organization. Each group has its own 

 separate meetings for study ami dis- 

 cussion. The two groups have joint 

 recreational meetings quarterly. There 

 is a single organization for both young 

 men and young women in Grundy 

 county which meets each month In 

 Edgar county there are two organi- 

 zations, one for the young men and 

 one for the young women. Both 

 groups meet on the same liate tacli 

 month. The study and discussion 

 parts of meetings are usually held 

 separately and both groups come to- 

 gether for recreation. 



Names Are Varied 



There is no uniform name for these 

 young peoples' groups in Illinois. The 

 following names were voted most pop- 

 ular, in the order mentioned, at a re- 

 cent state meeting: Rural Youth, Rural 

 Youth League, Young People's Organ 

 ization. Rural Young Adults, and Rural 

 Young People. Other names being 

 used in the state are Young Men's 

 Forum, Young Peoples Farm and 

 Home Club, and Junior Farm Bureau. 



There are no established member- 

 ship fees. Each county youth group 

 works out its own system of financing 

 Membership is open without regard to 

 Farm Bureau or Home Bureau affilia- 

 tion of their parents. 



One of the greatest and immediate 

 responsibilities is to make reliable in- 

 formation available concerning farm 

 problems for their monthly meetmgs 

 for study and discussion. 



What Is A Boy.^ 



A statement which recently appeared 

 in a program that was sponsored by the 

 Boys' Club of Boston clearly empha- 

 sizes the force and power of youth. 



"The person who is going to carry 

 on what you have started. He is to sit 

 right where you are sitting and attend 

 to things which you think so important, 

 when you ire gone. You may adopt 



IN JOHNSON COUNTY — 

 " — the boys were inspired." 



all the policies you please, but how they 

 will be carried out depends upon him. 

 Even if you make leagues and treaties, 

 he will have to manage them. He will 

 take your seat in Congress and Parlia- 

 ment, assume control over your cities, 

 states and empires. He is going to 

 move in and take over your churches, 

 schools, universities, corporations, coun- 

 cils, and prisons. All your work is go- 

 ing to be judged and praised and con- 

 demned by him. The future and des- 

 tiny ot humanity are in his hands, so 

 it might be well to pay a little atten- 

 tion to him now. " 



If we agree that this statement i> 

 correct, and certainly few could dis- 

 agree then it is our responsibility to 



see that the needs of youth, both young 

 men and young women, be given care- 

 ful study and to see that proper 

 methods are used to supply reliable in- 

 formation which will make them the 

 finest possible men and women. 



Rural Youth Radio 



Hot Shots At Elders 



Adults came in ior a bit of spanking 

 when rural youth took the air, April 2'>. 

 May J, '.», and U> over seven Illinois 

 radio stations. The young men and 

 women who discussed current problems 

 and their effect on the coming genera- 

 tion pried open some closets, found some 

 things that needed airing and aired them. 



How did the young folks find out these 

 things.-' Like youth the world over, they 

 asked those who should know. When 

 they had the information they wanted 

 they wrote their script and, sitting before 

 a microphone, they told the world. Percy 

 Goodrich, I'ord county, hauled forth a 

 slightly soiled piece of linen which he 

 washed for WJBC (Bloomington) lis- 

 teners when he said, "Many a farmer lost 

 his farm mainly because he borrowed 

 too much money at a time when the out- 

 look was good without allowing for the 

 effect of lower prices for farm products 

 or his ability to repay his debts." 



Opportunicies In Fanning 

 In the first forum most of the groups 

 who broadcast their discourses contented 

 themselves with digging out the problems 

 they are facing as future farm owners. 

 The topic for the first forums which were 

 broadcast April 2*), was "What are the 

 possibilities of rural youth becoming farm 

 owners." 



When the Macon county forum went 

 on the air from WC;BS, Springfield, they 

 told of farmers' organizations that ex- 



RADiO REHEARSAL 

 Left to right: Robert Hare. Lucille Walfer. Tommy Crackle. Thomas 

 Miller, Nellie Schroeder and Ruth Painter of Edwards and Wabash Coun- 

 ty Rural Youth. 



SEVEN TO ONE 



Dorley Dodd is the brave lad with Rural Youth Lassies 

 from Edgar and Coles counties. Back row, left, Mrs. Bessie 

 Wilson, Coles County Home Adviser. 



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