Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 72, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 March 1915 — Getting Boys and Girls Clubs Under Headway. [ARTICLE]

Getting Boys and Girls Clubs Under Headway.

County Superintendent Lamson and Prof. J. H. Harper, of Purdue, had three busy days this week among the schools of the county. They were getting things started for the Boys’ and Girls’ Corn Clubs and they found considerable enthusiasm. The rivalry this year should be much greater than last, when the dry weather discouraged many of the members. Indications are that more will enter the com contest than last year, thus making the possibility greater for excellent results. Prof. Harper and Mr. Lamson started in at Remington Tuesday morning, held a meeting there and then went to Jordan township, then to Rensselaer, Parr, Hanging Grove, Gillam, Tefft, Kersey, Kniman, Wheatfield and finished at Barkley Thursday afternoon. At the Barkley meeting there were 97 present and at all the meetings there was the greatest enthusiasm evidenced. The clubs are important in the education of the boys and girls and every parent should encourage the children in the work. They will get ideas that will be of great assistance to them throughout life and which may be coined into dollars from the very beginning. Give the boy a patch, of ground and he may show you up before the year is over. If there was ever a movement that needed the cooperation of the parents it is the boys and girls clubs in the country schools.