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Page 315 - The Treasure Chest containing the gifts of the out-of-door Fairies is placed by them in a forest for mortals to find, and a spell is cast over it so that it may not fall into unworthy hands. After the unsuccessful...
Page 232 - Swimmers 1. Tread water 30 seconds. 2. Float motionless. 3. Perform plain front or racing dive, in good form. 4. Swim 100 yards, using side and one other standard stroke. 5. Witness demonstration of artificial respiration. 6. Swim 50 feet on back, using legs only. 7. Recover object in 6 to 8 feet of water, by means of surface dive. Award: Red Cross Swimmer's Button free. Junior Life Saving Test Requirements: Age, 12 years and up. Passing Swimmer's Test. At least eight hours
Page 232 - ... hours' preparation and practice. 1. In deep water, disrobe and swim 100 yards. 2. Release double grip on one wrist. Left and right. 3. Release front strangle hold. Left and right. 4. Release back strangle hold. Left and right. 5. Resuscitation, 1% minutes' demonstration, Prone Pressure Method. 6. Surface dive in 6 to 8 feet, recovering various objects 3 times, and a 10-pound weight once. 7. Correct approach, 30 feet, and Head Carry, 30 feet. 8. Correct approach, 30 feet, and Cross-chest Carry,...
Page 232 - Cross-chest carry, 60 feet, preceded by 60-foot swim, proper approach and turn. (6) Arm-lock or hair carry, 60 feet, preceded by 60-foot swim, proper approach and turn. (7) Tired swimmer's carry, 60 feet, preceded by 60-foot swim.
Page 158 - Railroad Freight Transportation" a text which today is still an authority after the passing of more than thirty years, this anonymous verse that could almost be taken as his own outlook upon life: "Now the gist of the thing is this: Be silent, be calm, be alert; Be there on the day, And precisely, exactly, obey.
Page 232 - Carry, 60 feet, preceded by 60-foot swim, proper aproach and turn. 7. Tired Swimmer's Carry, 60 feet, preceded by 60-foot swim. 8. Front strangle hold, 4 times, 2 different positions. 10. Double grip on one wrist, 4 times, using alternate wrists. 11. Two people locked in front strangle, and repeat, rescuing alternate subjects. 12. Demonstration, Prone Pressure (Schaefer) Method of Resuscitation, \l/2 minutes. 13. Essay on "Prone Pressure Method of Resuscitation
Page 241 - Do not raise dust you cannot lay.' "2. Remember the responses of a child are in action. Give your commands to stimulate action, not to check (inhibit) movement. Say, 'Do this' rather than 'Don't do that.' Suggest an action which can be successfully obeyed. "3. Give a child time for reaction. Say: 'One more dive and all out
Page 308 - Own Weather: A Simple Account of Its Curious Forms, Its Wide Travels and Its Notable Effects (New York: Harper & Brothers, 1913), 157.
Page 290 - ... helpful and suggestive book for parents and teachers, which the author hopes will revive the play spirit in the hearts of parents, lead to a greater thoughtfulness in the presentation and use of toys, and to a richer home life. Discusses ways to fit up the home playroom and playground, what children play at each age, and, at length, the spontaneous, imaginative, constructive play by means of which children express themselves. Contains a graded annotated list of toys with prices and a classed,...