Requirements June 1948 until November 1959

I. Scout Sprit

While a Tenderfoot Scout, satisfy your Scout leaders that you do your best, in your everyday life, to live up to:

1. The Scout Oath or Promise

2. The Scout Law

3. The Scout Motto

4. The Scout Slogan

II. Scout Participation

While a Tenderfoot Scout, make a record, satisfactory to your Scout leaders, that shows that you:

1. Work actively in Patrol and Troop meetings, outdoor activities and service projects.

2. Do your share in helping in your home, your Patrol, your Troop, your school, your church and your community.

3. Take care of things that belong to you, the property of others, and your country’s natural resources.

4. Maintain a personal savings plan (such as regular payments into a savings account or into a savings project sponsored by your family or Troop).

III. Scoutcraft

1. PREPARE FOR SCOUT HIKING

a. Clothing and Equipment – Present yourself for inspection suitably clothed for the locality, season and the weather, and equipped for a five-mile hike.

b. Hiking Methods – Tell the safety precautions to take on the highway and cross-country for day and night hiking. Show correct way of walking and proper care of feet. Demonstrate at least six Silent Scout Signals for formations and field work. Demonstrate how to purify water for drinking. Explain how to make a one-man latrine. Identify local plants that may cause skin poisoning. Tell what to do if lost.

c. First Aid – Demonstrate artificial respiration. Demonstrate first aid for shock and fainting and, on yourself, for the following: arterial bleeding of arm and leg, common cuts and scratches, bites of insects and chiggers and ticks, burns and scalds, sunburn, blister on heel, skin poisoning from plants, object in eye sprained ankle.

2. FIND YOUR WAY

a. Compass – Explain how a compass works and give its eight principle points. Set a compass and take a degree reading with it.

b. Measuring – Determine the length of your step. Walk a course for which you must take three compass degree readings and measure three distances with your step. OR lay out, in this manner, and stake a four-acre tract of land.

c. Map Reading – In the field, orient a map (preferably a topographic map) and follow a route far enough to prove that you know how to use the map. Read at least ten different conventional signs on a map including contour lines.

3. COOK A MEAL IN THE OPEN

a. Preparing Fire Wood – Sharpen a knife and an axe, and use these sharpened tools to prepare kindling and fuel.

b. Fire Building – Locate and prepare a suitable fire site. Lay and light a fire (this should normally take two matches only). Keep the fire going for cooking a meal.

c. Hike Cooking – Cook a meal from raw meat (or fish or poultry) and at least on raw vegetable.

d. Clean-up – Dispose of garbage in proper manner. Clean utensils. Put out fire. Clean up the site thoroughly.

4. BE OBSERVANT

a. Observation – Do ONE of the following:

TRACKING. Follow the track of a person or an animal in soft ground or snow for ¼ mile, reading the main meaning of the track. OR TRAILING. Follow a track made with trail signs for ½ mile, OR STALKING. Follow another Scout, who knows that you are stalking him, for a distance of ½ mile, without being seen by him.

b. Wild Life – Find evidence, in natural surroundings, of at least six different kinds of wild life (mammals birds reptiles fish). Identify them.

5. TAKE A HIKE

The Second Class Hike – After you have done the above, prove yourself a Scout Hiker by taking a hike with your Patrol (or, if this is impossible, with at least one companion approved by your Scoutmaster), covering a route of not less than five miles indicated on a map or on a map sketch, showing good hike style and highway safety, cooking a meal, cleaning up, and returning in good condition.

Requirements November 1959 until August 1961

Scout Teamwork

While a Tenderfoot Scout, make a record, satisfactory to your Scout leaders, that shows that you:

1. Work actively in Patrol and Troop meetings and outdoor activities.

2. Take part regularly and willingly in service projects.

Scoutcraft

1. Prepare for Scout hiking

a. Clothing and Equipment – Present yourself for inspection suitably clothed for the locality, season and the weather, and equipped for a five-mile hike.

b. Hiking Methods – Show correct way of walking and proper care of feet. Tell the safety precautions to take on the highway and cross-country for day and night hiking. Demonstrate at least six Silent Scout Signals for formations and field work. Identify local plants that may cause skin poisoning. Demonstrate how to purify water for drinking. Explain how to make a one-man latrine. Identify local plants that may cause skin poisoning. Tell what to do if lost.

