THE FARMERS' MONTHLY, AUGUST, 1928 



My Trip To The 



National 4-H Camp 



Continued from page 1. column 3 

 area between Washington and Arizona 

 and Maine to Florida with guests from 

 Hawaii and Denmark. 



While at camp Mr. Farrell of the De- 

 partment of Agriculture acted as camp 

 advisor and Mr. R. A. Turner, also of the 

 Department, assisted in camp affairs and 

 was our tour master. 



Our time during the day was carefully 

 scheduled with the reveille at six, follow- 

 ed by swimming or setting up exercises 

 then breakfast at 7:30 with the extra 

 time after breakfa.st and between 9:00 

 devoted to getting acquainted with the 

 different delegates and finding out what 

 they are doing in club work. 

 Meet in Museum 



Assembly was held at 9:00 in the 

 National Museum Building. During this 

 meeting we were addressed by many noted 

 and experienced people after which we 

 were led in singing. Many of the songs 



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that were sung were club songs. We were 

 also showed many tricks by Mr. .John 

 Bradford, Field Agent of the Playground 

 Asso. of Amenica. The first hour was 

 followed by conferences of the club mem- 

 bers. The entire body was divided into 

 eight groups with a chairman and secre- 

 tary selected for each individual group. 



The chief topic discussed during the 

 week was "Leadership." The qualities 

 one must possess in order to be a good 

 leader were carefully discussed in detail. 

 The daily conferences were followed by 

 tours about the city. The afternoon was 

 spent in visiting the public buildings of 

 the city. At night the camp fire v/as held 

 and carried out in old Indian custom 

 rounding up each eventful day. 



Our tours took us to the most interest- 

 ing and historic sections of the country 

 and through buildings containing craft, 

 models and images upon which history 

 has been based. 



Gets Big Thrill 



The trip through the Smithsonian 

 In.stitute gives one a thrill such as many 

 will never witness. When upon entering 

 the building one sees the Spirit of St. 

 Louis seeming to fly, as it did through 

 the hours Lindbergh was making his 

 epochal flight to Paris, and which, was 

 Lindbergh's wish never to let it stand on 

 the ground. 



Other interesting sights were the first 

 locomotives, autos of the late '80's, Frank- 

 lin's printing press and the mail bag 

 carried by Byrd on his trans-Atlantic 

 flight carrying the first air mail to Eu- 

 rope from the United States, the table 

 used by the signers to the peace treaty of 

 Versailles after the World War, and also 

 the map used by the Allies in the last 

 years of the war. 



A very fitting and proper time was the 

 Sunday afternoon when the campers 

 visited the Arlington National Cemetery 

 and at which time we placed a wreath on 

 the tomb of the LTnknown Soldier. The 

 only way of distinguishing the known 

 dead is by using curved head stones for 

 the known and flat topped for the un- 

 known and likewise the Unknown Sol- 

 dier's tomb is a simple, flat topped monu- 

 ment. 



I We visited the Curtis-Lee Mansion and 

 saw the Temple of Honor which bears the 

 names of many of the outstanding Ameri- 

 can generals. 



Other interesting visits were made to 

 the Lincoln Memorial, The Beltsville Ex- 

 perimental Farm and the Department 

 green houses. The manager promised 

 each camper that he would send them a 

 rose bush next soring. 



Mt. Vernon, the home of George Wash- 

 ington was one of the most thrilling tours 

 that we took. Here too, we placed a 

 wreath on the tomb of the great general. 

 We saw the household articles used by the 

 family and the room where Washington 



died and also the shrubbery garden start- 

 ed by Martha Washington and kept up 

 today in the same fashion as the original 

 plan. 



The visit to the Library of Congress 

 was made at night in order that we might 

 get the eff'ect of the lights on the interior 

 of the building. It contains more than 

 ten million manuscripts, five million of 

 which are bound editions and this includes 

 Thomas Jeff'erson's library. The building 

 covers three and one half acres of ground 

 and cost over seven million dollars. 



The National Museum gives one a clear 

 picture of the appearance of the diff'erent 

 kinds of animals of the various parts of 

 the world also of the various Indian 

 tribes and the peoples of the polar regions 

 with miniature models of the customs of 

 living and their home. 



Sees World's Longest Corridor 



The greatest and most valuable tour 

 Continued on paj^e 9, column 1 



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