SCOUTING FOR GIRLS 
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The following list of subjects will be found especially useful in 
preparing for many of the proficiency tests. The numbers given 
are the official ones by which the catalogs of prices and special 
titles may be ordered: 
(11) Foods and Cookery. (16) Farmers* Bulletins. (31) Edu- 
cation. (38) Animal Industry. (39) Birds and Wild Animals. 
(41) Insects (including household and farm pests, and bees.) 
(43) Forestry. (44) Plants. (50) American History and Bi- 
ography. (51) Health. (53) Maps. (54) Political Science. (55) 
National Museums and National Academy of Science. (67) Im- 
migration. (68) Farm Management. 
2. The United States Interdepartmental Commission on Social 
Hygiene publishes pamphlets and specially prepared lecture out- 
lines and reading courses on sex education and hygiene. Apply 
also to state and local societies for social hygiene, for literature, 
lectures and suggestions. 
3. The Children’s Bureau of the U. S. Dept, of Labor has a special 
list of articles on Child and Infant Care and Health. Write direct 
to the Bureau for these. 
4. For State publications on Health, Education, etc., apply to Sec- 
retary of State if special officer in charge is unknown. 
6. Apply to town hall or special departments for city documents on 
health, child care, education, etc. 
7. The following organizations publish bulletins and cheap authori- 
tative books and pamphlets for general consumption on health, 
first aid, child care and other topics of interest to Girl Scouts. 
The Bed Cross, National Headquarters, Washington, D. C. 
The Metropolitan Insurance Company, 1 Madison Avenue, N. Y. C. 
Child Health Organization, 156 Fifth Avenue, Miss Sally Lucas 
Jean, Director. 
The Posture Standards Company, 1 Madison Avenue, N. Y. C. 
The Inter-Church World Movement, 45 West 18th St., N, Y. C. 
