa ered. Tt can bf' best used by younger [!.iris tion for building their collection.\ of lor OVERNIGHTS involved it• track identification and plas IS I~ stamp., depicting fi§!..ures and er:ents or ter cast-making actidtics outside of citic1.. of stamps issued by countries in the for SPECIAL EVENTS (Stackpole Books, Cameron and Kelker Now more than ever it's important for World Association of Girl Guides and Streets, llorrisburg, Po. 17105; 1968; your trip leaders to get the facts on Girl Scouts. $2.95) CHUCK WAGON The co-authors, Harry D . Thorsen, ]r. "Most Famous Name for l'ou 're never too old and \\ . Arthur .UcKinney, arc philatel lightweight Camping Foods" ist.s of many years experience and vrter For adults all(/ youth alike rcho ma11 ans of the Scouting movement. Mr. J!c And Here are some of the foots : have given up dreams of ever goin{!. to Kinney is Stamp Editor of Boys' Life HIGH CAMPER ACCEPTANCE college, this pamphlet will renew thrir ma~a::;iue. The Meals l aS IC good! hopes of one day getting a deg,rre. EASY PREPARATION To obtain copic!.\ rcrite to: John ]. QU ICI( Evening College-the Second Big Chance. Half the lime' Freeing hours f or other Juhas::, Scouts on Stamps Society inter hy Ernest E ..H dfahon, t'Xf>lains how it uctivities. national, Sales Scrr:ice, P. 0. Box -112, LIGHTWEJGHT is possible for f1 igh school dropouts, col Bound Brook, :-.'.f. 08805; $2.00 a copy. One-fourth tho weight of fresh or ' lege dropouts, and older adults to achieve [Continued on page 16} canned foods. the kind of nlucation that will enrich COST SAVING their lir.;es and place t11em in a higf1 Waste is reduced and so is Staff time. Girl Scout stamp issued in 1962 Chuck Wagon meals actually cost Jess wage-earning capacity. It deaL~ u;i!h the than food from the kitchen when you sources of financial aid for tiJOse truly use owr discount plan. interested, induding the tuition-refund WE HAVE NO SALESM£N plans being m(l(/e ar:ailablr hy some em Our Foods Stand or Fall on Their Own Merits I ployers, and teays of securing federal aid. Send your name, full address with Even thot1gh tlli.~ pamphlet may not your zip, and your council name to apply lo you, it may be helpful to som£' one you know. (Public Affairs Com CHUCK WAGON FOODS mittee, lnc., 381 Park Acenue Sout/1 Box 6812, Newton, Mass. 02164 New York, X.Y. 10016. 1968; 25¢) ' 14 GIRL SCOUT LEADER WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT JUNIOR GffiL SCOUTING? Test yourself l. How is a "service project" defined for Junior phrases in another language, playing Girl Scouts in their Handbook? games. {d) Collecting poems, telling about a trip, 2. If a Junior Scout wishes to work on a badge reading a story aloud, starting a library "on her own.. at home or school. what step' shelf. should she follow to get started? (e) Collecting poems, custom~ of different 3. What is the threefold purpose of the Junior religious faiths. a service project, a grace. Girl Scout Signs? 9. \\'h.1t are the four steps in planning suggested 4. What is the meaning of the two gold circles to Junior Girl Scout patrols in Court of Honor in of the patrol leader's cord? their Patrol Book-Junior Girl Sco11ts? 5. In a Junior troop, who decides what is best 10. If a group of Junior Scouts wishes to earn to discuss in patrols and what may be better for an "Our Own Troop's badge," who writes the the entire troop to talk over together? requirements for the badge? 6. Where can Junior S(.•outs find some specific ll. Where can Juniors find a guide for planning suggestions for bridging activities to do with a flag c-eremony? Brownie Girl Scouts? 12. Can you name three song~> that appear in 1. Wlio decides when a Junior Girl Scout has the Junior Girl Scout Hanclbook? ~arned a badge? 13. ~lust a girl have a pen pal from another 8. Each of the following groups of activities are country to earn the Junior Girl Scout Pen Pal included in a Junior badge. Can you identif) b.tdge? rclticll badge each list represent"? 14. Where in the Junior Girl Scout Handbook (a) Pet laws. taxes, the Four Frt.-edoms, the can ) ou find a letter written directly to Girl flag. Scouts from Juliette Low? What is the subject of ( b) A puppet sho" , writing a troop news the message? paper. letters to a friend, expression in poetry. 15. What are f1ve sugg~ted steps for getting the (c) Giving a play. u service project, learning patrol system working in a troop? (Answers on page 22 6j tilL\· ~~~ue) IWCEMBER 19fl8 J5 jUSt What YOU Wanted Continued from page 14 Useful conservation resources tion u;orkers, doctors, child-study special catrgorics on more than 700 occupations. ists, and librarians made contributions. Older girlv, leaders of all age levels, Basrd on the late~t projections provided The book reveals a fine understanding and adults interested in conservation may by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, these of children's brhavior, and the way they find Conservation Education: A Select range from accountants, computer oper develop and Team. It is amusingly illus ators, arul electronics engineers to radio ed Bibliography, compiled by Joan trated, and the "recipes" are so written Carvajal and Martha E. Munzer, useful. grap1!iC eq uipment operators, sheet-metal as to make one want to try them out Tt could help them locate resource ma workers, and veterinarians, and givf' such right away. (The Cllildren·.~ Hospital trrial on the exact aspects of conser deta ilC'd information as the nature of the Medical Center, 300 Longwood Avenue, t·ation they are concerned about. Books u:ork, locations of employment, education Boston, 'Jfass. 02115; 1968; 83.9.5) and training requirements, emrJloyment di.~cu.w·d, with the exceptior1 of some outlook for the next ten years, eamin~ earlier "classics," cover the period from Holiday annual 1957 to 1966. llagazines, pamp1llets, free and workin(.! conditions, and wl1at com materials, and journals are not included. Christmas-An American Annual of petition an aJ>plicant can expect for a In addition to soil, minerals, forests, Christmas Literature and Art, edited by ]Jarticular job. water, and wildlife, traditional conserva Randolph E. Haugan, is a browsing book The handbook is available from tl1e tion sttbjects, the bibliography contains for all ages. The thirty-eighth annual Stlperintendent of Documents, Govern books on air, ecology, population, plan ment Printing Office, Washington, D.C. ning, conservation l1istory, social implica 20402, at $4.25 a copy. Intt>rested tions of conserwtion 11eglect, and other tt>ens and those working with teens subjects. A capsule review of eacl1 book might be able to find it in their school mentioned and recommendations on age or public library. group use are added features. Al~o. there Trio of beauties is a separate list of books suitable for pleasurable, leisurely, and inspirational Treat girls to the beauty of the art of reading. And suggestions are offered for .silver, crystal, and fine china craft.