BULLETIN 
OF 

THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS 

NO.  322  
SIX TIMES  A MO NTH  
,  I  In  

EXTENSION SERIES NO. 44 F-EBRUARY 1, 1914. 

The University Home and School 
League 


PUBLISHED BY THE lTXIYERSITY OF TEXAS. 
Entered as second-class matter at the postofftee at Austin, Texas. 
IMPORTA:N"T 
\Vhenever a University Home and Sc_hool League has been or­ganized, the corresponding secretary should transmit, without de­lay, the names and addresses of all the officers and of the members of the committees of the League to E. E. Davis, University Sta­tion, Austin, Texas, to whom the officers, the members of commit­tees, anrl other persons inter.ested should apply for advice, informa­tion, assistance, or literature with respect to any phase of the work of the League. 


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BULLETIN 

OF 

THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS 

NO. 322 
SIX TIMES A MONTH 
EXTENSION SERIES NO. 44 FEBRUARY 1, 1914. 
The University Home and School 
League 


PUBLISHED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS. Entered as second-class matter at the post.office at Austin, Texas. 

CONTENTS 

Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Purposes of the University Home and School League. . . . . . . . 9 Meaning of the University Home and School League. . . . 9 What the League Should Do for the Community. . . . . . . . 9 What the League Shoulii Do for Country Life.... ... . . . 9 What the University Can Do for the League .. ..... ... .. 11 County and State Meetings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 What the Community Should Contribute to the I.ieague. . V~ Desire to Help all Organizations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 The Organization of the University Home and School League-­How to Begin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.:3 Temporary and Permanent Organizations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Hints to Teachers, County Superintendents, and other Leaders . ........ . . ... .. . .. ..... .. ... ... .... ... . . 16 Activities of the League-­Agricultural Talks and Lectures .......... ............ 18 Exhibits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Business and Co-operative Enterprises. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Use of Local Talent .............................. 19 'l'he Teacher's Opportunity . . ... ...... .. ... . .. .. .. . ... 20 Discussion of Public Questions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Games and Athletics ......................... ....... 25 The Package Library. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26 Parliamentary Drill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Newspapers ........................................ 27 Music . .. . .......... . ... . . .... .... .. ....... . ...... 28 Entertainment Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Contests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 School Entertainments and Exhibits ............. . . .... 28 Social Times and the Library. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Home Welfare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 For Women­
1. Study Classes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 
2. Lectures and Demonstrations. . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 
3. Local One-Week School. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.2 
Contents 
Entertainments ...... . ...... ..... . . .. . ...... . .. 33 Rally Contests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 For Girls and Boys. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Bibliography on Home Welfare. . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . 34 :Lectures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Home Study for Members of League. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 General Suggestions to Program Committee-Material for Good Roads Program. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Subjects for Good Roads Program. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Model Program for German Community. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Model Program-Banks an<l. the Farmer .. ...... ....... 47 Model Program-Marketing of Perishable Farm Products. 47 Program on Rural Credits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Thanksgiving Day Program. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Washington's Birthday and Arbor Day Program. . . . . . . . 49 Health Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Better Country Homes' Program ...................... 51 Improvement of Rural Schools Yrogram. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Program on Dairying. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 References to Literature on Social Center Work and Rural Life . . . ... ......... .. ...... .. ....... .. .............. 56 Constitution for thr University Home an<l. School League .... 58 
DEPARTMENT OF EXTENSION 
OFFICERS OF ADMINISTRATION 
SIDNEY EDWARD MEZES, PH. D ..• President of the University. 
F. M. BRALLEY, Director of ihe Department of Extension. SAM C. PoLK, Secretary to the Director. 
L. W. PAYNE, JR., PH. D., Head of the Division of Correspondence Instruction. 
W. 	ETHEi. BARRON, Registrar of the Division of Correspondence Instruction. 
CiuRu:s 	B. AusTIX, M. A., Head of the Division of Public Wel­fare. 
G. 	S. WEHRWBl:N', A. B., Lecturer and Specialist on Co-operation, Division of Public Welfare. 
E. D. SHURTER, PH. B., Hea<l of the Division of Public Discussion. 
A. 	J. ROBINSON, B. A., Lecturer and Athletic Organizer, Division of Public Discussion. MARY E. GEARING, Head of the Division of Home Welfare. JESSIE P. RICH., B. S., Lecturer on Domestic Economy, Division of Home Welfare. 
FRANCES 	LOWEN, Lecturer on Domestic Economy, Division of Home Walfare. 
E. V. WHITE, Head of the Division of Information and Exhibits. AMANDA STOLTZFCS_. L. I., Lecturer on Rural Schools, Division of Information and Exhibits. EDWARD E. DAVIS, B. A., Director of the University Home and School Leagues and Lecturer on Public School Improvement, Division of Information and Exhibits. 
JOHN A. 	LOMAX, M. A., Head of the Division of Public Lectures and Publicity. 
A. CASWELL ELLIS, PH. D., Head of the Division of Child Welfare. 
N. 	L. HOOPINGARNER, B. A., Assistant in the Division of Child Welfare. 

