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The name of the nearest railroad division to your residence and 
four of the principal cities or towns through which it passes 
within a distance of one hundred miles. 
3. Know at least three historic points of interest within the limits 
of your city, town or village, how to get to them and why they 
are historic, OK 
Tell of three things of interest concerning the history of your own 
community. 
4. Know the name and location of the Post Office, Telegraph and 
Telephone Stations, Public Library, City or Town Hall, one Hos- 
pital of good standing, one hotel or inn, three churches, one 
Protestant, one Catholic, one Synagogue, and the nearest rail- 
road, OR 
Know the name, location and distance from your home or 
village, of the nearest Library, Hospital, Church, Post Office, 
Telegraph and Telephone and Railroad Stations. 
5. Know the name and location of three buildings or places in your 
city, town or village, of interest from a point of beauty either of 
architecture, decoration or surroundings, OR 
Know and locate three places of interest within ten miles of your 
home, because of beautiful views or surroundings, OR give direc- 
tions for taking a walk through beautiful woods, lanes or roads. 
6. Draw a map of the district around your home covering an area of 
one quarter square mile, noting streets, schools and other public 
buildings, fire alarm boxes, at least one public telephone booth, 
one doctor’s office, one drug store, one provision store, and four 
}ints of the compass. Draw to scale, OR 
Draw a map covering a half square mile of country around your 
home noting schools and any other public buildings, roads, lanes, 
points of interest, historic or otherwise, streams, lakes and four 
cardinal points o.f the compass. Map must be drawn to scale. 
7. Know how to use the fire alarm, how to consult telephone direc- 
tory, how to call for assistance in case of water leak, accident, 
burglary, forest fire and how to call the police for any other 
emergency. 
8. Find any of the four cardinal points of the compass by sun or 
stars, by use of a watch and a cane or stick. 
REFERENCES : 
Sections in Handbook on “Woodcraft,” and “Measurements and 
Mapmaking,” and publications of local Historical Societies, Guides and 
Directories, 
PHOTOGRAPHER 
SYMBOL- 
CAMERA ON STANDARD 
1. Submit six good photographs, interior and out of door, taken, 
developed and printed by self, OR twelve good photographs taken 
by self including portraits, animals, out of door and indoor 
subjects. 
2 . What constitutes a good picture? 
3. Give three rules to be followed in taking interiors, portraits and 
out of door pictures. 
4. Name and describe briefly the processes used in photography. 
5. Tell what a camera is and name and describe the principal parts 
of a camera. 
6. What is a film? What is a negative? 