~man basic collections of conservation books ship with one or more of tl1is trio of films for different age levels and by amounts and filmstrips. of money available, from $25 to $150. Of Earth and Fire (16mm film, 20 min Every council should hav t> this bibli utes, color) depicts the magic at1d art ography in its library. (The Interstate i.~t ry of the age-old skills of china and Printers & Publishers, Inc., 19-27 North glass making in a cisual, poetic manner. Jackson Street, Dancille, Ill. 61832; The approach used was to capture the 1968, $2.50) care, dedication, and skill of craftsmen at work at their tasks, allowing the viewers Greece in cross section to become completely involved with the Looking at Greece, the latest in the visual images. It is far from a step-by "Looking-at" series, gives the reader a step description of manufacturing tf'ch- panoramic view of Greece both past and 11iques. It concentrates on the hands and present. Th ere are chapters on the coun faces of glass blowers, gilders, decorators, try and its history, classical and modern edition contains an authenticated history and artisans in a hand-crafted industry Greece, the people, traditions, farming, of the Christmas carol, "Silent Night," still flourishing In the United States. The and industry. Fine illustrations are In which was first stmg a hundred and fifty dramatic use of color, combined with 1m cluded in both color and black-and-white. years ago. The book contains Christmas usual camera techniques, conveys the This book tcould be of interest to Juniors poetry, music, and, of course, the Christ quality and beauty of porcelain and or Cadettes working on international mas story. Of particular interest to troops crystal from origin to end use. Free loan friends11ip badges or projects. The author also is the section on holiday customs from United World Films, 221 Park is Frances ?\'oel-Baker. (1. B. Lippincott around the world. (Augsburg Publishing AventtC South, New York, ?\·. Y. 10003. Company, East Was11ington Square, House, 426 South Fifth Street, Minne SrJecify three alternate dates when re Philadelphia, Pa. 19105; 1968; $2.95) apolis, Minn. 55415; gift edition, $1.75; questing. Order six to eight weeks in ad library-cloth edition, $3.50) vance of the first day wanted. Play idea for children Artistry in Silver (16mm film, 18 min Calling all Child Care Aides, babysitters Help for careers utes, color) brims with t1w beauty of of at1y age, and those who are working Senior Girl Scouts and other teen-agers fine silver craftsman.Yhip. Many famous with preschool children from infancy to who are beginning to look for a career and prized pieces of silver are shown six years-including parents. This book may find some help in the Occupational including tl1e pattern Luci Johnson Xu has 601 tested play ideas for young chil Outlook Handbook, publisl1ed biennially gent chose at her u:edding. There are dren. The ideas for What to Do When by the U.S. Department of Labor. many excellent shots of the fascinating There's Kothing to Do came from Rated by counselors and teachers as step-by-step p11ases from silver ingots to mothers who visited the Family Health the best single-volume publication for the gleaming flatware and hollow ware. Unit at the Boston Children's Ilospital teen-agers to use when they consider ftt Free loan from Samuel Kirk & Son, inc., Medical Center. Elizabeth Gregg, a tw·e careers, the 1968-69 edition contains Kirk Avenue, Baltimore, Md. 21218. Boston mtrsery school teacher, was asked nearly four pounds of information, with Indicate three alternate days you wish to write down some of her play "recipes." on-tl1e-;ob photographs. It offers career t11iS film. Requpst as far in advance as Otlwr people, including hospital recrea- information under eigl1t comprehensive pos.\ilJlt>. 16 GIRL SCOUT LEADER \ny111w requesting thc.w· tu·o films ,/wulcl 11\1' tlu m promptfy. pay in{! rc- '''"' J'l' tngc: <, · In g Sih er-Art Tren,ur P for Toda\· 1 ilnw rip, -15 framt s, color) dc,.,; onrtralt ~ tl1c importnun of art, dc ~i!!,ll, ami f!.Ood tast1' in t/1(• home aud .:.uiclr' girlS' iu dculopin!! lfwir men ta,tr prt fr.rt'IICC\. Ba~ic art priuciplc., are r:r: plaiuccl, illu>lratcd rdt1r rmmplcs of tcrling ,;ft;rr a11d otlwr ru ll-clni':!,ned 110m£ furui~lriii!!,S. and OJII'lird to tlu? sclcclron of appoi11tmcuts for till' table. There is au iutere\ting ~rctiou 011 the ? lli~tory of f/atrmrc. Traclrr.r\ euiclr. rt·all clwrt, and pro;cct hook araila!Jl< Sil£'111 • t enio11 rdth filnntrip \Crlf>l a11cl U:.cr'.s Because Burry Cooki<'s ate mixed and baked from the highest quill Guir/1• is .$2.00; sOttnd l.lf'IWiOil rt'itlt rec ord, $~.00. Make cllf'c/.. JIOf/O!Jlc• lo and ity ingredients for lJste th.1t says, "I'll buy some more." They're ord<•r from The StNTin!!, Silrrrsmilhs packed for flavor pwtection and delivered to you oven fresh. Guild of Amrrica. 551 Fi/tl1 Arcnue, .\'cu York \ Y. lOOli. Fot complete information, write to: t\/1 till'·., arc most .witablt• for m11ny Girl Scout Cookie Sales & Service act it itic., in the art.~ and lwmr. for both Cacl< ttr' (Metal Arts, Plwto{!.raphy. In BURRY BISCUIT di,.is1on of The QUAKER OATS COMPANY terior De comtion. or II O\tr.H baclee.~. Merchandise Mart Plaza, Chicago, Ill. 60654 and (' lwlll•ngr. of Social De pC'ndability) Be sure to clear alt money-earning plan., \\llh your and Senior., (p1wtograplly. ceramics and Council Finance Committee or lone Troop Committee. pottc ry or Operation Drt am-Futures). The plwto(!raplric techniques iu Of Earth and Fire arc wclltt.ortlr .strulyinJ!,. Salute to the flag The Stur~ of Old Glory. a /if/ern-minute color film produced by tlw Ur~itrd States Uarlnr Corps. portray~ a \lirrill{!. history ffiODfRn AGf of our flo(!,. Witlr ,,Iarine.\ iu prriod r111ifmms, it tell~ of tlrc flnf!., that haec OFFICIAL GIRL SCOUT SHOES flort 11 orcr our nation sine' tl11 Pilgrims fir.\1 rai,ccl tlu Cro.~~ of St Gcc>r!!,t flag Here's the shoe that's ideal for all·day wear or cr Plymouth Rock. It lJeJ?,in~ with some because it combines smart appearance with of tltr rolonialflaf!,s, tllrOuf!h tire Rernlu real walking comfort. And remember, it's the only Official Girl Scout shoe with the exclusive lionary flaa,s. tllr flag ilr t1lc War of 1812, dual heel cushion. and otl1rr rears in which Ill<' {Ia!!, lw~ 1,re11 carrird lnJ ~Iarincs. This film rvcllr7cl be of int1 H''t to all age lev1 h Co pic~ of t11e film may be horrou;ed from Hari1w Corps Recruitc r: , \Iarine Rcscn·r. Unit\, or .