THE UNIVERSITY HOME AND SCHOOL LEAGUE 
PRE:FA.CE 
Realizing the widespread need of a more generous use of the schoolhouse as a center for the expression of community interests and activities, the Department of Extension of the University of Texas has decided to assist in organizing and fostering the Uni­versity Home and School League. Tlie economic, the educational, the social, and the religious demands of the people make necessary a closer co-operation of the school, the home, and the church of the community. This bulletin attempts to give helpful informa­tion for the community in which the people desire to organize a University Home and School League; and indicates briefly some of the service which the University can render the organizers and the workers of the League. No attempt is made to treat the sub­ject of the social c8D.ter exhaustively in this bulletin, but enough information is given to be of genuine service to the people of any community who desire to better organize their business, educa­tional, social, and religious activitie~. From time to time bulle­tins, leaflets, programs, and other helpful material for use in the University Home and School League will be issued by the De­partment of Extension. 
For advice, information, assistance, or literature with respect to any pha1'e of the work of the League, the officers of the League, or other persons interested, should address E. E. Davis, University Station, Austin, Texas. 
F. M. BRALLE1. 

PURPOSES OF THE UNIVERSITY HOME AND SCHOOL 

LEAGUE 
MEANING 01'' THE UNIVERSITY ROME AND SCHOOL LEAGUE 
Obviously the University Home and School League means the co-operation of the home, the school, the church, and the other resources of the community for mutual improvement. Its busi­ness is concerned with every legitimate interest or enterprise of the community. Whether a general meeting of the people for bu~iness and social reasons, or an organization called the grange, the social center, the civic league, or the University home and school league, its means and objects are the same-it is a bring­ing together of the people for intellectual improvement, for social recreation, and for community betterment. 
WHAT THE LEAGUE SHOULD DO FOR THE COM111UNITY 
'l'he organization of an effective University Home and School League in any community is an invaluable asset to all the people. It deals primarily with tht educational and social features of the local community. It dis~eminates knowledge among the people. It promotes the spirit of good fellowship. It furnishes an oppor­tunity to get acquainted. It offers an expression for the universal craving for companionship. It provides free and open discussion, and therehy opposes radicalism. It augments the spirit of co­operation, thus adding to the strength of the community's re­sources. It gives an opportunity for self-expression as well as an opportunity for all to learn what each knows best. It enables a community to study diligently the most pressing needs of local importance. It helps the church, the home, the :;chool. But it is more democratic than either the church, the lodge, or the school­it is the non-sectarian, non-partisan organization of a sowreign democracy. 
WHAT THE LEAGUE SHOUJ,D DO FOR COUNTRY LIFE 
No intelligent person now questions the statement that the country should be the most desirable place in which to live: and 
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there is no reason why living in the country should not be the 
simplest, the happiest, the most desirable life of all. 
During the past twenty-five years the emigration from the country to the town or city has been going on at an alarming rate. In many parts of the country the population of the rural sections is almost depleted. Investigations made by eminent au­thorities during the past decade generally agree that the one cause contributing most to this condition is the lack of social recreation. The old-time corn-huskings, log-rollings, quiltings, and other forms of community fellowship, have passed away without leaving acceptable substitutes. 
If the depletion of the country of its best blood is to cease, and if the tide of population is to be turned back, there must be no stinting or starving of the social instincts. Organized effort must be provided to meet these fundamental needs of the home, the school, the church, and the other expressions of the people's social and intellectual desires. "Conference modifies and improves thought; sovereignty comes with co-operation," says President Woodrow Wilson. These are some of the things which the Univer­sity Home and School League should do for the country life of Texas. 
SCHOOLHOUSE TB E PJ,ACE FOR SUCH MEETINGS 
Men of the same community differ widely upon political and religious questions; but they do not differ upon the question of making the country the most desirable place in which to live. Where, then, shonld these community or neighborhood conferences be held? The schoolhouse is unquestionably the logical place. It is ihe common property of all the neighborhood; and it is the only property which bears without exception this unique relation to the people of every locality. 
An astonishingly small per cent of the people make use of the school plant in the absence of community organization. "School­houses have become monuments of neglected opportunity. It is no exaggeration to say that in making the schoolhouse the forum of the people, lies the chief hope of perpetuating the republic and its institutions." Upon this point the following is an excerpt from an address delivered by President Woodrow Wilson before the First National Conference on Civic and Social Center Develop­
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ment, at Madison, Wisconsin: "Is it not significant that this thing (the social center movement) is being erected upon the foundation originally la.id in America, where we saw from the first that the schoolhouse and the church were to be the pillars of the Republic? Is it not significant that as if by instinct we return to those sources of liberty undefiled which we find in the common meeting place, in the place owned by everybody, in the place where nobody can be excluded, in the place to which everybody comes as by right? * '~ * And it seems to me that the schoolhouses dotted here, there, and everywhere, over the great expanse of this nation, will some day prove to be the roots of that great tree of liberty which shall spread for the sustenance and protection of all mankind." 
