BOYS' AND GIRLS' CLUBS 



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BOYS' AND GIRLS' CLUBS 



A four-H banner will be awarded to the club 

 winning the greatest number of points. A pen- 

 nant will be awarded for second place, and a 

 book for third place. 



SPECIAL PROGRAM FOR ANNUAL EXHIBIT OF CLUB 

 WORK : 



Club Exhibit Hall September 22-27. 

 Club Exhibits : 



1. All members of clubs are required to ex- 

 hibit. 



2. Only bona fide club members may exhibit. 



3. All exhibits must be in the hands of local 

 committee before 9 :30 A. M., September 22. 



4. Cards will be furnished on which will be 

 written the names and addresses of exhib- 

 itors and numbers of entries for which they 

 intend to compete. 



5. No exhibit may be removed before 10 A. M., 

 September 28. 



6. All products not removed before 10 p. M., 

 September 28, will be sold and receipts used 

 to defray the cost of the exhibition. 



7. An exhibit may be entered in but one class, 

 record books and stories excepted. 



8. Ribbons or medals will be granted flrst-, 

 second- and third-prize winners in each 

 class. 



9. All articles must have been grown or pro- 

 duced by exhibitor in whose name they are 

 entered. 



Exhibit List: 



1. Four ears sweet corn. 



2. Two ears sweet corn and % gal. jar canned 

 sweet corn on cob. 



3. Two ears sweet corn, 3 qts. canned corn cut 

 from cob. 



4. Plate of seven potatoes. 



5. Half-bushel box of tomatoes. 



6. Two 1-qt. jars of tomatoes, canned whole, 

 and plate of seven tomatoes, and record 

 book. 



7. Two 1-qt. jars of tomatoes, canned whole. 



8. Pound basket string beans. 



9. Two 1-qt. jars string beans and pound bas- 

 ket of string beans. 



10. Pound basket string beans, two 1-qt. jars of 

 canned string beans, and record book. 



11. Best record book at exhibit. 



12. 10 qts. of products all different canned in 



13. 12 No. 3 cans of products one to be opened 

 for test. 



14. Greatest variety of canned vegetables and 

 fruit by club member. 



15. Illustrated story of experience in home can- 

 ning of surplus. 



16. Illustrated story of "How I Made My Gar- 

 den." 



17. Illustrated story of "Experience in Market- 

 ing." 



18. Canning contest : 1 bushel of tomatoes to be 

 canned by each team. Judged on speed, skill 

 and appearance of pack. Each team to fur- 

 nish all equipment except stove and fuel. 



19. Best drawing of garden plan. 



20. Best exhibit of garden equipment by mem- 

 ber. 



Committee on Awards: 



The committee on awards will meet at the 

 office of the superintendent of schools on De- 

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cember 5, to examine reports and grade club 

 members. The following shall be the basis: 



Per Ceni 



Cost of production 30 



Yield or quantity produced 30 



Exhibit 20 



Club report and story 20 



No system of education designed for the 

 training of boys and girls is complete until it 

 properly recognizes the place of play, and 

 offers an opportunity for children to measure 

 themselves by contest methods with their fel- 

 lows. No sound system of education has yet 

 been devised or offered to the public which 

 does not properly recognize the dual powers 

 for child development, namely, play and con- 

 test, as a means for training in efficiency and 

 as a motive for working out standards or in- 

 dustrial measurements with young people. 



The next stage in the club program is to 

 secure the proper measurements of the club 

 achievements in yields or products, and have 

 the club members submit signed and properly- 

 certified reports to the county, district or state 

 leaders. Anyone who has followed up this 

 particular phase of the work will understand 

 its importance and will appreciate that the 

 training a child gets in cost accounting alone 

 is worth all the time and money which is 

 being spent for boys' and girls' club work; for 

 in the home as well as upon the farm the 

 work of keeping books, records and cost ac- 

 counting has been greatly neglected, and some 

 "first aid" to this phase of farming can easily 

 be administered through the club work. (See 

 ACCOUNTING.) 



After the measures have been taken and 

 children graded upon the basis of their achieve- 

 ments by a competent committee, the win- 

 ners are then called together and banqueted or 

 given a reception by the business men, farm- 

 ers, grangers, federations of women's clubs or 

 some other organization of the community. 



In a number of the states club achievement 

 days are held, on which a carefully-planned 

 achievement program is carried out in the 

 interest of the young people. Members are 

 called upon to give reports, illustrate methods 

 of winning, and to tell their own stories of 

 "How I Made My Crop," "How I Raised My 

 Chickens," "How I Kept My Records," "How 

 I Canned and Marketed My Surplus," etc. 

 Leaders also make their awards of diplomas, 

 medals, scholarships, educational trips, pen- 

 nants, pure-bred farm animals, bank deposits, 

 etc., to those who have reached the standard 

 of highest achievements. In this way common 