\tarim• Re en·c commuml~ tl1rorwhout tltr country. ,... Mexican legends Star \lonutnm and Other Legend' of \lexiro by Camilla Campbell. i a de lielllful aud Rcll-raittc n book of \lexicon Style 110 White Stzes 4 to 12 lcf!.cnc/, aimed at scten- to tetr-ycar-olds. It rwuld lie oft·aluc to trool" of younger !!,irl1 nc( clinf!. re..,ourcc material on Mex ico, to Seniors and Catlrtte., anxious to Also avatlable 10. hate material for story hours, or to trav brown (SIZes 4 to 12) .., .u.s. g ., '·'· eling troops wishing to /jupplemcnl re black (sizes 4 to 11) Pat. 011. ~ tf U.S.A. ports of rrc:c111 visits to Our Ca!Jatia. Tile bacard1 (sizes 4 to 10) book i.s illustrated in tire lJold .\fexican tradition (,\lcCraw-Ifill Book Co., 330 T. OfFICIAL APPHVEI StiOl W c.st 4211d Street, '.'nt. l ork, N l'., 1968; S.f 75) • Curtis • Stephens • Embry Co. Reading, Penna. DEC£\IBER 1968 17 Cadettes are at an age for dreaming big dreams. (In Virginia, one Cadette patrol answered its council's request for an idea for a really swinging Cadette Event by writing "Two Weeks in Hawaii.") But most Cadettes are capable of seasoning then· big ideas with dashes of practicality. (The same patrol added, "Would you believe a weekend at Cape Hatteras? ... a Saturday afternoon at the beach?") Cadettes in a number of different councils are discovering that exchange troop trips (see Cadette Handbook, page 243) are a practical way of realizing their big dreams "to go someplace," "to do something fun and different." Contacts for exchange troop trips begin in many different ways. "Hospitality Hopscotch" is what one farflung council calls its plan for matching troops that wish to hostess or visit with another troop within the council. Once the troops are matched and notified, the girls of both troops take over the responsibility for arranging the exchange visits. A Cadette troop in Kentucky got together with one in Tennessee by means of an invitation that was handled through the two council offices. Some exchange troop adventures begin spontaneously. "I met the leader of our guest troop during the national conference in our region. Soon girls of both troops were corresponding with each other. Almost the next thing we knew, the two Courts of Honor were planning the exchange," wrote one Cadette leader. Another reported, "Over a year ago, one of our Cadettes moved to another state when her father was transferred. Last spring she wrote; 'You all ought to come out here to camp GIRL SCOUT LEADER ' 18 ' Judy Van Vliet Cook with my new troop'-and you wouldn't believe all that's happened since." A troop from Missouri was hostessed by a troop in Kansas as the result of a friendship between a Cadette from each troop, made during the 1967 Region VIII Covered \Vagon Caravan. Cadette Troop 163 of Connersville, Indiana, in the Treaty Line Council, took a nine-day, 1,100-mile trip to visit Cadette Troop 411 of Gainesville, Florida, in the Gateway Council. In the process, the Indiana Cadettes each earned the Traveler badge, while the Florida girls successfully met the Challenge of Social Dependability. Each Indiana girl was the house guest of a Florida Cadette with whom she had been cotTesponding for months. To finance this ambitious undertaking, cookies, nuts, and Girl Scout calendars were sold and several bake sales were held by the Connersville Cadettes. The Gainesville girls made and sold cookbooks to earn their part of the budget. Mrs. E. J . Horsley, leader of Troop 163, reported, "Picnics, ocean swimming, trips to Marineland, to St. Augustine, and to the home of famous authors happily filled the days. The girls were thrilled to be included in a public relations picture being taken in the Space Auditorium the day they visited Cape Kennedy." Samples of Ponce de Leon water, magnolias, and Spanish moss were among the visible reminders that went home with the Indiana girls. Memories of all the things they had done together- the conversations and discussions, the songs and laughter, the number and variety of lost and found items, the intertroop flag ceremonies and Scouts' Own-are among the invisible souvenirs of both groups of girls. [Continued on page 20) Ot:CEMBF.R 1008 19 Exchange troop trips author Continued from page 19 author '\ot .til €'\change troop trips include home 'l.t) s. \\'hen Cadette Troop 960 of Webst,.. r Gro,·es. ~li~somi. in the Girl Scout Council of GH ttet St Louis, \J'>ited Cadette Troop 1:27 i Salina. Kam;ts, girls from both troop' ' .tyed on a camJhite prO\ided h) tht• Ct.•ntral Kan sas Couucil ~Irs. C.F.P Shteck. lt•adt•r of the ~lis souri troop, reported: "\\'c took several "Plamting in a Cui Scout Cowtcil" i' discussed d.t~ trip~ out from the llll psite One day by Audre) R (\Irs. Charles H.) Finkelstein._ a '' e spent 'i~iting the Eio;cnhower Center member of the '\ t1 mal Board of Dire<:tor (p. ,). and Old i\bileue t0\\11 . . \ Cadette troop .\tr~. Finkelstein is Chainnan of the ~.ttioual Or iu Abilene entertained m for lunc·h in the ganization and \l,uugement Committe<' and of p;uk, th<'ll we spent tllC afternoon wilh the Task Group on Objective and Goals. She is them folk-dancing, singing. and swim also a member of the 1\ational Executive Commit ming. Another da) we took p<~rt in a tee and of the 1969 Convention Conumttee. A Swedt'h dilnte demonstr 20 CIRL SCOUT LEADER Juliette Low Session at Rockwood Mabel A. Hammersmith The conft.•n•Hce on citizenship and ~ervice held at Hod, wood July 9-29 provided ru1 ideal setting fur dhcussion on ways Girl Scouts and Cuidt.·~ could take respon~ible action in their (·omrnunitie.' Each p.trticipant prep.ued for this event b) ~tud~ ing lwr communit), .md brought with her f.\Cts. charts, slides. and reports to use as dispbys and to serve as the basis for group dist.·ussion. Speakers pre~ented ideas on world'' ide issues. stimulating discussion~ often la'>tt.-d far into the ni~ht. Other speaker and guc.'b partkip.tted as .. rO PlloloY from top. Coufcrcuce council meets; .\Irs. Holtott R. Plicc, Jr., President of C~rl Scouts of tlrr t S.A., talks u;ith tu;o Swior ·a patrol discu"ion group in action; a mrHrcal interlude; Mr,. On;i1le L. Freemen, rufe of tile Secretary of Agriculture and a r1u·mlu•r of the National Board of Directors, {!.rcets U.S.A. Seniors; gir~ tape a lively discUS$iOn 011 citizenship and serolce What are high ideals of character? conttnued from page s Girl Scout resources (C h.1rle~ E. :\lerrill Books, Inc., Colum bus Ohio, paperback $3.95) Girl Scout Leader :-.ou·book, pp. 15- Tlac Development of Jlotivcs aiiCI 27 (Catalog No. 20-105, $2.00) Need "doers" on team Vafuc·s in the Child, Leonard Berkowitz Trefoil Around tltc World (Catalog I have just finished reading Ko. 23-154; $1.50) (Basic Books. New York, N.J.; paperback $t95) the two letters about active Troop 101 Diary, Joan ~ l cEnir~ (Cata· Girl Scouts on waiting lists log Xo. 19-130: 15c) Dt \il!ning Education in Values. Roy Sorenson. Hedle~ S. Dimock (As~ociation (June 1968 issue), and I'd Open } our Eyes, color, 2S~ minutes like to tell you what hap· (Catalog '\o. 11-57; rental S5.00: sale Pre'"· ;>.e" York. X."l .; S5.i5) Tlac First Book of Ethics, Algemon D pened to me. $120.00) Black ( Franklin Watts, :"\e" York. •.