The use of the schoolhouse of the community should not be lim­ited to one-fifth of the population for a short period during each year. There are more than nine thousand schoolhouses in Texas, and each is a potential factor for service in behalf of the four of every five persons who do not attend the public school in the average community. One State in the Union makes it compulsory upon the board of trustees to open the public schoolhouse for the various social center activities. The laws of Texas make the dis­trict board of school trustees the legal custodian of all school prop­erty, including the schoolhouse. The use of the schoolhouse for home and school league work is, therefore, a matter to be deter­mined in each instance by the board of trustees. Since school trustees are generally composed of the broadest minded citizenship of tha community, and since there are no legal obstacles prevent­ing the use of the public schoolhouse for such purposes, no com­munity should experience difficulty in procuring the use of the schoolhouse for this form of social center activity. 
WH..iT THE UNIVERSITY CAN DO FOR THE LEAGUE 
With the object of assisting in the organization of social center work and of aiding in the accomplishment of the aims mentioned, the University Home and School League has been promoted; and the University of Texas as the head of the State's system of public schools, places the resources of its Department of Extension at the disposal of the people for this form of community service. Repre­
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sentatives of the Department of Extension will, whenever practic­ablf), make personal visits to assist in effecting League organiza­tions. In addition, visits to organized Leagues will be made by special lecturers from the several divisions of the Depa.rtment of Extension, provided each itinerary may be made to include sev­eral Leagues. J,antern machines and lantern slides will be loaned to Leagues, county superintendents, teachers, and others responsible persons. Bulletins relating to practically every present-day sub­ject may be obtained upon request. Special attention and advice will be given to all inquiries with reference to the organization and the work of the University Home and School League. Other means of service are indicated elsewhere in this bulletin. 
COUNTY AND STATE MEETINGS 
In each county where two or more Leagues are established, it is recommended that a county educational rally and exhibit, un­der the auspices of the Leagues and with the co-operation of the public schools of the county, be held each year for one day, some time during the month of March. The county educational rally and exhibit should include reports from the Leagues of the county, addresses on the work of the Leagues of the State and on the educational needs of the county, debates, declamation contests, ed­ucational and athletic contests, educational, agricultural, and in· dustrial exhibits, a basket dinner or picnic. Merchants, bankers, lawyers, farmers .. and other public-spirited citizens will be glad to offer prizes for the winners in the various contests. A suggestive program, with other literature for use at the county educational rally and exhibit. will be furnished by the Department of Exten­sion for 1914 and each year thereafter. A State meeting of dele­gates from all the Leagues may be held annually some time during the month of May, beginning in 1915, at the University in Austin. The program for the State meeting will be carefully worked out by the Department of Extension of the University with the view to serving the largest interests of the State and to making the meet­ing interesting and pro:fita.ble for the delegates from the Leagues throughout the State. 
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WHAT THE COMMUNITY SHOULD CONTRIBUTE TO THE LE.A.GUE 
Any l'.!ommunity contemplating the organization of a University Home and School League should understand that the attitude of the University shall be that of general co-operation; and that pro­grams and specific policies are matters which each League must solve for itself. The people of the community should realize their ownership of the League and their personal responsibility for its work. They should also know that they must contribute most to its success, notwithstanding the help to be given by the Univer­sity. 'l'hey must appreciate the fact that the success of the League will in every instance be commensurate with the interest and co­operation contributed by the community. The community should therefore contribute its best thought, its finest spirit, and its most effective co-operative service to the University Home and School League. 
DESIRE TO HELP ALL ORGANIZATIONS 
In offering its assistance to the people of the State in the or­ganization of the University Home and School League the Univer­sity of Texas has no desire to destroy or to supplant any work heretofore done or now being done, the object of which is to im­prove rural conditions through the means of effective organization. On the other hand, the resources which the University bas for pro­moting social center service are at the disposal of all communities where poultry clubs, sewing circles, cooking clubs, agricultural clubs or other industrial clubs, debating and literary societies, reading or d-ramatic clubs, mothers' clubs, musical organizations, farmers' unions, or any other similar organizations ihat have been and are being maintained. In fact, it will be entirely practicable, and in many cases <lesirable, for some of the clubs or organiza­tions here mentioned to he included as groupB or auxiliaries within the University Home and School League. The vast resources of the State, embracing within its limits nearly five million people, three million of whom reside on the farm, and including over a million school children, seven hundred thousand of whom attend the country public schools, offer a field of service which is far greater than all organized agencies combined can reach effectively. The University recognizes and appreciates the great good that has 
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been accomplished in Texas by the community co-operation move­ments, encouraged and assisted by many pa.triotic citizens. How­ever, it appears that the time has arrived when the social center movement in Texas should be given greater permanence and in­creased efficiency. Therefore, the University of Texas, as the head of the public school system, has undertaken to organize the Uni­versity Home and School Leagues on a common basis throughout the State, to correlate the work of all such organizations, and to give systematic, efficient, and helpful co-operation and leadership to the people in this important phase of public service. 
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THE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNIVERSITY HOME AND 




