The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-03-18
.sram is Outlined BY Inter Church
Council Of Boys Workers for
\ Training and Educa-
ton.
Ill SIDES DEVELOPED
even Hobbies and Recreation Have
places in Standards Being Set
BY This Group Of
Workers

Boys, how nearly can you come to
making 1000 points on the intellec-
final tests given below? These are
he tests that will be used for the
educational work In the christian
citizenship training program which
The Interchurch Council of Boy Work
ers is planning to carry out this year
In cooperation with the Y. M. C. A.
BOYS department. 1t is planned that
every boy in the city will have the
opportunity to compare his develop
ment once year with that of other
boys of his own age. and programs
Win be provided SO he can meet the
REQUIRED tests each year. The sum.
mary given below applies to boys be-
tween the ages OF fifteen and eigh.
Teen, and there is a separate set of
standards for the boys between
Twelve and fifteen, which is not so
advanced.
Il Total credits obtainable, 1000.
Education 1880. ..... .....,.... 300
supplementary training ......... 100
Health education ..s.,. ... !. 100
Reading and public speaking -. 1O1
Current history, trips, etc. $500. 100
Arts, crafts and hobbies 100
MODERATE and nature study -. 100
Personality analysis ....--..... 100
Education-Required tests, maxi
mum OF credits. 200; elective tests.
maximum OF credits, 100
|. Show that school attendance is
normal Goo credits). 4
2. Show that your effort is fair GO
credits); good (35 credits; excellent
80 credits).
3. Show that your scholarship is
fair go credits); good (35 credits)
excellent $50 credits.
By school is meant either formal
day or night school, continuation
school, correspondence school. pri.
sate instruction. or regular apDren-
iceship training.
l. Elective tests--Twenty credits
each up to 100. Participation in or
ganized school athletics, dramatics,
oratorical contests, military training
and welfare clubs.
supplementary training-Required
tests, maximum OF credits, rs. cleo
tiyes, Is credits.
l.. Do the equivalent Of twenty-five
hours study a year in some sort OF
supplemental education, such as mu-
| sic, art, mechanics, drafting, short.
hand or bookkeeping, craftsmanship,
BUSINESS law, science and public
| speaking; rs credits.
q. Elective tests One hundred
hours work on some job Of distinctly
educational nature as well as posi-
| bly, remunerative; 25 credits.
Health Education.
Health education Required tests,
MAXIMUM of credits, so; elective
tests, maximum of credits. so.
l.gRead book and give evidence OF
knowledge involved in normal sex
/ ife;s credits, so.
2 Electives Attend lectures and
Write brief summary OF same on !
health questions.
Reading and public speaking-Re.
CURED tests, maximum Of credits, 50; /
elective tests, maximum OF cred i
its. 30.
year in public. on an assigned topic. (
2Read books from selected list Of
Tered; so credits.
j. ElectiveRecite poetry, partici.
pate in debate or .declamatory con-
lest; SO credits.
Current history, trips and lee.
Required tests, SO credits;
elective tests, so credits.
Live satisfactory evidence to
!our group that you are well in
formed on current events Of note in
we past sixty days; SO credits.
Electives--Make trip to some
factory, travel at least 200 miles,
safYe auto 100 miles and make writ
yen report of same.
M Arts, Crafts, Hobbies.
Arts, crafts and hobbies-Requirec
credits.
]. Give evidence that you have
some well defined hobby, such as
topography, nature study and coiiec-
uons arts and crafts, stamps, coins.
"iieiess, etc, and talk ten minutes
4. sOuA SlouP oiA Vass~
earned from it; SO credits.
NJ Elective--Attend talk on hob
YES, enrolment in manual training
uass, evidence Of handicraft; SO
Credits.
Woodcraft and nature study--Re-
.sulfed tests, so credits; elective
'ssts, SO credits.
! Take one year Of schooling IN
az. "wy.any, zoology or forestry. or read
4 Salure Study in Life, by Hodges;
X Attend talk on birds, trees or
ssects, and write satisfactory sum-
uafy Of same; SO credits:
I. rersonality analysis Required
'esss, 100 credits.
!, Right attitude toward securing
bread education; so credits.
h Following personality analysis;
~ credits.
~. Referees Decision.