Cyclist Merit Badge-Girl Scouts 1920

[Mr. Bloom]

1920 Girl Scout Handbook:
3. Demonstrate the use of a road map.

1910 boyscout handbook:
5. read a map; and report correctly verbal messages.

At first, I thought this was hilarious...and that there was some embedded male humor like..."that was the last time they actually ever used the map"...or "a man doesn't need to ask for directions, 'cause if it's on a road, he'll eventually find it"

But then, I bet that back then, 80% of American's never left their home county...and if they did, the train did the navigating for them...

relative of a g@y person could not participate.

Is this true?