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SCOUTING FOR GIRLS

When you can do these you will no longer be a Candidate, you will be admitted into the Scouts as a "Tenderfoot." and can then go on and win badges.

The Tenderfoot Badge

The Badge of the Girl Scouts is the "Trefoil" (three leaves), which represent the three promises made on joining, as the three fingers held up in the salute also do.

The proper place for the Tenderfoot Badge is in the centre of the loose ends of the tie.

A. THE GIRL SCOUT'S LAW

1. A Girl Scout's Honor is to be Trusted.

If a Scout says "On my honour it is so," that means that it is so just as if she had taken a most solemn oath.

Similarly, if a captain says to a Scout, "I trust you on your honor to do this," the Scout is bound to carry out the order to the very best of her ability, and to let nothing interfere with her doing so.

If a Scout were to break her honor by telling a lie, or by not carrying out an order exactly when trusted on her honor to do so, she would cease to be a Scout, for the time being, and she may be required to hand over her Scout badge.

2. A Scout is Loyal

to the President and to her officers, to her mother and father, to her employers, to those who may be