BOYS' AND GIRLS' CLUBS 



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BOYS' AND GIRLS' CLUBS 



work is dignified and made both interesting 

 and attractive to all the young people. Heroes 

 of the industrial army are thus honored, and 

 they become "guiding lines" for others of their 

 class. 



At the- conclusion of a program of this type 

 the leaders usually outline the club program 

 for the new year and thus take advantage of 

 all the inspiration and enthusiasm of the day. 

 They utilize all the advantage for the next 

 year's work and secure the support of friends 

 and members because of the worth-while results. 



TYPE PROGRAM 



Central School, 2 :00 P. M., December 10. 

 Program : 



Invocation By Pastor of local church. 

 Summary of club work Chairman county 



committee. 



Giving: reports Club members. (No reading.) 

 Music Club band. 

 Report of Committee on Awards. 

 Awarding of 4-H Brand Medal and Prizes to 



winners. 

 Plans for next year's club work Club leader 



or county superintendent of schools. 



APPLICATION OF TERMS USED IN THE DOTS' AND 

 GIRLS' EXTENSION WORK 



Club Work; an organized system of extension 

 teaching for young people through demonstra- 

 tions in the field and home. It contemplates 

 the organizing of members Into groups called 

 clubs, for the purpose of definite work under 

 carefully-prepared projects and with adequate 

 local leadership. 



Experiment; an effort designed to discover 

 principles or facts and the methods of their 

 application. 



Test; effort made to prove or disprove the 

 practical, local application of established prin- 

 ciples and facts under a given set of conditions. 



Demonstration; an effort designed to show by 

 example the practical application of an estab- 

 lished fact. Demonstrations may be of methods 

 or of definite results. 



Field Meeting; a gathering of young people 

 for the purpose of observing, discussing and 

 studying the progress or results of a definite 

 field or home garden demonstration. 



Club Visit; a visit by state, district or local 

 club leader to the club meeting, which may be 

 held In the home, school, club room, courthouse 

 or other convenient place. 



Club Project; the definitely outlined work of 

 the club group for a given year, including the 

 entire program of a season or year. 



Home Project; the individual work under- 

 taken by a club member at home, as part of 

 the club project or work of the group. 



Contest; a competitive phase of the club work, 

 in which club members measure themselves and 

 their work by a common standard, called the 

 basis of award. 



Basis of Award; a standard of measurement 

 outlined for the convenience of leaders in deter- 

 mining the achievement, grade or standing of a 

 club member, and used for both the awarding 



of school credits for club work and the award- 

 ing of prizes, medals, diplomas, etc. 



Club Festival; an organized part of the club 

 work having reference to the activities of a 

 single day, on which members exhibit products, 

 demonstrate methods, hold related plays and 

 other program features, for the purpose of arous- 

 ing interest, giving instruction and creating 

 enthusiasm for the work. 



Score Card; a standard of measurement em- 

 ployed for use in judging work to determine the 

 quality of particular products, animals, grains 

 and articles produced in connection with the 

 boys' and girls' club work. 



Agricultural Club; a club of young people 

 organized for more general instruction, for the 

 purpose of developing the efficiency of its mem- 

 bers in all agricultural subjects and practices 

 and not requiring the same kind of home work or 

 a common motive. 



Follow-up Instructions; the especially pre- 

 pared typewritten, multigraphed or printed di- 

 rections and subject-matter prepared for club 

 members. They deal with both the club group 

 work and the subject-matter of the individual 

 projects. 



Follow-up Work; the term used to designate 

 the different efforts, activities and organization 

 work which seek to give such aid, from time to 

 time, to the club group and the individual mem- 

 ber that definite results at the close of the year 

 may be shown. 



Specialist in Club Work; an individual who 

 has been assigned to extension teaching in boys' 

 and girls' work on a particular subject, and 

 who, as a rule, deals with subject-matter. 



Local Leader; the one who has been selected 

 by the state, district or county leader for the 

 purpose of looking after the local group of club 

 members, meeting with them and inspecting 

 their club plots and home project work, and in 

 other ways representing the state leader in the 

 conduct of the work. This person may be a 

 paid or a volunteer leader. 



Project Program; a definitely-outlined series 

 of activities required of club members, club 

 groups and club leaders, for a given season or 

 year. 



Club Plot; a piece of ground required as a 

 unit or acreage upon which the home project 

 and field work is to be performed. 



Club Unit; the outlined unit of work of a 

 given project. It refers to quantity measure- 

 ment of projects that cannot be measured on 

 an acreage. * 



Completed Project; an expression used in 

 boys' and girls' club work to indicate that a 

 club leader, club group or club member has 

 worked out the entire program and fulfilled all 

 requirements of those in charge of the work, 

 including attendance at meetings, growing of 

 the crop, harvesting, marketing, making exhib- 

 its and submitting a properly filled out, signed 

 and attested crop report to the leader in charge. 



Results. During the calendar year ending 

 December 31, 1915, 209,178 boys and girls in 

 the United States were organized into club 

 groups and enlisted in the regular boys' and 

 girls' work. Of this number 127,882 did regu- 



