Out-of-date Requirements

Second and First Class Requirements – 1968

1.      Follow for a half mile a trail made with trail signs or by a person wearing tracking irons or dragging a whifflepoof (2^nd class).

2. Follow for a quarter mile the track of a person or animal in soft ground or snow, reading the main meaning of the track (2^nd class).

3. Follow another Scout who knows that you are stalking him for a distance of a half-mile, without being seen by him (2^nd class).

4. Point out at least 5 constellations and the North Star (1^st  class).

5. Send and receive a message of at least 20 words using either international Morse or semaphore codes and necessary procedure signals (1^st  class).

Find at least four edible wild greens, buds, shoots, nuts or fruits.  Prepare and eat one of the selected by your leader (1^st  class)