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National Conclave of Yeomen Authorize Home (Continued Irom Page 1, Section 2) acts most favorubly on the older. Every child will have hi. part in sharing the work of the Home. Leason In co-operation, the obligation of each to cotribute to the happiness and welfare of the others will be learned. A sense of responsibility, power of self-control, initiative and leadership, consideration for others, resourcefulness, application and coneentration, economy of time and right -use of leisure will be gained from the training which a well-ordered and well-or-ganized family group of this size is sure to give. Conservation of Health and Physical Fitness The physical welfare of children will be considered of primary Importance and nothing will be left undone which can contribute to their health and vigor. Much of their time will be spent in the open in work and play . Outdoor sleeping porches will be the rule. Children will be trained in right habits of living, care of body, eating, sleeping, and playing. Physical defects will be corrected, and the best possible care will be provided during illness. Health and vigor will be planned through a carefully planned, all-the-year-program of work and play under the direction of trained leaders. Children’s School Training. . Every pupil will be given the equivalent of a high school training. Only the ablest teachers will he employed to insure the most intelligent and best possible mental training. School work will be adapted to meet the requirements, needs and capacities of the individual child. Although essential weal.nesses will receive attention and so i'ar as possible be removed of the strength or special talent of each child w-ill he of primary importance. Nature probably never intended all children to be equally well adapted to all lines of endeavor. The progress of each child will be determined wholly by his own ability and capacity. Lack of ability in one subject will not be permitted to retard the pupil in another. The strength or weakness of a group will i no way afreet the progress of the individual. Every effort will be made to develop certain mental qualities most essential to success, such as power of analysis, independent judgment, devotion to truth, initiative, self-reliance, concentration, application and. resourcefulness. Particular stress will be placed upon the importance of acquiring the pwer of self-direction and a sense of personal responsibility for doiitg oneUs very best in every job that is underaken. Fitting the Child to His Job To discover the special abilities and marked vocational aptitudes of each child; to try him out in various occupations and to discover what he can best do and what he most enjoys; then to train hint and give him mastery in the trade or vocation fur which he has proven himself to be best qualified will be the constant aim 1 and purpose of the school. For the achievement of hese purposes, every child will b e carefully studied and his abilities tested. From

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earliest childhood the quality of his work in the borne, the school, the shops, the field and garden will bo noted, In order that no mistake bo rr.ado In deciding the occupation for which each child is best fitted, Special shops will be provided tc afford opportunity of training in a variety of trades and occupations. The school will recognise that "h« is happiest and making his greatest contribution to mankind, who has discovered his work uml is doing it." Training to a Life of Service Not w’hat a man knows, nor the greatness of his skill or genius determines his value to society rather what use he makes of the powef he possesses. While the potential powers of each child will be developed to the utmost, the Home will recognize Its work is incomplete unless . the ideals of its boys and girls are such as to impel them to use the power they have gained for the common good. All of the children's experiences will be organized in such away as to make them conscious of their obligations to those who have made possible the opportunities they enjoy. The interdependence of all human beings will he stressed, pointing out how necessary it is for each one to piay his full part in the world's work and to make the largest possible contribujtion to its life and welfare. Through organization of occupation- ! al. social and recreational ativitics, 1 the value and need of intelligent and sympathetic co-opration in achieving desired results will be shown. Adequate standards and ideals will become a permanent part of children's thinking and living, to guide and in spire them to the best and noblest their heredity, training and education rnako possible. Active and continuous participation in the control and management of all the activities in which the children take part will teach the value of cooperation in group, home and community life and government. This will serve as the best possible training in the duties, privileges and obligations of ciizenship in the community, the state, nation and the world. Ffnanclal Support By special act of the Supreme Conclave at Denver, every member of the Brotherhood of American Yeomer contributes ten cents a mouth for the support of the Home. With the i,resent membership, this aggregates approximately three hundred thousand dollars per year. As the membership grows this will automatically increase. Interest in the home is growing by leaps and bounds. Members and Homesteads are eager to give special help in building the Home. Gifts ir various forms ar e being made. States are asking for the privilege of building State Cottages. Others desire to erect Cottages in honor of members or officials who have rendered distinguished service to society. The Endowment Fund To insure the permanence ot he Home, the creation of an Endowment Fund was suggested. The response was immediate. Individual members indicate their wish to contribute in a substantial way. Several members have made the Children's Home the beneficiary of their insurance. Hometends have voted to make contribu-

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tions in the form of Liberty Bonds. There is every Indication tlmt the Endowment Fund will grow rapidly, once K well started. The Endowment Fund will receive many gifts from men and women of great means who recognize that there Is no finer or more worth while undertaking than the building of boys and girls Into a line manhood and womanhood, blessing not only them, but through them all posterity us well. They recognize that no finer nor more enduring memorial can he built than the development of the powers and talents of boys and girls for useful service, who otherwise would have no chance and become a part of the enormous human wastage now going on. No truer pr finer sentiment was ever spoken than that expressed by David Starr Jordan in the following: “If ever you wish to go in for philanthropy, if ever you wish to he of any use in the world, do something for the little children, if ever you yearn to be truly wise, study children. We can dress the sore, bandage (he wound, imprison the criminal, heal the sick and bury the dead, but there N always a chance to save the. child If the great army of the philanthropists ever exterminates sin and pestilence, ever works out the race's salvation, it will he because a little •Uild has led them.” Rivalry Among States to Obtain Yeomen Home (Continued from Page 1. Section 2) home life and training, the schools and the community will contribute in the largest possible way to the full development of the physical, moral and intellectual powers of the boys and girls." The boaru of directors of the Yeomen desires to secure a site for this j tome that will best meet the needs ol I he children to be accommodated. The i location must be naturally beautiful, healthful, having adequate transpor-: tation facilities and near a first-class ■ railroad center. Trolley lines and 1 good automobile roads will be essen tial. A lake or river would add great- j ly to the natural beauty and afford 1 opportunity for water sports so much enjoyed by children. The extremes of climate should be avoided, so that > children may spend as much as pos- : -ible of their time out of doors. Easy access to needed building materials will be of great advantage. The and must he productive so that foods and other supplies needed may he grown. From 1,500 to 2,500 acres : will be needed. The children will be housed in cot t;:ges built to accommodate from 12 to 15 children varying in age about as the children would be in a family of that sizq, Each home will he a unit by itself with its own diuing • room , kitchen, heating plant, garden, yard, etc. Each home will be in charge of foster parents, carefully selected because of their special fitness to j care tor children and provide the at-i L otion and affection each child should have. Each child will have its duties and responsibilities in the care of the home, and in their association with each other in work and play they will j receive a social training which (Continued on Page 4, Section 2)

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