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 SCHOOL CLUBS for Virginia 
 
 Boys and Girls. 
 Hand-boolc of Information, 
 

School Clubs 
 For Virginia 
 
 BOYS AND GIRLS 
 
 HAND-BOOK OF INFORMATION 
 
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 Published by 
 
 DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION, 
 J. D. EGGiiESTON, State Superintendent 
 
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 CO-OPERATIVE EDUCATION ASSOCIATION 
 
 OF VIRGINIA 
 
 Mks. B. B. Munford, President 
 
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Organize a School Club 
 
 Few of us realize the possibilities of the school. 
 
 We spend all our time in keeping order, and do- 
 ing the drudgery of the class-room, wearing our 
 away with these deadening things; and for- 
 get that connected with the work there may be 
 sunshine and starlight, cool breezes, kind thoughts 
 and all that makes life large and lovely. 
 
 Practical education — how hard it is to solve this 
 problem! Vet, we see boys and girls growing 
 ti • • d of school because it contains so little that is 
 ir--.l, so little that concerns the vital things of life. 
 
 We have hardly touched that greatest of things, 
 the development of personality in our pupils. Why 
 should nol the teacher live with her pAipils and be 
 in the truest sense a friend End companion? Why 
 not take part in their game! and weave her own 
 aspirations in their lives thorfby making them bet- 
 bringing happiness t<j her own self? 
 
 We invite Virginia teaches to read carefully 
 the contents of this booklet; and, having done so, 
 to organize a School Cli.b. The suggestions con- 
 tained in this outline have been tested and we as- 
 sure you that such an organization will be a 
 pleasure to you in your work and will be of great 
 value to your pupils. , , 
 
 In the preparation of this J booklet we have re- 
 ceived valuable assistance. fro*m Dr. Douglas Free- 
 man, Executive Secretary of the Virginia Anti- 
 ThIh rculosis League, to whom we wish to express 
 our grateful acknowledgment. 
 
 J. H. B1NFORD, 
 Secretary Co-operative Education Association of 
 Virginia. 
 
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 Boys' and Girls' School Clubs 
 
 OBLIGATION. 
 
 I solemnly promise to be a true and faithful 
 member of this league, mindful of my obliga- 
 tions and of the honor of the league, I will hon- 
 estly strive to obey the rules of my school and 
 to do my duty in my classes. On the school 
 premises I will use no vile, vulgar or profane lan- 
 guage ; but will champion the right, protect the 
 weak against the strong, protect the property of 
 the school, be honest, true and polite in all my 
 dealings with teachers and pupils. I will remem- 
 ber that the body is the temple of the Spirit of 
 God and will strive to keep my body strong, 
 healthy ana my spirit above reproach. At home I 
 will honor my father ind my mother, be kind to 
 those who live with me and shall endeavor to make 
 my home the garden spot of the world, the hap- 
 piest of abodes. I will love and serve my State 
 and my county, be true to the flag and emulate as 
 best I may, the great men who have made our 
 country the land of the free. 
 
 LEAGUE BUTTON. 
 
 Every member of a league who has taken the 
 obligation and can repeat it from memory in 
 open meeting shall be entitled to wear the State 
 Junior "League Button. The president shall have 
 the right at any time to "require a member to re- 
 peat all or a part of the obligation and upon fail- 
 ure to do so the member may be required to re- 
 move from view his button until he satisfies the 
 president that he can repeat all of said obligation. 
 
SALUTATION. 
 
 Members of a league may adopt a certain form 
 of salutation to be used when meeting other mem- 
 bers. The regular military salute is suggested ; 
 but a male member in saluting a female member 
 or the teacher may lift the hat or cap instead. 
 
 DUES. 
 
 There shall be no regular dues. The funds of 
 the league shall be raised by entertainments and 
 by voluntary offerings collected at the regular 
 meetings. 
 
 CONSTITUTION. 
 
 I. 
 The name of this organization shall be the 
 
 School Junior League 
 
 of county. 
 
