TENTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK PART VI 583 



Near the close of the. meeting, which should not he too long, a simple 

 form of constitution should be ratified. It should have been previously 

 agreed upon hy members of the "advisory committee." Usually it will re- 

 quire no discussion and can be adopted by a rising vote. If time is lim- 

 ited the legular officers of the club may be elected at a later meeting; but 

 there is decided advantage in placing responsibility of this kind upon the 

 boys and girls themselves and developing familiarity with good parliamen- 

 tary practice. The following general form of organization has been found 

 satisfactory. 



COXSTITUTIOX. 



AiiiKi.i: I. Name of club. 

 AiMKLE II. Objects of club. 



ARTrcr.E III. Membership (including badge or button, and a provision 

 for honorary members, if desired). 



Articli: IV. Officers. (A president, one vice-president from each school 

 district, a secretary-treasurer, and an advisory committee consisting of the 

 county superintendent, the lecturer of the county grange, and the presi- 

 dent of the county farm«>rs' club or institute society.) 



Article V. Duties of members. (As prescribed in the rules for con- 

 tests.) 



Article VI. Duties of officers. (Defined as usual in such organiza- 

 tions.) 



Section — . The advisory committee shall arrange for all public contests 

 and exhibits, the procuring and awarding of prizes, the sending of let- 

 ters and circulars of information, the general county meetings of the club, 

 and the reporting of statistics and other information to the state organ- 

 izer. 



Article ^'11. Subsidiary clubs. 



Each local school having club membei's within its district may or- 

 ganize as a local club with its own officers, badge, local prizes, etc. Its 

 advisory committee shall consist of the district school board and teachers, 

 and its president shall be one of the vice-presidents of the country club. 



When the constitution has been adopted membership should be deter- 

 mined by the collection of signed blanks, previously distributed, showing 

 data as given in the following form: 



EXR0LL5IENT RECORD. 



Date , 19— 



I wish to join the County Club, and hereby promise to follow 



all the rules of membership and contests. 



(Signed) . 



Age at nearest birthday — . Date of birth , 19 — . 



Township . 



School district . 



Teacher . 



My postoffice address . Box number . R. F. D. No. — . 



