The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-08-31
BOY-GIRL LABORS
BASIS FOR SPEECH
Address of Professor T. A.
Erickson At Garden City
WORK AT THE FAIR
Highly Successful Display Was
Made BY The Young
Folks

Professor T. A. Erickson, state
leader OF boys and girls club work,
was the principal speaker at the
Garden City fair yesterday. AT two
O'Clock in the afternoon he address
ed the boys and girls and their par
ents in a very practical talk. He
complimented the boys and girls OF
Blue Earth couugy or having the
d stinction of havin : one o tn larg
est calf clubs IN the northwest. 4ne
speaker said that he was glad TO
note that both the state and county
fair associations were paying such
marked attention to boys and girls
club work
The way TO make a real man out
of a boy is TO treat him as a man and
give him a mans Job" said Profes-
sor Erickson. They should be Civ
en- some responsibility, and with
this duty grows the desire TO sue
coed. Just go back home you par
ents and give the boys and girls
something that will develop a sense
of ownership and responsibility and
you can not help but have success
calf or pig as their very own will
asd SpOnsibility."
Spoke To Girls.
Speaking directly to the girls,
Professor Erickson said, Helping
mother with her household duties,
is one Of the most worthy things in
the world. Yom girls have learned
to like vow ok because you have
'rned TO treat it as competitive
game. Keel Al ~ ar through life.
Try and do Your household duties
just a little better than, your neigh
bors and you will succeed in after
life just as well as you are succeed
ing in the comparative club work.
We have 10000 boys and girls in
club work in the state. They form
the most important factors in eX-
tension work. The great object of
boys and girls club work. is not the
raising of better calves and pigs.
1t is TO develop better boys and
girls, for they are the great factors
in the welfare of the state. The pro-
ject such as the calf or the pig
comes second. Parents feel proud
of their childrens work, and often
times get inspiration from them.
Conditions in the home are of the
most vital Importance in the build :
jig Of the American homes. The
success Of your boys and girls,
said the speaker speaking directly to
the parents present, SIS the biggest
asset you have
Do Something Worth While.
THE only way to live is to learn
to do something worth while. and
commence to learn to do that thing
early in life. Do not get the idea
that some of the problems can be
put off to a later date. Commence
~ H.
great object of boys and girls club
interested in the things on their
own home farm. Trying TO help the
boy and girl to become important
factors, by becoming owners OF
property in a small way, and stead =
lily adding to this. This sense of
ownership can not be too strongly
emphasized. 1t means much"
The members of the canning
teams. the bread teams, and the
winners Of the boys and girls calf
clubs were all called to the speak
er's stand and introduced by Profess
sor Erickson to the fair visitors
In closing Mr.. Erickson said that
Blue Earth county is 70 be congrat
ulated for the large number of in :
telligent boys and girls. who in five
or ten years from now will form
the basis of this community.
Old Log School Days.
The annual meeting of the schol
ars who attended school in the old
log school house armory- Boynton s
Hall and the Barracks at Garden
City during the period between the
years 1857 and 1867 were held in
the lower assembly room of the
Christian church at Garden City
Thursday evening at eight o'clock
President Genry z. Gerry of Man
kato presided at the meeting and
called it to order. Mrs. Julia Mar
vim Thurston acted as secretary.
Stories of school days of long age
were recounted at the meeting
which was brought to a close by
the re- election Of all of the old
officers consisting Of: President
Henry z. Gerry; vice president
M:iss Clara Boynton; secretary and
treasurer, Mrs. Julia Marvin Thurs