Requirements November 1932 until July 1933

1. At least two months service as a Second Class Scout and be able to identify the rank, length of service and position of leadership of Scouts and local Scouters by means of their Badges and Insignia.

2. Swim fifty yards. (Jump overboard, feet first into deep water slightly over the head, swim twenty-five yards, make a sharp turn about, and return to the starting point.)

3. Earn and deposit at least $2 in a public bank. (Premiums paid on life insurance if earned, are accepted.), or plant, raise and market a farm crop.

4. Send and receive a message by Semaphore, including conventional signs, thirty letters per minute, or by the General Service Code (International Morris), 16 letters per minute, including conventional signs; or by the Indian Sign Language code, thirty signs per minute; or by the Manual Alphabet for the Deaf thirty signs per minute.

5. Make a round-trip alone (or with another scout) to a point of at least seven miles away (fourteen miles in all), going on foot or rowing boat, and write a satisfactory account of the trip and things observed.

6. Review second class first aid requirements. Describe methods of panic prevention; what to do in case of fire, ice, electric, and gas accidents; what to do in case of a mad dog bite, or snake bite. Demonstrate the treatment, including dressing where necessary, for a fracture, poisoning, apoplexy, heat exhaustion, sunstroke, frost bite and freezing; also demonstrate treatment for sunburn, ivy poisoning, bee stings, nose bleed, ear-ache, grit or cinder in the eye, stomach-ache; demonstrate transportation of the injured; demonstrate the triangular bandage on the head, eye, jaw, arm, (sling), chest, fractured rib, hand, hip, knee, ankle and foot. (roller bandages may be substituted on arm and ankle). Demonstrate how to make and apply a tourniquet.

7. Prepare and cook satisfactorily in the open, using camp cooking utensils, two of the following articles as may be directed: Eggs, bacon, hunter’s stew, fish, fowl, game, pancakes, hoe-cakes, biscuit, hardtack or a “twist”, baked on a stick; explain to another boy the methods followed.

8. Read a map correctly, and draw, from field notes made on the spot and intelligible rough sketch map, including by their proper marks important buildings, roads, trolley lines, main landmarks, principal elevations, etc. Point out a compass direction without the help of the compass.

9. Use properly and ax for felling or trimming light timber; or produce an article of carpentry, cabinet-making, or metal work made by himself. Explain the method followed.

10. Judge distance, size, number, height, and weight within 25 per cent.

11. Describe fully from observation ten species of trees or plants, including poison ivy, by their bark, leaves, flowers, fruit, or scent; or six species of wild birds by their plumage, notes, tracks or habits; or six species of native wild animals by their form, color, call, tracks, or habits; find the North Star, and name and describe at least three constellations of stars.

12. Furnish satisfactory evidence that he has put into practice in his daily life the principles of the Scout Oath and Law.

Requirements July 1933 until October 1936

1. At least two months service as a Second Class Scout and be able to identify the rank, length of service and position of leadership of Scouts and local Scouters by means of their Badges and Insignia.

2. Swim fifty yards. (Jump overboard, feet first into deep water slightly over the head, swim twenty-five yards, make a sharp turn about, and return to the starting point.)

3. Earn and deposit at least $2 in a public bank. (Premiums paid on life insurance if earned, are accepted.), or plant, raise and market a farm crop or earn and contribute at least two dollars or the equivalent to the family budget or to welfare work in the community.

4. Send and receive a message by Semaphore, including conventional signs, thirty letters per minute, or by the General Service Code (International Morris), 16 letters per minute, including conventional signs; or by the Indian Sign Language code, thirty signs per minute; or by the Manual Alphabet for the Deaf thirty signs per minute.

5. Make a round-trip alone (or with another scout) to a point of at least seven miles away (fourteen miles in all), going on foot or rowing boat, and write a satisfactory account of the trip and things observed.

6. Review second class first aid requirements. Describe methods of panic prevention; what to do in case of fire, ice, electric, and gas accidents; what to do in case of a mad dog bite, or snake bite. Demonstrate the treatment, including dressing where necessary, for a fracture, poisoning, apoplexy, heat exhaustion, sunstroke, frost bite and freezing; also demonstrate treatment for sunburn, ivy poisoning, bee stings, nose bleed, ear-ache, grit or cinder in the eye, stomach-ache; demonstrate transportation of the injured; demonstrate the triangular bandage on the head, eye, jaw, arm, (sling), chest, fractured rib, hand, hip, knee, ankle and foot. (roller bandages may be substituted on arm and ankle). Demonstrate how to make and apply a tourniquet.

7. Prepare and cook satisfactorily in the open, using camp cooking utensils, two of the following articles as may be directed: Eggs, bacon, hunter’s stew, fish, fowl, game, pancakes, hoe-cakes, biscuit, hardtack or a “twist”, baked on a stick; explain to another boy the methods followed.

8. Read a map correctly, and draw, from field notes made on the spot and intelligible rough sketch map, including by their proper marks important buildings, roads, trolley lines, main landmarks, principal elevations, etc. Point out a compass direction without the help of the compass.

9. Use properly and ax for felling or trimming light timber; or produce an article of carpentry, cabinet-making, or metal work made by himself. Explain the method followed.

10. Judge distance, size, number, height, and weight within 25 per cent.

11. Describe fully from observation ten species of trees or plants, including poison ivy, by their bark, leaves, flowers, fruit, or scent; or six species of wild birds by their plumage, notes, tracks or habits; or six species of native wild animals by their form, color, call, tracks, or habits; find the North Star, and name and describe at least three constellations of stars.

12. Furnish satisfactory evidence that he has put into practice in his daily life the principles of the Scout Oath and Law.