SCHOOL LEAGUE 
HOW TO BEGIN 
'l'he success of the University Home and School League will depend largely on the manner in which it is organized; hence, the necessity for tact and good judgment on the part of those direct­ing the movement at the beginning. Remember that the :first part of this work is of most importance and that it calls for wise, cautious, and sincere leadership. Remember also that the citizen­ship of the average community is intelligent, that the people may be led, but that they cannot be driven. With the sympathetic co-op­eration of the people, social center activity may be made useful and effective; without this essential element, failure will be inevitable. The teacher should, therefore, prepare, with the advice of the county superintendent, a suitable evening program, inviting the presence of the public at large, especially the parents of the com­munity. Use both the talent of the school and outside talent. Let the teacher preside. Have appropriate talks from the county superintendent, a local minister, a school trustee, or such others as may be necessary. Have n. reasonable amount of fun and mer­rin1ent, so that the audience, both young and old, will be given r.ntcrtainment and instructio:u. 
TEMPORARY AND PERM.ll."':ENT ORGANIZATIONS 
'l'emporary officers should be elected to serve only till a perma­nent organization is entered into. At this time a committee should be appointed to draft a constitution and another committee to nominate permanent officers. 'I'he model constitution given in this bulletin may be adopted or modified to meet local conditions. 
The maintenance of a successful League will depend largely upon two things : first, the selection of proper officers and com­mittees; second, the careful preparation and execution of good, wholesome programs. The 8.ppointment of a committee to nomi­nate permanent officers and committees, as suggested above, will en­
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able the League to select its best material and prevent the mistake usually incident to hasty action. Suggestions as to the use of the programs are made in this bulletin. 
'l'he officers of the University Interscholastic League, where such organization exists in the county, should assist in the organization and the work of the University Home and School League. By a sympathetic, active co-operation between these two organizations for the public welfare, larger results may be accomplished than could possibly be accomplished without such co-operation. 
HINTS TO TEACHERS, COUNTY SUPERINTENDENTS, AND OTHER LEADERS 
'l'he life of the University Home and School League may be dependent in a large measure on the interest and enthusiasm of the teacher and the county superintendent. This does not mean, of course, that they should assume the whole responsibility in di­recting such a movement. The particular functions to be per­formed by the teacher and the county superintendent are clearly indicated in the model constitution . 
.As a guide to the teacher, the county superintendent, and other leaders, the following suggestions which represent the experience of social center workers are offered: 
1. 
Let the beginning of the movement emanate from the school in the manner already mentioned. 

2. 
Do not attempt an organization till the people are ready to respond. 

3. 
In the inauguration of this work by the county superin­tendent, it is better for the movement that no community be selected where open dissension prevails. 

4. 
Inaugurate the work at first in a limited number of de­sirable communities-three to five being the number suggested. It is better to make the work successful in a few places than to attempt organizations where success is doubtful. Two or three live University Home and School Leagues will serve to convince the people of other communities. 

5. 
Begin the work with simplicity and modesty, making the first meeting a sample of all that are to follow. Eliminate spec­tacular features. 


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6. Great care should be exercised in choosing leaders. Cases are on record showing that the social center died when the teacher who was an efficient leader left the community. 
'i'. 'fhe control of the League should be kept in the hands of the grown people. Voting and officeholding should be restricted to the older members, and the program should never be given over to the children entirely. 
8. 
Do not allow the management of the League to become monopolized. See that the programs provide for the entire mem­bership. 

9. 
An occasional meeting should be given entirely to the so­cial side; but other meetings should not be given exclusively to this feature. 

10. 
'rhe progmm committee should see tha.t each program is a creditable one, and that proper announcement is made of it in advance of the meeting. 

11. 
The program committee should eliminate such features as tend to incite factional feelings or prejudice. There is plenty of good materi91 for programs. 

12. 
It is suggested that the county superintendent make a list of suitable lecturers who reside in the county. 

13. 
Beware of all long-winded speakers. 

14. 
See that the questions relating to tbe welfare of the home constitute a proper proportion of the program. 

15. 
Do not have regular meetings of the League oftener than twice a month. To hold meetings too often is one of the ways to destroy a good League. 

16. 
The publicity committee should see that the county news­papers get an account of each meeting immediately after it is held. 

17. 
The corresponding secretary should make a written report of each meeting to tbe county superintendent who should assist in giving publicity. Such news items require prompt attention on the part of the <'Orresponding secretary and the county superin­tendent. 


