DEPARTMENT REPORTS. 



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ONE-WEEK HOME ECONOMICS EXTENSION SCHOOLS IN 1915-16. 



REPORT OF JUNIOR EXTENSION ^yORK. 



BY E. C. LINDEMANN. 



The emphasis in Boys' and Girls' Club work dnring the past year has 

 been placed on the problem of securing resident leadership. It has 

 been the plan to strengthen the organized communites rather than ex- 

 tend the work to new territory. 



There are now 374 organized clubs in the State with a total member- 

 ship of 5,952. The enrollment for 1915 was 4,290, which indicates an in- 

 crease of 1,662. 



The following club members won State championships in the variou.s 

 projects during the past year: 



Howard LaFrance — Potato-growing — Osceola County. 

 Charles Morrice, Corn-growing — Clinton County. 

 Johanna Held, Housekeeping — Kent County. 

 Niles Hagelshaw, Poultry-raising — Calhoun County. 