\ It started much the same P romi.~c·, color, 13'• minutes ( Catalog &2.65) way as ~ I rs. Erma Scudder's Ko. 11·6-!: rental $5.00; sale $120.00) 1/ou: to Stand Up for Wlaat l'ou Bt ston· did. I'd been active in Wearing tlte Uniform, color. 13!2 min· licrc Herbert J. Detweiler ( As~ociation Sco~ting for fifteen year • utes (Catalog ~o. 11-50; $25.00) Pres~. e" York. ~."1 .. $2 95) and my dau~hter was a ver) trc:ccn Parent and Child, Dr. Hann enthusiastic first-year Junior when we Be Other resow·ces G. Cinott (\ Iacmillan, 1\e\\ York, N.'l.: moved. I had called and gotten some in· Self-Rcnrwal, John W. Gardner (Har $ 1.95) formation bcfoi'C we moved, but there per & RO\\ , \lew York. \1.\ .; paperback ''as still the waiting list to contend with. Filmstrip, Values for Teenager.\: The Sl.45) After talking to the troop organizer. Choice h Yours Guidance A-;sociates, \'alun ami Tcacl ill!! Loui~ E. Raths. Ple4'l... mh ille. X.Y. S30.00) troop ton\ultant, neighborhood chairman ~lerrill Harmin S dney ll. Simon and waiting se,·eral months-! finally Order books through locul boohtorc,, • a ked them for the waiting lbt to try to get a troop started. Within two weeks, What do you know about Junior Girl Scouting? Continued from page 15 we had a troop of twenty girh, two lend· crs. and a full troop committee in oper· 1. P. 21, junior Girl Scout Handbook: )'Oll h,L\C earned a bndge." (Also see ation. It wasn't because the girls .md their ''A sen icc project is ,, special ki11d of l ..l'ad< r .\ otcbook, pp. 113, 16i· 168.) parent:; weren't interested. ~o one had good tum that Gtrl St'Ouls plan to do. 8. ( .1) Acth e Citizen; (b) Writer: (c) tried! It is bigger. 1t takes more planning and \\odd \eighbor: ( d ) ~lagic Carpet: (c) I was ret·entlv told that the di£fcrence more time. You may net'd to learn some ~h Trefoil. bet" een the neighborhood 1\\ o 'e;us ago thing ne\\ to help on a 'en ice project ..." ( 5e' en troops of Bro\mies .md J nniors) 9. I> . lS-19, Patrol Book- Junior Girl 2. P. 32, Junior Girl Scout Handbook: and no" ( se"enteen troop~. mduding ~cout\ ( 1) List things you "ant to do. ( a) Ha\C ('.tnted some b.tdges ("After an lmheard·of Senior troop! ) i~ that I am 2 '\(•\t to each idea. list \\ ho wants to \'OU know ll GIRL SCOliT LF..\OER Self-test on personal values S E LLING P O LICY Certain advertisements appearing In tho magazines of Girl Scouts of lho U.S.A. present opportunities for individuals or '\o two people ha\(• identical sets of ,·alues. though most of us agree in groups to earn money. The selling of any product must be .t (!t>llt'ral way on "hat's right or \Hong. The folio" in!?; situation., arc ones dono on its own merits. that '>Orne people comtder totally wrong and other5 feel arc occasionall) When a girl wishes to take port In one of these opportunities to earn personal ju~tifiable Check one answer in each of the two categories Sometimes money, 1he does so os on individual and "c do things "c don't belie' e m.) \ ou alone arc the judge. This test is part not os o Girl Scout. When a Girl Scout troop wishes to toke of the article that hcgi11s on page 4. pari in one of the opporhmities lo earn money for tho troop, the troop first secures the approval of Its Girl Seoul Situation Ha'e )"OU done it? I ju tifiable? council for th" particular money•tomlng proJect. ne,er I sometimes I often ~csjnol maybe 1. Accepting the offer of a door heidi SUGGESTIONS open at a pa) toilet. I I I I I we hope prove uqe£ul ::! . Using a pre-arr;ttt~ed telephone ~ig- 11.11 to get infornution without the cost of a phone l'all. 3. Drh ing O\ cr the speed limit. I I I I I I .t. A \'Oiding involvement when witness I to an infraction of rules or law. I I I I I 5. u,mg "pull" to ~ct out of somethin~ . , 1 Jur~ duty. p.trking ticket. etc.) I I I I I 6 Strctl"hing the truth to a,·oid appear- ~ mg in a bad light. I I I I I 7 S1 eaking a c·igan.•tte or drink behind FOR YOUR tl1e back of someone who di<..1p- pr'>' es. CHRISTMAS '>. ~.t\ mg thin~ s ahout people behind COOKIE MAKERS their lntcks that you wouldn't s.ty to their fttces. As half the fun of Christmas cookie making is in the decoratin~, your 9. Tt•lling anothe1 pt:rson's secret. I I I I I I group can't help but be deli~hted 10. R£'.Hling somt•onc else's mail unin- ~ with all the creative ideas and \'itcd originalit} they can express in I I I I I decorating this angel. The an~cl IJ. Laughing when a friend te ll ~ n dis- ~ cookie cutter is Mirra aluminum, pnraging ethnic jol,.e. copy of an old-world cutter. It I I I I comes with 7 other old-time cut· 12. Join in~ a friend '' ho is well up in a I ters, illustrated booklet of deli· long "ailing line. cious cookie recipes from different I I I I I countries, with rips for decorat· 13. Arri\'ing latt fnr nu appointment I ing, and 6" decorator set with 6 ( "hen avoidablt•). I I I I I points. TO GET angel cutLer, com lt L<.'aving an empty room bl.tzin~ '' ithl plete. postpaid, just send your li~hb for a lcn~tlt\ period of time. name, addres;;, zip code and Sl. " ~ . I I I I MIRRO, Box 5200 15. 'I',JI..ing np p.trts of two parking I :\fanitowoc, \ \"i~con:sin 54221 'P·lt"e' in a cro\Hled lot. I I I I Allow! •rttb tim~ for dtlirery. 16. Tumin~ ~~ turtlt• Ot beetle on ih back' .111d lt-,t\ ing it. For beat •ngel coolcie ah•p•, pr••• "' I I I I I down •II •round cutter'• top edge. 17. 1\:eglecting to "rile th.mk-~ 011 notesI prompt!~. I I I I I IS. Helping vour,t•lf to a .. SOU\l'ni{' pien· of imtt•l nr n:stamanl ettuip· ment. 19 Cwssing in the middle of the bloe:k l Active people everywhere love "here jayw.dkiug is illegal. delicious Wrigley's Spearmint Gum. I I I I I The lively flavor tastes so good 20. Ht'maining CJUid about a mist;tkc ( in • . and is never rich or filling . \ Olll favor) that a clerk or wa1ter ims made iu ) om bill. DF.CE\IllER 1968 23 Jenny Li ppestad "Alter i'\ew \ t>ar s, I hope ) ou ,~iJI not be going back thau nne <:Ow1Cil ,bowed me \'arying attitudes and to work. but goiug fortcarcl lo work! [ hope, too, that techniques, and ~trengthened my conviction that our vou will think of ..,-ourself uot as a \(~ar older. but a similarities are more important than our differences. ~·ear nc tnl .' ')o s~d the miuister il; his sennou last Lio. ing and '~ orkmg with "my" Yirginia Skyline ':\e\\ Year·~ £,c.