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Show WORK OUTLINED FOR UTAH BOYS5 AND GIRLS' CLUBS Organization Co-operates With United States Department of Agriculture and Utah Agricultural College. By J. C. HOGENSON, Utah Agricultural College, State Leader ' of Boys and Girls' Clubs. BOYS' and girls' club work is an organization of boys and girls between the ages of 10 and IS, working generally through the schools of the state in co-operation with tho United States department of agriculture and the state agricultural college. This organization has for its object the conduct iug of agricultural and home economics studies and demonstrations dem-onstrations for the purpose of interesting interest-ing the young people in these subjects and at the same time demonstrating the best methods and principles. Each boy and girl completes, under able supervision, su-pervision, one definitely outlined project proj-ect ou the home farm, in the garden, the pig or poultry yard, or in the home kitchen, sewing room or flower garden. gar-den. The projects so far outlined are potato, po-tato, sugar beet, mangel wurzel, garden, corn, beans, peas, poultry, pig and calf for the boys, and baking, cooking, sewing. sew-ing. Red Cross, canning and flower gardening for t lie girls. The outlines of these projects are furnished by the agricultural college to all the supervisors super-visors throughout tho state. Besides following the outlines, each club member mem-ber must keep an accurate record of his work, and. after its completion, he miht send to his supervisor a systematic syste-matic report of his work and a story written in good Kuglish on how the work was done, and on what results were secured. His record book must contain: 1. A simple system of cost accounts carefully explainer. 2. Certain definitely outlined scien- I tiric observations to be made upon j each crop and form of livestock raised. 3. Certain definitely outlined demonstrations dem-onstrations to bo carried on in connection connec-tion with the raisin" of the crop and livestock. 4. A resume or a report showing the following:: (a) How the crop or livestock was raised and results obtained. (b) The benefit derived from1 club work. c) How the cost should be reduced and the profits increased another year. 5. Space to show an affidavit of a deposit in the bank of the money made from club work. The agricultural teacher or supervisor supervis-or of club work, at the time of each visit to the project worker, will call for this laboratory manual, will then examine the crop, livestock, laboratory manual, sin his name and date of visit, and give the boy a grade upon his work. Have Double Check. Thus the faculty ami the school board have a check on both the student stu-dent and the teacher, and the work is uniform and is carried on in a standard stand-ard way. In Utah supervision is carried ion as follows: Jn twenty-four of the school districts of the state the teachers of ajrriculture and home economics in the district high schools are employed for twelve months of tho year instead of for the period that schools are in session. ses-sion. Purine the school year thev arrange ar-range their school work so that thev cm spend two afternoons each week away from their school, visiting other schools, in getting the hoys and pirls definitely lined up and started on some particular project. After school is out in the sprinp the supervisors spend all ! nf their time in the district visitinp : the boys and twirls individually- at their homes, and in groups at mooting plaees. giving instruction, supervision, inspiration inspira-tion and encouragement along the lines : of work in which the boys and girls are engaged. This U the big national movement to 1 unite more elos-dv the school and the home, so that the bovs and girls who attend school can take the t heorv nf . the text book' and the results of experiments experi-ments a nd demon strut ions and nut them into actual daiiv practice in the home and on the farm. It i a. definite movement to direct the interests and i activities of hoy and girls toward the home and home Activities. : Supervisors Working. ! Durin c I he yea r 1017 th irt v-four ! such supervisor? have been working in ' the state. These report an enrollment of 011,703 boys and siris. Of these. o.'VlfH have completed their work and sent in their report?, which show that the total -value of nrj bicts grown, raised and made was f.".oril.l0. The total ''nst of production, including sn-jer sn-jer ision. was $:;." I.viXm;. making a not protit to each member of The clubs of fLNh'1. Sonn1 e'ub member-: ha-'c made several hundred dollars during the vear as profit front their work. This is particularly ! rue wit h a ma ior-it ior-it v of the bovs who secured the nn pi re -bred sow-- that were sh i pped into the state lat spring and distributed among the bovs in various seetions bv th'1 .ollege, in co-opera t ion wit it (lie (Continued ou Followiris P?ge.) OUTLINE 111 FOR CLUBS OE CI0RE1 Further Co-operation With U. S. Department of Agriculture Agri-culture Sought. (Continued from Preceding Page.) packing interests and the banks of the state. The greatest value of this work is not in the money that it produces for the boys and girls who engage in it, nor in the increased production of foodstuffs which it stimulates, worthy as this might be. Its greatest value lies in the development it gives the boys and girls, the interest and knowledge knowl-edge that it gives them of thbir life's work, the development of character that it stimulates and the high type of citizens that it is making. Club Leaders' Convention. The first club leaders" convention was held in Provo September 3 to 6, with an attendance of thirty-four leaders, lead-ers, five district superintendents of schools and one representative from "Washington, D. C, Professor T. J. New-bill. New-bill. This . convention did more to standardize the work and bring the club leaders to a unity of the faith than any other thing that has ever been done before. The first state fair school was held ( this vear in connection with the state ! fair "in Salt Lake City. This school; j was made possible by a close co-opera- ! tion of the college with the various: j school districts of the state and the ; state fair association. The members of this school were chosen by the district dis-trict leaders, the district superintendents superinten-dents and the county agricultural agents. Those boys and girls who had done the best, club work in the district during the year were chosen. The district dis-trict boards of education paid transportation trans-portation to and from the school. The state fair association paid tor meals and lodging of the members while in attendance, and the extension div.ision of the agricultural college looked after the chaperonage and instruction in-struction of the members while in attendance. at-tendance. There were in . attendance fifty-four boys and thirty-one girls, representing eighteen school districts from various parts of the state. Tents with cots were provided on the fair grounds and a good boarding place was found just out from the grounds where the boys and girls were served good home-cooked meals. Exhibits at State Fair. Every possible consideration was given the boys' and girls' club exhibits exhib-its at the state fair this year. There were 316 boys and girls making exhibits, exhib-its, all of which were very creditable. Besides these exhibits, a number of hoss and pens of poultry were also exhibited, ex-hibited, some of which won first and second prizes in competition with the adult exhibitors. It is hoped that through the passage of the vocational odneatiun bill (the Smith-Hughes act) by the last -ongres, additional stimulus will be given this work in I'tah. They practical side of education is now in the limelight. It is one of the big aids in winning this great world wa r. It is the best possible pos-sible means of enabling the boys and girls of the state to do their bit, ami to stimulate an enthusiastic, working, helpful, patriotic spirit. |
