12 University Daily Kansan Thursday, November 16, 1978 Girl Scouts' past studied By LYNN WILLIAMS Staff Reporter The Girl Scouts have had a role in women's liberation and in helping women participate in public life, according to the research mentioned above. the professor, Mary Aickin Rothchild, visiting assistant professor of history from the University of Arizona, said recently her study of the Girl Scouts was a pioneering effort, because no other organization had begun the Girl Scouts, YWCA or Campfire Girls during the 20th century. "So, I thought, I will do one myself," she said. The Girl Club is the largest organization of girls in America, with a membership of 329,000 during 1979, its peak year. Until the 1980s, the Girl Club also was the largest employer of women in management positions, Rothchild said. Unlike the WBC and the YWCA, which have had boards of directors that were entirely male, the Girl Club has been directed almost entirely by women, she said. BEFORE SHE could get access to historical documents about the Girl Scouts, Rothchild said, she was checked out by the Girl Scout organization. The organization then talked to the chairman of the history department at the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, Wash., where Rothchild was working, and to the chairman of her dissertation committee. "They wanted to make sure I wasn't going to create a scandal or something." Rothchild said. Rothschild said she was interested in the way the Girl Scouts had affected the education of sex roles in children. aerected the education of sea roses in child care. She found during her studies that the Girl Scouts were more In 1912, a Girl Scout could earn an electrician, flyer or telegraphian merit badge, among others. For the flyer badge, she must complete a safety course. dedicated from the beginning to helping girls develop physically and nutritionally than the YWCA or Campfire Girls. CAMFIRE GIRLS concentrated more on household skills, and the YWCA was intended to be a "respectable" place for young women from rural areas to stay while they worked in the city factories, she said. Although Girl Scouts originally were named Girl Guides, like their counterparts in Great Britain, they changed their name to Girl Scouts after a few years in America. The new name was chosen because of the American pioneer, pioneer more than "guide," Rothbald said. small organization," Rothschild said, speaking of the name change. BUT IN 1918, the national leaders of the Boy Scouts decided that the use of the name "Girl Scouts" detracted from the name "Boy Scouts" by embarrassing the boys and misguiding the girls. Sir Robert Baden-Powell, founder of the Boy Scouts, said the name should be changed to "guides" because "the value of a good woman in the world is higher than ever in her capacity as an adviser and guide." The value of a girl's life was missed and the aim long used the term 'Scout.' " Inspired partly by the right to vote, the Girl Scouts held out for their new name, however. "Actually I have become much more impressed with the organization as a whole," Rothchild said. she said she was a Brownie for a year before her family moved to a town where there were no Girl Scouts. WE NEED CERTAIN COLLEGE MAJORS TO BECOME AIR FORCE LIEUTENANTS Mechanical and civil engineering majors aerospace and aeronautical engineering majors chemistry mechanics geometrical majors The face is looking for young men and women pre-going them in academic areas. He wears a white shirt and blue jeans. He is wearing an early AMT ACTIC program. And to help you with the college bock, two of their four year scholarship could be available. The AFROTC program works on an Air Force commission that means excellent salary opportunities, medical and dental care, 30 days of paid holiday and a high-value equipment maintains. 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City, KU open resurfaced runway Standing under a gray, threatening sky, city and University of Kansas officials dedicated the renovated main runway of the Lawrence Municipal Airport in a brief ribbon-cutting ceremony yesterday afternoon. owned the airport land and recently sold it to the city. The $800,000 renovation included resurfacing and re-marking of the north-south runway. The landing strip also was widened from 3,000 to 3,900 feet, and was widened by 25 feet. Lawrence Mayor Donald Binns and Del Shankel, executive vice chancellor, praised cooperation between the University and the KU Endowment Association, the KU Endowment Association previously The runway renovation is the first step in a three-stage project to develop the airport, according to Mike Wildgen, assistant city manager. Stage two involves the purchase of land on the third step, a proposed 5,000-foot northwest side of the lake. The runway would be able to handle corporate 1ets. 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