A MODERN RURAL SCHOOL PLANT 



By CRESTON FOSTER 



Body-building exercises are an important 

 part in the Tri-City physical education 

 program. They are supplemented by the 

 study oi hygiene, physiology, and first aid. 



Here are just a few of this year's ac- 

 tivities of the FFA chapter at Tri-City: 

 testing 50 cows monthly for a dairy herd 

 improvement association of the county ; 

 planted a 600-tree windbreak on the 

 school grounds; tested, mapped and rec- 

 ommended treatment on 700 acres of 

 soil ; maintained 6 test plots on pasture 

 improvement ; collected -t7 field seed sam- 

 ples for test during Januar}- : tested home 

 water supply in cooperation with state 

 sanitary laboratories ; ordered coopera- 

 tively 50 bags of certified northern grown 

 seed potatoes and 60 fruit trees ; bought 

 a $100 War Bond and conducted a 3''- 

 ton scrap drive. The boys themselves 

 own S3900 in War Bonds and Stamps. 



The 37 boys in the agricultural classes 

 have 47 projects with a March 1 value 

 of $-4900. During 19ii, these FFA boys 

 will produce more than 40 tons of pork. 



Adult classes also were sponsored by 

 the Tri-City High School during the win- 

 ter months and more than 70 farmers 

 were reached in the discussions and stu- 

 dies. 



Tri-City is also noted for its music 



activities, having won the Sangamon 

 county music contest in three years out of 

 six. It has had representatives and win- 

 ners in district, state and national music 

 meets and the students are also proud of 

 their band. 



Tri-City has placed high in the county 

 speech contests and recently tied for 

 first place in the county freshman speech 

 competition. 



An outstanding physical education pro- 

 gr.im is being carried on for boys and 

 girls. Boys have classes five d.iys a week. 



three of which arc devoted to gym work 

 and the other two to hygiene, physiology, 

 and first aid. Pre-induction physical ton- 

 ditiomng exercises have been stressed the 

 last few years. There is also keen com- 

 petition for places on the school's base- 

 ball, basketball and traik teams. 



In the girls' physical education pro- 

 gram, emphasis is given to hygiene and 

 folk dancing as well as the regular body 

 building exercises. 



One of the advantages afforded in a 

 (Conimued on />jjji JS) 



Tri-City's farm shop is a busy place as 

 these pictures indicate. In picture No. 1 

 the "mighty man" at the anvil is Murl 



Tyron. Picture No. 2 shows Howard 

 Thompson making tests for a Songamon 

 county dairy herd improvement associ- 



ation. Picture No. 3 finds Donald Eirby 

 and Charles Carpenter applying clamps 

 to a wagon bed built by Eirby. 



MAY, 1944 



