Series No. 5
PROMISE
LAWS
I | A Girl Scout's Honor is to be trusted. |
II | A Girl Scout is loyal. |
III | A Girl Scout's Duty is to be useful and to help others. |
IV | A Girl Scout is a friend to all, and a sister to everyother Girl Scout. |
V | A Girl Scout is Courteous. |
VI | A Girl Scout is a friend to Animals. |
VII | A Girl Scout obeys Orders. |
VIII | A Girl Scout is Cheerful. |
IX | A Girl Scout is Thrifty. |
X | A Girl Scout is Clean in Thought, Word and Deed. |
The Girl Scouts, a National organization, is open to any girl whoexpresses her desire to join and voluntarily accepts the Promise andthe Laws. The object of the Girl Scouts is to bring to all girls theopportunity for group experience, outdoor life, and to learn throughwork, but more by play, to serve their community. Patterned after theGirl Guides of England, the sister organization of the Boy Scouts, theGirl Scouts has developed a method of self-government and a variety ofactivities that appear to be well suited to the desires of the girlsas the 60,000 registered Scouts and the 5,000 new applicants eachmonth testify.
The activities of the Girl Scouts may be grouped under five headingscorresponding to five phases of women's life today:
I. | The Home-maker. |
II. | The Producer. |
III. | The Consumer. |
IV. | The Citizen. |
V. | The Human Being. |
I. Woman's most ancient way of service—the home-maker, the nurse,and the mother. The program provides incentives for practicingwoman's world-old arts by requiring an elementary proficiency incooking, housekeeping, first aid