S Ernest Thompson Seton

COMMON NORTH AMERICAN TREES Ernest Thompson Seton

NATIVE WILD ANIMALS Ernest Thompson Seton

CHAPTER III.

Campcraft 145
HIKING AND OVER-NIGHT CAMPS H. W. Gibson

TENT MAKING MADE EASY H. J. Holden

AN OPEN OUTING TENT Warren H. Miller

CANOEING, ROWING, AND SAILING Special Committee

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CHAPTER IV.
Tracks, Trailing, and Signaling Ernest Thompson Seton 187

CHAPTER V.
Health and Endurance George J. Fisher, M.D. 219

CHAPTER VI.
Chivalry John L. Alexander 237

CHAPTER VII.
First Aid and Life Saving Major Charles Lynch 255

WATER ACCIDENTS Wilbert E. Longfellow

CHAPTER VIII.
Games and Athletic Standards 291

INDOOR AND OUTDOOR GAMES Ernest Thompson Seton

ATHLETIC STANDARDS Special Committee

CHAPTER IX.
Patriotism and Citizenship Waldo H. Sherman 323

PRACTICAL CITIZENSHIP Col. Theodore Roosevelt

APPENDIX.
EQUIPMENT 359
BOOKS FOR REFERENCE 369
INDEX 393

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HANDBOOK FOR BOYS

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CHAPTER I

SCOUTCRAFT

_This chapter is the result of the work of the Committee on Scout Oath,
Scout Law, Tenderfoot, Second-class and First-class Requirements; the
Committee on Badges, Awards, and Equipment; the Committee on Permanent
Organization and Field Supervision, and John L. Alexander and Samuel
A. Moffat_.

Aim of the Scout Movement
_By John L. Alexander, Boy Scouts of America_

The aim of the Boy Scouts is to supplement the various existing
educational agencies, and to promote the ability in boys to do things
for themselves and others. It is not the aim to set up a new
organization to parallel in its purposes others already established.
The opportunity is afforded these organizations, however, to introduce
into their programs unique features appealing to interests which are
universal among boys. The method is summed up in the term Scoutcraft,
and is a combination of observation, deduction, and handiness, or the
ability to do things. Scoutcraft includes instruction in Fi