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ACTMTIES OF THE LEAGUE 
After the League is started the question naturally comes up as to what can be done to furnish programs and entertainment. Where all the people of the neighborhood, both young and old, and men and women attend the meetings, it is necessary to keep in mind the composite nature of the League. Therefore, programs should be made out so that they will interest all of these classes. Either a different kind of exercise should be given at each meet­ing; or, if the program is grouped around a central .topic, it should vary from time to time. 
AGRICULTURAL TALKS AXD LECTURES 
Naturally the first activity of the League will be that of the address. This may be in the form of a talk, a lecture, or a writ­ten paper. It is best to have it in the form of a talk. Even speaking from notes is not so effective as talking without notes. These talks may be on agricultural subjects. For this purpose the farmers of the community should be placed on the programs to talk on subjects in which they are interested and on which they are well informed. If there is a farmer in the neighborhood, whether he is a member or not, who has made a marked succes& in any particular line of ai?:ricultural work, he should be called upon to talk at the League of the community and to give his ex­perience. After each talk it is well to give some time to the discussion of the subject presented. It is not necessary to have the farmer members talk on fann subjects entirely. At one league in anotht"r State a farmer visited the city, and seeing a wireless telegraph in operation, came back to his league and gave a talk on the operation of 1his wonderful instrument. The talk was so interesting, so clear-cut and well prepared, that it is doubt­ful whether even an expert could have done better. 
l~XHIBITS 
Another activity worth while would be the holding of exhibits at the League, to which the farmers of the neighborhood bring 
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such products as oats, wheat, corn, cotton, potatoes, tomatoes, and specimens of other garden and farm products, to compete for sim­ple prizes. The fxhibit could also profitably include poultry, hogs, cattle, horses, and other birds and animals. 'rhe products of the boys' and girls' culbs of the community ehould be exhibited in this way, and would thereby be made an attractive feature of the 
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The women of the community should be given recognition in selecting subjects for the program; and it might be advisable occa­sionally to devote an entire program to such social and economic phaselO of the home as would appeal to them. 
BUSINESS .A.ND CO-OPERATIVE ENTERPRISES 
Possibly the :first movements toward co-operative buying and selling, co-operative ownership and operation of gins and ware­houses, and growers' associations, may be begun at the League meetings, for here the farlliers will have an opportunity to hear talks and lectures on these subjects by eminent authorities, which may be discussed and debated so that the members will become thoroughly familiar with these subjects before investing their money in such business enterprises. 
USE OF LOCAL TALENT 
Dentists, doctors, and veterinarians of the locality and of the county should be used in the work of the League. These men are of especial use on programs of special nature, as "health," "care of the body," and "sanitation." Is it not better to have the doctor come to tell us how to prevent disease rather than to call him to cure the disease? And generally he is wiJling to be of service to the community in this way. 'l'he local banker could talk on the operation of the bank. And in these days of popular discussion of the currency bill, postal savings banks, and other topics of a :financial nature, such discussions ought to be very val­uable. There are always other men in the community who can be called upon for talks at the League. 'l'he county judge, county attorney, the county health officer, the county agricultural demon­strator, commercial secretaries, local ministers, local merchants, 
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members of the commissioner!' court, officers and leaders of farm­
ers' unions, officers of the Congress of Mothers' and Parent-Teacher 
.Associations and officers of Federated Women's Clubs are de­
sirable persons who should be requested to deliver addresses. Pub­
lic officers can often give instructive talks on the duties of their 
offices, or on topics of State or national importance. In this con­
. nection it may be well for the program committee to use its own 
judgment, because there is danger that public men may use these 
meetings simply to further their political aims, and the program 
committee must know whom to invite and what talks these men 

should give. 
THE TEACHER'S OPPORTUNITY 
Many of the problems of the school will solve themselves by an understanding between the parents and the teacher, and the League offers a splendid opportunity for the teacher to meet the parents of his pupils at the League. He can give talks on school improvement, new methods in education, and even conduct a class before a meeting of the League showing how he teaches. Further­more, the League may organize a night school, a reading circle, or group-study course, where tlw teacher may give a part of his time in teaching the men and women, and the older boys and girls who can no longer go to the day scoool, but who are glad of the opportunity to better their education. 
DISCUSSION OF PUBLIC QUF.STIONS 
It is a well known fact that public discussion is the very life of a democratic government. Such discussion goe!' to make up public opinion, and this in turn often becomes crystallized into law. So in addition to these talks on public questions by outsiders, the League can be of great benefit if it takes up the discussion of theee questions among its own members; for in these days of com­mission form of government, party primaries, and other political movements to bring the government closer to the people, it be­comes necessary that the people be well informed on the questions of the day. .All these discussions should be informational, and not partisan. This feature should be made prominent in the League, as it will be the means \)f bringing together all the different fac­
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tions, from laborers to capitalists, on a common ground to discuss the needs of the community. In fact, the League or the social center is the only place where this can be successfully done. But, here again, the program committee must know the community; and where there is danger that rival factions and political parties may break up the League, it would be best not to attempt any discussion of a religious or political character. However, there are enough topics of a grneral nature, such as "good roads," "rural credits/' "co-operation," "education," and the like, that can al­ways be used. 
DEBATES, RECITA1'IONS, A.ND DECLAMATIONS 
Most public questions, as is well known, have two sides; and one of the best ways to study a subject is in the form of debate, so that the arguments for 1rnd against a proposition are brought out. It is a matter of regre( that the old-time debating club (and also the spelling bee, for that matter) has gone out of fashion. Many public men in Texas today will testify to the benefits they received through membership in a debating society. In such so­cieties men gain a knowledge of public questions such as they can get in no other way. 
Jn order to encourage the study and debate of subjects of im­portance and of current interest in the League, the following questions for debate are suggested: 
1. 
Resolved, 'That co-education in the high school is undesirable. 

2. 
Resolved, That high school fraternities should not be allowed. 

3. 	
Reoolved, 'That in the debates of the University Interscho­lastic I.ieague there should be no distinction between boys and girls. 

4. 
Resolved, That Texas should abolish capital punishment. 

5. 	
Resolved, That all cities in Texas of five thousand popula­tion and over should have a Commission Form of govern­ment. 

6. 	
Resolved, 'l'hat a State Commission should be created in Texas with power of compulsory arbitration of disputes between public service corporations and organized labor. 

7. 	
Resolved, That there !!hould be a still further reduction in our tariff schedules. 


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8. 	
Resolved, That Texas should have a compulsory education law. 