>. I liked the <."Oncept. He ''a\ saying to Girl Scout Coundl surpas\ed all expectations. I soon me that "lwre we are .u1d what '' e ;~re depends ~o felt at home because the council has about the same much on om .1tt itudes aud outlook. number of memher~ as my O\\ n ,tssociation, aud tl1e Fourteen months "newer" ;\fter living in the U.S.A., natur,tl environment is quite 'imilar to '\orway's. l ~o "fon' ard" in m~· job :1' a tra,·eling trainer with the After 'er,ing on the camp ~taff aU summer. I spent '\orwegian Girl Guides , \:orst Speidcrpikeforbund). a month m each of the council\ \iX dist:ticts- matnlv as I was in the lJ .S.A. from April 196i to Jul} l96S. progr<~m <.'Onsultaut ,mel b·ainer. I visited manv troops of thanks parlh to your Juliette Low World Friendship all agl' leveL~, worked closch with about thirty-five rund. Dmit•g thnt time I participated in a work-stud' Yoluntecr~ and \taff member\ 011 almost every aspect proje<.·t spomorrtl c-ooper DECEMBER 1961l 25 brated for eight days. In Jewish homes, the Hanukkah celebration includes the THE LIGHT OF A tradition of lighting candles in the can delabrum or Menorah. Each evening one CANDLE candle is lighted until all eight are in use, as sl1own in the top photograph. In the Christian tradition, the time of Cori nne M. Murphy Advent begins on the fourth Sunday be fore Christmas. An Advent wreath is used in many places. Four candles are at tached to a \\Teath of laurel or spruce one candle for each week of Advent. Usuall) the candles are burned a little while each night- adding one each week. Often on Christmas Eve one large candle is placed in the center. There are a varietv of customs sur rounding the Advent ~vreath; in Scandi navian countries the candles are often white with red ribbons, other times the c;mdle~ are white with purple and pink ribbons. Recently three purple candles and one pink one have been used, chang ing them all to white on Christmas E,c. The purple represents the penitential as pect of Advent the pink stands for Gaudete Sunday-a note of joy 26 GIRL SCOUT LEADER candlestick but place their candles in a candle wicking, or coat cotton string with loaf of bread! melted wax. Put one quarter-potmd sec In many sections of South America the tion of paraffin in a flat pan. Heat on candle is placed in a paper lantern deco stove very slightly for only a second or rated with Christmas symbols and pic two. \Vatch closely, and as soon as wax tw-es. In Spain a candle is often placed starts to melt, adhere it to a second sec above the door. Another Spanish cus tion. Put the otl1er two slabs together in tom, which is seen in Southwestern Uni the same way. Along the center of one ted States, is the use of luminarios- can double section place wick, leaving about dles placed in papet· bags. These are set % inch extra at top, then heat the other on walls, edge~ of the roof, and along double section and place it over wick. walks. Carolers with candles go singing To coat the candle, melt another half selling on nights preceding Christmas. pound of p TOFS and Ct.tfas help with festival Finally, they hit upon a happy climax trails, and places to provide shelter area\ Each December for tl1e past four years, to their project by visiting the "\Ve for small animals and birds. Twelve nest the wife of the president of Venezuela, Care" Center to present the "toys," and ing boxes were donated by boys from Dona Menca de Leoni, has sponsored to play and sing with the children there. vocational agriculture classe~. holiday parties throughout the country The girls used donations received from for children too poor to expect any other Bridges to the future local organizations to purchase tables and celebration. The children play games, Senior Scouts are building bridges each benches, which they coated with wood sing, have lunch, and receive gifts day at home, in schooL and ill the com presen·ati,·e. In December 1967, Girl Scouts began munity- bridges that lead to a sense of A committee from the local Carden to assist in this worthwhile project responsibility, understandirlg of others, Club, aided bv townsmen and Scouts. Caclette Troop 16 (Troops on Foreign and an awareness of each girl's role as have taken ov~r landscaping of the en Soil) and Compania Canaima 5 of Vene tomolTow's decision-maker. h·ance. The) have planted some trees zuelan Cuias joined together in a service Working under guidelines furnished by and will add others at the proper time project to help with the "Festival del the Program Services Committee in Pines for transplanting. All plants and shrubs Nino" in a park, where 1,000 children of Carolina Council (Raleigh. North have been donated. So were the flagpole, were feted. They were assigned the Carolina), more than half of the register telephone poles for bumpers in the park eleven-year-old girls as their particular ed Senior Scout~ in Wake County begau ing area, and all materials for fireplaces. responsibility, and for five hour:. the) Service Aide training and sen·ice recent which were built by volunteers. A sign at took exclusive care of their charges, ly. Their response was so wholehearted, the entrance ''as made by a high school org 28 GffiL SCOUT LEADER New resources for Brownie leaders Here's "moreabout" Brownie Girl Scouting -\nnouncing: Morcabouts for Brou;nic Girl Scout Leaders-a brand-new resource book! Designed to supplement the pro gram helps available in the Brou;nie Handbook and the Girl Scout Leader Votebook, this new book is chock full of exciting ideas for Brownie things to do, make. tJ:. see, and leaml You'll find games, recipes, service ideas, painting, dramatics, and much more-complete with many helpful diagrams and illustrations. You'll also find man} "thinkabouts" to help you keep aware of the reason for tl1e activity. "Thinkabouts" are ideas for using the activit) lo help seven- and eight-}e DECE\IRER 1968 29 success stories Continued from page 28 Cadettes learn about citizenship "I was amazed at all the stuff there was to know about America that I'd never even wondered about!" Girl Scout This was the reaction of one of ten Cadettes from Troop 189, Richmond. Books C& Films Virginia (Commonwealth Council of \'irginia), rompleting a ten-week, pre What makes them stay in Scouting? many ,·aluable suggestions and case his naturalization course for new citizens. The ten Cadettes participated with Are you interested in attracting older tories to help a leader de,·elop her own thirty-three foreign-hom prospective cit girls to Scouting, and in holding those creative ideas. (Individual copies of this izens from fourteen different countries. who already belong? H you are, read on. booklet are 75¢, btJt if the council orders The course was sponsored by the St. You may be a board member closely 25 at a time, the cost is only 60¢ each.) Constantine and St. Helen Creek Or watching membership figures in your Younger girls look ahead thodox Churches and was held at the council. You may be a trainer interested Y.