Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-02-22
INTEREST AROUSED
IN COUNTY WORK
PROGRAM OF YIN, CA,

Ce1Feo at y. NJ. c. \. HEADQUARTERS.
"atelFliie, and by this paper. rela-
'Ne % what may be expected from
tHe county work program Q: that
cIsdnlzation IN CONNECTION with the
sSoe,!o9 reconstruction campaign.
tina. a I. May. former stae secreee
airy OF couny work in Michigan
now representative Of the Irterna
tionai Committee anu in Ills S,atc
| curing the campaign. furnishes tie
i"iio"iA5 outline Of the prospective
work in Maine:
This is not new work: il las
been IN operation for 40 years. In
| dia, South America. tie Hawaiian
Islands and Russ. All have TINS
system q county organization The
i pas. - years have seen the orcani.
! Zation Of ). lounties ii Michigan
! Maine IS the IDEAL type for this
i work. with its extensive areas OF
| rural territory. Recent important
conferen1cs-statc socrcturi. Of the
| l. nlted states ard Canada. and one
thousand Of the employees Of the Y
| NJ c. 4. IN this country and in the
| Dominion to our north-vocedunani
, mously 10 proceed at once with all
| our strength toward general county
! organization.
| The form is simple Tut very ef
! fcctive. The county secretary is the
! executive officer; u county commit
tee OF approximately % Of tic
| county business men, outstanding
leaders. is tie supervisory body.
| Inls general committee elects an eX-
ecutive committee and sub-commit-
tees, these latter dealing respective.
~ with the various welfare sub
jects recommended.
This is not an arbitrary nor a
scientific grouping of our rural
endeavors. but it will show YOU
what I mean: First, problems Of
farm improvement. Increased pro-
ductivity; second, marketing and ex-
change. rural credits; third, COM
munity life-f1ciency Of rural gov
eminent, influence of the rural
home. enrichment Of the rural
church, attainment Of adequate So
cial and recreative facilities, main
teuance OF good morals. beau,ifca-
ton of homesteads and roadsices,
dissemination Of the subject matter
and by the states
Our leaders, seven or more spec
iallsts, state secretaries Of indus
try. agriculture. education. religious
work. boys and students work,
physical development, etc. will, in
cooperation with the district and
county groups, work out these pro-
blems and assist in the administra-
ton of the betterment program.
Every man and every boy in every
county has something to offer for
society's good-or he's worthless; ev-
cry man and every boy is reachable.
The big task of the county secretary
and committee is to develop, release
this force. to discover and harness
up community and county leader
ship. Boys and mems groups in
communities will act in the same
relationship to the community as the
county committees are to the coun-
ty. Cooperative and advisory ac-
tivities and relationships result. for
great redemptive and creative
power.
The county secretary's first Job
70 the survey of his county, educa-
tionally. socially, industrially, re-
hglously. and physically: second.
grouping for real work; third, gen
eral organization-county activities
IN cooperative spirit, conferences.
county boys and mems clubs, coun-
" play days. county help propa-
ganda, county religious organization.
county agricultural problems. cour-
y clubs. aid for teachers to include
demonstration OF non-euuipment
gabes and folk dances and drills.
In our boys work we've exper-
fenced immense success with educa-
tional features like mock town
meetings and mock trials. These
lit the boys for the duties Of their
majority. and are Of incalculable
value in the development of leader
ship. Recreational facilities are pro-
vlded in large measure by competi-
tive sports such as county athletic
meets, baseball, basketball and
hockey leagues. Hikes, debates.
eats free hand drills, boxing, So
cial evenings, addresses by lecturers.
and local, county or State business
men. all have their share in our
program.
we do not want those boys and
men to come to us in a mass, not
pell NELL" concludes Mr.. Man. but
individually. TO be assimulated.
charted and schooled to function
with their normal groupings for
their communities good
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