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relish the pleasure of ownership in what is earned, as well as 

 exult in the joy of a worthy achievenient. These two clubs 

 make for the growth of the instinct for helpful service as well 

 as for the desire to realize a personal and independent selfhood. 



Rules and Regulations. 



1. All boys and girls in Massachusetts who -nail be between the ages of 

 ten and eighteen on the first day of February may become members of 

 the club. 



2. The 1915 contest will begin February 1 and extend through February, 

 March and April, closing April 30. 



3. During the three months sixty hours of work will be required and 

 no more than seventy-five hours may be chosen. 



Each member must take either bread-making or sewing (twenty hours 

 each), and may take both if she chooses. In sewing, only those things 

 which are mentioned in the Primer of Instruction or in this Supplement 

 will be counted as club work. 



The remaining hours of work may be chosen as the member desires. 



4. Use some of the recipes in the Primer of Instruction. You may also 

 use some of your mother's best recipes. 



5. The rank sheets will be marked by your mother or guardian and 

 mailed to us once a month. 



6. Three time sheets, one for each month, will be sent to each member. 

 These should be fastened to the wall where they can easily be filled in each 

 day. The number of minutes and hours spent on each activity should be 

 put in the square under the proper date and opposite the activity ac- 

 complished. At the end of each week and at the end of the month the totals 

 should be found. When you are sure that you have finished the required 

 number of hours in any activity it will not be necessary for you to keep 

 account of that time any longer. In that space simply write "time com- 

 pleted." Be sure that your name and address are written plainly in ink. 

 This time sheet should then be mailed with the rank card. 



Send reports promptly at the end of each month. 



7. The State prizes are as formerly: first, a free trip to Washington, 

 District of Columbia, or its equivalent; second, a free trip to some point in 

 New England; third, a free week at the Agricultural College in Amherst. 

 In awarding the second and third prizes the State will be divided into 

 sections, more third prizes being given than second prizes. 



In order to be among the contestants for these major prizes one must 

 have sent in the three time sheets (one for each month), three rank sheets, 

 and a little booklet telling of her experiences in the club work. This story 

 should be written most carefully, and may be illustrated by hand drawings 

 or photographs of the club member doing various kinds of club work. 



8. Late in the contest some one from the Agricultural College will 

 visit each group to see the exhibition of products made by club members. 



