Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-04-25
Hints and Helps for Lecturer.

Whether newly elected or Reelected in
your respective oranges, the new year
ing labor. Your ambition is 10 serve vo,,
feiow patrons in such a faithful and eff.
cient manner that Your grange wIu buiIa
up In NUMBERS and intellectual interest.
! our desire, is to use your office as a
lever to upiift the home life. the school
life and the grange life of your comm,n
ity. You have 1t within your power to do
all this an1 more.
Wherever generous effort is put forth
for the grange. 1t is OF state and national
importance
the manual of the subordinate grange
from beginning TO end. This will give
you q clearer idea of the scope of our or
Ter of the beauty of its lessons and nf
your duties as lecturer. Then read care
fIlly the grand and inspired "Declara tioa
Of Purposes upon which our work rests
Enter your name upon the mailing list
ment station, to receive their publica-
ti0ns. Send your name and address to
the Department of Agriculture at WASH
circulars sent out for our benefits Write
TO your =: >, senator for copy of the
full set of tools to turn out finished work.
50 you will need exact information OF
many and various subjects during the
year. and these publications will be to
you as reference library.
BE systematic and observing. No hap
hazard work succeeds. Never go to
grange unrrepared and trust to luck to
have languished and died because of that
bad habit in their lecturers. There is only
one way to succeed, and that means book
down useful ideas as you find them.
Don't trust 10 your memory too much.
Gather clippings on all sorts of subjects
that you may use during your term OF
Flora Day" "Taxation." !The Home"
etc. These tabulated clippings will be. to
YOU like a sum of money in the bank
capital laid away for use in time of need.
If your grange desires YOU to present a
paper at each meeting on current events,
to be followed by discussion. then your
pecially to that end. Don't ever grudg.
the time it requires to do this for you will
be enriched by the habit of thoughtful
reading.
Take the 1906 calendar and mark the
dates of the regular meetings. Some may
fall upon or near legal holiday. and yoll
special program. or for an open session.
or social to celebrate the occasion. Lay
your plans for such special days as your
grange is likely to observe, and bring
each to the attention of the grange in
ample time to have it well advertised and
talked up" So far as possible announce
your subjects month in advance. Plan
little extras and surprises, especially in
the humorous line.
Monologues and recitations in char
acter and dialect are often verv anus
ing ana easy lot tnOse WHO Ciiii CIV"
them. Short dialogues are always pleas
ing. A good way to manage a little play
is to ask some family or perhaps two
families who are close neighbors. and
could readily meet for rehearsal. 10 takI
the parts ard carry it through to success.
Ask your secretary for a list of the
members in good standing with the ir ad-
dresses. Make free use of the rural tcle-
phone and cf postal cards. between meet
ings, to keep in perfect touch with thoSt
who are to serve on the next program
ALWAYS have something in reserve, which
YOU can do yourself or get some one els
10 do on short notice, in case YOU arr
disapDointeil in YOUR arrangements. Ant
take all such trials and disappointment
patiently and philosophcally. as youl
part of the discipline. which Office hold
ing certainly brings to all.
Dairvmen say the best results com'
from feeding a balanced ration" 1r
y,repa ring intellectual food for the grange
let MS strive for a well balanced program
There must be a something substantial
and nourishing that will require deliber
ate digestion and assimilation, Somethins
.of a piquant and spicy nature. that vii
Init 'whet your appctites for more at tn,
next meeting; something so swcetlv tr'.'
|. tfrnaI that we shall glory anew in the Il.
that binds us together as Il sranS" fam
ily: and lastly. something of much gen
oral interest that each. one nav give. I
thought for the good of the ord.r. which
III rs done so much for the farm homes "i
'.fa,r land.
4 Ssfsro be-a leader and director Of such !
prcErarn< is satisfaction and h"n"'
Then bcsSr,xeyr work ioyously. hravcl,
and with such ardent enthusiasm IN es,,hnrs RS m,rS
TT us malF 1906 n year to be proud Of IL
the history of our granee.-Cre&on BULL
tin.