 II. ' 
 Any pupil of the school who is ten years of age 
 or older and who will take the obligation shall 
 be entitled to membership upon wr**;ten applica- 
 tion to the president or censor. 
 
 III.. 
 
 The officers of a league shall consist of a presi- 
 dent, a vice-president, a secretary, a treasurer and 
 a censor. All of these officers except the censor 
 shall be elected for a term of three months by the 
 members of the league. The censor shall preside 
 at all elections and the voting shall be by written 
 ballot. 
 
 IV. 
 
 The censor, who must be the school principal or 
 one of the teachers, shall be the chief adviser of 
 the league and in this capacity shall occupy a 
 prominent seat at all meetings and preserve order 
 when the president is unable to do so. The censor 
 shall be the friend and adviser, not only of thfc 
 league, but of each individual member In all u£ 
 his school relations. 
 
V. 
 
 All the officers of the league shall occupy spe- 
 cial seats arranged for them in the front of the 
 meeting place and the following order of business 
 shall be carried out at all regular meetings. 
 
 1. Song by league. 
 
 2. Scripture reading by the censor and the 
 Lord's Prayer in concert. 
 
 3. Repeating of the obligation by all members 
 in concert, the members standing and the presi- 
 dent leading. 
 
 4. Roll call by secretary, followed by the read- 
 ing of the minutes of the last meeting. 
 
 5. Initiation of new members. 
 
 6. Unfinished and new business. 
 
 7. Literary entertainment. Recitations, essays, 
 debates, &c. 
 
 8. Election of officers (quarterly.) 
 
 9. Report of treasurer (collection.) 
 
 10. Announcements by censor and adjournment 
 with song. 
 
 SOME THINGS THE CLUB SHOULD DO. 
 
 BEAUTIFYING SCHOOL AND GROUNDS. 
 
 Every club should hold at least one entertainmen 
 a year for the purpose of raising funds to be ex 
 pended in beautifying the class rooms and im 
 proving the school grounds. Trees should be 
 planted on the grounds, baseball diamonds, bas- 
 ketball or tennis courts laid out, and grass seed 
 sown. Where the school is located in a body of 
 wood all underbrush should be cut away and 
 burnt. As far as possible the grown people of the 
 community should do this work of improving the 
 grounds and the school trustees should, with the 
 public funds, keep the building in repair, paint the 
 walls of the class-room, &c, so that the Junior 
 League - may devote its energies to procuring pic- 
 tures for the class-rooms. 
 
ENCOURAGE ATHLETICS AND OBSERVE FIELD DAY. 
 
 Every club should see that its members keep 
 themselves free from preventable disease by 
 proper exercise and right living:. Each club should 
 have a baseball team for the older boys, a basket 
 ball court or a tennis outfit for the girls. There 
 should be a horizontal bar for the older boys and 
 swings and see-saws for the little folks. At least 
 once a year there should be a picnic at which 
 time there should be competitions in athletic 
 sports. Races for boys and girls, broad jumps 
 standing and running high jumps, putting the shot, 
 relay races, bag races, &c., are suggested. 
 
 General Athletics. What 
 average Hoy should Be 
 Able to Do. 
 
 12. 
 
 Boys. 
 
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 Lads. 
 
 14. 
 
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 vten. 
 Over 18. 
 
 Walk mile. 
 
 Running 100 yds. 
 
 Running 22u yds 
 
 Running backwards 
 
 100 yds..., 
 
 Standing high jump 
 Running high jump. 
 Standing broan J u m p 
 Kunning broad jump 
 Shot. put (121 lbs. wt 
 Throwing base-ball, 
 
 14 to 12 mn. 
 17-15 sec. 
 
 25-23 sec. 
 
 2^ it.-3 ft. 
 
 2? 4 ft.-3K ft. 
 
 5 ft .-5% ft. 
 
 10 ft.-l* ft, 
 15 ft. to vO ft 
 55 to (i5 yds. 
 
