The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1915-10-29

tivity. day by day, and for record
of success, which will be carefully
scrutinized at harvest time.
Uncle Sam wants the boys and girls
in the cities for backyard garden
clubs" He wants the girls to start
plat of wheat, and to make loaf
of bread each month, and compete
for sweepstake honors in the state
fairs. He wants both boys and girls
to join pig clubs, baby beef clubs
and there have been some wonderful
achievements in these, which are
story by themselves. It means the
certain fall of the price of meat.
Uncle Sam wishes to have man
for every boy, to have each grow a
crop of something side by side. He
wishes every school district to start
some one of these clubs, to have sew
Ieral in every township, and a great
many in each county. Each week
end there should be gathering of
all boys and girls in the school, with
their parents if possible. They should,
have talks, debates, discussions, Once
a year the whole county should as
semble-as cumulative outburst of
the community's interest.
The material profit of this great in
dustrial university is not its most
important phase, in Uncle Sans
view. He wishes the boy and girl to
remain in the country, and save US
from starvation. He can show them
all that there is peace, civilization
and happiness assured, without chal-
longing doubtful destiny in a great
metropolis. So not only must pupil
raise fine, abundant crop, but it
must be achieved with economy and
the winner must be able to write
WELL In all the clubs there is a
simple marking system of 100 points.
In the corn clubs, this table repre-
sents the required measures of ex-
cellence:
Greatest yield per ace ...30
Best showing of profit on invest
ment o
Best exhibit of ten ears ....20
Best-written history or account,
entitled: How made my crop 20
Good citizenship is another aim.
This great aggregation of clubs, with
its membership of a quarter of mil
lion last year, and possibly double
that the coming season of 1915, has
one motto: ITO make the best bet
ter" 1t has been done in every state
where these activities have been es-
tablished. The emblem of all these
national clubs, carried on their ban
ners and worn on their pins, is an
open book, with four-leaf clover on
its pages. Each leaf bears a capital
H. 1t typifies the four-square train
ing of all members, boys and girls
in citizenship for the boys and better
home life for the girls. The four
HIS express symmetrical training of
the head, the heart, the hands and
the health. The creed of the school
arises from these-to train the head
to think, plan and reason; the heart
to be kind, true, and sympathetic;
the hands to be useful, skillful, help
full; the health to resist disease, en-
joy life, and make for efficiency.
Once the department of agricul-
ture has reached hand out to these
young people, and there has been a
response, String" has been attach
ed which it will be difficult to sever.
Plans are under way to make great
ideal more of this help which the boys
have shown they can give. One of
the promising projects suggested for
fhis coming season is the Farm and
Home Handicraft" club. Uncle Sam
has sent out list of 40 projects, "
and from these the members of any
club are to select ten handicraf units
There are to be two kinds of clubs:
Glass A for girls, and class B for
boys. There is great significance in
this latest plan; it will bring manual
training into every remotest farm
stead. The member of these clubs
will be very closely supervised,
through correspondence from Wash
ngton, or through the personal touch
lof local demonstrators.