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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