Birmingham, Ala.
" WILLIAM S. LOVELL " "
" ROBERT C. ALSTON " "
" JOHN B. GORDON Atlanta, Ga.
" CLELAND KINLOCH NELSON " "
" JOHN M. SLATON " "
" CARTER HARRISON Chicago, Ill.
" HERBERT HAVEMEYER " "
" CYRUS MCCORMICK, SENIOR " "
MISS SKINNER " "
" FREDERICA SKINNER " "
MRS. MARK WILLING " "
" CHARLES G. WASHBURN Worcester, Mass.
MISS KATHERINE HUTCHINSON Philadelphia, Pa.
MRS. ROBERT LESLIE " "
" JOHN MARKOE " "
" ALFONSO MUNOZ " "
MISS ANNE THOMPSON " "
MRS. CHARLES DOBNEY Cincinnati, Ohio
" JAMES PERKINS " "
MISS JOSEPHINE SIMRALL " "
MRS. ROBERT TAFT, JUNIOR " "
" MAX HIRSCH " "
" G. S. RAFTER Washington, D. C.

Part I

HISTORY OF GIRL SCOUTS

Girl Scouts, like Boy Scouts, are found all over the world. When Sir
Robert Baden-Powell formed the first troops of Boy Scouts, six thousand
girls enrolled themselves, but, as Sir Robert's project did not include
the admission of girls, he asked his sister, Miss Baden-Powell, to found
a similar organization for girls, based on the Boy Scout laws, with
activities and occupations properly adapted for girls. She then founded
the Girl Guide organization.

In America, in March, 1912, the first patrols of Girl Guides were
enrolled by Juliette Low, in Savannah, Georgia. In 1913, the National
Headquarters were established by her in Washington, D. C., and Miss
Edith Johnston became the National Secretary. The name Girl Guides was
then changed to Girl Scouts because the object of the organization is to
promote the ten Scout Laws: TRUTH, LOYALTY, HELPFULNESS, FRIENDLINESS,
COURTESY, KINDNESS, OBEDIENCE, CHEERFULNESS, PURITY, and THRIFT.

The movement then grew and spread in a remarkable way. The success of
the movement is due, in a great measure, to the work of the National
Secretary, Miss Cora Neal, who built up the organization during the most
difficult years of its existence. In 1916, Headquarters were removed
from Washington to New York, and the machinery for unifying the national
work of t