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Show his pillow which he was reading at every opportunity. Another aspired to be a chemist and another an-other a forester. Surely these vocational aims are worthy of Herculean efforts. This educational program is new and in the "trial and error" stage." It is 'deserving of the sympathetic support of all directly di-rectly concerned as well as of all the citizens of our country. It's unusual to hear about candidate who loses an election because his feet gave out. Most voters would prefer to have the candidates' tonsils give out. Educational Aim Of The Civilian Conservation Corps uppreciation of nature and coun- try life. For a two raontli period this summer at the Hobble Creek camp, classes In conervation were conducted by members or the B. Y. U. faculty. This was a very popular class among the boys. Such classes as these stimulate among the boys mountain climbing, climb-ing, the gathering of fossils, the study of plant life, a desire to know more about our fish and game laws. Many of the boys in the camps of the state are diciples of Isaac Walton, and are they getting a thrill! j To help the camp commander put over this education program, a trained and experienced educator educa-tor is placed in each camp. Perhaps Per-haps the most important aim of the educational program is to provide pro-vide vocational training and vocational voca-tional guidance for the boys. The best vocational training the boys get is in their regular daily work. About twenty boys are placed in the kitchen to prepare and serve the food to the men. These boys are certainly getting valuable training in this vocation. Other boys help in the office, operate the I canteen and care ror the camp and its grounds. The greater, number of the boys however, are out on the work projects where they get invaluable experience m road construction in all its branches, including the operation of all kinds of road machinery, bridge building, carpentry, plumbing, plumb-ing, cement work, landscaping, game management, including stream improvement. In addition to this training on the jobt classes in many of these subjects are conducted in the camps by experts. Much service is being rendered the boys in the camps by the educational advisors in the personal per-sonal and private contacts which they make. An attempt is made to discover the boys' aptitudes and hobbies and to give needed counsel. Where possible the boys are placed in the job they like best and are best qualified to do. In the Hobble Creek camp recently, re-cently, one boy made it known to the advisor that he wanted to , take up the work of a psychiatrist. psychiat-rist. He meant business for he had two psychology books under By J. CAiiLOS LAMBERT Educational Advisor, Hubble Creek Camp ' One aim of the educational program pro-gram in the Civilian Conservation corps is to uevetop the powers of self-expression, self -entertainment nd self-culture in each enrollee. To further this ri.r., classes in public speaking, dramatic, reading read-ing club, and entertainments' featuring music are planned. I While the Utah camps were in the I southern part of the state this . last winter minstrels, one-act plays and concerts were produced and staged by the various camps before their own boys and before the boys of the neighboring .camps. Organizations in the communities communi-ties where the camps are located arc more than anxious to present programs of instruction and entertainment enter-tainment to the boys. At the Hobble Creek camp near Springville. the service clubs, churches and other social units of the near-by towns have supplied one or more splendid programs weekly during the spring and summer. Organizations from as far as Salt Lake City in the north and Nephi in the south have presented programs to the boys. A second aim of the educational program is to develop an understanding under-standing of the prevailing social and economic conditions to the end that each man may cooperate intelligently in improving these I conditions. I Study Sociology How is this done? At the Hobble Creek camp a weekly class in current social problems has been in progress for the last three months. The boys themselves them-selves have prepared and delivered deliv-ered splendid fifteen-minute talks on subjects such as the crop curtailment cur-tailment program, the FERA, social insurance, and the national educational program. In order that the boys may develop good health habits and know how to render first aid to the injured, all the boys are required re-quired to attend regularly, organized organ-ized classes conducted by the camp physician. Nature Appreciation Another aim is to develop an |