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5. Provision for real forest activities, doing something in the woods. 
6. Active participation in Forest Week and Arbor Day. 
7. Selecting some grown person, of suitable ability and experience, to act as 
mentor or guardian. 
8. Certain tests or requirements as a prerequisite to membership. These 
should pertain to some phase of forestry or protection, such as the following: 
a. Properly locating, building, and putting out a camp fire. 
b. Identifying or describing a definite number of local forest trees. 
c. Giving the name and location of the nearest national forest or State forest, 
or both. 
d. Giving the principal causes of forest fires. 
9. It might be desirable to set up several ‘‘degrees’’ in the club, to be attained 
by the members as they become more proficient in forestry matters. The follow- 
ing or titles like them might be adopted: 
a. Tenderfoot or junior forester, for new members. 
b. Forest scout; for passing tests in rudimentary or intermediate forest knowl- 
edge. 
A Woodcrafter; for those exceptionally proficient in forestry knowledge. 
d. Forester; for those members who have passed the other degrees and have 
rendered special service in practical forest protection. 
The foregoing are merely suggestive, and would be varied to meet 
local needs and conditions. 
Ill. NAME 
In instances where the group desiring to take up some phase of 
forestry work is already organized, as the 4-H clubs, Boy Scouts, De 
Molay, etc., no additional name is necessary other than forestry 
chapter, patrol, or committee. Where the group is unrelated to any 
organization, however, a name should be selected. The average group 
will probably prefer to have either the word forest or forestry in its 
club name, and will choose some such designation as— 
. Junior Forestry Club (of Blankville). 
. Junior Forest League. 
Boys and Girls Forest Protection League. 
Junior Forestry Association. 
Forest Scouts. 
Junior Woods and Trails Club. 
Woodcrafters League. 
. David Douglas Club (Roosevelt or the name of some other eminent con- 
servationist may be substituted). 
9. Forest Pioneers Club. 
10. (Blankville) Forest Hiking Club. 
11. (Blankville) Forest Camping Club. 
12. (Blankville) Forest Study Club. 
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IV. SPONSORS 
Every club should, if possible, have some mature organization, 
interested in the welfare and progress of the club, to act as its sponsor. 
4—H clubs, of course, work directly under supervision of the extension 
services of the State agricultural colleges and the United States 
Department of Agriculture. The forestry committee of the local 
chamber of commerce or some civic or luncheon club such as the 
Rotary, Kiwanis, or Lions, may act as sponsor. It will usually be 
possible to find some group of public-spirited men to act in this 
capacity and to assist the club in carrying on its work. It may be 
that the club will be organized among high-school students, in which 
case it would take its place as one of the regular school activities 
and conform to school requirements as to organization and procedure. 
