10 BULLETIN 825, IT. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
It is hoped that a further sale of stock will make it possible to house 
all organizations free, but at present expenses are met by nominal 
rentals. 
Formerly it was necessary to give entertainments to provide money 
in addition to the receipts from rentals, to meet expenses. Now the 
rentals approximately meet expenses as follows : 
Boy Scouts, per year $60 
Municipal school, kitchen for domestic science 50 
Town club, rental of reading room and pool room, heated, lighted, 
and cared for, per year 260 
Miscellaneous rentals, per year 55 
Total . . = 425 
The assembly room, tea room, and kitchen are rented to outside 
parties for $5.50 per night, to local parties for S3 per night. 
The Daughters of the American Revolution and the Woman's Club 
pay a stated rental per meeting. 
The building is owned by the Holden Community House Associa- 
tion, incorporated for 50 years, with capital stock of $10,000, and 
empowered to issue stock at $5 per share. The officers of the corpora- 
tion are a board of directors consisting of 9 stockholders, including a 
president, a clerk, and a treasurer, all of whom except the president 
are chosen by ballot annually by the corporation. One of the board 
is chosen president by the directors. The management of the prop- 
erty and business of the corporation is in the hands of the board of 
directors. The caretaker is approved by the board, which also 
appoints a house committee of three members, and may appoint other 
committees. 
As a result of having an adequate meeting place, the Town Club, 
a men's organization with 65 members, was formed, with social, rec- 
reational, and civic aims. It rents annually several rooms. Like- 
wise the two women's literary clubs united and formed one organi- 
zation of 84 charter members which meets in the community house. 
A community orchestra has also been organized and meets for prac- 
tice in the building. 
Other organizations which meet there regularly are the Daughters 
of the American Revolution, the Boy Scouts, the Red Cross, and the 
Equal Franchise League. 
As the high school did not have the proper f acuities, there was no 
course in cooking. Now such a course has been added to the cur- 
riculum, and the school board rents the kitchen in the community 
house for the cooking class at a nominal expense. Every girl in the 
high school who is eligible to this course has elected to take it. 
Private parties, dances, luncheons, card parties, illustrated lectures, 
and entertainment courses are frequently given in this building. 