9. 
Resolved, That Texas should have suffrage for women. 

10. 	
Resolved, That all immigrants to the United States should be able to read in some language. 

11. 	
Resolved, 'l'hat Texas should adopt the Initiative and Refer­endum. 

12. 	
Resolved, 'l'hat this city (or town) should own its own water­works or street cars, gas plant, etc. 

13. 	
Resolved, That a system of compulsory old age insurance should be adopted in the United States. 

14. 
Resolved, That the Closed Shop is justifia.ble. 

15. 	
Resolved, That the annexation of Mexico to the United States would be to the best interests of both countries. 

16. 	
Resolved, That in our Penitentiary System corporal punish­ment should be absolutely prohibited. 

17. 	
Resolved, That the Honor System should be adopted in deal­ing with convicts. 

18. 
Resolved, That Texas should adopt Statewide Prohibition. 

19. 	
Resolved, That Texas should have a Constitutional Tax for the support of its institutions of higher learning. 

20. 	
Resolved, That labor unions are more harmful than bene­ficial to workingmen. 

21. 	
Resolved, That the President of the United States should be elected for a term of six yea.rs and be ineligible for re­election. 

22. 	
Resolved, That the United States Senate should be abolished, constitutionality waived. 

23. 
R~solved, That judges in Texas should be subject to popu­lar recall, constitutionality waived. 

24. 	
Resolved, 'rhat suffrage in Texas should require an educa­tional qualification. 

25. 	
Resolved, That the Monroe Doctrine should be abandoned by the United States. 

26. 	
Resolved, That in criminal trials three-fourths of the jury should be competent to render a verdict. 

27. 	
R~solved, That our legislation should be shaped toward the abandonment of the protective tariff. 


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28. 	
Resolved, That Texas should adopt a system of the single tax, constitutionality waived. 

29. 	
Resolved, That Congress should be given exclusive juri~dic­tion of marriage and divorce in all the States, constitu­tionality waived. 

30. 	
Resolved, That the Texas Legislature should prohibit secret fraternities and sororities in the State institutions of higher learning. 

31. 	
Resolved, That our present policy of excluding the Chinese from this country is unjustifiable. 

32. 	
Resolved, That the United States should adopt a policy of gradually increasing our navy. 

33. 	
Resolved, That the rules of the Simplified Spelling Board should be adopted. 

34. 	
Resolved, That the United States should permanently retain the Philippine Islands. 

35. 	
Resolved, That an eight-hour day for common laborers should be generally adopted. 

36. 	
Resolved, That football should be abolished in the schools and colleges. 

37. 
Resolved, That the doctrine of Christian Science is justifiable. 

38. 	
Resolved, That a business manager form of city government, as established at Dayton, Ohio, should be adopted by 

39. 	
Resolved, That the taxation system now in force in Houston should be generally adopted by Texas municipalities. 

40. 	
Reeolved, That all the large cities of the United States should employ women as well as men on their police forces. 

41. 	
Resolved, That in all public educational institutions vaecina­tion should be made compulsory. 

42. 	
Resolved, That a man intending to enter a business career should take a general college course. 

43. 	
Resolved, That Texas should adopt a plan for compulsory voting, based on a system of fines. 

44. 	
Resolved, That a national Progressive party should be main­tained. 

45. 	
Resolved, That the United States should establish a protec­torate over Mexico until stable government is assured. 


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46. 	
Resolved, That an honor system in examinations should be adopted in this school. 

47. 	
Resolved, That high school studies, excepting English, should be made elective. 

48. 	
Resolved, That supervised gymnasium work should be sub­stituted for high school athletic contests. 

49. 	
Resolved, 'fhat students in the ward schools should be al­lowed to play on the high school athletic teams of the same town. 

50. 	
Resolved, That Rugby football should be introduced as a sub­stitute for "American" football in colleges and schools of the United States. 


