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in the stock pavilion. It was indeed no small task but it was certainly an 

 education for the boys. 



The schedule for the day was somewhat as follows: 

 5:00 A. M. Rising bugle. 



5:15-7:15 Helping in the morning round-up. 

 7:15 Breakfast. 



7:45 Assembly followed by a talk either on things relating to 



agriculture or things relating to character making, 

 integrity, etc. 

 8:45 Inspection of exhibits, class in rope tying and other edu- 



cational features. 

 10:00-11:00 Leisure. 

 11:00 Dinner. 



12:00 One division reported at the grand stand to usher for 



the afternoon and the other division was free for edu- 

 cational trips and to go about the grounds. 

 5:00 P. M. Supper. 



6:00 One-half of the boys reported at the grand stand for usher- 



ing again and the other half at the stock pavilion for 

 ushering. 



10:30-11:00 To bed. 



You w'ill note that there was not much time for play when this schedule 

 was carried out, which it w^as practically every day we w^ere there. 



I feel quite sure that the fair board was repaid many times over as 

 far as expense is concerned because of the work which the boys did. The 

 main part of the w'ork was, of course, the ushering in the grand stand 

 and stock pavilion and helping in the morning round-up. I do not know 

 what your ushering has been in the past but I heard expressions like 

 these: "The most courteous ushers we have ever seen at the state fair," 

 "The best ushers we have ever seen at the state fair." There w^ere other 

 things which the boys did beside those here mentioned which included 

 the following: Guiding people about the grounds, giving information, 

 helping get things in shape at the baby show, running errands, and 

 leading stock in the stock parade. They w^ere indeed a very v>^i!ling 

 group of boys when it came to work. On the first day they were there I 

 sent them out to become acquainted with the grounds and to report 

 back to me what they had seen. They were therefore familiar with the 

 grounds from the start. I consider the work that they did valuable not 

 only to the fair board but of value to the boys themselves. It w^as edu- 

 cational for boys to help handle such crowds as came to the grand stand 

 on the big days of the fair. 



With the strenuous schedule which w^e had it was not possible to put 

 in quite as much time on educational features as I had hoped. Y\^ith the 

 help, however, of men from the Ames extension department w^e sent out 

 almost daily groups to inspect the exhibits under their supervision. We 

 held rope class in camp several days. We had such speakers as "Uncle" 

 Asa Turner, Mrs. B. F. Carroll, State Secretaries of the Y. M. C. A. Paulson 



