Life-Craft
I The Degree of Life-Craft may be conferred on any
^--f one who takes eight of these tests:
^1— V !• Know something practical of eugenics and how
, ■ , I to combat a bad heredity.
. Know about the care and feeding of infants from birth
to three years.
. Can detect the presence of enlarged tonsils and adenoids
and be able to advise curative methods other than surgical.
. Know the balanced diet for daily living that will result
in good health.
. Know the value of cereals and the prop)er preparation of
com, wheat, rice, barley, and rye for breads and porridges.
. Be competent to take charge of child's recreation hours in
all four seasons.
. Know the local Board of Health and the state laws in re-
gard to health and sanitation and how to cooperate.
. Have made out a set of practical menus for three consec-
utive months in winter for a family of six; these menus must
provide meals averaging not over ten cents per meal per person.
This is at the rate of $54 per month for all meats, dry groceries,
milk and butter, fruits and vegetables. Service and overhead
charges are not to be included. Menus must be accompanied
with the daily order and approximate prices.
. Know the saUent points of tuberculosis as well as causes;
also preventive measures for typhoid and malaria.
. Know how to produce sweat, purge, vomiting, warmth;
what will xnoke a quick poultice to check diarrhoea, and also
internal medicine for same.
. State chief causes of each of the following diseases, tuber-
culosis, typhoid, malaria.
. State how to plan the sanitary care of a camp.
. State the reason why school children should undergo a
medical examination.
. Know how to care for sickroom, making patient comfort-
able and contented.
Lightning Wheeler
The Degree of Lightning Wheeler may be conferred on any one who takes nine of these tests: ' . Ride a wheel fifty miles in ten hours. . Ride 100 miles in twenty-four hours.
