2072 The Cornell Reading Courses 



Trumpet creeper ( Tecoma radicans) 



Climbing bittersweet {Celastrus scandens). This does well also on 

 shady sides of houses. 



VINES FOR STEEP BANKS 

 Hall's honeysuckle {Lonicera halliana) 

 Matrimony vine {Lycium chinense) 



CORNELL STUDY CLUBS 



At the close of the harvest season neighbors and friends find it natural 

 and convenient to visit together during the lengthening evenings and talk 

 over the common experiences of the passing^ season. The Cornell study 

 club begins to feel that the time is at hand to arrange plans for the year's 

 study and for community advancement — educationally, socially, and 

 financially. It is often helpful during the fall to hold a special meeting, 

 invite every one in the community to attend, and see that each one has an 

 enjoyable and profitable time. A successful meeting, largely attended, 

 provides an opportunity to increase the membership and secure greater 

 interest in the work of the club. Although material for the programs 

 for Cornell study clubs is generally supplied by local speakers and 

 by reading course lessons, it may be advisable to get an outside speaker 

 if possible for the special meeting. The Supervisor of the Reading Course 

 for the Farm, College of Agriculture, Ithaca, New York, will be glad to 

 cooperate with clubs as far as possible in arranging the -programs for special 

 fall meetings. 



The fall of the year is also the most favorable time for forming new 

 clubs. For the information of readers who are not members of clubs, 

 the aims and advantages of Cornell study clubs are given as follows: 



Cornell study clubs aim to promote the study of reading cotirse lessons, 

 and also to advance the welfare of the local community. A study club 

 furnishes an opportunity and incentive for study. Often a helpful lesson 

 wiU reach a farm home at a tiine when it cannot be given attention, and 

 it is set aside, soon to be forgotten. If, however, a special time is reserved 

 for the study of reading course lessons at a club, it is likely that much 

 more reading will be accomplished. The club serves the community 

 socially through the better understanding and good feeling among neigh- 

 bors that result from an association in a common work. By promoting 

 exchanges and sales of farm products, implements, stock, and the like, 

 between the members of the club, and by collective buying and selling, 

 it may be found possible for the club to be of financial benefit to the 

 members. 



