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Treasurer, paying the annual membership fee 

 of twenty-five cents and taking the following 

 pledge before the other members of the club at a 

 regular or special meeting : 



''PLEDGE. 'I promise to be loyal to the 

 organization, and to follow its laws; I will strive 

 to become a good citizen and uphold all that is 

 good and noble in the life of the nation. I 

 promise to be trustworthy, to give honest ser- 

 vice, pursue knowledge, glorify God, hold on to 

 health and be happy/ ' 



From what has been said thus far it will be 

 seen that the U.F.O. and U.F.W.O. work in 

 very close co-operation. Each has its own 

 separate officers, with the single exception of a 

 common treasurer, consisting of President, Vice- 

 President, Secretary, and a director for each 

 federal riding. Each has its own executive, 

 consisting of the first three officers just enum- 

 erated and four directors. The President and 

 Vice-President of one are, by virtue of their 

 office, members of the executive of the other and 

 should attend its meetings. Furthermore the 

 executive of one represents that body at all 

 Directors' meetings of the other. Frequently 

 the two complete boards of directors meet 

 together, when an important matter of policy is 

 to be dealt with. 



Thus the women and the young people have 



