The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-05-23

A Bureau of Club Study has been
established by the General Extension
Division of the University of Florida
and the State College for Women
Cooperating. Through this bureau a
specially prepared outline for the
study of American government for
clubs and lecturers will be furnished
during the coming year, according to
B. G. Riley, director, who in explain
ing the plan says:
ct is recognized that every citi-
zen ought to be thoroughly acquainted
with the organization and operation of
government and a double duty falls
on the women of Florida since they
must train the next generation to APP
preciate America as a result of the
underlying principles of our govern
ment which have made our institutions
possible.
at is hoped that the clubs through
out the state will choose to study
American government as part of
their regular program next year or
that classes made up of club women
from various departments of the va
rious clubs will take up this study
and invite outside women to join in
the work.
wherever clubs or classes are or
ganized for this work, a special bull
! letin prepared by Charles f. Davis,
Americanization specialist, will be
furnished. This bulletin is designed to
furnish material for twelve meetings
or twelve lessons and takes up a
comparative study of the national,
state, city and town government.
Whenever a club or class elects to
follow this outline, they must do so
under the direction of the supervisor
furnished by the General Extension
Division, who will be a specialist in
this field. 1t is not expected that the
program will occupy the attention OF
a club or class during the entire year;
but it has been planned that those in
terested in the subject will meet once
q week for twelve consecutive weeks
in which case the General Extension
Division will furnish a lecturer to
meet with the club every other week
and at the close the lecturer, will con-
duct a forum and answer questions
on the previous lesson and give sug- !
gestions for the lesson to follow. The
alternate meetings are to be under the |
supervision of leader appointed from |
the membership of the class or club |
for that particular occasion. Sugges-
lions for points to be covered in a talk
by the leader are given in the bulletin |
and every lesson is followed by list
of questions upon which the total
membership of the class is expected
to be fully informed at the time Of
meeting in order to enter into an in 1
telligent dicussion of the points brought
out in the lesson.
'sNo charge will be made for the
supervisor and lecturer by the Cen
II icia each
member of the class or club taking
up the study will be required to have
a copy of the outline which will be
furnished at the cost or writing and
printing, which will be twenty five
cents for each member. In addition,
each class must have at least one |
complete set of reference books with |
a total cost at present prices of 500;
however, two or three of these books
are now being used in our public
schools and can be secured at local
book stores and in many cases will be,
found in the home of club members
who have children in high school or
college; consequently, for example, the
cost of this work to a class of twenty
would be approximately fifty cents
cents each for the
bulletin and twenty-five cents each to
cover. the cost of the reference books.
The University will furnish the bulle-
tins direct, but the reference books
will need to be bought from the pub
fishers.
Clubs that expect to take up this
work as a part / of their regular
next year should know that
this study will cover a period of ap-
three months of the total
year and it is we'll to know that it is
the plan of the General Extension Di-l
vision to have each GLASS meet on the
same day of each week but that this
day must be fixed arbitrarily by the
and the program committed
because a speaker must travel from
one point to another and meet some
club each day and without the loss of
time or necessity of doubling back;
some clubs will need to
meet on Monday, others on Tuesday
or Wednesday and SO on, if they are
to fit into the general plan which is
absolutely necessary, as can readily be
seen If the cost of sending lecturers
is not to be too great and therefore
prohibitive. In other words, the tall
emit must be put on a circuit cover
ing the greatest number of towns with
the least mileage and appearing each
day with the possible exception of Sat
urday.
Mrs. Edgar Lewis, of Ft. Pierce,
formerly president of the State Fed
era ton, has kindly consented to act as
field representative for the GeneralI
Extension Division in working out the
schedules and details pertaining to this
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