Show Poll Shows Few Fully Understand What Scouting Means to Normal American Girl I The Girl Scout organization Inthe In Inthe inthe the United State States baa has from a group of 12 girls in 1912 to members in 1956 This has happened because people know that Girl Scouting is signifIcant significant leant In shaping the future They understand that when a girl Is I. a Scout she learns Icarus how to get along with others how to accept responsibility Gallup Poll PoU Findings In the recent Gallup poll pan bear this out ut People were asked aked to describe the type of girl who is likely to join the Girl Scouts and the type to whom Girl Scouting is unlikely to ap ap- ap- ap peal They described the first type as an active healthy and normal girl 26 per cent said a good mixer active or lively 24 per cent said she is a girl who liked athletics and outdoor ac ac- ac- ac Nine per cent said she was a girl from a desirable family 9 per cent said a girl with a good reputation and and character 9 per percent percent percent cent a girl from an average mid mid- class rUe family Of Ot girls to whom Girl Scouts would be unlikely to appeal 34 per cent said they would be high high- strung maladjusted d d. d selfish or anti Desirable Influence These findings show firm pubic public pub pub- ic lie conviction that Girl Scouting introduces s a desirable influence into the lives lives' of young girls and the communities In which they live Another Interesting reaction of the public was shown in the Idea I Ii i I of what a Girl Scout leader Is like 34 per cent said a person who Is Interested in and devoted to children 32 per per cent said laid she sheU Is U patient unselfish understanding understand understand- ing energetic These things the public did not know 68 63 per pet cent did not know how the Girl Scouts are financIally financially lally supported 34 per cent knew that Girl Scouts pay dues and 13 per cent volunteered the Information Information mation motion that community fund fund- fundraising fundraising raising drives were a source of revenue I |