PREFACE 
The present edition of “Scouting For Girls” is the re- 
sult of collaboration on the part of practical workers in 
the organization from every part of the country. The 
endeavor on the part of its compilers has been to combine 
the minimum of standardization necessary for dignified 
and efficient procedure, with the maximum of freedom 
for every local branch in its interpretation and practice 
of the Girl Scout aims and principles. 
Grateful acknowledgments are due to the following: 
Miss Sarah Louise Arnold, Dean, and Miss Ula M.Dow, 
A.M., and Dr. Alice Blood, of Simmons College for the 
Part of Section XI entitled “Home Economics”; Sir Rob- 
ert Baden-Powell for frequent references and excerpts 
from “Girl Guiding”; Dr. Samuel Lambert for the Part 
on First Aid Section XI, and Dr. W. H. Rockwell for 
reading and criticizing this ; Miss Marie Johnson with the 
assistance of Miss Isabel Stewart of Teachers College, 
for the Part entitled “Home Nursing” in Section XI ; Dr. 
Herman M. Biggs for reading and criticizing the Parts 
dealing with Public Health and Child Care; Mr. Ernest 
Seton Thompson and The Woodcraft League, and Doub- 
leday and Page for Section XIII and plates on “Wood- 
craft”; Mr. Joseph Parsons, Mr. James Wilder, Mrs. 
Eloise Roorbach, and Mr. Horace Kephart and the Mac- 
Millan Company for the material in Section XIV 
“Camping for Girl Scouts”; Mr. George H. Sherwood, 
Curator, and Dr. G. Clyde Fisher, Associate Curator of 
the Department of Public Education of the American 
Museum of Natural History for the specially prepared 
Section XV and illustrations on “Nature Study,” and for 
all proficiency tests in this subject; Mr. David Hunter 
for Section XVI “The Girl Scout’s Own Garden,” and 
