Headline Illustration leaves tlie impression that the Rural Youth meetings were fairly-well 



attended. 



L\L\L SCHLKIZ, IV, ol lltn^oii u. 

 Woodforil county was winner ot 

 the annual Rural Youth Talk Ixst, 

 high point ot the Rural Youth 

 meeting hcUi in lonjunction with 

 the annual intetini; ol the Illinnis Ai;ri- 

 tultural Association m M. Louis. His 

 topic was "There is a Relationship Ik- 

 tween Animal Health aiul Human Wel- 

 fare." 



Schertz was to represent Illinois in 

 the national Talk I'est held in conjunc- 

 tion with tlie Atneriian larm bureau 

 Federation lonventioii in (Chicago in De 

 cciiibcr. 



Rural \'outhers were out in Iront in 

 all their scheduled activities at the lAA 

 annual meetiiii,' and some of them had 

 time to look in on many of the activities 

 ot the lAA's associated companies uhkli 

 many of thein no doubt uill some i.\a\- 

 ha\e a hand in runnins;. 



liven the party planned to entertain 

 nicmiicrs \% ho arri\ed on the d.i) previous 

 111 order to he on lianu lor liie ialk lest 

 to begin at y;.i() a.m. the lollouing day, 

 iiad a capacity crowd ol 22) in tlie Steam- 

 boat Room at the Mark Twain Hotel. 



The Tuesday morning Talk lest .scheii- 

 uled in the Cjold Room at tlie jefterson 

 Hotel with 3i3 Rural \outli members 

 and 500 adults present, held tlie atten- 

 tion of the audience througiiout the en- 

 tire 18 speeches. Five others, because 

 of scores close to the top, were declared 

 topnotch speakers. They were: Bill 

 Mason, 2i, La Salle; Mary Lee Holmes, 

 ly. Pike; Llizabeth Cunningham, 26, 

 Perry; John S. lisher, 21, Mercer; Ruby 

 Viere, 24, Madison. 



1 hose re<.ci\ing honoraiiie mention 

 were: Gavin Cross, Ogle; Maxine Roos- 

 evelt. Ldwards; and Kathleen Coleman. 

 Williamson. 



While the Talk I'est was tiie center ot 

 .iitraction, it must be remembered that 

 nearly 1,000 Rural Youthers took part in 

 the local Talk I'ests back in the counties, 

 riiis activity is developing loc .il talent 

 throughout the state of Illinois, and Rural 

 'i'outhers are engaging in it with increas- 

 ing numbers eaeh )ear. 



I'he Rural ^'outli lonlcrciKc on Tues- 

 .l.iv alternoon had .is its m.iin leature 

 .1 court trial. I he aim in the trial was 

 to point out Rural ^'outh problems and 

 how they could be .solved. Individual 

 Rural Youthers were placed on trial to 

 symbolize counties and their problems. 



In e.u h 



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case 

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counties which were 

 did not .11 lii.iliv lace 



the problems for which they were tried, 

 thus adding to the humor of the situa- 

 tion but at the s.uiie time looking scjuare- 

 ly at problems which do come before 

 Rural Youth groups. 



The lirst dealt with membership drives 

 lor county organization. Edward Schulle, 

 Ogle, representing "Illinois" county was 

 placed on trial and found "guilty." Judge 

 L. D. Lyon sentenced Illinois county to 

 one year of probation in which the guilty 

 was to keeji membership constantly in 

 mind, and was to report to the court 

 one year hence and give an account of 

 meinbership campaigns and the results. 



Ray High, Christian, symbolizing 

 "Podunk" county was placed on trial for 

 tailure to have a county Talk Fest. Al- 

 though Dr. Quack. Tom Kcrley, Brown, 

 brought evidence that appearing in the 

 Talk lest was a shock to the nervous 

 system to a point which effects peoples' 

 minds and actions, the judge, believing 

 that while some individuals might receive 

 .1 nervous shock trom appearing in a Talk 

 I'est, pointed out that it was only by fac- 

 ing talkfcsting scjuarely by participation 

 that nervous reactions could be overcome 

 adecjuately. 



Ruth Huscr, Tazewell, was placed on 

 trial bei ause her county iailecl to show 

 .ulc-c|uatc understanding ol the relation- 

 ship ol Rural Youth to the University of 

 Illinois and the Illinois Agricultural As- 

 sociation. Miss Huser was found "not 

 guilty." However, the judge pointed out 

 that an understanding of Rural Youth re- 

 lationships was a mark of broadminded- 

 iiess on the part of Rur.il Youth mem- 

 l>crs, and stated th.it each Rural Youth 

 niember should be made to understand 

 that tile University of Illinois and the Il- 

 linois Agricultural Association through 

 llicir ^'outh Departments are spon.soring 

 Rural Youth through the county I'artri 

 and Home Bureau organizations. 



The prosecuting attorney, Burnell 

 1 lenert, Lee, and defense attorney, Fddie 

 Dew, Ogle, carried their parts well as 

 did the witnesses vvho .ippeared on the 

 st.md; even iiuludini; tlie bare-footed 



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J. R. Young, Henry county, weaves in and out of a line of marlcers during Illinois state 

 safety driving contest sponsored by lAA during convention in St. louis. Young placed 



second 



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