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Requirements June 1952 until September 1963

1. Set a paragraph of type by hand from manuscript copy.

2. Read and mark proof correctly.

3. Set type from original copy for a display card or advertising handbill for practical use.

4. Run 100 copies of the job in Requirement 3 on a 10 x 15 or smaller job press. Demonstrate the correct method of inking, setting gauge pins, use of make-ready, accuracy of feeding, and washing up press. or Using a stencil screen and base made by yourself, print at least 50 copies of a poster, greeting card, or other material by the silk-screen process.

Requirements September 1963 until June 1972

1. Using the letterpress printing process:

(a) Set a paragraph of type by hand from manuscript copy.
(b) Read and mark proof correctly.
(c) Set type from original copy for display card or advertising handbill for practical use.
(d) Run one hundred copies of the same job on a 10 x 15 or smaller job press. Demonstrate the correct method of inking, setting gauge pins, use of makeready, accuracy of feeding, and washing up press.

OR

2. Using the silk-screen printing process:

(a) Make a stencil screen and base.
(b) Print at least 50 copies of poster, greeting card, or other material.

OR

3. Using the offset printing process: Employing an offset duplicator or offset press, produce a finished piece of publicity, size determined by the equipment employed. This can be a newspaper, bulletin, poster, etc. The proper preparation of all material and use of illustrations in the creating of flats for photographing, and then transferring onto presensitized plates, will be done by the Scout or Explorer.