Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1922-10-04
DELAWARE BOYS AND
GIRLS WIN HONORS
Club Members Return from
Springfield Exposition
With Remarkable
Records


none in the standard of Boys and
Girls Club Work being done under
direction of the Extension Depart
ment of the University of Delaware,
was again ably demonstrated by the
twelve Delaware club members who
returned home last week from the
Eastern States Exposition at Spring
field, Massachusetts.
At Springfield, the boys and girls
from Delaware were members Of
Camp Vail, with club members repre-
senting twelve other Eastern States.
Teams of three members each, repre-
senting the different states, took
part in judging and demonstrating
contests, representative of the vari-
Gus lines of club work which the men,
bers were doing at home. AS re-
suit of their high class work, each
boy and girl from Delaware was
awarded blue ribbon for "meri-
torious performance" in demonstra-
ton better practises in agriculture
and home making, and gold medal
for all around proficiency in judging
and demonstrating.
The boys team representing the
Greenwood On The Go Club, and con-
sisting of Earle Meredith, Edwin I'm
ger, and Emmert Judy, placed first
in corn judging. The Houston team
made up of Emerson sapp, Harold
Johnson, and Burnham Simpson
placed third in corn judging.
The Sunnyside Canning Club team,
including Margaret Baker, and Kath-
crime and Francis Passwaters, of
Bridgeville, placed first in judging
canned products. These girls gave a
public demonstration of jelly making
and made big hit with the boys of
the camp by serving them with jelly
sandwiches.
Edith McCarns, Margaret Jarmon
and Rebecca Hutchinson constituted the
Glover Leaf Club team from Newark,
and placed fourth in clothing judging
in hot competition with seven other
teams. These girls gave a splendid
demonstration of home millinery and
to show the practical side of their
work wore the dresses and hats which
they made themselves.
The Greenwood boys made the high
est team score on judging, of any
boys team in Camp Vail, and the
Houston team stood third.
Individually, Delaware club men,
bers ranked among the highest in the
camp. Burnham Simpson, of Hous-
ton, judging corn, made the highest
judging score of any club member in
Camp Vail, in any project, and Earle
Meredith, of Greenwood, stood third
in this respect.
The older club members were given
an intelligence test similar to the
tests given in our public schools.
Earle Meredith was the only boy in
Camp all who successfully passed all
the requirements of the test. Mar
garet Baker, of Bridgeville, ranked
just below the only girl in camp to
pass the test.
Aside from their duties as members
of Camp Vail, the boys and girls had
opportunity to see some of the finest
exhibits of live stock and farm prod
ucts ever developed in the United
States.
They were presented to many prom
inent State and Government officials
and had opportunities to study club
methods practiced in other States.
One of the purposes of Camp Vail
is to train club members to become
future club leaders. The lessons
learned in the development of Head,
Heart, Health and Hands, will be car
ried back to Delaware by these boys
and girls. Already three of the teams
have planned to hold community
meetings, where they will tell the
people of their neighborhood the
message of Camp Vail.