The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-04-18
OUTLINES WORK
Of JUNIOR CLUBS
Frank 0. Kreager Tells OF
Achievements of Boys
and Girls
SIMILAR CLUBS TO
BE FORMED HERE

Assistant Director OF Junior Achieve
ment Bureau of Eastern States
League Speaks in Auditorium and
Shows Two Reels of Pictures.
1t is expected that at least one
Achievement club, probably a Head to
Foot club, will be organized as a result
of the meeting in the Auditorium yester-
day afternoon, when Frank .. Kreager
of Springfield, Mass, assistant director
of the Junior Achievement bureau of the
Eastern States league, spoke on the work
of various Achievement clubs before a
small audience.
Mr.. Kreager came here Saturday aft
ornoon, accompanied by Mrs. Kreager
and daughter, and met small group of
people and today is spending the time
with the high school pupils ana IN the
grades in the hope that enough enthusi-
asln may be aroused among the children
to start several clubs in BrattIebOrO.
The speaker was introduced yesterday
by Carl 5. Hopkins, president of the
Chamber of Commerce, and by way of IL
luStratiOn Of what might be- prevented
if Achievement clubs were formed here
Mr.. kreager told of witnessing a crap
game carried on by boys on Main street
NtSltINdS 1ilbIHboH, femaIklH2 lHdI II
was because society had not provided the
right kind of thing for the children to
do
He explained the existence of the
Achievement bureau as movement
which has been inauguIatcd in the 10
eastern states to help find the right kind
of work for the boys and girls to do He
called attention to the fact that 100 years
ago the children worked alongside their
parents and in that way were kept out of
mischief. The home industry has been
taken away from the home because of
the factory. where the work is routine.
and the kind that kills. Mr.. Kreager
said there never. was greater mistake
than the idea that children should not
work. The plan of the Junior Achieve
mcnt bureau is to capitalize the children
for lndustTy-nOt the capitalization of
industry for children.
Instead of having the child hedGed
about with all play. then all study and
then all work the plan should be to have
the play, study and work all together
Professional amusement seekers. he de
Clared, are dangerous to society. All
play and no work makes a gang leader
a b0lshevik. declared the speaker.
Nj. kreager then told of n shop ON an
Indian reservation and of what had been
accomplished through teaching the In
dams how to work. He spoke of the de
sire of children to have this or that apd
said the Legitimate answer to that, desire
was to SHOW the child the way to have
ito earn it-the principle which
should be held Before children from the
beginning In proving the value of this
method he called attention 10 the toy
which is soon forgotten and kicked aside
whereas if the child had made it the ar
ticIe would have meant much more and
would have been AN incentive to have
made another with improvements over
the first. He spoke of the millions of
dollars that are spent annually by the
Americar~ pe3p'e for toys made by men
which should be made by boys. Z
The organization of the Eastern
States Achievement league was then
touched upon, Mr.. Kreagcr saying the
leaders. which included the late Theo-
dore \. Vail and others. organized it for
the purpose of putting over the club
work idra-to teach children how to
work and study and play. 1t was their
idea that If YOU want the boys and girls
10 grow mp with Il character you must
let them do something.
Two reels of pictures. the first of which
was taken ut the Eastern States expoSi-
ton last year, showed the results of the
Achievement club work i'm the Boy
Scouts. a Baby Beef club, and various
other clubs and the pictures showed large
crowds gathering around To watch the
demonstrations by the children. which
showed greater interest in such exhibit
tons than in the sidcshowS Among the
club work shown was the making of rub
Der. the making of paper. cooking, can
ming Of sweet corn, and activities along
other useful lines.
After the pictures were shown Mr.
kreager declared that any person could
be leader of one of the clubs if he or
She was willing to devote two hours
week to the boys or girls in their group.
He also advised the payment of a prize
for the boy who would keep the lawn of
his home in the best condition through
the, summer. thus giving opportunity for
effective work in landscape gardening.
and suggested other lines of club activity
which could be taken up here
When he had closed everyone i'm the
audience was convinced that the Achieve
mcnt club project was one which should
be given thoughtful consideration for the
benefit of the boys and girls in Brattlc-
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