114 CHAPTERS IN RURAL PROGRESS 



Article II. — Membership 



Any person may become a member of this association 

 by assenting to this constitution and paying the required 

 membership fee. 



Article III. — Objects 



The object of this association shall be the promotion 

 of better educational facilities in all ways and the en- 

 couragement of social and intellectual culture among 

 its members. 



Articles IV. — Meetings 



At least five meetings of the association shall be held 

 each year, during the months of October, November, 

 January, February, and March, the dates and places of 

 meetings to be determined and announced by the execu- 

 tive committee. Special meetings may be called at the 

 election of the executive committee. 



Article V. — Officers 



Section i. The officers of the association shall be a 

 president, a vice-president, a secretary, a treasurer, and 

 an executive committee composed of five members to 

 be appointed by the president. 



Sec. 2. The election of officers shall occur at the reg- 

 ular meeting of the association in the month of October. 



Sec. 3. The duties of each officer shall be such as 

 parliamentary usage assigns, respectively, according to 

 Cushing's Manual. 



Sec. 4. It shall be the duty of the executive commit- 

 tee to arrange a schedule of meetings and to provide 



