Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1922-01-29 | Page 24 | Girl Scouts to Push Work

I GIRL SCOUTS TO PUSH WORK Troop Leaders Needed; Activity Ac-tivity Will Be Intensified In-tensified For the purpose of training Girl Scout leaders in the artvn noomont of tho Girl Scout mivemont In the T'nltod States, a special course has boon pro-pared pro-pared nt tho Columbia university, New York City, according to an nnnounro-ment nnnounro-ment received f'gden Girl Scout council member. One of the greatest great-est needs In the development of the movement Is the lack of well trained cout leaders and captains, It was explained. ex-plained. Tho courso is to be divided into three classes, each covering tho various var-ious work of the Tenderfoot, tho second sec-ond class and the first ola.-" scout. The course permits the loader to become be-come acquainted with the spirit, alms ii nd methods of the scout movement She learns the subjoct matter which is to be taught to the girls, an. I this matter oOVerfl such a wide field, which a college education does not cover The course Is so arranged that it ma D8 taken by mail or ly students attending attend-ing the university. A similar course baaed on Olrl Scout work has also been established at Smiths college of Northampton Mass. Ogden's greatest need Is leader and i aptalns. ( igdcn has at present 18 troops. Many of the scouts have already al-ready passed their tenderfoot test and omc their second-ealss test. Work for merits is being done by a number r the scouts Ogdon ;irl Scout work J Is entirely directed by the members "f tho Girl Scout council, of which I Mrs David Eccies is president Miss Betty Stiles, executive worker. Is laboring la-boring with the captains giving .special .spec-ial training classM every Monday ov-( ov-( nlng at the Ogden high school. Tho second year of the Ctrl Scout movement in ogden Is well Started Scout parties and entertainment a have been stimulated bj scout community com-munity affairs, rallies, the summer camp, the scout vaudeville show. Plans for a second vaudeville show are already al-ready underway, a committee having een already eppbfnti , to ':ke care of tho affair. The Girl Scout show will le given during March. nn