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The Journal of Heredity 



GIRLS MUST BE PHYSICALLY FIT 



The Camp Fire is intended to educate girls in the true sense — that is, to give as full opt)ortunity 

 as possible to their valuable inborn characteristics to get expression. Physical fitness is one 

 that, in the interests of the race, is naturallv insisted ujjon. Photograph bv Mrs. Luther H. 

 Gulick. (Fig. 12.) 



vision by experience, who shall say 

 that they will not do for the affections 

 as brilliantly as the previous generation 

 has done for the industries. Both of 

 these had their origin in the home but 

 have grown beyond its confines." 



"Camp Fire Girls is an organization 

 of girls and women to develop the 

 home spirit and make it dominate 

 the entire community. Hence, the 

 ranks should be recruited from those 

 who have ability to do and to help 

 rather than from those who need help. 

 It is an army of girls rather than a 

 mission to thetn. Military training is 

 good for the health, but an army cannot 

 be built f)Ut of invalids, selected because 

 they need the outdoor life and exercise 

 of a soldier. The i)urp()se of C\'inip I'^irc 



is to find the ablest girls and women 

 and to give them a training in team 

 work that will enable and incline them 

 effectively to give woman's service to 

 the community. Girls and guardians 

 do become improved by Camp Fire 

 work just as the soldier is benefited 

 by the army drill, but self imi)rovement 

 is no more the object for the girls than 

 it is for the soldier. The primar\- 

 purpose is to develop ideals, to train 

 leaders, to create custom and fashion, 

 habit and want. As Camp Fire girls 

 grow u]) into women, they will have the 

 training, experience and afl"ection to 

 hel]) organize and carry on all of the 

 social relations of the communily, 

 including the care of those who ])rimarily 

 need lu'l]). Tliere are many inslittitions 



