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Show Joys' and Girls' Clubs Prof. J. C. llogenson Ulfcs Clear Ex plunntlon of Work (o Do Done. Last week Prof. J. C. Hogcnson of tho Agricultural College was In Pleasant Pleas-ant Orovo and visited tho Bchools In behalf of tho organization of boys' and girls clubs. Tho boys' and girls' club work now bcnlg organized throughout tho state ls pnrt of tho great Industrial movement move-ment promoted by tho Agricultural Collcgo and tho National Department or Agriculture, of which Prof. J. G. Hogcnson. has direct charge In Utah. Thero aro about 10,000 boys and girls In tho statu now nctlvely engaged In this great cause. Its primary object Is to get tho boys aud girls of tho stnta interested in agriculture ag-riculture and home-making. Many boys nnd girls feel that when they grow to manhood and womanhood they want to get nway from the scenes nnd work which engaged their attention whilo they wero boy and girls. This la duo Inrgely to tho fact that boya and girls do not fully understand tho ordlnnry taska which they have performed per-formed every day. All that thoy un-dcrataud un-dcrataud is the hard work, tho drudgery, drud-gery, aide. Thoy boo nothing beautiful, wonderful, clovatlng or Inspiring; yet when thoroughly understood thero ls no work where there nrc bo many wonderful nnd Interesting things to learn as in tho farm work and homo work which our boys nnd girls perform per-form on tho farm nnd In tho home. Tho club work gives to the boys and girls a four-squaro education. It trains tho head to think, to plan and to reason. It trains tho hands to bo useful, to bo helpful, to be skillful. It trains tho heart to bo kind, to bo true, to bo sympathetic. It trains tho health to resist disease, to enjoy llfo nnd to mnko for clllclency. Tho motto of tho club Is, "To Mako tho Best ncttcr." That means continual con-tinual progress, so that they will bo ablo to do something better tomorrow than thoy nro ablo to do today. Tho Hues of work which tho boya and girls of Utah may take up aro: First, potato growing, one-half ncre; second, sugar beets, one-halt acre; third, mangel wurzclB, ouo-hnlf aero; fourth, onions, ono-llfth aero; fifth, tomatoes, ouc-llfth ncru; sixth, peas, one-fifth ncre; soventh, cnbbngc, one-llfth one-llfth acre; eighth, cucumbers, one-fifth aero; ninth, celery, one-fifth aero; tenth, corn and pig work, onq-clghth ncro of corn and feeding two pigs; eleventh, poultry work. Tho gins may tnko up First, bread making; second, ilower gardening; third, canning .of frulta nnd vegetables; vege-tables; fourth, sewing. Willi such an nrmy of boys and glrla working along improved lines of ngrl-culturo ngrl-culturo and homo making, It is bound (o become a great nnd Important fuctor in tho rapid development of our stuto. Utah now has tho champion boy potato po-tato grower or tho United BtutCB, nnd with our" natural advantagoa nnd Improved Im-proved fncilltloa thero ia no qucatlon nut that wo can win In other llncB as woll ir wu Will only get in and work. Tho club work will bridge tho gap which hue always oxlated between tho school and tho home. In other worda, It, will cau8o tho child to thlnkvnnd net In terms of tho homo. There uro 20,300,000 poraona In tho United States engaged In gainful occupations; oc-cupations; of thoBO 10.COO.000, or 30 por cent, nro engaged In agriculture, und C,700,000, or 20 per cent nro engaged en-gaged In domestic work; 1,300,000, or l per cent nro engaged in tho Bo-cnlled learned professions, such ns doctors and lnwyora. Our achools In tho past tmyo spent nearly nil of their tlmo in trnlnlng tho boys nnd girls toward tho J por cent to tho neglect of tho CO por cent. A change mual neccBBarlly como und It hna como. |