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must make life more agreeable. They must 

 recognize that these lads should have one 

 afternoon a week for purposes of recreation. 

 Further, if they want the lads to become 

 really effective labourers, they will have to 

 give them every facility for attending con- 

 tinuation instruction when this is provided. 

 These farm lads' clubs would do much in 

 this direction. They would be recreational 

 and educational in character. Boys of four- 

 teen and over would join. They might attend 

 lectures and continuation classes. From a 

 psychological point of view this is very 

 different from going to school ; boys, who 

 would object to going off singly to a course 

 of instruction, are quite keen to receive it 

 if given to them collectively at a meeting 

 of their club. In other countries continua- 

 tion instruction is carried on until the youth 

 reaches the age of sixteen or even eighteen. 

 There are, no doubt, many difficulties in the 

 way of allowing the farm lad to attend day 

 continuation classes for one morning or 

 one afternoon a week ; but these difficulties 

 can be overcome by proper organization. 

 In conclusion, there is little doubt that 

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