Miss^Ellen Shipman for the part on a perennial border 
with the specially prepared drawing, in the Section oh the 
Garden ; Mr. Sereno Stetson for material in Section XVII 
“Measurements, Map Making and Knots”; Mr. Austin 
Strong for pictures of knots ; Mrs. Raymond Brown for 
the test for Citizen; Miss Edith L. Nichols, Supervisor of 
Drawing in the New York Public Schools, for the test on 
Craftsman; Mr. John Grolle of the Settlement Music 
School, Philadelphia, for assistance in the Music test; 
Miss Eckhart for help in the Farmer test; The Camera 
Club and the Eastman Kodak Company for the test for 
Photographer; Mrs. Frances Hunter Elwyn of the New 
York School of Fine and Applied Arts, for devising and 
drawing certain of the designs for Proficiency Badges 
and the plates for Signalling; Miss L. S' Power, Miss 
Mary Davis and Miss Mabel Williams of the New York 
Public Library, for assistance in the preparation of refer- 
ence reading for Proficiency Tests, and general reading 
for Girl Scouts. 
It is evident that only a profound conviction of the 
high aims of the Girl Scout movement and the practical 
capacity of the organization for realizing them could 
have induced so many distinguished persons to give so 
generously of their time and talent to this Handbook. 
The National Executive Board, under whose auspices 
it has been compiled, appreciate this and the kindred 
courtesy of the various organizations of similar interests 
most deeply. We feel that such hearty and friendly co- 
operation on the part of the community at large is the 
greatest proof of the vitality and real worth of this and 
allied movements based on intelligent study of the young 
people of our country. 
Josephine Daskam Bacon, 
Chairman of Publications. 
