SCOUTING FOR GIRLS 
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9. Discussion of one Scout Law. 
10. Scout activities. Work for tests, games. 
Closing Exercises 
1. “Fall In.” 
2. America, or Battle Hymn of the Republic. 
3. “Dismissed.” Scouts salute Captain. 
The form for opening and closing exercises suggested 
above takes only 20 minutes and is a practical method 
of ensuring uniformity when groups from different 
troops come together. Troops may use more elaborate 
forms, depending upon the amount of time which the 
girls wish to spend upon this type of work. For in- 
stance : 
(a) In a troop composed of many patrols each Cor- 
poral forms her patrol and reports to the Lieutenant, who 
in turn reports to the Captain, “The company is formed,” 
etc. 
(b.) In dismissing, troops with a bugler may play 
“Taps” or may sing the same to words locally composed. 
c. In some troops Corporals give commands. This is 
good because it emphasizes the patrol system. 
But the form outlined is given as the minimum require- 
ment, and troops using it need never feel at a loss in large 
rallies, for every ceremony necessary to express the Scout 
spirit with dignity is there. 
No additions made locally should change the essential 
order of these exercises, all additions which are made 
being merely amplifications of it in detail, which may 
not be possible nor desirable in every community. 
Business Meeting 
The meeting opens with the Chairman, Secretary and 
Treasurer in place, with the Secretary at the right 
and the Treasurer at the left of the Chairman. The idea 
is to have every Scout in the troop learn to be the Chair- 
