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othrop, Lee & Shepard Co., $2.00. Woodworking for Beginners--C. G. Wheeler. Putnam and Company, $2.50. Amateur Mechanics, Nos. 1 and 2. Popular Mechanics. 25 cents each. How to Build a Biplane Glider--A. P. Morgan. Spon & Chamberlain, 50 cents net. Problems in Furniture Making--Fred D. Crawshaw. Manual Arts Press, $1.20. Box Furniture--Louise Brigham. Century Co., $1.60 net. The Boys' Book of Model Aeroplanes--Francis A. Collins. Century Co., $1.20 net. Postage extra. CHAPTER XXII--HONOR EMBLEMS AND AWARDS NON-COMPETITIVE AWARDS DUDLEY PLAN "THE ORDER OF THE ADIRONDACK CAMP EAGLE" "ORDER OF THE PHANTOM SQUARE" FLAG OF HONOR "GREEN RAG" SOCIETY DURRELL AND BECKET PLAN PROFICIENCY CUP HALL OF FAME Honour is purchased by the deeds we do; * * * honour is not won, Until some honourable deed be done. --Marlowe. [Illustration: Camp Dudley Arard] Non-Competitive Awards Achievement and cooperation based upon altruism, should be the underlying principles in determining the giving of emblems and awards. To give every boy an opportunity to do his best to measure up to the camp standard, is the thing desired in the awarding of emblems. Non-competitive tests are being recognized as the best lever of uplift and the most effective spur in arousing the latent ability of boys. The desire to down the other fellow is the reason for much of the prevailing demoralization of athletics and competitive games. Prizes should not be confused with "honors." An honor emblem should be representative of the best gift the camp can bestow and the recipient should be made to feel its worth. The emblem cannot be bought, it must be won. Dudley Plan Camp Dudley has the distinction of introducing the honor system in boys' camps. Boys pass tests which include rowing, swimming, athletics, mountain climbing, nature study, carpenter work, manual labor, participation in entertainments, "unknown" point (unknown to the camp, given secretly to the boy) and securing the approval of the leaders, in order to win the "C D." After winning this emblem, the boys try to win the camp pennant, the tests for which are graded higher. Camp Eagle "The Order of the Adirondack Camp Eagle" is established at Camp Adirondack for boys who qualify in the following tests: "Obedience is required to the few camp rules; promptness is required at the regular bugle calls--reveille, assembly for exercise, mess call, and tattoo and taps--and erect po
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