 12-11 min. 
 
 U-V2X sec. 
 
 34 30 sec. 
 
 22-20 sec. 
 
 3fi.-3S ft. 
 
 3v ft. -4 ft 
 
 6 ft -7 ft. 
 
 13 ft. to 15 ft 
 
 22 ft. to 25 ft. 
 
 70 to 85 yds. 
 
 10 min. 
 12 sec. 
 29 sec. 
 
 18 sec. 
 
 4 ft. 
 4^ ft. 
 
 8 ft. 
 
 16 ft. 
 
 35 ft. 
 
 100 yds 
 
 SOME THINGS THAT EACH MEMBER OF LEAGUE SHOULD 
 DO AND KNOW. 
 
 1. Read at least two good books a year, one of 
 which should be a book of the Bible, preferably 
 of the New Testament. 
 
 2. Draw a map of the county, locating principal 
 roads, streams, and towns. Accompanying the 
 map should be a composition of from 150 to 300 
 words on the history and resources of the county. 
 
 3. Take some active part in the literary features 
 of the club meetings. 
 
4. Memorize the Tuberculosis Catechism issued 
 by the State Anti-tuberculosis Association. Read 
 carefully the health bulletin sent from the main 
 office and try to carry out the suggestions con- 
 tained therein. This work should be done under 
 the supervision of the teacher and compositions 
 prepared on important topics as a part of the 
 regular school work. Pupils should remember 
 
 that they are the disciples of right living. They 
 should learn how disease is prevented and how the 
 great White Plague, consumption, can be wiped 
 out. 
 
 5a. Learn to locate the following stars and con- 
 stellations : Great Bear, Lesser Bear, Pole Star, 
 Venus, Jupiter, Orion. 
 
 b. Learn to identify 12 Virginia birds. 
 
 c. Lparn to identify 12 trees. 
 
 6a. Learn — a. To stop the few of blood from a 
 wound. 
 
 b. To revive a person who has fainted. 
 
 c. To treat a snake bite. 
 
 d. To treat a person overcome by heat. 
 
 e. To resuscitate a person saved from drowning. 
 
 WHAT GIRLS SHOULD DO. 
 
 One main object in organizing Junior Leagues 
 is to interest girls in the practical things of life. 
 Every girl should know how to cook, sew, and 
 keep in order her own bedroom. Most of the 
 school time must be devoted to the customary 
 school studies, but a girl can do the other things 
 outside of school hours with the help of mother 
 and teacher. A separate pamphlet will be issued 
 giving in simple and clear language a few exer- 
 cises in cooking, sewing and home economics. 
 Every league girl in the State will be expected to 
 do the things required in the pamphlet. The cook- 
 ing exercises should be done at home, while it is 
 desirable that the other exercises be done in school 
 with the teacher or some lady of the community 
 in charge. If the school principal be a man he 
 should get the help of one of the lady teachers. 
 
The regular school league or citizens of the com- 
 munity should offer prizes for the best work done 
 by the girls and there should be an exhibit at the 
 school. If there is a Girl's Tomato Club in the 
 community the league girls are urged to join. 
 League girls are moreover urged to send speci- 
 mens of their work to the county fairs. 
 
 WORK FOR LEAGUE BOYS. 
 
 Every youth in Virginia who belongs to a league 
 is expected to do the special work for boys out- 
 lined in a separate pamphlet which the teacher 
 may secure by writing to the officers of the Co- 
 operative Education Association. The experiments 
 outlined in this pamphlet concern the farm, and it 
 is believed that the youth who conscientiously car- 
 ries out these experiments will be better fitted not 
 only for farm life, but for any kind of work he 
 may do in future years. For the benefit of boys 
 who live in towns the following lines of work 
 may be substituted for the agricultural experiments 
 outlined in the special pamphlet. 
 
