Milford chronicle., 1919-12-26
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB WEEK
AT DELAWARE COLLEGE

Al DELLA " AXE NOLLEbE
The Boys and Girls Club Week will
be held at Delaware College in CON
nection with the Farmers Short
Course and Tractor School from De
cember 20 to January 3. 1920
Any Boy or Girl Can Attend
Club champions of the year will be
awarded free scholarships to the Club
Week, consisting of room and sub
slstence free of cost at Delaware Col
lege from Monday noon until Satur-
day morning and part or all of their
railroad fare for the round trip. The
full value of the scholarship is $1,000.
Six dollars will be charged against
the scholarship account for Is meals
at the rate of 40 cents per meal, and
81 will be charged for the room at
the Dormitory. This will leave SO for
railroad fare. Club champions from
the upper part of the State will not
use all of their SO in payment of rail
road fare, so the sum that is saved on
their accounts will be applied to the
travel expenses of down State cham
pions to the end that in as far as pos
sible the entire cost of travel may be
paid for all achievement champions
of the three counties
All boys and girls, however. other
than club achievement champions, may
attend the Club Week by paying their
own expenses of travel, room and sub
sistence at the rate stated above, but
they should arrange for accOmmoda-
tions in advance
Boys and girls other than club
achievement champions, who live near
Delaware College, are welcome and it
is desired that they attend as many
sessions as they can conveniently and
enter into all the Club Week activities.
Club Scholarships
Up-to-date, free scholarships have
been provided for the Club Week as
follows:
By the banks of Delaware, 81 schol-
By the County Farm Bureaus. 4
BY W. B. Tilghman Co., Salisbury,
Nd, 10 scholarships.
By the Supplee- Wills-Jones Milk +
Co., Philadelphia, l scholarship.
Total number of scholarships pro- T
vided, 46.
Each bank that sends in $40 for a
free scholarship will be represented (
by a champion club member who lives
in the same county nearest to the bank
the money. 1t is fully ex-
pected that several more banks will
respond before the close of the present
week
The boys and girls of Sussex. Kent
and New Castle Counties who secured
the largest number of new member
ships to their County Farm Bureaus,
will be awarded free
to the Club Week These
club members should report their re-
suits to the County Agents at once.
The Supplee- Wills-JOnes COmpany's
will awarded to dairy
stub member ffTOTi NScT~' Castle county
The VIM. B. Tilghman scholarships
will be awarded to champions of Sus-
sex county and the immediate vicinity.
Members VIII Be Cared for During
Club Week
All club members from a distance
will room in the steam heated dOrmi
-ory and will eat in groups at the
College Commons. The girls will
sleep in one section of the dOrmitOry
and the boys in another but separate
section. One of our Club Leaders and
Agents will be mana
ger in the girls section and one of the
men leaders will manage the boys
section. Good beds with mattresses
will be provided, but each club men,
,er will be expected to bring a couple
If blankets or sheets and quilts, pill
NV if desired and towels for personal
ise. No one will suffer from cold, be-
,ause the building will be kept com
'ortable all the time. In the case Of
illness, club members will be cared
or at the College Infirmary, and par
,nts will be promptly notified.
Program for the Club Week
Courses have been provided for the
,oys in corn, pig and dairy cattle
work; and courses in clothing, baking
md canning have been provided for
he girls. All will have an opportun-
ty to attend some of the general ses-
lions of the Farmers Short Course
md Tractor School.
The gymnasium work will be con-
lucted separately for the boys and
iris. Club members will be expect !
d to have tennis shoes, or rubber
oled shoes to use on the gymnasium
loor. Members who do not have such
hoes should bring some old stockings
o wear in the gymnasium instead.
The boys will use the swimming
,ool from day to day. The girls may
lse it also, provided that bathing suits
AN be secured, or can be provided.