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BULLETIN 825, V. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



While the building is primarily for men and. boys, there is a regular 

 place in the gynmasiam schedule for the women's classes and also a 

 weekly "ladies' night." Various organizations of women and girls, 

 such as the Camp Fire Girls and the tomato club, use the building 

 regularly. Both men and women take part in all the social activities, 

 such as entertainments, plays, lyceums, spelling bees, moving pictures, 

 and banquets, as well as the religious work. The women of the town 

 and country have exclusive use of the rest room, while the school 

 children have the use of the gynmasium, under the physical director 

 one afternoon each week. 



Included in the equipment of the building is a moving-picture ma- 

 chine, which is used weekly for entertainments. The association se- 



FiG. 14.— Amusement hall, Ware Shoals, S. C, the Auduhon Bird Club. 



cures its films, mainly of an educational nature, from various private 

 exchanges. ' . / 



Outdoor athletics are emphasized, such as baseball, basket ball, 

 volley ball, tennis, and playground activities. 



Night-school work is for all, whether members of the association or 

 not. There are four teachers, and the work is partly supported by 

 the State and partly by the mill company. " 



Three fraternal lodges meet in the building and have special para- 

 phernalia rooms, which were included for this purpose in the original 

 plans of the building. 



DEXON TOWNSHIP BUILDING, ARGONIA, KANS. 



The Dixon Township Building of Argonia, Kans., is worthy of note 

 as being an attempt to imite the interests and aspirations of the 

 farming communities with those of the trading center, with the town- 



