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Rural School Leaflet 



GROUP III. CONTESTS FOR GIRLS 



To the District Superintendent: 



To train the girl for efficiency is quite as essential as to train the boy. 

 The Empire State must give the girls every opportunity to be useful and 

 happy and to take their part in making our State one in which are found 

 the bravest, strongest, most efficient and womanly women in the world. 

 The girls must have help and must be inspired to meet life's responsi- 

 bility. 



One way in which we can help our girls is to have them consider the 

 importance of their contribution to the home life. They should realize 

 how valuable the expert housewife is in the world, and should be taught 

 to take an interest in some of the simple processes that help women to 

 make a rich contribution to any home. 



In order to awaken interest in the work of the home, we hope that 

 there will be simple, wholesome contests for the girls in every school 

 district in New York State. In the foregoing pages we have suggested 



