548 RURAL SOCIOLOGY 



FORM OF PROGRAM AND ORDER OF BUSINESS 



1. Meeting called to order by presiding officer 



2. Instrumental music or a song by the club 



3. Roll call of members by the secretary 



Responses should take some other form than the mere word 

 "present." The program committee or the president should 

 previously designate the topic of response for roll call. The 

 responses should be entertaining and instructive, but not too 

 long. The following topics may be suggestive : 



What I Have Done for the Club Since the Last Meeting 



How I Have Added to the Value of my Farm This Season 



What I Consider my Most Profitable Crop 



4. Reading and approval of the minutes of the last meeting 



5. Recitation by one of the younger members 



6. Discussion of timely farm topics led by a club member or 

 some other speaker, followed by questions and a general dis- 

 cussion 



7. Reading or music 



8. Discussion of another farm or household topic illustrated 

 by a demonstration if possible 



9. Question box. Timely -and practical questions should be 

 previously prepared by members and placed in the question 

 box. Each question should be read and answered separately, 

 the president calling upon some member or members to answer 

 them. 



10. A "For Sale" and "Wanted" box may also be provided. 

 A member having something for sale or wishing to buy or hire 

 something should list the same on a slip of paper, sign his name, 

 and place it in the box. These slips should all be read at some 

 time during the meeting. An exchange of these lists between 

 clubs will be mutually helpful. 



1 1 . Reading of program for next meeting 



12. Report of executive committee 



13. Unfinished business 



14. New business 



15. Closing exercises and adjournment 



If desirable, the program may be divided into two parts by 

 an intermission. Readings and recitations may be of a humorous 



