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ciently informed as to be fully awake to the meanings 

 and possibilities of any such undertaking. However, 

 in nearly every country neighborhood there is a man 

 or woman, or both, who possess many of the big 

 opportunities for enlisting in the service of the young. 

 Those who have no small children of their own to 

 care for would naturally be freest to get away from 

 the present home duties. Then, some parents hav- 

 ing children of their own not infrequently catch the 

 inspiration and heed the call. At any rate, it is en- 

 tirely fair and reasonable to assume that some one 

 of the neighborhood could do it were there the dis- 

 position. 



As a means of arousing any such persons to attempt 

 to do some constructive work among country boys 

 and girls, the following detailed suggestions are 

 offered. Those who feel at all called to undertake 

 this service may be assured that the interest grows 

 more intense with time and effort put forth, and that 

 the joy of accomplishing something in behalf of the 

 young people of one's own vicinity is perhaps unsur- 

 passed by that of any other type of human endeavor. 

 In the discussions to follow we assume that some 

 farmer and his wife have heeded this divine call. 



PREPARATION FOR THE SERVICE 



Since very few are sufficiently versatile to under- 

 take any and every kind of social work, perhaps the 

 first step is that of choosing a definite line of action. 



