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HEALTH CRAFT--RED HONORS
200 First Aid: Secure diploma of
the National Red Cross, or joint diploma of the American
Red Cross and of the Young Women's Christian
Association.
201 Colds: Be free from every
indication of a cold for two consecutive months between
October and April.
202 Regularity: Not miss work or
school because of ill health or headaches for three
consecutive months.
203 Diet: Abstain from chewing gum
and from candy, ice cream, sundaes, sodas, and
commercially manufactured beverages between meals for
three consecutive months.
204 Sleep: Sleep out-of-doors or
with wide open windows for two consecutive months
between October and April.
205 Games: Play any of the
following games for not less than fifteen hours in any
one month.
Team Games--Hockey, Volley Ball,
Basket-ball, Archery, Baseball, Soccer, Prisoner's Base,
Captain Ball.
206 Other Games--Tennis, Golf, Run
Sheep Run, Hide and Seek, Pussy Wants a Corner, Three
Deep, Blind Man's Buff, Drop the Handker-chief, Red
Rover, Fox and Hounds, Quoits, Duck on the Rock.
(Games adapted for girls and having
standard rules prepared for them, like basket-ball and
baseball, are to be played according to such rules.)
207 Play singing or dancing games
for not less than fifteen hours in any one month.
208 Swimming: Swim one hundred
yards.
209 Swim one mile in any six days.
(Not necessarily consecutive.)
210 Fetch up a cup from the bottom
in eight feet of water.
211 Do any two standard dives in
good form. R
Standard Dives:
Standing--Front, Side, Back, Twist,
Jack.
Running or from spring board the
same, e.g., a standing from and a running front and a
front from a run and use of spring board may all be
presented.
212 Undress in deep water.
213 Swim any four standard styles.
R
Standard styles are breast, side,
over-hand, single over-hand, crawl, back, scull on back,
etc.
214 Canoe or Boat: Paddle or row
twenty miles in any five days. (Not necessarily
consecutive.)
215 Canoe: Tip over a canoe in deep
water, right it, get in, and get enough water out by
splashing with hands or paddle to be able to sit on the
seat steadily and paddle to shore.
216 Sailing: Sail a boat without
help or advice for fifty miles. (In any one season.)
217 Motor Boat: Operate and care
for without help or advice for one hundred miles. (In
any one season.)
218 Skating--Ice or Roller: Skate
twenty-five miles in any five days. (Not necessarily
consecutive.)
219 Coasting: Coast, toboggan, or
skee for not less than fifteen hours in any one month.
220 Skiing: Make six descents of at
least fifteen feet in good form.
221 Make six jumps and land in good
form.
222 Snowshoeing: Cover twenty-five
miles in any five days. (Not necessarily
consecutive.)
223 Horseback: Saddle, bridle,
mount, and ride a horse in correct form, using three
gaits.
224 Ride forty miles in any five
days. (Not necessarily consecutive)
225 Take care of horse and
supervise care of stable for at least one month.
226 Mountain Climbing: Make an
ascent of two thousand feet and return to the starting
level. R
227 Bicycle: Bicycle forty miles in
any five days. (Not necessarily consecutive.)
228 Tramping: Walk forty miles in
any ten days. (Not necessarily consecutive.)
Note: This means tramping in the
country or walking to and from school or business.
229 Exercise: Take seven hours of
outdoor exercise a week for three months.
230 Automobile: Operate and care
for without help or advice, for five hundred miles.
(In any one season.)
231 Folk Dancing: Know any five
standard folk dances.
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