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PATRIOTISM--RED, WHITE AND BLUE
HONORS
700 Participate in organizing and
carrying through a proper celebration of any national
holiday. In each case the history of the day must be
known. R
701 Organize and take part in a
proper celebration of some historical event of local or
national significance. R
702 Contribute some service to your
community in connection with Street Cleaning.
703 Beautifying front yards.
704 Conservation of streams.
705 Conservation of birds.
706 Conservation of trees or
forests.
707 Do voluntary work for three
months in connection with a playground, a settlement, or
an organization, such as the Charity Organization
Society, Society for Improving the Conditions of the
Poor, Children's Aid Society, etc.
708 Tell the history of your own
locality and what occurred on each historical spot.
709 Tell the history and meaning of
the National flag and of the flag of the country from
which your ancestors came.
710 Know the flag and rules of ten
nations.
711 Indian Lore: Buy and own a
genuinely Indian made article, basket, bead work, silver
work, pottery, stone work, blanket; and know to what
tribe its maker belongs, what materials were used in its
construction, and how it was made (The best way to
help an Indian girl or woman is to buy the things she
makes. It means food and clothing to her and her
family.)
712 Know the location, history, and
present condition, both economic and religious, of the
tribe where your Indian article was made.
713 Know the uses, meaning of the
design or symbols used (if possible), or something of
the ceremony in which it is used, if it is a ceremonial
basket, of your Indian article.
714 Be able to sing 6 genuine
Indian songs at Camp Fire gatherings.
715 Be able to tell Indian legends
at Camp Fire gatherings.
716 Know the meaning of 10 Indian
symbols or designs.
717 Be able to name the Indian
tribes that originally inhabited your State, the tribes
and number of members now living there, and their
economic and religious condition.
718 Give brief accounts of the
lives and activities of 5 great or well-known Indians,
men or women.
719 Be able to distinguish from
each other the baskets of 10 different tribes.
720 An honor in patriotism may be
given to:
Each member that participates in
giving a party or dance in which the girls and boys are
about equal in number and in which at least two of the
following dances are learned and danced by all: Virginia
Reel, Portland Fancy, Lady of the Lake, Howe's (or
Hull's) Victory, Pop Goes the Weasel, Chorus Jig,
Lancers, Boston Fancy, French Reel, German Hopping
Dance, Varsouvienne, Furetur, Gottland's Quadrille. This
honor may be repeated four times in any one year,
provided new dances are used each time.
721 Prepare plans designed to
improve the conditions under which girls work in your
community.
722 Be familiar with your national
history as it affects woman's welfare.
723 Pass a satisfactory examination
upon "The New Relation of Woman to the
World."
724 State the location and function
of ten institutions, public and private, in your
community for all kinds of relief and betterment.
725 State two public services done:
For the people of your locality by
the federal government, by the State government, and by
the city or township government.
726 Write a paper of not less than
1500 words describing present immigration to this
country, its advantages and disadvantages, and some of
the problems created thereby.
727 State the laws in regard to
fire protection of public places in your locality.
728 Describe Boards of Health and
Labor Department requirements affecting ventilation and
sanitation in stores and factories employing girls and
women in your State.
729 Teach a class of not less than
three, once a week, for eight months in connection with
a church, tabernacle, settlement, Young Women's
Christian Association, Young Women's Hebrew Association
or other educational or social institutions.
730 Belong to such a class for
eight months and miss not more than five meetings.
731 Attend a service ten Sabbaths
in three months.
Give brief account of the life and
service of:
732 Five religious leaders. R
733 Five missionaries. R
734 Five educators. R
735 Five great women. R
736 Five statesmen. R
737 Five scientists. R
738 Three inventors.
739 Five musicians.
740 Five artists.
741 Identify three masterpieces of
each of five well-known artists.
742 The same for five musicians.
743 Give the history of five great
heroes of your own race. R
744 Commit to memory the preambles
to the Constitution, Lincoln's Gettys-burg Address, and
the first two paragraphs of the Declaration of
Independence.
745 Commit to memory one hundred
verses of the Bible or an equal amount of other sacred
literature, as hymns, Thomas a Kempis, etc.
746 Swat at least twenty-five flies
every day for one month.
747 Know the names, homes and occupations of
grandparents and great-grandparents; this to include the
maiden names of the grandmothers and
great-grandmothers.
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