Another feature of the programs of the League should be reci­tations and declamations. Here the younger people, especially the girls, will :find a chance to do some work. It will be an oppor­tunity for them to gain confidence in themselves in speaking be­fol'e an audience. 
At least two or three of the meetings of the League during the year could well be devoted to either a formal debate or a free-for-all discussion of questions in which the community is in­tere:;ted, and the solution of which would be a real benefit to the community and the State. Such questions as that of Statewide Prohibition, Woman Suffrage, Compulsory Education, Removal of the Constitutional Limitations Upon Taxes for School Purposes, etc., etc., readily lend themselves to public discussion and debate. Local conditions will, of course, det(;'rmine how the programs should be arranged. One League, for example, could send a de­bating team to debate against another League. The League could also use the meeting in the preliminary tryouts for the annual de­bates of the University Intel'scholastic League. At another meet­ing the declamation contest.; of this League, for boys and girls, would furnish an excellent entertainment. In fact, wherever there are Univereity Home and School Leagues covering a given county, it would be well for these Leagues to take charge of the prelim­inary conteEtts in debate and declamation offered by the University Interscholastic League. The contests of this organization are open to all the schools in Texas below collegiate rank, and county offi­cers are in charge in most of the larger counties. An annual 
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county rally of the University Home and School Leagues might well be held also at the same time (the early part of March) as the final county contests of the Interscholastic League. This latter organization also has athletic contests among school boys and girls, and these contests, together with those in debate and declamation, would furnish a bwis for an annual county rally of the University Home and School l&agues in the county, and enable the Leagues to introduce such other features at the county meeting as may be desired. 
GAMES AND ATHLETICS 
Since the play life of children is their point of strongest ap­peal, we must not fail to make provision for this feature in build­ing up the University Home and School League. In fact, intelli­gent direction of games and athletic contests will be the means of drawing old and young alike into the other phases of this work. 
First, there should be introduced, at every gathering: includ­ing the regular school sessions, those .,imple, not too competitive playground games, in which all can take part. Games suitable for this are such as volley ball, the ...-arious forms of relays_. potato races, Indian club races, etc. Detailed yet simple de­scripiions of many games of this class may be found in Uni­versity Bulletin No. 311. Then, there should be also provision for the more strictly competitive games for the best athletes, including girls as well as boys. There may be two division~ of athletics contests both for boys and for girls, into Senior and Junior, according to weight or age. For the Senior boys' diviEOion the various track events given on page 35 of l !niversity Bulletin No. 274 will be suitable, with probably a baseball or a basketball contest added. For the Junior bo}'s, similar track events, with the heavy weight events omitted, should also be pro­vided. For girls, the Senior division will want basketball and possibly volley balL with individual tests such as basketball throws for distance or accuracy, or pas~ ball relay, or a balancing contest, added. The Junior girls may also have basketball, but volley ball should be preferred for them for the reason that larger numbers can play and it is not so strenuous. Then a relay race, each girl running thirty or fifty yards, a standing broad jump, a potato race, or shuttle relay, are other suitable events. University Bul­
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letin No. 311, on Physical Training and Athletics, gives sugges­tions for organizing the various classes of boys and girls in the different athletic and playground events. The main points to bear in mind are : ( 1) Provide for girls as well as for boys. ( 2) Emphasize those simple yet popular games in which large num­bers can compete. (3) Look after the interests of the younger children as well as the big ones. ( 4) See that a few non-stren­uous games are provided for the grown folks. ( 5) Do not allow one game or one class of children or older ones to usurp all the attention or all the playing E?pace. Contests in play and athletics should be put on at League exhibits and at the county educational ral!y and exhibit to be held in March of each year. 
THE PACKAGE LIBRARY 
For use in the study of a number of important subjects, the Department of J<Jxtension will lend to the League package li­braries, including more or less material in the way of books, bul­letins, pamphlets, clippings, etc., with the understanding that the League is to retain the package library for a period of only two weeks, and that the postage or express must be paid both ways by the League and the package library returned in good condition. The following is the list of subjects on which package libraries may be obtained : 
I. Banking and Currency Reform (intercollegiate debate). 
2. 
Capital Punishment. 

3. 
Child Labor. 

4. 
Commission Form of City Government. 

5. 
Compulrory Arbitration of Industrial Disputes. 

6. 	
Compulsory Education (bibliography and selected argu­ments). 

7. 
Conserrntion of Natural Resources. 

8. 
Direct Primaries. 

9. 
Education (Selected Addresses on). 

10. 
Educational Improvement and Social Reform. 

11. 
Employment of Women. 

12. 
Federal Control of Interstate Corporations. 


1., 
i). Free Trade vs. Protection. 
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14. 
Immigration (Literacy Test). 

