Part 7

Blankets must be carefully inspected, shaken, brushed and allowed to hang in the sun all day before folding evenly, counting and packing for the winter. If there are any signs of soil they should be cleansed before storing. If boxed or laid on shelves or benches and covered snugly they can be kept in perfect condition.

Pillows should be treated in the same way as blankets as regards care and storage.

Lanterns should be emptied and cleaned. All dishes should be washed, wiped, counted, packed in barrels. All kitchen ware should be treated in the same way.

Any provisions left--there should be practically none--can be disposed of by selling or giving away. Amount and kind will determine that question.

The kitchen stove must be cleaned and if it is to remain in camp should be covered with grease and boarded up unless it is to be used during the winter by campers. Store all equipment in a dry, light room and do not fail to have it insured.

The Director should be the last one to leave camp. She should make a round of inspection and be sure all is well before closing the camp doors for the long winter months.

CAMP RECORDS AND ACCOUNTS

Not only is the keeping of camp records a necessity, but certain records are of great value in planning future camps. Also personal records are of value during the winter to Local Councils and Directors, and in some cases to the National Headquarters.

Every Scout entering camp should have a record tag similar to the one shown in Cut B, which when filled out is kept on file during her stay in camp, and transferred to another file the day she leaves camp. Her height and weight should be taken in camp the day of or the day after her arrival, and if possible when she is in her bathing suit. Similar measurements should be taken the day she leaves camp. A personal record of all tests passed may be kept on the back of the card. It would be of interest to parents and of value to the Director when making out a camp report.

Tent Record

A tent record in convenient form is absolutely necessary. Scouts entering camp in large groups on a given date must be placed with as little delay as possible. Those approximately of one age should be in the same tents. Also friends like to be together. To know at a glance what cots are Vacant in any one tent is of help. Also at a glance the length of time a child has been in camp can be told, the date of coming and going being recorded. The accompanying Cut C shows a system which has served its good uses in more than one camp. Perhaps it will be of service to others. A sheet of fairly heavy paper for each tent record can be used, and all sheets put in a cover and held in place by clips. The dates of the month when groups can enter camp are placed at the left. Every square means a week. Ditto marks mean "remaining in camp," and X means leaving camp and signifies an empty cot. At a glance three cots are seen to be vacant on August 6th, and when new Scouts arrive, as they should after the outgoing group has gone, it is not difficult for the Director to place them.

---------------------------------------------------------------------- TENT NO I ------|------|------|------|---------|---------|-------|------|------- Cot# | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 ------|------|------|------|---------|---------|-------|------|------- July | Jones| Brown| Wood |Frilop |Di Santo |Foster |Kearns|Tierney 1 | | | | | | | | ------|------|------|------|---------|---------|-------|------|------- | | x | | x | | | | 8 | " |Rees | " | Rice | " | " | " | " ------|------|------|------|---------|---------|-------|------|------- | | | x | | | | x | 15 | " | " |Fay | " | " | " |Greer | " ------|------|------|------|---------|---------|-------|------|------- 22 | " | " | " | " | " | " | " | " ------|------|------|------|---------|---------|-------|------|------- | x | | | | x | x| | x 29 |Green | " | " | " | | | " | Warren ------|------|------|------|---------|---------|-------|------|------- August| | x | | x | | | | 6 | " | | " | Phillips| | | " | ------|------|------|------|---------|---------|-------|------|------- | | | x| | | | | 13 | " | | | | | | | ------|------|------|------|---------|---------|-------|------|------- 20 | " | | | | | | | ------|------|------|------|---------|---------|-------|------|------- 27 | " | | | | | | | ------|------|------|------|---------|---------|-------|------|-------

Health Certificate

The following must be filled out by a physician within three days of the time the girl enters camp. It should preferably be done by someone who has known her for some time. The object of this certificate is: (1) to safeguard child and others against contagious diseases; (2) to make a basis for judging the suitability of camp life for her, and make possible any necessary precautions, particularly in regard to exercise.

I, ......................................................... have this day,......................,19 personally examined ............................................................ ........years, of................................,........., and believe the following to be a complete statement as to her health and bodily condition:

Contagious disease: State child's condition and whether she has been exposed and if any quarantine is necessary.

Nutrition: Excellent Good Fair Poor Very Poor Anemia: Hemoglobin content: Prepubertal or postpubertal. Menstruation: Established Any disturbance?

Eyes: R L Glasses? Ears: R L Nose: Throat: Teeth: Muscles: General Nervous System: Stomach: Bowels: Skin: Head: Skeletal: Back Feet Temperature: Heart: Rhythm: Sounds: Any disturbance? Blood Pressure: Systolic: Diastolic: Compensation: Lungs:

As a general summing-up of recommendations in regard to whole condition outlined above, I recommend the following:

1. Diet: 2. Rest: 3. Exercise: a. Should keep quiet. b. Can exercise moderately. c. Any reasonable exercise. d. Can take heavy exercise. e. Can (cannot) walk swim run jump climb 4. General camp life: 5. Additional notes:]

Another record of great importance and interest is the Health Certificate shown on page 52, which should be kept on file in camp and later in the office of the Local Council for a period of three months, and then forwarded to the National Headquarters, Girl Scouts, Education Department, for use in compiling a Scout Health record. If during a Scout's stay in camp she is ill, meets with an accident or needs the attention of a nurse in any way, the date, a note stating the trouble, and what was done for the child, as well as her height and weight at entrance and leaving, can be entered on the back of the certificate. The form shown was made by the Education Department of National Headquarters of Girl Scouts, and it is expected that it will be on sale and available for use by all Local Councils.

Petty Cash Record

The petty cash record is an important department of record keeping. A day book, balanced each day, should be carefully kept noting all income and expenditures, and if much money passes through the cash box the Director should have a petty cash bank account in order properly to care for it.

Canteen Record

The canteen record is perhaps the most difficult as it is a combination of a wholesale and a retail transaction and more or less involved in the general house expenses. Not only should a record be kept of all goods purchased at wholesale, as to quantity and price and when bill is paid, but a record of daily sales is absolutely necessary. Canteen cash at the end of each day should be handed over to the Director and entered in the petty cash book.

The accompanying Cut D is a suggested form for keeping the canteen accounts.

Record of Provisions and Equipment

1. SAMPLE DAILY CASH ACCOUNT (Report by Items as Sold)