SECTION XI 
THE SCOUT AIDE 
Introduction. 
The six following subjects, Home Economics, Child 
Care, First Aid, Home Nursing, Public Health, and Per- 
sonal Health are grouped together, and for proficiency in 
all of them a special badge called “Scout Aide” is awarded. 
This badge will probably be regarded by the outside 
world as the most important decoration the Girl Scouts 
can win, and all Scouts who will try for it should realize 
that those who wear it will represent the organization in 
a very special sense and will be eager to prove their 
practical knowledge and ability in the important subjects 
it stands for. 
No young child could pretend to represent all this 
medal stands for. Any grown girl or woman should be 
proud to own it. 
Practical knowledge of Personal Health, Public Health 
and Child Care will add to the efficiency and happiness of 
this nation, and the women of today have a better chance 
to control these things than ever before. 
Home Nursing and First Aid will save lives for the 
nation in the two great emergencies of illness and accident. 
Household Economics, the great general business and 
profession of women, if it is raised to the level of the 
other great businesses and professions, and managed 
quickly, efficiently and economically will cease to be re- 
garded as drudgery and take its real place among the arts 
and sciences. 
When the girls of today have learned to do this, the 
women of tomorrow will be spared the criticism of waste 
and extravagance that our nation has had to bear. If 
Girl Scouts make good as far as this medal is concerned 
and become real “Scout Aides” the Scout reputation is 
secure. 
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