THIRD ANNUAL REPORT ON BOYS' AND GIRLS' CLUB 



WORK. 



Boys' and Girls' Clubs as a means of interesting young 

 people in agriculture and household arts are nation-wide in 

 their scope. The growth of the work in Massachusetts makes 

 the work of administration more complex from year to year. 

 In former years the work in this State w^as managed directly 

 from the Agricultural College. During the past year the work 

 in Franklin, Hampden and Worcester counties has been under 

 the immediate direction of the County Farm Bureaus. In 

 each of these counties one member of the staff devoted his 

 time to the Boys' and Girls' Clubs. Plymouth and Hamp- 

 shire counties have had similar directors during a part of the 

 year. A small district comprising Framingham and adjoining 

 towns has employed a director. In addition to these county 

 agencies, the vocational agricultural departments and the agri- 

 cultural schools of the State have been active in promoting 

 and supervising the work. One form of local supervision which 

 stands out unique, in a class by itself, is the work of the 

 Plymouth County Trust Company. This institution employs 

 an agricultural adviser, who acts both as a director of Boys' 

 and Girls' Clubs and an adviser to adult farmers. There is 

 close co-ordination between his work and that of the County 

 Farm Bureau. It must be said in this connection, also, that 

 the readiest avenue of approach to the boys and girls is through 

 the public schools. It is due to the sympathetic good will 

 of the school superintendents of the Commonwealth that this 

 important work has reached its present magnitude. The active 

 aid of this body of men and women is essential to the future 

 success of the Bovs' and Girls' Clubs. 



