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Show THE 1949 To Life Adiusfmonl- - Prl -- llriDUCIU Young wmwuhuii ; nab I Adult Farmer Classes And Young i! Convention of the Amer Ab fore the annual a cer Prf4,f A itultural Teachers association in Atlantic rarly tms t4. ... at the Bear River high school . ? ! iustment educat-- Lie vocational "S farm equip to adjust means ad- - Cr"d adjustment development ,h and and society-2&re Adjustment 'f. vHn propel extremely 'TJ is d4iudes the concepts B ;V,Ve's vocations as ; vfssorArmentrout at is education? . ;'edge.The "w - character- Wtuty- The phuosotruth. The patriot rJoaism.. . The judge says cot; wis The oia nioii vs - says yung The soldier says manufacturer says me child says play, work. The The biologist psychologist says man rue Tif-- phy-dSsteai- th. re Modification. Thesociolo-growt- h. The psychologist . 'savs adjustment." vocational in adjustment in-.t- es -a- lture is all inclusive. all phases adjustments to C It ial :;"our envimment-soc- In and sprirtual. i vocational concerned rt it is Cement of with the skills and abil-- ? the increase ffhich effic-..- y of all aspects of life. It relateses home and family s, the need of it recognizes recreation. It is con--- 4 ith health and safety. moral Encourages ethical and it stimulates leadership achievement. It is a pronto encourage self appraisal, j l' family and progress. All of these improvement, .taunity ;;:as of development, we ie, are embodied in 'it Smith Hughes bel- the part Act which immm m'iIi I'r.nfririi 1 IAIN SAT Dec. 23 - 24 IKE XMAS MATINEE Oil TO ALL KIDS Under 12 "to meet the needs of fourteen years of age or persons more who have entered upon or who are preparing to enter upon the work of the farm or the farm horns." We firmly believe that to have proper life adjust-me- n education in a farming area we must have a full program of continuity from the time a boy enters high school on through his adult farming experiences The Bear River High School, in which I am employed, is located in northern Utah. It is a consolidated school with 687 students coming from eighteen Fifteen buses communities. per cent of transport sixty-fiv- e the students from as far as miles twenty-tw- o from the fifteen miles from the north, east, ten miles from the south, miles from the and thirty-si- x west. We have a three-ma- n de partment with 167 Future Farsixty-thraffiliated mers, Young Farmers and a memberclasses varying ship in adult from 100 to 250. We try to make our vocational agriculture program the sum total of all life adjustment situations. Situations change from year to year; therefore, our program must change also: For example, in 1938 after conduct"part-time- " classes for ing Young Farmers for a year we realized that we were stressing the academic instruction too heavily and not adjusting to real life situations. During one of these classes when we were discussing the national forests, a young man asked about getting saw timber from the forest. A number of young men expressed an interest in the project with the result that our academic discussions gave way to actively planning how to secure this saw timber. The following summer this group of young men went to the Cache National Forest and cooperatively logged out and had sawed one hundred thousand board feet of lumber. This lum ber was used in constructing at a very low cost barns, sheds, garages, and other shelters vital to the farm. To make use of this resource was life adjustment education. The Young Farmers not only saved themselves dollars and cents, they were placed in a situation where they had opportunities to use our natural resources, develop new skills, practice safety, adjust socially, and make recreation out of work. During this same period of time classes were offered in certain phases of crop production. One class-iparticular, on vegetable seed production, was enthusiastically received. As an outgrowth of this class a new enterprise was introduced into the valley. This enterprise has added a new cash crop to the rotation of many farms and has added thousands of dollars in additional revenue to the farmers' in- states . . ee s 1 A their lives made more secure. We feel that with this interpretation of the objectives of education, the results of our teaching will become LEADER effective increasingly and more valuable socially and that the training our enrollees receive will provide for a better, a happier, and a more satisfying life. During the war a number of our Young Farmers were confronted with the problem of marketing potatoes. Individually they could not cope with the market demands. Neither could they profit by good storage facilities because none were available. Cooperatively they had a challenge and an opportunity. They faced the choice of a loss of part of the potato crop or adjust to a new situation. These Treranntm, Utah Fanners chose to make their husbands that the first and ter which the high school serves. third the adjustment Coonerativptv they constructed a potato pit with a capacity of fifty railroad carloads of potatoes. A potato washer and a potato grader were also constructed. The result of this experience was that in one year the increased market price of the washed and graded potatoes at peak prices more than paid for the entire project To us. this was life adjustment ed ucation. Last year our Young Farmers became concerned over the low butterfat production per cow in our area. There was evidence that an improved dairy breeding program was essential if valley producers were going to have a