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teachers and pupils are now at work on a course of study pre- 

 pared by the professor of rural education in the University of 

 Missouri which will enable them to do this work with intelli- 

 gence. 



In the third place, we aim to co-operate in every way with 

 the Audrain County Farm Bureau. The farm adviser, Mr. 

 E. W. Rusk, was one of the speakers at our conference and the 

 people appreciate him and the work he is doing. 



In the fourth place, by-law 4 says: "The social committee 

 shall arrange for such social gatherings from time to time as are 

 calculated to create a better social life in the community." By 

 quitting our homes and business for a day and gathering in the 

 park, or some other convenient place, where the joy, beauty and 

 freedom of rural life can be told in "song and story" by our own 

 people and their children, where the young folks can engage in 

 the playing of games and sports and thus have "fine fun in a 

 good way" and where all can meet in one great brotherhood, we 

 hope to make this community an ideal place in which to live. 

 In this way we hope to keep many of our best young people on 

 the farms who would otherwise go to the city to reside. 



In the fifth place, we hope to aid in the betterment of the 

 school system. The rural schools should be made so efficient 

 that a country boy or girl can enter the University from their 

 home school just the same as their city cousins. 



In the sixth place, the home economics and domestic science 

 committee plans to do some helpful work at an early date. 



In the seventh place, we aim to conduct a university ex- 

 tension center and hope to start it in a few days. It is our pur- 

 pose to make a large use of the University along this line. 



Let me say in closing that our five evangelical churches are 

 co-operating in the work most heartily. They seem to be fully 

 alive to the situation and needs and are anxious to meet them. 



The regular meeting is the first Friday night in each month, 

 at which a suitable program is rendered and one address is 

 delivered. Called or special meetings are held as occasion 

 requires. 



