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tion of Cruelty to Children, County Y. M. C. A. and many 

 others. 



11. It insures future welfare. Community organization 

 means to the community what scientific management means to 

 business. The community improves by methods similar to those 

 of a careful business manager: long-term planning, constant 

 watchfulness, striving toward perfection in all departments and 

 a thorough coordination of them all. 



SOME THINGS TO REMEMBER 



1. Get the community planning idea, talk it, work it. 



2. Take the long look ahead into all community affairs. 



3. Get everybody out for the first mass meeting. You can't 

 convince people who are not present. 



4. The community council is not a new organization but just a 

 form of get-together of local forces. 



5. Don't get discouraged. It takes time to bring about 

 maximum efficiency. 



6. Study your town. Make plans meet actual needs. Call in 

 outside help. 



7. Plan some project in each line of improvement such as 

 agriculture, education, the home, health, etc. 



8. If one organization becomes responsible for a project, back 

 it up and help to carry it out successfully. 



9. Committees are not to do things but to work out projects 

 to be carried out by the organizations. 



10. Your community has its own place to begin. Be careful 

 how you start. It is better to do one or two things well than to 

 undertake too much. 



11. Get the best possible advice in working out projects. 

 Help can always be secured from your Farm-Bureau and your 

 Agricultural College. 



12. Be sure of the success of the first project attempted. Do 

 not let it fail, for upon its success may depend the continued 

 interest of the community. 



13. Community organization is not "just some new-fangled 

 notion." It is merely the most efficient way of doing things. 

 It has stood the test of time in this state. It has made 

 good. 



