The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1914-11-19
Keeping Them on the Farm
BY Major +. W. Barber.

But there is solution--a very
simple one.
MAKE FARM LIFE ATTRACT
I'VE TO THE YOUNG MEN AND
WOMEN.
Possibly you think this is a difficult
thing to do.
But IS IT DIFFICULT2 Or is it
IMAGINATION1
Have you, Mr.. Farmer, ever tried 10
make the lives Of your son daughters
and your help so attractive they would
lose all desire for seeking their for
tunes in the big cities?
have in mind one simple and
easy method Of driving away the dead
ly ennui which engulIs many young
people Of the farm.
Encourage the young people to get
together for social enjoyment as often
as possible, at least once week dur
ing the winter months.
The young people OF a countryside
might organize a Get Together Club"
and hold weekly meetings, and these
weekly meetings might be utilized
for mental development as we'll as for
social purposes.
The country school house might be
requisitioned for the holding Of an
occasional debate on some subject in
which the entire community is inter
ested. The young people could select
these subjects themselves, and the
elder statesman" could encourage
the movement by attending and fur
nishing the personnel Of the jury.
II the subject and the speakers OF the
evening were selected week or two
in advance the young men would have
ample opportunity for digging out the
information necessary for an intelligent
discussion OF the subject, and by the
time the debators on both sides con
cluded their remarks the elder states.
men" would have something to think
about" They would have pertinent
angles to the situation presented Tor
their consideration which had never
before entered their minds, for it is
we'll known fact that when YOUNG |
really becomes interested |
in an undertaking he moves with such
amazing swiitness he rapidly leaves the
breeze behind.
OF course speaking publicly on
given subject would be more or less
awkward to most young men at first,
but it would require but short time
for them TO become familiar with debate
and then they would warm up" 10
their tasks.
And this study and these public
discussions would develop their intel
lects and broaden their minds as moth
Ing else could do, and the intellectual
and practical expansion resulting from
such a course would revolutionize the
countryside within few years.
And then the club could have its
regular meetings purely for social en-,
joYnent, for the relaxation OF mind
and body from the strain Of daily toll,
and these meetings where the sexes in
termigled in friendly converse and
games would lend additional charm
and attractiveness 10 membership in
the circle. For the social side Of
these weekly meetings OF the young
meu and the young women and the
fathers and the mothers would give to
the rural districts an air and atmos,
phere Of gaiety which would forever
Danish that dreaded spectre, The call
Of the City,"
Taken all in all, a Get Together
Club" would be about the most pop
ular feature OF rural life, and would
serve to keep many thounds Of young
men on the farms who are now rush
ing of to the big cities and to indi.
vidual oblivion.
A Get Together Club" means a
broader intellect, a more contented
mind, and faiter pocketbook. For
to very considerable extent the nation
is dependent upon--is at the feet Of
the young man OF the farm.