 The construction of — 
 
 1. A kitchen table; 2. A lawn settee; 3. A book 
 case ; 4. A rabbit trap ; 5. A barrel stave ham- 
 mock : 6. A hen-house, a pig-pen, or a wood-shed. 
 
 It is urged that every boy join the Boys' Corn 
 Club if one is organized in his county. 
 
 Boys and girls alike should promote health by 
 not spitting on the school premises or at home 
 and by discouraging this practice in others. 
 
 PRIZES. 
 
 The Co-operative Education Association will of- 
 fer for the year 1911-1912 the following prizes: 
 
 Ten dollars in gold to the teacher or principal 
 wh^sse school sends in the best report from a 
 Junior League. In deciding what constitutes the 
 best report every condition will be considered. It 
 will not necessarily follow that the largest league 
 in numbers, or even the league that accomplishes 
 most will be awarded the prize. 
 
Ten dollars in gold to the girl sending in the 
 best hand-made cook apron. Only one apron 
 from each league may be forwarded. 
 
 Ten dollars in gold to the boy writing the best 
 paper telling how he carried out the experiments 
 outlined in the pamphlet entitled Work for Vir- 
 ginia School Boys. Only one paper from each 
 league. 
 
 Ten dollars in gold to the boy or girl writing 
 the best paper on consumption, awarded by the 
 State Anti-tuberculosis Association. Only one 
 paper from each school. 
 
 A handsome certificate of membership for one 
 year in the State Anti-tuberculosis Association to 
 every boy and girl memorizing the Tuberculosis 
 Catechism. 
 
 Note. — Local authorities must select and for- 
 ward the best work, since in each of these contests 
 a league may have only one representative. Those 
 who win the State prizes offered above will, in 
 addition to receiving the prize, have their pictures 
 published in State and county papers. All papers 
 and specimens must be forwarded to the Co- 
 operative Education Association, Richmond, Vir- 
 ginia, by May 15, 1912. Prizes will be awarded 
 not later than July 1st, of the same year. Any 
 further information concerning prizes or concern- 
 ing the Junior League work will be cheerfully 
 furnished upon application to Mrs. L. R. Dashiell, 
 State Capitol, Richmond, Virginia. 
 
 The Co-operative Education Association will 
 supply copies of this booklet to league members 
 at the following rates. Single copies, 3 cents ; 
 dozen copies, 25 cents. The official league buttons 
 will be supplied for 5 cents each, or 50 cents per 
 dozen. These charges are made to help defray the 
 cost of the booklets and buttons and to purchase 
 the prizes offered. 
 
RATES OF POSTAGE. 
 
 Postal Cards — 1 cent each, go without further 
 charge to all parts of the United States and Can- 
 ada. Cards for foreign countries (within the Postal 
 Union) 2 cent? each. Postal cards are unmail- 
 able with any writing or printing on the address 
 side, except the direction, or with anything pasted 
 upon or attached to them. 
 
 Local or "Drop" Letters, that is, for the city or 
 town where deposited, 2 cents, where the carrier 
 system is adopted, and one cent where there is no 
 carrier system. 
 
 All Letters, to all parts of the United States. 
 Canada and Mexico, 2 cents for each ounce or 
 fraction thereof. 
 
 First-class Matter — Letters and all other written 
 matter (whether sealed or not,) excepting manu- 
 script copy accompanying proof-sheets, also all 
 matter sealed (see below), 2 cents an ounce, ex- 
 cepting drop letters at non-carrier offices) 1 cent 
 an ounce. Postal Cards, 1 cent each. Post Cards, 
 (private mailing cards), 1 cent each. 
 
 Second-class — Newspapers and periodicals, pub- 
 lished quarterly and oftener, and not for gratui- 
 tous distribution. The general public pay by af- 
 fixing stamps at the rate of 1 cent for each 4 
 ounces or part thereof when not sealed. • 
 
 Third-class — Books (printed, not blank), circu- 
 lars, other printed matter, proof-sheets and manu- 
 script copy accompanying same, valentines, sheet- 
 music, photographs, heliotypes, chromos, posters, 
 lithographs and printed advertising matter on pa- 
 per only — all, when not sealed, 1 cent for 2 ounces 
 or fraction. Limit of weight, 4 pounds. 
 
