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pies. It is easier to conduct a meeting with some established rules of 

 order than one without such rules. Besides, the businesslike conduct 

 of a meeting lends dignity to it. 



The following constitution has been adopted by several Cornell study 

 clubs. It may be varied sufficiently to meet the individual needs of any 

 club. A discussion on the adoption of the constitution and on other 

 parliamentary usage will be found at the end of this lesson and should be 

 made a frequent study. 



CONSTITUTION OF THE CORNELL STUDY CLUBS 



Article I 

 The club shall be known as the Cornell Study Club of 



Article II 



The object of the club is to study scientific ways of conducting 

 home work in order to preserve the best interests of the family ; to discuss 

 the best expenditure of time, strength, and money to secure the highest 

 efficiency ; to broaden the outlook of the family through the culture of the 

 mother of the household; to encourage a social spirit in the community 

 while working together for the good of the family; to consider the home 

 as a part of the community and therefore having relations with church, 

 school, and social well-being; to elevate the character of rural life to the 

 end that the farm home shall be the best in America and most attractive 

 to the rising generation. 



Any person interested in the foregoing objects for study is eligible for 

 membership. 



Article III 



The officers shall be a President, a Vice-President, a Secretary, a Treas- 

 urer, and a Corresponding Secretary. 



The duty of the President shall be to preside at all meetings and to 

 call extra sessions whenever practicable. 



The duty of the Vice-President is to act for the President in the absence 

 of the latter or whenever she is unable to attend to her duties. 



The duties of the Secretary and the Treasurer shall be, respectively, to 

 keep minutes of the meetings, and to care for the finances of the club if 

 there be any. 



The Corresponding Secretary shall give notice of meetings, conduct the 

 correspondence of the club, send a report of meetings to the Department 

 of Home Economics of the New York State College of Agriculture, Cor- 

 nell University, and write for state and government bulletins that shall 

 aid in the study of the club. 



