Milford chronicle., 1931-06-26
NATIONAL All CLUB CAMP
OPENS WEEKS SESSION

Every one of the 156 All club
members expected for the Fifth Ma
tional All Club Camp reached Wash
ingtOn last night in plenty of time
to settle comfortably in the tents
on the grounds of the U. S. Depart
ment of Agriculture. The North Caro-
lima delegation was the first to ar
rive, part of the group coming Mon
day night. Forty states are repre-
sented. Nevada sent one girl this
year for the first time. The boys
and girls from the State of Wash
ington travelled the farthest, COM
ing 1000 miles by train and bus,
starting last Saturday. The Me-
vada and New Mexico delegations
covered nearly as great a distance
Oklahoma's group enjoyed a cross
country automobile trip. The Ar
kansas leader came by airplane.
Secretary Hyde sent the follow
ing message to the club members
through their daily news sheet, the
"4H Forage:
when we reflect that you come
from forty States of the Union we
are reminded both of the diversity
and the unity of America agricul-
ture. Some of you come from the
plains, some from the hills, yet you
meet here for a common purpose.
You illustrate the power and unity
week here will give you a height
ened appreciation of the RESPONSE
bilities and opportunities ahead of
you as members of the generation
that will soon be in the saddle for
rural America"
The formal opening of the camp
was the assembly in the auditorium
of the New National Museum. The
first event of interest was the pre-
sentation of a gavel from the club
members of North Carolina, which
was one of the first States in the
South and in the United States to
take up club work, to DR.. l. w. Hill,
one of the veterans of club work in
the Extension Service of the U. S.
Department of Agriculture. Boyce
Brooks, one of the delegates from
North Carolina, presented the gavel
and explained that it was made of
dogwood from Roanoke Island and
red spruce from Mt. Mitchell, the
two ends of the state, and that the
insets of wood in the head formed
four HIS, the club emblem. The
gavel will be used throughout the
sessions.
DR.. c. B. Smith, Chief of the Of
flee of Cooperative Extension Work,
next greeted the campers, speaking
especially of the opportunity that
was afforded the boys and girls from
one part of the United States to
meet and become acquainted with /
those from other sections. He said |
in part: you have had unusual adj |
in living in the country
but some of you will find your life |
work elsewhere. You will bring |
to the cities from your
early rural background, your ideals,
your fine standards of character and
achievement" DR.. Smith mentioned
a number of the interesting things
the club members would see during
their weeks visit.
A talkie, "The President and His
Cabinet was part OF the morning
program. The remainder of the
was devoted to conferences
On club matters and photographing
he various State groups. This af-
.eroon the principal event will be
4 trip by bus to the U. S. Department !
If Agriculture Experimental Farm
1t Beltsville, Md. In the evening
Miss Elizabeth Burchenal, president
If the American Folk Dance Society,
will lead the club members in folk
lancing on the quadrangle between
he tents. The camp fire program
will be in charge of the Central
States delegations and will feature
music.