Eagle Scout was awarded to any First Class Scout who had earned 21 merit badges.
He was a First Class Scout in the Boy Scouts of America.
Hans is only a Second Class Scout, but don't let that fool you.
At the same time older girls (over eighteen or over sixteen if First Class Scouts) became known as Senior Scouts.
Scouts must be at least 12 years old on the first day of the Jamboree and at least First Class Scouts.
Until the late 1950s, the Racine Scouts required every member to be at least a First Class Scout.
At the same time, girls over 18, or over 16 if First Class Scouts, became known as Senior Scouts.
The program had until this time taught the adults the same Scoutcraft skills a boy was required to learn to become a First Class Scout along with concepts of the patrol method.
Robert Baden-Powell wanted a First Class Scout to be the complete outdoorsman.
My own son is a First Class Scout and hopes to make Eagle some day.