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Missouri Agricultural Report. 



CHILD WELFARE DEPARTMENT. 



(Mrs. C. W. Greene, Columbia, Mo.) 



In this department this 

 year we selected only three 

 lines of interest because our 

 time was very limited. One 

 session, in charge of Mrs. 

 J. C. Jones, was given to 

 art and music in the home. 

 This was illustrated by lan- 

 tern slides and by the player 

 piano. Another meeting, 

 with Mrs. W. W. Charters 

 as leader, was devoted to 

 papers and discussions of 

 moral and ethical training 

 in the home. These papers 

 are all given in connection 

 with this report. The third 

 meeting was one on "Games 

 and Amusements for Chil- 

 dren," and with it was held 

 a baby health contest. The 

 children from the elementary 

 School of the State University and the Benton school of Co- 

 lumbia gave an exhibition of games such as tenpins, bean bags, 

 three deep, ringtoss and basket ball. Some of the Mother 

 Goose rhymes were dramatized and a number of folk dances 

 and marches were given. Two hundred and fifty children were 

 on the floor. 



The baby health contest was instituted that the babies of 

 our State might receive more attention. It was conducted 

 without prizes of any kind, and the babies were protected from 

 publicity in every way. The score card used was furnished by 

 the physiology department of the State University and is an 

 attempt at measuring the child's physical and mental develop- 

 ment. 



The anthropometric measurements were made by persons 

 of experience and skill. The medical examination was given 



Donald Meyer. 



