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appreciation of the beautiful. The regular observance 

 of Arbor and Bird Days in our schools has done much 

 toward initiating this movement. However, the federa 

 tion has been the great factor in uniting otherwise inde 

 pendent organizations into one large machine for stirring 

 the social consciousness and molding public sentiment. 

 It has proved to be an efficient association in at least three 

 ways, in co-ordinating our efforts, harmonizing our 

 methods, and broadening the field of operation. 



The constitution of this league is given here 

 with in full : 



1. NAME. The name of this organization shall be, 

 The McHenry County Federation of Rural Forces. 



2. OBJECT. The object of the Federation is to gain 

 a higher symmetry and a larger aggregate of health, 

 wealth, knowledge, sociability, beauty, and righteous 

 ness to the citizens of McHenry County. 



3. ELEMENTS OF THE FEDERATION. The Federa 

 tion shall consist of the following organizations: The 

 Farmers' Institute, Teachers' Association, Domestic 

 Science Association, Pastors' Association, Women's 

 Christian Temperance Union, and the Young Men's 

 Christian Association. 



4. MEMBERSHIP. Any county organization may be 

 come a member of the federation by recommendation of 

 the Executive Committee. 



5. OFFICERS. The officers of the Federation shall 

 consist of a president, as many vice-presidents as there 

 are component organizations, a secretary-treasurer, and 

 an Executive Committee. 