\l.C.A. in seeing that leaders and advisers are Do younger girls really know what kinds The purpose was to help instruct for well prepared to guide Cadettes and of things might lie ahead for them in eign-born persons for becoming American Seniors. Perhaps you are a troop consul Scouting? How about whetting their ap citizens. The Cadettes attended as an aid tant. helping these leaders and advisers petites with some movies and filmstrips? to completing their Challenge of Active along the way so that the girls in their Promise, for instance, gives a taste of all Citizenship requirements. They were ex troops continue to find Scouting exciting four age levels. It'.~ a Small \'l,'orld, Our pected to attend all the sessions on local. and challenging. Perhaps you are es Cabana, and ]oumey Into Friendship all state, and federal govenunent. partici pecially interested in recruiting girls. show fascinating international ex-peri pate in discussions, complete the home No matter. You're interested, and pre ences. Open Your Eyes reveals the world work, and take the 175-question final ex sumably you're doing something about of satisfying kinds of service to others amination. "I learned many things about this interest. Are you taking advantage made possible through an organization my country," one girl remarked. "I think of all the resources available from the like ours. everyone should take this course so that :\TtUional Organization to help you? They What clo their peers think? can't work miracles, but thev can offer a when he says, 'I am an American,' he will lot of support. ' Some older girls ma) feel self-conscious really know what he's talking about." about wearing their wliforms to school. The Cadettes added to the fun-and Holding Cadette interest Perhaps their peers ma) think of Scout \\ orked toward their Reporter badge-b\ For example, if a Cadette leader is con ing as "square." TI1en how about show interviewing several people in the cla;s from other countries-Germany, Greece, fused about Challenges, this exciting as ing boys and girls in junior and senior Ireland, Lebanon, England, and Jap.m. pect of Cadette Scouting may be slighted high school Girl Scouting "like it reall\' is"? Arrange to show in school assen{ and, therefore, unrewarding for the girls Operation Friendship in the troop, ·who may, finally, simply blies a film like Open Your Eyes, which stop coming to troop meetings. Ha,·e all will show them how Seniors make impor It was hands-across-the-border recently the Cadette leaders, old and new, in tant contributions in today's world; or when ADC ::"\Teighborhood of the Genesee your council had an opportunit) to see Light on the Mountain, full of attractive, \'alley District (Girl Scouts of Rochester the filmstrip Cadette Challenge.~? Does lighthearted girls ha' ing the time of their and Genesee Vallev) rolled out the wel lives. each one ha,·e her 0\\11 copy of the come mat for thir~·-two Girl Guides and Don't oYerlook the fivers desiQ'lled four leaders from Stoney Creek, Onta workbook that goes with it? This study • b guide includes not only all the pictures especially to recruit older girls: You Arr rio, Canada. and narration from the filmstrip, but Invited to Become a Cadrtte Girl Scout As guests in the homes of Penfield Girl and Fun With a Future-Senior Girl Scouts, the Canadians were returning a Scene fmm the film Promise Scouting. previou~ visit the Penfield girls made to These are just a few ideas of how Stoney Creek. The Guides arrived on a you_ can make use of materials ah-eady Friday night, and were greeted and avatlable. We suggest that you go settled in the homes of their hostesses. through the Audio-Visual and the Publi On Satw·day morning they all went to a cations Catalogs and see just how many joint folk dancing il1struction at the Pen resources there are to help you further field Town Hall and then spent the your particular interest in attracting and afternoon s1ght-seeing. They all got to holding older girls. If your council doesn't gether later for a festive dinner. joint already have the~e catalogs, they are ceremonies. and entertainment. available free from ~Iembership Services. On Sunday afternoon came the gmnd All titles are fully described in their pages. fiMle. Girl Scouts from thirty-two Pen Films and filmstrips are ordered from field troops and tl1eir Canadian Girl the Film Library; flyers and books from Guide guests-600 girls in all-enter National Equipment Service, both at 830 tained families and friends with a super Third Avenue, New York, KY. 10022. colos~al folk dancing festival. 1 30 Gl.RL SCOUT LEADER Booklet s and Samples From AMERICAN GIRL f~ ADVERTISERS WillE DIUCT TO ADDR ESSES liSTED I UOW " 110:\IE E O DISc-o-TEC"-New muatcat film tr1p trom tlle Lovable Company. Tuneful II~ o · how to ..,ie<-t the ri&;ht bra and Clrdle atyl.. tor yOWig tt~n~re., how to "Look at all the subjects we have to pushed-to learn things on our own. take in high school 'to prepare us for "I heard about one school where grades life.' Isn't high school part of our life? were eliminated." How is the stuff that we learn going to "You can't elin1inate grades in high do us any good in the future-like mem school because you've got to have some orizing dates for history class or verbs in basis for comparison between students. Latin?" Society is so competitive and getting into How would you answer this question, college means so much." which was asked by a Senior Scout from "What about the kids who don't want New Jersey? Do you agree with her? to go to college?" Is your high school curriculum rele "In our high school, \\'e have typing. vant and realistic preparation for living shorthand, and shop ... and that's about in today's world? it. The rest are college-geared courses. We asked Senior Scouts from Mary It just doesn't fit. There should be more land (Central Maryland Council), New available for kids who aren't going on Jersey (Momnoutr Council and Morris to college.'' Area Council), and New York (Taconic "We have a work-study program Council), to talk about what's happen where kids get on-the-job training while ing ... or what they think should be they are still going to high school. They happening . . . in high school. Most get paid while they're learning." agreed that high school should be more "That makes more sense than just sit than a clearinghouse for college-bound ting in a classroom and struggling through students. Let's listen in on what they algebra or some language you're not go had to say. ing