HEALTH
CRAFT--RED HONORS
200 First Aid: Secure
diploma of the National Red Cross, or joint
diploma of the American Red Cross and of the
Young Women's Christian Association.
201 Colds: Be free from
every indication of a cold for two consecutive
months between October and April.
202 Regularity: Not miss
work or school because of ill health or headaches
for three consecutive months.
203 Diet: Abstain from
chewing gum and from candy, ice cream, sundaes,
sodas, and commercially manufactured beverages
between meals for three consecutive months.
204 Sleep: Sleep
out-of-doors or with wide open windows for two
consecutive months between October and April.
205 Games: Play any of the
following games for not less than fifteen hours
in any one month.
Team Games--Hockey,
Volley Ball, Basket-ball, Archery, Baseball,
Soccer, Prisoner's Base, Captain Ball.
206 Other Games --
Tennis, Golf, Run Sheep Run, Hide and Seek, Pussy
Wants a Corner, Three Deep, Blind Man's Buff,
Drop the Handker-chief, Red Rover, Fox and
Hounds, Quoits, Duck on the Rock.
(Games adapted for girls
and having standard rules prepared for them,
like basket-ball and baseball, are to be
played according to such rules.)
207 Play singing or dancing
games for not less than fifteen hours in any one
month.
208 Swimming: Swim one
hundred yards.
209 Swim one mile in any six
days. (Not necessarily consecutive.)
210 Fetch up a cup from the
bottom in eight feet of water.
211 Do any two standard
dives in good form.
Standard Dives:
Standing -- Front, Side,
Back, Twist, Jack.
Running or from spring
board the same, e.g., a standing from and a
running front and a front from a run and use
of spring board may all be presented.
212 Undress in deep water.
213 Swim any four standard
styles.
Standard styles are
breast, side, over-hand, single over-hand,
crawl, back, scull on back, etc.
214 Canoe or Boat: Paddle or
row twenty miles in any five days. (Not
necessarily consecutive.)
215 Canoe: Tip over a canoe
in deep water, right it, get in, and get enough
water out by splashing with hands or paddle to be
able to sit on the seat steadily and paddle to
shore.
216 Sailing: Sail a boat
without help or advice for fifty miles. (In any
one season.)
217 Motor Boat: Operate and
care for without help or advice for one hundred
miles. (In any one season.)
218 Skating -- Ice or
Roller: Skate twenty-five miles in any five days.
(Not necessarily consecutive.)
219 Coasting: Coast,
toboggan, or skee for not less than fifteen hours
in any one month.
220 Skiing: Make six
descents of at least fifteen feet in good form.
221 Make six jumps and land
in good form.
222 Snowshoeing: Cover
twenty-five miles in any five days. (Not
necessarily consecutive.)
223 Horseback: Saddle,
bridle, mount, and ride a horse in correct form,
using three gaits.
224 Ride forty miles in any
five days. (Not necessarily consecutive)
225 Take care of horse and
supervise care of stable for at least one month.
226 Mountain Climbing: Make
an ascent of two thousand feet and return to the
starting level.
227 Bicycle: Bicycle forty
miles in any five days. (Not necessarily
consecutive.)
228 Tramping: Walk forty
miles in any ten days. (Not necessarily
consecutive.)
Note: This means
tramping in the country or walking to and
from school or business.
229 Exercise: Take seven
hours of outdoor exercise a week for three
months.
230 Automobile: Operate and
care for without help or advice, for five hundred
miles. (In any one season.)
231 Folk Dancing: Know any
five standard folk dances.
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