Missouri Country Life Conference. 



OFFICERS. 



President — W. L. Nelson, Columbia. 

 Vice-President — Paul Culver, Gower. 

 Secretary — R, H. Emberson, Columbia. 

 Treasurer — M. F. Miller, Columbia. 



OBJECTS OF ORGANIZATION AND MINUTES OF FIRST MEETING. 



The first country life conference held in connection with Mis- 

 souri Farmers' Week took place in the auditorium of the Y. M. C. 

 A. building at Columbia on the afternoons of January 14, 15, 16 

 and 17. The object of the meeting was to bring together for con- 

 ference people who are interested in the great question now com- 

 monly spoken of as the country life problem. Those who were 

 instrumental in the organization of the meeting believe that con- 

 ferences of this kind will go far toward the upbuilding and better- 

 ment of country life, make it possible for the farmer to see more 

 in his calling, and enable him to share more fully in the fruits of 

 his labor. 



The program provided for a discussion of five principal topics. 

 "The Church and the Farmer," "The Rural School," "The Farm 

 Home," "The Country Town" and "The Country Paper and the 

 Farmer." All these subjects have to do directly with country life. 

 They represent forces which must, in a large measure at least, 

 make possible the realization of those better things for which 

 every country life conference is striving. 



It is a matter of regret that copies of all the excellent discus- 

 sions and addresses of the convention could not be secured for publi- 

 cation in this report. The minutes of the secretary are as follows : 



The first meeting of the Missouri Country Life Conference 

 was held Tuesday afternoon, January 14, 1913, in the auditorium 

 of the Y. M. C. A. building. The meeting was called to order by 

 the chairman, W. L. Nelson. R. H. Emberson was appointed 

 temporary secretary. The general topic was "The Country Church." 

 Rev. Clair S. Adams of Decatur, Illinois, delivered an address on 



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