to use after you graduate and get a "High school is like a filling station job." on the road to college. Stop ... fill up "Why does a girl need to know algebra . . . and move on toward yom real des or world history if she's going to get tination." married after high school? To go shop "That's right. The only thing high ping or something like that?" school does is prepare us for college." "~Iaybe she'll go on one of those TV "What bothers me is that once you quiz shows where it pays to know when say college prep, you're so pressed to the Titanic was sunk." ward making it. You don't have time for "That's my gripe-all the little things anything else. If I wanted to take home we've just got to know for the big test ec, I couldn't-il doesn't prepare me for stuff that we'll never use again." college." "Things shouldn't be dragged out "We should be learning something so much. Why do we have to learn the we can really use instead of putting in same things about the Revolutionary War four years to get into college." again and again? We're not concerned "I think education should prepare us about something that happened 200 years more for getting along in life. We should ago. There should be more stress on be learning how to think for ourselves, current events." how to reason, how to get something out "I agree. Things are happening all of what we read." around us, and we're still memorizing "We learn things so we can do well on dates and places in the Civil War. We've exams-not for our own knowledge. If been hearing about Antietam and Bull we were really interested .in a subject, we Run since elementru·y school." wouldn't have time to explore it in depth.'' "I think you hit 'on it, really. What's "Everything is cram, cram, cram. the sense of memorizing something if il Grades are the most important consider doesn't have a place in your life? For ation. You learn for tests, period." example, we're all consumers whether we "It seems the students with the best go to college or not. Shouldn't we be marks ru·e those with the best memories. learning more about smart shopping and If you can memorize, you'll get good spending and saving?" grades ... pass the test ... and then for \Vhat do you think? Is high S(.'hool get it!" preparing you for the futw-e? Write to "We're told what to do and what to GrnL ScoUT LEADER, 830·Third Avenue, learn. We should be encouraged-even New York, New York 10022. GIRL SCOUT LEADER INDEX Volume XLV, January-December 1968 Month Page Monti! Page Month Page BIRTHPL\CE Wonderful Wiki Waki-Reilman ....June 14 Values-to e:~.-plore-Elsemore ...... Feb. 6 Dais • and the Birthplace ..... Nov. 24 What are high ideals of character?- Public relations Franklin 00 .. 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 • Dec. 4 00:'\,E.\"TIO~ A father's view of Girl Scouting- \\hat do you know about Junior Con" nlion ahead! ...... Apr. 4 Gunnels ...... June 33 Girl Scouting? ...... Dec. 15 Convention-and beyond ...... Nov. 31 A sununer "happening"-Hohmann .. ~fay 14 Who holds the key to opportunities 1969 Com·ention in Scattle-Lunken ~lay 3 Bridges to the future ...... Dec. 28 for all ...... Oct. 18 Delc!:fttt·l> to the 1\ .ttional Council Color them irrcsistible-F/atow .... Feb. 14 \\"hy can't we invite boys? \fay 29, Oct. 22, ~kctinl!-/ones ...... Oct. 27 Color wht'd of creative arts ...... i\tay 22 Xov. 12. Dec. 3 Thirtr-d"'hth :-;ational Convention .. June 26 Featuring Girl Scouts-Rothenberg . .\-lar. 16 Why is sex t•ducation important?- Girl Scouts salute the past ...... June 31 Fulton ...... Nov. 6 Homemak('r troops and patrols- Young leader, disorderly troop ..... Feb. 3, COl 'iCIL AD.\HNISTRATION Vendou:.is ...... June 17 Apr. 28, \lay 28, Juno 20 Board and committees Park restored by Girl Scouts ...... \lay 20 People for the Piper-Brou;er ...... June 8 NATIOXAL ORGAJ.\"'ZATION Dele~ate' to the :\,ttional Council Relationships news and views-Jan. 28, Convention aht-ad! ...... Apr. 4 .\feeting-Jones ...... Oct. 27 Feb. 34, .\.1ar. 31, Oct. 39, :-.Jov. 27 1969 Convention in Seattle--Lunken May 3 Planning in a Girl Scout councii- Stand tall with pridt'-Hcss ...... J,\n. 5 Delegates to the :-.Jational Council Finkel.stein ...... Dec. 7 \leeting-Jones ...... Oct. 27 Proclamation of the i\" ational Board Reeruihnent and selection Edith .\lacy Training Center- of DiredOrl> ...... Oct. 7 Summer 1008 00 00 00 00 .... 00 ... Jan. 24 In the fooMeps of Pcnn- From the President of the United Camp operation Zimmerm(ln ...... June 13 States ...... Jan. 4 A summer "happening''-Hohmann . May 14 People for the Piper-Brower ...... June 8 \lacy has a new building ...... May 25 A winter camp-Sc,~:uin ...... Feb. 8 The leader\ first resource-\Vescott June 16 \Jew troop regi-;tration fom1 ...... Oct. 34 8ft u,. of camping-.\!. .\furphy .. Apr. 6 To havt' .mel to hold Cadcttes-Cook Jtme 10 Proclamation of the :-..rational Board \\'ho hold~ the key to oppartunitie~ Da} c.unps that Cadettes like-Cook .\lar. 11 of Di rector~ ...... Oct. 7 \!y council has a word for it- for all ...... Oct. 18 Six new regions-Wilson ...... Nov. 20 Murdoch ...... May 18 TI1irty-cighth l':ntional Convention June 26 Why c:.unp?-Slotlwwer ...... Mar. 12 Training Williams Hall dedicated ...... Oct. 28 Leader Tr.tining Desi~n in action- Finance Borteck ...... \lay 12 OPPORTU:'\ITIES \loti\ating parent interest-Porcelan Oct. 15 The leadt·r·~ first re-ource-Wescoll June 16 So there's no United Fund in your For adults town?-Kanis ...... Nov. 32 IN MEMORIAM Adventure in .\.texico ...... Nov. 14 T,u: deductions for Scouting ...... Feb. 23 Edith W. Conant ...... Dec. 8 An adult selectee reports-Lanham .. Apr. 21 Jane .\Iarf.(ueretta Hocy ...... Dec. 9 Councils bent'fit-Biggio ...... Apr. 10 :\fembership extension ~lartin Luther King Jr...... June 26 Edith .\lacy Training Center- Cites {?OOr coopu.tlion ...... June :n Kathryn Tt'tnpleton ...... Oct. 31 Summer 1968 ...... Jan. 24 Extt'ncUng Girl Scouting ...... :\Iay 34 Friendship Fund arotmd the world Feb. 16 Girls rc-cnlit girls-Hammersmit11 ... Jan. 15 LEADERSHIP International <>vents ...... Apr. 13 In the footsteps of Penn- Olympic Cah.uia session .. Mar. 25, May 25 June 13 Adventures of Troop 351-Harris ... Dec. 10 Zimmennan ...... Badge-grabber ...... Jan. 18, Mar. 26 Opportunities for adults-A. Wood .. Apr. 20 Le.un Indian lore ...... ~ov. 30 Choosing had~res ...... Jan. 18. Feb. 3 ~eed "doer~~ on thtlll ...... Dec. 22 For girls "Nothing to do"-Shcchy ...... Jan. 12 Co-ed activities: Is your troop ready?-Vendouzis ...... Jan. 8 "Begegnung mit Deutschland" ..... Ft'b. 30 P~·opl c for the Pipcr-Browcr ...... June 8 Council-operated events ...... Apr. 14 Piont't>rinl.