The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-12-04
Value Of Club Work is Emphasized in
Presenting Awards to Members
Last Night at High
School.
RESULTS ARE OBTAINED
Miss Mitchell Tells Of the Club Work,
While Mr.. Brown and Miss Bald
win Laud Children Who
Win.

/ Garden, pig, rabbit, pigeon and
poultry club work, such as was given
recognition in the achievement day
program at the high school last night
offers an opportunity for an educa
ton that benefits children, mentally
morally and physically, it was sug.
gested by the grown-ups who ap-
peared on the program. Prizes for
the best gardens, best exhibits OF
pigeons, chickens, garden truck, pigs,
strawberries and rabbits were for
mally presented to the winners last
evening by representatives of the
Civic league and the Lee County
Hampshire Swine association.
In announcing the program, Super
intendent William Aldrich explained
briefly the place of the boys and
girls clubs in the general scheme OF
development. He spoke of the re-
mark of an eastern educator, that
not arson, not murder. not treason,
but truancy, is the greatest crime"
Truancy is at the base of much crime
in Keokuk, Mr. Aldrich explained.
Name the criminals in Keokuk and
will name the boys who began to
play truant from school
He spoke of the tendency that tru-
ancy has to bring the boy to spend
ing his time in the alleys and Ques-
tionable places, stealing junk and
petty articles that he can sell. 1t
was to combat this tendency to spend
ing time in the alleys that, when the
opportunity presented itself. Mr.. AID
rich accepted the chance to put boys
and girls cub work in the schools.
Hampshire Club Prizes.
H. G. Brown, of the Hampshire as
ISOLATION, who presented the prizes
won by boys and girls who competed
for the awards offered by this club,
said that these prizes were intrinsic
in value compared with the other
good things the club work taught. He
urged the boys and girls to cultivate
good habits and to cash in on them.
These prizes are not first prizes"
he told the club members 1.-THE first
prize is the plan, the resolve to do
something better"
Miss Caroline Baldwin, of the Civic
league, who presented the garden
prizes, said that the league was proud
of the work Of Miss Mitchell and of
the boys and girls who were members
of the clubs, and that the club was
much gratified at the progress that
has been made.
Boys Tell OF Trip.
Harold Riley and George Schwiete,
the two boys who, as members of the
strawberry club. won trips to Council
Bluffs, told about their trips, what
they saw at the exposition and in
Council Bluffs.
Miss liza Mitchell, Boys and Girls
club supervisor in the keokuk
schools. was called on by Mr. Aldrich.
Miss Mitchell spoke of the work OF
the clubs this last year, when $50
members took part She told of the
meetings held and of the plans that
are being made for the work next
wear. She outlined generally the plan
of the state club work and gave some
interesting facts on the work, both
locally and through the state. Mrs.
Elizabeth Jones, state club leader,
was unable to be present to explain
fine scope of the state club work.
The Prizes. ..,
The prizes were awarded to the
1OllOW lnS.
Garden prizes given by the Civic
league
Garfield School.
First. Charles Danford; second,
Edith Quick Honorable mention.
Loren Camp and Dorothy Hill.
Wells School.
First. Helen Vanderheyden: second
Ruby Watson Honorable mention,
Chauncey Clinard and Enos Gathers.
Washington School.
First, Catherine Breheny; second,
Virginia Lawrence. Honorable men,