2. Find your way

a. know how to use the map.

b. Compass – Explain how a compass works and give its eight principle points. In the field, set a compass and read a degree bearing on it.

c. Measuring – Determine the length of your step. Walk a course for which you must take three compass degree bearings and measure three distances with your step.

3. Be observant

a. Nature – Explore a community of nature and find in it at least six kinds of wild mammals, birds, reptiles, or fish, or evidence of them. Tell what they are and explain how plant life and wildlife live together

b. Observation – Do ONE of the following:

Trailing. Follow a trail made with trail signs for ½ mile

Tracking. Follow the track of a person or an animal in soft ground or snow for ¼ mile, reading the main meaning of the track.

Stalking. Follow another Scout, who knows that you are stalking him, for a distance of ½ mile, without being seen by him.

4. Cook a meal in the open

a.Preparing Firewood – Sharpen a knife and an axe, and use these sharpened tools to prepare kindling and fuel.

b. Fire Building – Locate and prepare a suitable fire site. Lay and light a fire using not more than two matches. Keep the fire going for cooking a meal.

c. Hike Cooking – Cook a meal from raw meat (or fish or poultry) and at least on raw vegetable.

d. Clean-up – Dispose of garbage in proper manner. Clean utensils. Put out fire. Clean up the site thoroughly.

5. Be prepared for accidents

First Aid – Explain what first aid is and tell how to act in case of an accident. Show how to handle “hurry cases” of arterial bleeding and stopped breathing and tell what to do for poisoning by mouth. Demonstrate first aid for shock and fainting and, on yourself, for cuts and scratches, burns and scalds, blister on heel, bites or stings of insects and chiggers and ticks, skin poisoning from plants, sprained ankle, object in eye.

6. Take a hike

The Second Class Hike – After you have done the above, prove yourself a Scout Hiker by taking a hike, properly clothed and equipped, with your patrol (or at least one companion approved by your Scoutmaster). On this hike, cover a route of a total distance of not less than five miles indicated on a map or on a map sketch, show correct hike style and highway safety, cook a meal, clean up, and return in good condition.

Scout Sprit

While a Tenderfoot Scout, satisfy your Scout leaders that you do your best, in your everyday life, to –

1. Live up to the Scout Oath or Promise, the Scout Law, the Scout Motto, and the Scout Slogan.

2. Do your share in helping in your home, your school, your church and your community.

3. Take care of things that belong to you and maintain a personal savings plan.

4. Respect, the property of others and help conserve your country’s natural resources.

Requirements August 1961 until 1963

Scout Teamwork

While a Tenderfoot Scout, show to the satisfaction of your Scout leaders, that you:

1. Work actively in Patrol and Troop meetings and outdoor activities.

2. Take part regularly and willingly in service projects.

Scoutcraft

1. Prepare for Scout hiking

a. Clothing and Equipment – Present yourself for inspection suitably clothed for the locality, season and the weather, and equipped for a five-mile hike.

b. Hiking Methods – Show correct way of walking and proper care of feet. Tell the safety precautions to take on the highway and cross-country for day and night hiking. Demonstrate at least six Silent Scout Signals for formations and field work. Identify local plants that may cause skin poisoning. Demonstrate how to purify water for drinking. Explain how to make a one-man latrine. Identify local plants that may cause skin poisoning. Tell what to do if lost.

2. Find your way

a. Map Reading – Read at least ten different map symbols, including contour lines. In the field, orient a map (preferably a topographic map) and follow a route far enough to prove that you know how to use the map.

b.Compass – Explain how a compass works and give its eight principle points. In the field, set a compass and read a degree bearing on it.

c. Measuring – Determine the length of your step. Walk a course for which you must take three compass degree bearings and measure three distances with your step.

