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frame and drawing from the same spot. 
8. Observe a sunrise and a sunset. 
9. What is the Milky-Way? Give its course through the heavens. 
10. What is a morning star? What is an evening star? 
11. Explain zenith and nadir. 
12. What is the Aurora Borealis? Have you seen it? 
REFERENCES: 
“Field Book of Stars.” W. T. Olcott, Putnam. 
“The Book of Stars,” R. F. Collins, D. Appleton. 
“Around The Year With The Stars,” Garrett P. Servlss, Harper. 
SWIMMER 
SYMBOL— LIFE BUOY 
1. Swim 50 yards. 
2. Demonstrate the Breast Stroke and 3 strokes in addition from 
the following: Back Stroke, Side Stroke (English underarm). 
Side Stroke (Australian overarm), Trudgeon, Crawl, Treading 
Water. 
3. Swim 25 feet under water. 
4. Demonstrate floating. 
5. Demonstrate three ways of diving. 
6. Retrieve an object from a depth of 8 feet. 
7. Prepare and throw a life line to a person in the water 25 feet 
away and pull him to safety. 
8. Rescue a supposed drowning person. 
9. Demonstrate the Schaefer method of resuscitation. 
10. Swim 25 yards in clothes, skirt and boots included, and undress 
in water over one’s head. 
11. Know how to row a boat and how to dive from it. 
REFERENCES: 
“Modern Swimming,” J. H. P. Brown, Small. 
“How to Swim,” Dalton, D., Putnam. 
“On the Trail,” 1. Beard, Scribner. 
TELEGRAPHER 
SYMBOL— TELEGRAPH POLE 
1. Send 22 words per minute using a sounder and American Morse 
Code. 
2. Receive 25 words per minute and write out the message in long 
hand or on a typewriter directly from sound. 
No mistakes allowed. 
REFERENCE: 
“Harper’s Beginning Electricity,” D. C. Shafer, Harper. 
