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Evening Entertainments. 



1. Debating and Literary Society. 



2. Spelling Contest. 



3. A Lecture Course. 



4. Musicals. 



5. Moving Pictures and Lantern Slides. 



6. Night Schools.. 



7. Box Socials. 



8. Hallowe'en Exercises. 



9. Gymnastic Exercises and Drills. 



10. Writing School. 



11. Parents' Meeting. 



12. Social Gatherings. 



The school may take advantage of some of the foregoing 

 entertainments to raise funds for buying pictures, books, labor- 

 atory apparatus and other equipments needed by the school. 



Moving pictures, lantern slides, geological and zoological 

 collections may be made to serve a useful purpose in scientific 

 instruction, and the victrola or phonograph will help to cultivate 

 an appreciation for the best music and oratory from the great 

 masters. 



Corn-Field Day Exercises. 



SUGGESTIVE PROGRAM (OHIO). 



1. Song ''America," by all present. 



2. Address by teacher in charge. 



3. The 1914 Buckeye Corn Special Tour 'By a boy or girl who was on 

 the trip. 



4. The Official Corn Song Bogardus (Tune Marching Through 

 Georgia). 



5. The Corn Plant (A Botanical Description) By a pupil. 



6. The Selection and Testing of Seed Corn By a Pupil. 



7. Planting, Cultivation and Care of Corn By a Pupil. 



8. Song By the School. 



9. Recitation "The Corn Song" Whittier. 



10. Rotation, Fertilizers and Manures in Corn Production By a Pupil. 



11. The Importance of the Corn Crop in the United States By a Pupil. 



12. Song By the School. 



13. History of Corn; Its Improvement and Various Uses By a Pupil. 



14. Address by a School Official or Patron. 



15. Song The Star Spangled Banner. 



* Program carried out by over 1,000 schools in Ohio under super- 

 vision of author of this book December 19, 1914. 