3. Be observant

a. Nature – Explore a community of nature and find in it at least six kinds of wild mammals, birds, reptiles, or fish, or evidence of them. Tell what they are and explain how plant life and wildlife live together

b. Observation – Do ONE of the following:

Trailing. Follow a trail made with trail signs for ½ mile

Tracking. Follow the track of a person or an animal in soft ground or snow for ¼ mile, reading the main meaning of the track.

Stalking. Follow another Scout, who knows that you are stalking him, for a distance of ½ mile, without being seen by him.

4. Cook a meal in the open

a. Preparing Firewood – Sharpen a knife and an axe, and use these sharpened tools to prepare kindling and fuel.

b. Fire Building – Locate and prepare a suitable fire site. Lay and light a fire using not more than two matches. Keep the fire going for cooking a meal.

c. Hike Cooking – Cook a meal from raw meat (or fish or poultry) and at least on raw vegetable.

d. Clean-up – Dispose of garbage in proper manner. Clean utensils. Put out fire. Clean up the site thoroughly.

5. Be prepared for accidents

First Aid – Explain what first aid is and tell how to act in case of an accident. Show how to handle “hurry cases” of arterial bleeding and stopped breathing and tell what to do for poisoning by mouth. Demonstrate first aid for shock and fainting and, on yourself, for cuts and scratches, burns and scalds, blister on heel, bites or stings of insects and chiggers and ticks, skin poisoning from plants, sprained ankle, object in eye.

6. Take a hike

The Second Class Hike – After you have done the above, prove yourself a Scout Hiker by taking a hike, properly clothed and equipped, with your patrol (or at least one companion approved by your Scoutmaster). On this hike, cover a route of a total distance of not less than five miles indicated on a map or on a map sketch, show correct hike style and highway safety, cook a meal, clean up, and return in good condition.

Scout Sprit

While a Tenderfoot Scout, satisfy your Scout leaders that you do your best, in your everyday life, to –

1. Live up to the Scout Oath or Promise, the Scout Law, the Scout Motto, and the Scout Slogan.

2. Do your share in helping in your home, your school, your church and your community.

3. Take care of things that belong to you and maintain a personal savings plan.

4. Respect, the property of others and help conserve your country’s natural resources.

Requirements 1963 until March 1965

To become a Second Class Scout, you must show by your attendance record that you have been active in troop and patrol meetings and activities for at least one month since becoming a Tenderfoot Scout. While a Tenderfoot Scout, do the following;

1. Tell what precautions must be taken for a safe hike.

2. Take three hikes, each on a different day, of not less than five miles with your troop, your patrol, an adult, or another Scout which is at least Second Class. Before each hike, submit a hike plan for approval (unless this is a troop hike) to your Scoutmaster or an adult assigned by him. Before leaving on each of these hikes, present yourself (to your hike leader or companion) for inspection suitably clothed for the locality, season, and weather and equipped for the occasion. On each of these hikes, observe proper hike precautions. (It is suggested that numbers 5, 7, and 10 be completed on these hikes)

3. Show how to orient a map. Identify on a topographic map at least ten different map symbols including contour lines.

4. Explain how a compass works. Give its eight principle points. Set a compass and use it to read at least three bearings in degrees.

5. Use a map (preferably a topographic map) and a compass to follow, far enough to prove your ability, a route indicated on the map.

6. Explain how to keep from getting lost and what you would do if you did become lost.

7. Identify local plants that may cause skin poisoning. Find in the field ten different kinds of wild life (mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, insects) or evidence of them. Tell what they are, describe the natural surroundings where each was found, and explain how this wild life depends on plants.

8. Do two of the following;

a. Follow for a half mile a trail made with trail signs or by a person wearing tracking irons or dragging a whifflepoof.

b. Follow for a quarter mile the track of a person or animal in soft ground or snow, reading the main meaning of the track.

c. Follow another Scout who knows that you are stalking him for a distance of a half mile, without being seen by him.

9. Correctly sharpen a knife and axe and give rules for their safe use.

10. Use an axe correctly to prepare kindling or fuel wood. Build a fire on a safe spot using not more than two matches. On this fire, cook – without utensils – a meal from raw meat (or fish or poultry) and at least one raw vegetable. Properly dispose of garbage, put out your fire, and clean up the cooking area.