( in Appalachia- Dramatics for Juniors: pantomime- Templeton ...... May 11 Councils bencfit-Biggio ...... Apr. 10 Belt & MacBrydc ...... \.fay 6 Earning monev to finance troop Friendship Fund aroUDd the world Feb. 16 To catch a Cadettt'- Elsemore ..... Dec. 12 acti\;tie.,-S1Jeclly ...... Oct. 9 Girl Scout o;cholarship ...... Mar. 25 To have .md to hold Cadettes-Cook June 10 International events ...... Apr. 13 "Waiting list" unfair ...... Jtme 24 Find your B.I.Q...... Nov. 2.5 Forgetful girls .. , ...... Nov. 24 It seems like yesterday ...... Oct. 37 Juliette Low Session at Rockwood- Personnel services Indifferent parents .... Jan. 19, ~far. 26, Apr. 28, June 20 Hammersmilh ...... Dec. 21 Crunpus ~roups ~peak for themselves- It's a Challenl!e .Apr. 28, June 18, Dec. 3 ~ationally-operated events ...... Apr. 12 Browcr ...... Oct. 12 Leader's pc·ts- .. :\far. 27, :\lay 28, June 19 Participants grow-Alley ...... Apr. 11 Xe\\ troop registration form ...... Oct. 34 Leader Tr.tining Design in action- Reed College ~cbolarship ...... Jan. 26 The leader's first rc~ource-\Vescott June 16 Borteck ...... May 12 \\"ho holds the key to oppOrtunities Motivatin~ parent interest- Porcelan Oct. 15 for all ...... Oct. 18 Program services New resources for Brownie leaders .. Dec. 29 World of Arts ...... Nov. 16 -\ summer "happening"-Hol11nnnn . ~Ia)' 14 "Nothintt to do"-Sheeh!l ...... Jan. 12 A tmiform for ever} Girl Scout- Overboard on badgework June 20. 'Jov. 12 PROGRA.\f L'\ TROOPS AND CA..\fPS Barnett ...... May 13 People for the Pipt'r-Brou:cr ...... June 8 Color wheel of creative arts ...... May 22 Punhhed for bad grades ...... Oct. 46 Ar;e level-Brownies Councils benefit-Biggio ...... Apr. 10 Scouting helped me grow- A good beginning in the arts- Fine arts day ...... Oct. 36 Keyserlinfl...... \fay 5 Templeton ...... Feb. 9 Go, t<-am, p;.o!-Hendcrson ...... \.far. 10 Self-test on personal \\\lues ...... Dec. 23 Brownie Handbook in Spanish ..... Dec. 9 Ha ste~~ councils wanted ...... :\far. 25 Seniors help Juniotl>-Donalwe ...... \fa} 16 Brownies hold fire drill ...... Oct. 36 .\fy council has a word for it- Somethin~ of significanct>-~ fcEniry ~far. 5 Find your B.I.Q...... Nov. 25 .\! urdoch ...... •.... May 18 The catchall file Mar. 23, Apr. 24, May 3, r\ew resources for Brownie leaders Dec. 29 :-.Jot so different ...... May 21 June 30, Oct. 8, Nov. 3, Dec. 11 1\'ow ... the Brownie Reader ...... Feb. 35 ''Nothing to do''-Sheehy ...... Jan. 12 The do-it-herself adviSt'r ...... Dec. 3 Operation Conver~ation-.Uurcl!ie & The Girl Scouts and Se\ t•ducation- Age level-Juniors Xewbill 00 00 00 ... 00 .. 00 00 ... Apr. 8 Vendou::it ...... \lov. 8 Dramatics for Juniors: pantomime- Participant~ grow-.\Iley ...... , . Apr. 11 The Girl Scout Laws and Juniors- Templeton ...... \lay 11 PionC<.·ring in Appalachia- McEnir!J ..... 00 00 ...... 00 ... Oct. 41 TI1e Girl Scout Laws and Juniors- Belt & MacBryde ...... May 6 The gold-bordered badges-Cook .. Oct. 45 McEniry ...... Oct. 41 The Girl Scouts and sex education- The leader's first resourc~-\Vescott June 16 What do you know about Junior " endouzis ...... Nov. 8 To have and to hold Cadettes-.Cook JUDe 10 Girl Scoutinq? ...... •..Dec. 15 Toward understanding our routh ... Apr. 33 Toward understanding our youth ... Apr. 33 Why is 'l'X education impOrtant? Troop nJ.tn;tl!t1nent-a continuous Age level-Cadeites Fulton ...... Xov. 6 process-Hamilton & Cook ...... Apr. 5 Adventuxes of Troop 351-Ilarris ... Dec. 10 DECE~IBER 1968 33 Month Page Month Page Month Page Canoeing Cadette day camp •...... May 20 Health and safety (foundation ) Girls recruit girls-Hammersmith ... . Jan. 15 Day camps that Cadettes Uke-Cook Mar. 11 Brownies hold fire drill ...... Oct. 36 Co, team, gol-1-lenderson ...... Mar. 10 Exchange troop trips-Cook ...... Dec. 18 Dramatizes Brownie camp safety ...June 31 International loan closet ...... ~lay 21 How to smother a grease fire ...... June 25 How to smother a grease fire ...... June 25 Journey into history ...... Kov. 30 It's a Challenge .. Apr. 28, June 18, Dec. 3 It's a Challenge .. April 28, June 18, bee. 3 Juniors help handicapped children ... Dec. 20 Significant service by Cadettes- Lifesavin~ film available ...... June 25 Juniors help VISTA ...... Jan. 30 Thomas ...... Nov. 13 Poison pre\'ention ...... \lar. 25 Park restored by Girl Scouts ..•.... .\lay 20 Spotlight on Fmt Clas:.-Cook .....Jan . 9 Those three questions-Cook ...... Feb. 13 Project S.O.S...... ~lar. 19 The gold-bordered badges-Cook ...Oct. 45 Projects that Jm>W- Those three questions-Cook ...... Feb. 13 Home-related activities HammersmUh ...... Oct. 19 Values-to explore-Elscmore ...... Feb. 6 Girl Scout cookies- home-baked .... :\fay 22 Seniors help Juniors-Donahue ..... \lay 16 Why can't we invite boys? ...... May 29, Girl Scouts salute the past ...... June 31 Significant service b)· Cadettes- Oct. 22, Nov. 12, Dec. 3 Homemaker troops and patrols- Thomas ...... ~ov. 13 V rndcuz~~ ...... June 17 Those three quelttions-Cook ...... Feb. 13 Age level-Seniors Scouts make clothing ...... June 30 Trash-can art ...... Jan. 30 Bridges to the h1turc ...... Dec. 28 Widt:r dimensions of home- Valentines for ovel'liCUS ...... :Mar. 18 Calling all Senior Scouts! ...... June 24 V rnclou::is ...... Feb. 18 \\'eather st;~tion pre>entcd ...... ~lay 21 Homemaker troops and patrob- Wildlife home improwuwnt-Brooks June 3 Vendouzi,s ...... June 17 International friendship (foundation ) Wonderful \\'iki Wnki-Rcilman ... June 14 Operation Conversation-.\furchie o\id to hetter understanding . . . . . Ft·b. 21 & Neu;bill ...... Apr. 8 "All the \Yorld ... a treasure"- Trips and tours Powder Puff Derbr ...... Jtme 2.6 .t\ . Wood ...... June 6 Discover Amcrica-Collim ...... Jan. 16 Projects th,lt l!fOW-Hammersmit1t .. Oct. 19 Children to children ...... \far. 19 Excllange troop trip.,-Cook .•..... Dec. 18 Senior Speakont •.•.••...... Oct. 30 ''Fc.~tin1 l of the Dolls" ...... •.. \tar. 19 The hand of friend,hip ...... •.... \lay 20 Seniors SPeak out. .Oct. 38. Xov. 22, Dec. 32 Fritnd,hip at home and around the Travel tradition ...... o\pr. 32 ''alues-to explore-Ehemore ...... Feb. 6 world ...... Feb. 20 W.tshington, ~r i ght trefoil bracelet is beautifully designed for Girl Scouts. Made of gold color metal, it has spring hinge closing. In box tor gift-giving. 12-103 . .. 1.50. Also in rhodium (silver-color). 12-104 ... 1.50 Two twinkling banks for thrift. Cute elf for Brownies is ceramic, 6'l'2" tall. 17-911 . . 1.50. G.S. bank opens like book, Promise inside. 11-912 2.00 €;old-tilled simulated stone {Eiutch purse tor Girl Scouts is in rings. Ruby for Brownies, adj. green grained vinyl outside and 12-169 ... 1.50. EmeraldtorG.S. yellow inside. Has removable 12- 4-9. 12-158 . . 2.75. 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