d-class scout upon meeting another set of
requirements may become a first-class scout. The first-class scout may
then qualify for the various merit badges which are offered in another
part of this chapter for proficiency in scouting. The requirements of
the tenderfoot, second-class scout, and first-class scout, are as
follows:

_Tenderfoot_

To become a scout a boy must be at least twelve years of age and must
pass a test in the following:

1. Know the scout law, sign, salute, and significance of the badge.

2. Know the composition and history of the national flag and the
customary forms of respect due to it.

3. Tie four out of the following knots: square or reef, sheet-bend,
bowline, fisherman's, sheepshank, halter, clove hitch, timber hitch,
or two half hitches.

[Illustration: Tenderfoot badge. (tr)]
Tenderfoot

{17}

He then takes the scout oath, is enrolled as a tenderfoot, and is
entitled to wear the tenderfoot badge.

[Illustration: Second-class Scout badge. (tr)]
Second-class Scout

_Second-class Scout_

To become a second-class scout, a tenderfoot must pass, to the
satisfaction of the recognized local scout authorities, the following
tests:

1. At least one month's service as a tenderfoot.

2. Elementary first aid and bandaging; know the general directions for
first aid for injuries; know treatment for fainting, shock, fractures,
bruises, sprains, injuries in which the skin is broken, burns, and
scalds; demonstrate how to carry injured, and the use of the
triangular and roller bandages and tourniquet.

3. Elementary signaling: Know the semaphore, or American Morse, or
Myer alphabet.

4. Track half a mile in twenty-five minutes; or, if in town, describe
satisfactorily the contents of one store window out of four observed
for one minute each.

5. Go a mile in twelve minutes at scout's pace--about fifty steps
running and fifty walking, alternately.

6. Use properly knife or hatchet.

7. Prove ability to build a fire in the open, using not more than two
matches.

8. Cook a quarter of a pound of meat and two potatoes in the open
without the ordinary kitchen cooking utensils.

9. Earn and deposit at least one dollar in a public bank.

10. Know the sixteen principal points of the compass.

_First-class Scout_

To become a first-class scout, the second-class scout must pass the
following tests:

1. Swim fifty yards.

2. Earn and deposit at least two dollars in a public b