11. Explain what first aid is and tell how to act in case of an accident. Tell how, in an emergency, you would reach a doctor or a hospital. Show how to handle “hurry cases” of arterial bleeding and stopped breathing, and tell what to do for poisoning by mouth. Demonstrate first aid for shock and fainting. On yourself, show what to do for cuts and scratches, burns and scalds, blister on heel, bites or stings of insects and chiggers and ticks, skin poisoning from poison plants, sprained ankle, object in eye, nosebleed. Show how to sterilize a dressing.

12. After completing the above test, meet with your Scoutmaster 9or an adult assigned by him) in a personal conference. At this meeting, complete to his satisfaction the following:

a. Describe several Good Turns you have done and explain how you think they helped others.

b. Discuss your idea about the meaning of the Scout Oath (or Promise), the Law, motto, and slogan; and give examples to show that you do your best to live up to these ideals in your daily activities.

c. Look over the tests for First Class and discuss how you intend to progress toward that rank.

Requirements March 1965 until January 1967

To become a Second Class Scout, you must show by your attendance record that you have been active in troop and patrol meetings and activities for at least one month since becoming a Tenderfoot Scout. While a Tenderfoot Scout, do the following;

1. Tell what precautions must be taken for safe hiking.

2. (a) Take three hikes, each on a different day, of not less than five miles each with your troop, your patrol, an adult, or another Scout who is at least Second Class. (b) Before each hike, submit a hike plan for approval (unless this is a troop hike) to your Scoutmaster or an adult assigned by him. (c) Before leaving on each of these hikes, present yourself (to your hike leader or companion) for inspection suitably clothed for the locality, season, and weather and equipped for the occasion. (d) On each of these hikes, observe proper hike precautions. (It is suggested that numbers 5, 7, and 10 be completed on these hikes)

3. Identify on a topographic map at least ten different map symbols including contour lines.

4. (a) Explain how a compass works. Give its eight principle points. (b) Set a compass and use it to read at least three bearings in degrees.

5. (a) Show how to orient a map. (b) Use a map (preferably a topographic map) and a compass to follow, far enough to prove your ability, a route indicated on the map.

6. (a) Explain how to keep from getting lost. (b) Explain what you would do if you did become lost.

7. (a) Identify local plants that may cause skin poisoning. (b) Find in the field ten different kinds of wildlife (mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, insects) or evidence of them. Tell what they are, describe the natural surroundings where each was found, and explain how this wild life depends on plants.

8. Do two of the following;

Follow for a half mile a trail made with trail signs or by a person wearing tracking irons or dragging a whifflepoof.

Follow for a quarter mile the track of a person or animal in soft ground or snow, reading the main meaning of the track.

Follow another Scout who knows that you are stalking him for a distance of a half mile, without being seen by him.

9. Correctly sharpen a knife and axe and give rules for their safe use.

10. (a) Use an axe correctly to prepare kindling or fuel wood. (b) Build a fire on a safe spot using not more than two matches. On this fire, (c) cook – without utensils – a meal from raw meat (or fish or poultry) and at least one raw vegetable. (d) Properly dispose of garbage, put out your fire, and clean up the cooking area.

11. (a) Tell how, in an emergency, you would reach a doctor or a hospital. (b) Explain what first aid is and tell how to act in case of an accident. (c) Show how to handle “hurry cases” of arterial bleeding and stopped breathing, and tell what to do for poisoning by mouth. (d) Demonstrate first aid for shock and fainting. (e) On yourself, show what to do for cuts and scratches, burns and scalds, blister on heel, bites or stings of insects and chiggers and ticks, skin poisoning from poison plants, sprained ankle, object in eye, nosebleed. (f) Show how to sterilize a dressing.

12. After completing the above test, meet with your Scoutmaster 9or an adult assigned by him) in a personal conference. At this meeting, complete to his satisfaction the following:

a. Describe several Good Turns you have done and explain how you think they helped others.

b. Discuss your idea about the meaning of the Scout Oath (or Promise), the Law, motto, and slogan; and give examples to show that you do your best to live up to these ideals in your daily activities.

c. Look over the tests for First Class and discuss how you intend to progress toward that rank.