 Fourth-class — Merchandise and samples, blank 
 books and paper ; ores ; all matter not included in 
 anj of the other classes, and not in its nature 
 perishable or liable to injure the contents of the 
 mails. (By express ruling the postage on seeds, 
 cuttings, roots, scions, and plants is at the rate 
 of 1 cent for each 2 ounces.) All, when not 
 
sealed, and not exceeding 4 pounds in weight, t 
 cent an ounce, or fraction. 
 
 Third and fourth-class mail matter may now be 
 forwarded without postage stamps affixed in lots 
 of two thousand or more identical pieces; certain 
 regulations are to be complied with, and postage 
 prepaid in cash. 
 
 GAME LAWS. 
 
 Laws of Virginia protect at all times mocking 
 bird, thrush, woodpecker, yellow hammer, red bird, 
 meadow lark, mghthawk (or bat), whip-poor-will, 
 gull, crane, vulture or buzzard, and all other non- 
 game birds, and their nests. 
 
 Unlawful to trap quail, water fowl ; to hunt 
 them or muskrats with lights; to use gun larger 
 than 8-bore ; to shoot any protected game earlier 
 than half hour before sunrise, or later than half 
 hour after sunset, or any game on Sunday. 
 
 To buy or sell robins., grouse, pheasants, quail, 
 partridge, or woodcock, at any time. 
 
 Open Season — Turkey, pheasant, grouse, quail, 
 partridge, woodcock, November 1st to February 
 1st, east Blue Ridge; November 1st to December 
 31st. west Blue Ridge. Deer, September 1st to 
 December 1st. (Cannot track or hunt any of the 
 above in snow.) Water-fowl, October 15th to May 
 1st. Summer ducks, August 1st to January 1st. 
 Rails, mud hens, willets, and other surf birds, July 
 20th to January 1st. Robins, February 15th to 
 April 1st. Hares (or rabbits), November 1st to 
 February 1st. See Law. 
 
 Supervisors can shorten or close season on any 
 game — note county changes. Warden can arrest 
 without warrant when he sees violation, or upon 
 warrant. $5.00 to $50.00 for interfering with war- 
 den. 
 
 Non-resident license, $10.00. Can take out of 
 State, exposed to view, tagged with owner's name, 
 30' water-fowl, 50 quail, 10 pheasants, 3 turkeys, 1 
 deer, willets, &c, 25 each — 100 aggregate — if killed 
 by possessor. Cannot freight or express. 
 
HELP IN CASE OF ACCIDENTS. 
 
 Drowning. 1. Loosen clothing, if any. 2. Empty 
 kings of water by laying body on its stomach and 
 lifting it up by the middle, so that the head hangs 
 down. Jerk the body a few times. 3. Pull tongue 
 forward, using handkerchief, or pin with string, if 
 necessary. 4. Imitate motion of respiration by al- 
 ternately compressing and expanded the lower ribs, 
 about twenty times a minute. Alternately raising 
 and lowering the arms from the sides up above 
 the head will stimulate the action of the lungs. 
 Let it be done gently but persistently. 5. Apply 
 warmth and friction to extremities. 6. By hold- 
 ing tongue forward, closing the nostrils, and press- 
 ing the "Adams' Apple" back (so as to close en- 
 trance to stomach), direct inflation may be tried. 
 Take a deep breath and breathe it forcibly into 
 the mouth of patient, compress the chest to expel 
 the air, and repeat the operation. 7. DONT GIVE 
 UP ! People have been saved after hours of pa- 
 tient, vigorous effort. 8. When breathing begins, 
 get patient into a warm bed, give warm drinks or 
 spirits in teaspoonfuls, fresh air and quiet. 
 
