The Promise
Any girl can become a Brownie who is under ten, and who does her best to carry out the Promise of the Brownies.
This is the Promise:
- 1. To be obedient.
- 2. To help other people, especially those at home.
The Recruit Brownie
When a girl first joins the Brownies she is only a recruit like a boy who joins the army, and before she can count as a real Brownie she must know and understand the Promise, and what is more she must have carried it out by doing a good turn in her own home.
The Pack
The Goblins go together, the Fairies go together and so on, each forming a Pack. Some Packs are numbered like Girl Scout troops instead of being named Fairy, Pixie, Elf, etc.
The Eight
The Captain or Leader of a pack is a grown-up person, and in each pack there are several parties of eight under a Leader who is selected if possible from a Girl Scout Patrol, and who is called a Brownie Lieutenant.