The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1915-04-15
SCHOOL CLUBS ARE
DOING GOOD. WORK
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ture of the work requires such meet
ings.
Departments
Any three members of the general
club may form special department
upon securing the consent of their
parents and the club leader.
Records: /. Each member shall keep
an accurate record of all labor, mat
erials and expenses entailed in any
contest or practical demonstration OF
any branch of club work. These re-
cords shall be in writing, carefully
prepared and submitted once yeac
as record of the efforts of such MEM
Der.
2. A record of the membership of
the general club shall be maintained
by the club leader as well as record
of each of the different departments
of the club.
Officers
The teacher acting as supervisor Of
the club shall be the only officer u
the club and shall have the same au-
thority ever club work as he would
exercise in any other school work.
This person shall be known as the club
leader, and shall call meetings, oliici-
ate at meetings and keep records Of
all members of the general club and
their activities.
Leaders
At present Miss Morris, instructor
in home economics, is leader of the
girls division of the club and Mr..
Meikle, instructor in agriculture, IS
leader of the boys division of the club.
In the girls division there are the
following special clubs, embroidery,
tatting, crocheting, dress and apron,
and baking. In order to secure the
proper supervision of the club work
in both the grade and high school
buildings Miss Morris will be assisted
by the following teachers:
Grade building
Embroidery, Miss Williams; tatting,
Miss Loba; crocheting, Miss Berg;
dress and apron, Miss Cunningham.
High school building
Embroidery, Miss Balfe; dress and
apron, Miss Smith; crocheting, Miss
Spencer; tatting, Miss Morris.
Miss Morris will also supervise all
the work in cooking and baking.
The present enrolment in the girls
club is 127 which does not include
those who will be enrolled in the can
ming club later.
In the boys division of the club
there are So members and at present
the following special clubs: poultry,
corn, dairy, potato, pig and canning
clubs. The members of some Of these
clubs have been at work for some time.
At present the poultry club is operat-
ing a 25O-egg incubator and is taking
up the study of egg preservation.
The club members will put down lot
of eggs in water-glass and test out
this method Of preservation. Most Of
the boys in the pig club have secured
pigs to feed and fatten for the boys
fat pig show to be held in connection
with the next grape carnival. The
corn club boys are testing seed corn
at school at present and most of them
have their land prepared for planting.
Prizes
The business men of Kennewick
have offered the following prizes to
the club members making the. best ex-
hibit in each of the following contests:
Poultry club: Fifty-egg Buckeye in
cubator, Fruit & Produce Co..
Pig club, pure bred pig, Kennewick
Model Hog Farm.
Corn club: Special premium, (not
chosen) First National bank.
Canning club: Home canning outfit,
to be given by the following firms in
the Hover block: Holmes Cash Grocery
Trenbath & Tweedt, Courier Reporter,
w. R. Weisel, Princess, Kennewick
Clothing Co., Vibber- Clifford Drug Co.
Potato club: Kodak, Mr.. Meikle.
The rules governing each of the
contestants will be given to each of the
contestants.
The above is an outline Of the nature
Of the work being attempted by the
teachers of the schools in addition to
regular work. With the support of
the parents the plan should work out
in such manner that each child will
have an opportunity to receive some
practical instruction in some beneficial
line of work. While the work of the
child will not be under the supervis-
ion of an instructor during the sum-