 Burns and Scalds. — Cover with cooking soda and 
 lay wet cloths over it. Whites of eggs and olive 
 oil. Olive oil or linseed oil, plain, or mixed with 
 chalk and whiting. Sweet or olive oil and lime- 
 water. 
 
 Lightning. — Dash cold water over a person 
 struck. 
 
 Sunstroke. — Loosen clothing. Get patient into 
 shade and apply ice-cold water to head. Keep 
 head in elevated position. 
 
 Mad Dog or Snake Bite. — Tie cord tight above 
 wound, suck the wound and cauterize with caustic 
 or white hot iron at once, or cut out adjoining parts 
 with a sharp knife. Give stimulants, as whiskey, 
 brandy, etc. 
 
 Stings of Venomous Insects, etc. — Apply weak 
 ammonia, oil, salt water, or iodine. 
 
 Fainting. — Place flat on back, allow fresh air 
 
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and sprinkle with water. Place head lower than 
 rest of body. 
 
 Cinders in the Eye. — Roll soft paper up like a 
 lamplighter, and wet the tip to remove, or use a 
 medicine dropper to draw it out. Rub the other 
 eye. 
 
 Fire in One's Clothing. — Don't run, especially not 
 down stairs or out-of-doors. Roll on carpet, or. 
 wrap in woolen rug or blanket. Keep the head 
 down, so as not to inhale flame. 
 
 Fire from Kerosene. — Don't use water, it will 
 spread the flames. Dirt, sand, or flour is the 
 best extinguisher, or smother with woolen rug, 
 table-cloth or carpet. 
 
 Suffocation from Inhaling Illuminating Gas. — 
 Get into the fresh air as soon as possible and lie 
 down. Keep warm. Take ammonia — twenty drops 
 to a tumbler of water, at frequent intervals ; also 
 two to four drops tincture nux vomica every hour 
 or two for five or six hours. 
 
 If Choked. — Get down on all fours and cough. 
 
 If any Artery is Cut, compress it above the 
 wound. Blood from an artery is red, that from 
 the veins dark. 
 
 ANTIDOTES FOR POISONS. 
 
 First. — Send for a physician. 
 
 Second. — Induce vomiting by tickling throat with 
 feather or finger. Drink hot water or strong mus- 
 tard and water. Swallow sweet oil or whites of 
 
 Acids are antidotes for Alkalies and vice versa. 
 
 SPECIAL POISONS AND ANTIDOTES. 
 
 Acids — Muriatic, Oxalic, Acetic, Sulphuric (Oil 
 of Vitrol), Nitric — (Aqua Fortis.) — Soap-suds, 
 magnesia, lime-water. 
 
 Prussic Acid — Ammonia in water. Dash water 
 In face. 
 
 Carbolic Acid — Flour and water, mucilaginous 
 drinks. 
 
 Alkalies — Potash, Lye, Hartshorn, Ammonia — 
 Vinegar or lemon juice in water. 
 
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Arsenic — Rat Poison, Paris Green — Milk, raw 
 eggs, sweet oil, lime-water, flour and water. 
 
 Bug Poison — Lead, Saltpetre, Corrosive Subli- 
 mate, Sugar of Lead, Blue Vitrol — Whites of eggs, 
 or milk in large doses. 
 
 Chloroform — Choral, Ether — Dash cold water on 
 head and chest. Artificial respiration. 
 
 Carbonate of Soda — Copperas, Cobalt — Soap-suds 
 and mucilaginous drinks. 
 
 Iodine — Antimony, Tartar Emetic — Starch and 
 water, astringent infusions, strong tea. 
 
 Mercury and its Salts — Whites of eggs, milk, 
 mucilage-.?. 
 
 Opium — Morphine, Laudanum, Paregoric, Sooth- 
 ing Powders or Syrups — Strong coffee, hot bath. 
 Keep awake and moving at any cost. 
 
 FIVE LARGEST CITIES IN WORLD. 
 
 City. Population. 
 
