502 
SCOUTING FOR GIRLS 
BUSINESS WOMAN*** 
SYMBOL— PEN AND NOTE-BOOK 
1. Must have a legible and neat handwriting and show a knowledge 
of spelling and punctuation by writing from dictation a para- 
graph necessitating use of commas, periods, quotation marks, 
apostrophe. 
2 . Must typewrite 50 words a minute, or as an alternative write in 
shorthand from dictation 40 words a minute as a minimum, and 
transcribe them. 
3. Must show a knowledge of simple bookkeeping and arithmetic. 
4. Must show how to make out, and know how and when to use 
receipts, notes and drafts, and money orders. 
5. Must know how to write a simple business letter, such as asking 
for employment, or a letter recommending a person for .employ- 
ment. 
6. Must show how to keep a check book, make out checks and de- 
posit slips, endorse checks, and balance checking account. 
7. Must keep a simple cash account to show receipts and expendi- 
tures of personal funds for three months, OB the household ac- 
counts of the family for three months. (This account may be 
fictitious). 
8. Must be able to write a letter from memory on facts given five 
minutes previously. 
REFERENCES : 
“Thrift by Household Accounting,” American Economics Associa- 
tion, Baltimore. 
“Household Accounts and Economics,” Shaeffer, MacMillan. 
“What Every Business Woman Should Know,” Lillian C. Kearney, 
Stokes. 
“Bookkeeping and Accounting,” J. J. Klein, Appleton. 
“Essential Elements of Business Character,” H. G. Stockwell, Revell, 
CAN NEB 
SYMBOL— JAR AND FRUIT 
1. Submit the following specimens of canning work: a) six pint jars 
of two kinds of vegetables showing the cold pack method; b) 
six jars of preserved fruit, at least two kinds; c) six glasses of 
jelly, jam or marmalade. 
2 . What are the essential things to be considered when selecting 
vegetables to be canned, fruit to be preserved or made into jelly, 
jam or marmalade? 
3. Give general rules for preparing fruits and vegetables for preserv- 
ing in any way. 
