tie and untie eight different standard knots.
7. To catch a two-pound fish.
8. To be able to know and name fifteen different trees in the woods.
9. To be able to perform on a stunt night acceptably.
10. To be able to know and name 25 different birds as seen around the camp.
11. To lead in the Evening Devotions at least twice.
12. To run 100 yards in 13 seconds.
REQUIREMENTS FOR THE FOURTH DEGREE,
1. To catch a three-pound fish.
2. To be able to run 100 yards in 11 seconds.
3. To be able to run 100 yards in 12 seconds.
4. To conduct Evening Devotions.
5. To teach one boy how to swim (test one hundred feet).
6. To influence one boy into the Christian life.
7. To know and to name 25 different trees as found in the woods.
8. To be able to make twelve standard knots in a rope.
9. To conquer one bad habits while at camp.
10. To accomplish at least one definite piece of service as prescribed
by the camp.
11. To become a member of the camp council.
12. To be able to jump 16 feet in the running broad Jump.
The tests in Camps Durrell and Becket are based upon Baden-Powell's book,
"Scouting for Boys," and have proven very successful. They are as follows:
HONOR EMBLEMS AND A WARDS 285
HONOR PLAN
DISCIPLINE.
1. Doing camp duty promptly, efficiently and cheerfully. (5 points)
2. Participating promptly in preparing tents, baggage and beds for
Inspection. (4 points.)
3. Loyalty to captain in all games. (5 points.)
OBSERVATION.
1. Observe the ways of birds, animals and people and jot down a sketch
of them in a notebook.
(3 points.)
2. Take a walk and upon return to the camp write upon the following
six subjects.
(a) Nature of by-ways of paths.
(b) Different kinds of trees you noticed.
(c) People you met.
(d) Peculiar smells of plants.
(e) Kind of fences you saw.
(f) Sounds you heard. (3 points.)
3. Observe sanitary and hygienic disorder and correct the same.
(5 points.)
4. After the reading aloud of a story write an account of it. (3 points.)
WOODCRAFT.
1. Observe the tracks of birds and animals and distinguish them.
(2 points.)
2. Identify fifteen birds, or fifteen trees, or fifteen flowers, or
fifteen minerals. (2 points.)
3. Tie a square knot, a weaver's knot, a slip knot, a flemish coop, a
bowline, a half, timber clove, boom hitches, stevedore and wall end
knots, blackwall and catspaw turn and hitch hook hitches. (2 points.)
4. Make a "star" fire and cook a meal upon it for
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