 1. London 7,429,740 
 
 2. New York 4,766,883 
 
 3. Paris 2, 763, 393 
 
 4. Tokyo 2,186,079 
 
 5. Chicago 2,185.283 
 
 FIVE LARGEST CITIES IN UNITED STATES. 
 
 New York 4,766,883 
 
 Chicago 2,185,283 
 
 Philadelphia 1.549.008 
 
 St. Louis 687.029 
 
 Boston 670,585 
 
 FIVE LARGEST CITIES IN VIRGINIA. 
 
 Richmond 127.628 
 
 Norfolk 67,452 
 
 Roanoke 34,874 
 
 Portsmouth 33,190 
 
 Lynehhurg ; 29,494 
 
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SOME POINTS IN HEALTH TO REMEMBER. 
 
 Remember that the surest way of preventing 
 disease is to keep the body healthy. The man 
 whc keeps his body normal, seldom suffers from 
 preventable disease. 
 
 Remember that exercise, sleep, fresh air and 
 proper food are necessary if the body is to be 
 healthy. Never play or exercise so actively that 
 you become exhausted. Be moderate and you will 
 profit by it. 
 
 Remeinber that the more fresh air you get, the 
 healthier you will be. Keep your window open 
 at night, and sleep, in cold weather, under abun- 
 dant cover. 
 
 Remember that consumption is the worst foe of 
 the human race and that it can be prevented. 
 Learn how it is spread, what causes it and how 
 it can be prevented. Every member of the league 
 is a crusader against the White Plague, consump- 
 tion, and is fighting with the State Anti-tubercu- 
 losis Association to blot out this plague. 
 
 Remember that when you spit carelessly, you 
 endanger the lives of others. You may have con- 
 sumption, which is spread by the spit, which dries 
 in the dust and is carried to the lungs of others. 
 
 Remember always to read with the light coming 
 from the left, and never strain your eyes by read- 
 ing in a poor light. Your eyes are among your 
 most priceless possessions. ' 
 
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MERCHANTS CAN WEIGH OR MEASURE 
 
 Irish Potatoes ., .... 60 lbs. to bus. 
 
 Sweet Potatoes 56 lbs. to bus. 
 
 White Beans 60 lbs. to bus. 
 
 BJackeye Peas 60 lbs. to bus. 
 
 Onions 57 lbs. to bus. 
 
 Onion Top Sets 28 lbs. to bus. 
 
 Oats 32 lbs. to bus. 
 
 Peanuts 22 lbs. to bus. 
 
 Corn, Shelled 56 lbs. to bus. 
 
 Corn, not Shelled 70 lbs. to bus. 
 
 Corn Meal 50 lbs. to bus. 
 
 Apples 45 lbs. to bus. 
 
 Dried Apples 28 lbs. to bus. 
 
 Dried Peaches. Peeled 40 lbs. to bus. 
 
 Dried Poaches, not Peeled 32 lbs. to bus. 
 
 Turnips 55 lbs. to bus. 
 
 Wheat 60 lbs. to bus. 
 
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The Country Boy's Creed 
 
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 T 1" lieve that the country which God made is^ 
 more beautiful than the city which man made ;^ 
 .that life out-of-doors and in touch with the earth 
 is the natural life of man. I believe that work is 
 work wherever we find it, but that work with Na- 
 ture is more inspiring than work with the most 
 intricate machinery. I believe that the dignity of 
 labor depends not on what you do, but on how you 
 do it ; that, opportunity comes to the boy on the 
 farm as often as to a boy in the city; that life 
 is larger and freer and happier on the farm than 
 in the town ; that my success depends not upon my 
 location, but upon myself — not upon my dreams, 
 but upon w'^at I actually do; not upon luck, but 
 upon pluck. I believe in working when you work 
 and in playing when you play and in giving and 
 demanding a square deal in every act of life. 
 
 (Dedicated to the Boys' Corn Clubs of Virginia by 
 Edwin Osgood Grover.) 
 

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