successful dairy business. How was this to be accomplished? After individual and group study it was decided that an artifical insemination program would be a desirable and improved practice. Committees were organized to promote such a program among young and adult farmers of the entire school area As an outgrowth of this activity, a cooperative artificial insemination association was organized and is now functioning effectively. The satisfaction and enjoyment derived by our Young Farmers from their activities has been noticed by others particufarmers' larly by the young wives. These young women felt slighted so much so that they came to the school asking for the privilege of receiving assis tance in problems pertaining to the home. This started another ball rolling. This group of young ladies are now organized and known as "Farmerettes." They have an understanding with W WUHM &nd s FEATURE AC7JOM f!tm GRAHAM - MON e-- THE - 27 1 sLg?'.1 - TlIlTvS A"1 I Another prominent class was in "Farm Pastures." Twenty-nin- e interested farmers purchased and planted two tons of pasture seed. Of this activity Professor George Bateman of the Utah State Agricultural College wrote: "This pasture project you have organized with your adult farm group is one of the most outstanding projects in agricultural education I have had the privIt deserves ilege of observing. the highest praise. The planting of pasture points the way to a better era for agriculture and livestock in Box Elder County." More recently classes in "Home and Community Improvement" have been most popular. Nine special teachers have been used each year In instructing these classes. Yards have been cleaned up, houses and outbuildings painted, old partly dead trees replaced with hardwood trees, homes landscaped, community locations disposal garbage other numerous and arranged for, to tend which improvements make the community a better place in which to live. In a word, our communities have taken on a new polish. At the Bear River High School we are firm believers in "Life beAdjustment Education." We lieve that to train our farm people to be capable of adjusting to change and to life situations Is real education. Furthermore, we feel that all of our farm people should have this opportunity. We feci that we have been more or less successful if all our cnrollees have concepts of life and living which they did notpreviously possess, if their rnitiest3 have been broadened and Veterinarian 583-It- ll re mu en V T I .8 IB (Th 111 Iffitd JU1 CHRISTMA (- DRESSES - ALL AT ONE PRICE A ft fj Lovely Styles in Winter Fabrics V ! 4 Here's whot wont for Christm- os- h r i -- Brilliant . try 4 Vv i i 1 1 v?A i W,Hl v&A quolity ,obric' 1 If VT-- California colort F "l"'9" eitc'us'ye t-r- ' $L49 Budget Priced -Half Sizes available at tins low price 7.95 SALE SLIPS Pequot Sheets 1.98 81x108 -- Type No. Rayon Filament Dainty Fresh Colors A STUNNING Boxed America's HANKIES Favorite id STYLE . . . 140 2 for 5.00 2.98 AT GEP1IARTS New Colors i4 ,ace Trim comes. ADVINTUMf DR. J. II. McNAMAK .v.7; n rim' was life adjustment education Wednesdays of each month All three of our vocational meeting a need ar.d adjusting to are their nights and the husa band is to act as "baby sitter." teachers organized classes and, most diffscut situation. Since the organization of the in addition, special teachers The Tremonton Dance Club "Farmerettes" last June, these have been employed. held a formal dance in the 2nd time the when was wives it have secured the During young services of one of our home almAst out of the question to buy ward hall on Friday evening with economics Instructors and have farm machinery, the adult farm Santa Claus bHnsr one of the enjoyed discussions and planned mechanic classes built or repair- main attractions. Door prizes manure loaders, w.?re given and those who were activities In home management, ed twenty-seve- n budgeting time and money, care seven farm wagons, three hun- lucky won boxes of candy. of children, family relations, dred seven automatic hog feedplows, seventy-thre- e Mrs. Lena White receive a telelandscaping tne nome grounds ers, eighteen sections of harrow, four gram Monday from her son. interior decorating, upholstering, refinishing wood rur mak hay derricks, thirteen mowers. Harry Z. White, saying he wa3 ing, textile painting, making thirteen tractors, ten stock racks, alright. He has been serving in trailers Christmas candies, the exchange forty-on- e eighteen the Army Air Force in Japan and of recipes and potlurk suppers. ditchers, and numerous other this is the first word she has reSome of their work thus far in pieces of equipment. To us. this ceived for the past three months. upholstering and textile paint ing has been outstanding. To us this is the best type of life adjustment education. A Our program is one or continuity. We not only serve the Future Farmers and the Young Farmers, but also offer systema tic instruction to the adult 1st House East of Post Office In Bear River City farmers. We have had courses Phone Bear River 2301 for adults at our high school and rhone Briham in nearly every community cen Long Wearing Pequots STYLED TO FIT! ft i;yf-- m $Wi i rril ' Girls Here are your Nifty styles at low prices Stadium Boots All rubber-zipp- er front Sheepskin Fur Tops 1 ; ) Choice of Another Red or BALL-BAN- White mohh tins tlylhh, Tin contenknt ytt vntcnt.fimA alUruhhrr creation ,nvjhj, vrt rnore So Imnfortahh, to your shoe, clulU fed! So wore vrathcr-rwnr- d sUlM H, of hnsr: AT GKPHAKTS TV vuo ft S iiores Les' "Buy for Cash and Pay |