15. 
Initiative and Referendum (intercollegiate debate). 

16. 
Literary Societies (bulletin). 

17. 
Municipal Ownership of Public Utilities. 

18. 
Olo Age Insurance (intercollegiate debate). 

19. 
Open vs. Closed Shop. 

20. 
Peace. 

21. 
Penitentiary Reform. 

22. 
Prohibition and the Liquor Problem. 

23. 
Reciprocity. 

24. 
Parcels Post. 

25. 
Tariff and Free Raw Material. 

26. 	
Texas' Need of the Services of Highel' Education (prize orations). 

27. 
Trade Unions. 

28. 	
Woman Suffrage (bibliography and selected arguments). 'l'hese subjects are also suitable for debate. 


P A.RLL\.YENT.ARY DRILL 
.Another feature of the program that will appeal to many is parliamentary drill. The business meetings of the League should be conducted in a business-like way, and parliamentary drill will aio the members in doing this. Everyone comes in contact more or less with public meetings; and the ability to expresf' oneself and conduct meetings according to rules is often invalu­able. The leader ought to take up this subject in a systematic way, conducting it as a class. He ought to take up the simplest forms first and gradually enlarge and take up the more difficult motions and amendments, etc., until the subject is mastered. 
NEWSPAPERS 
Some of the Leagues may have weekly "newspapers:" This adds to the enjoyment of the evening. The "editor" gathers up the news of the week of the community, writes it up and reads it before the League. He has "editorials," and often jokeR on the promi-nent members of the League. Of course, here, caution must be used to avoid unpleasant personalities. 
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MUSIC 
Music should he a feature of every program. The talent of the neighborhood should be enlisted. Besides the singing of the whole League, soloists, quartets, the local band, and those who can play musical instruments, all should be given an opportunity to appear in public. This is not only very valuable training for them, but it adds to the enjoyment of the meetings of the League. 
ENTERTAINMENT FEATURES 
Among the lighter featurl's of the League's work may be men­tioned games of an educatioual character; and if the talent exist.; in the neighborhood, and there is someone who can direct it, a mock trial may furnish a good deal of amusement. After the League has become proficient in parliamentary practice, a "con­gress" may be held. This is done in the following way : The "House" is divided into two parts, the "Conservatives" and the "Radicals," both of them of equal strength in numbers. A few "Independents" may vote either way. Both parties try to elect the chairman; and the one party will try to pass some "bill" over the other, while the opposing party will try to defeat it by voting it down, passing amendments, or arguing so eloquently that the "Independents" will come over to their side. 
CONTESTS 
Contests are always a source of instruction and entertainment. The old-fashioned spelling match ought to be revived. Adding, arithmetic, declamation, reading, geography, writing, and essay writing lend themEelves to contest work, and may bring about a good deal of entirnsiasm if one League is pitted against another. 
SCHOOL ENTERTAIN:!.lENTS AND EXHIBITS 
The school children may be enlisted to furnish songs, drills, dialogues, and charades to enliven the programs. Entertainments may be given and a small fee charged, the proceeds of which may be used to purchase books, pictures, and other improvements for the school. 
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Exhibits may be made of school work, sewing, cooking, as well as the products of the boys' and girls' clubs already mentioned. 
SOCIAL TIMES AND THE LIBRARY 
At every meeting there should be a general social period, at a recess or after the program has been rendered, when all the peo­ple may meet in a genuinely democratic way. Light refreshments and lunches will help the spirit of go9d fellowship. Special days and holidays should be celebrated by; programs appropriate for the occasion, at the close of which many games and other entertain­ments in harmony with the day will suggest themselves . 
.Box suppers, ice cream parties, barbecues, picnics are forms of entertainment that can be adopted for use of such social gather­ings. 
Another form of entertainment is the play. There are always enough young people in a community who are anxious to get up a dramatic club. The rehearsals themselves offer opportunities for social enjoyment; and the presentation of a local talent play causes more comment and enthusiasm in a neighborhood than if a professional company should put on a production. A play offers splendid opportunities for raising money for the purposes already mentioned. The teacher will :ti.nil his time well repaid if hi:! undertakes the coaching of a play in the experience he gains in such work and the opportunity to meet and help the young people of his district. These social occasions will afford an excellent op­portunity of raising funds with which to install a library of good books for use by both the League and the public school. The books and bulletins giYen in the list connected with suggested pro­grams found in this bulletin should be obtained for the library; and other suitable books for the school children and the people of the community, among which should be included a number of standard magazines and farm papers, should be procured. Upon request the Department of Extension of the University will fur­nish a list of suitable books · for the library of the League and the public school. 
HOME WELFARE 
The desire is to assist the home-maker as much as possible to make her problems less burdensome and her home more attractive 
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and efficient. Special interest is felt in rural communities because of natural isolation and the limited means of social and intellec­tual opportunities. Through these University Home and School Leagues many lines of work are offered to both women and children. 
A. For Women 
I. Study Classes 
The following topics can be studied by any woman of the League. Detailed bulletins of the work will be sent from the Uni­versity free. Small libraries, useful in studying the:oe courses, will be loaned; and helpful bull~tins and a list of other books will be supplied. A University lecturer may be sent to assist in organiz­ing such classes, and as often as practicable speakers and demon­strators will be supplied to meet with the League. 
1. Rural sanitation. 
(1) 
Water supply. 

(2) 
Mille supply. 

(3) 
Care of garbage and slops. 

(
4) Toilet facilities. 

(
5) Ventilation in the home. 

(6) 
Care of the home in time of illness. 


2. Care of children. 
(1) 
Hereditary influences. 

(2) 
Feeding. 

(3) 
Physical care. 

(4) 
Clothing. 

(5) 
Children's diseases. 


3. Foods. 
(1) 
General principles of feeding. 

(2) 
General principles of preparing food. 

(3) 
A study of the common foods. 

a. 
Nutritive values. 

b. 
Economic values. 

c. 
Meats, eggs, cheese, milk, bread, vegetables. 

d. 
Canning and drying. 

e. 
Preserving. 




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f. 
School lunches. 

g. 	
Study of kitchen, arrangement, and equip­ment. 

h. 	
Study of dining room, taste ]n furnishing and :finishing, taste in preparing food and serving meals. 


4. 
Economics of buying, and the rural stores. 

5. 
Better babies' contest. 


II. Lectures and Demonstrations 
Special lecturers and demonstrators, fully equipped with charts, lantern slides, cooking outfits, etc., may be had for special occasions, and offer the following subjects: 
1. Foods. 
(1) 	
Nutritive value. 

(2) 	
Preparation. 

(3) 	
Feeding of children. 

(
4) 	Rural school lunches. 

(5) 	
Planning meals. 

(6) 	
Serving meals. 

(7) 	
Table etiquette. 

(8) 	
Good and bad buying. 

(9) 	
Woman's share in high cost of living. 


2. Clothing. 
(1) 	
How to dress the school child. 

(
2) 	Cost of dressing school children. 

(3) 	
How to buy good cloth. 

(
4) 	Manufacture of textile fabrics. 


( 5) 	Good taste in clothing. 
3. Shelter. 
(1) 	
How to plan and build a house. 

(2) 	
A simple and convenient kitchen. 

(
3) 	How to furnish a home. 

(
4) 	Bathing facilities for the rural home. 

(
5) 	Ornament in the home. 

(6) 	
Household decoration. 


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III. Local One-Week School 
The school will be organized when desired in a county having three or five Leagues. 'l'he plan is to give each League one week's work, but not on consecutive days. The school will meet in one I.ieague for one or two days, and proceed to the next League for the next one or two days. This movement will continue till each League has had five di:ys' work. Any county desiring such work must provide a place where the school can be held, must guarantee a class of at least twenty women at each League, and must provide entertainment for the teachers of the school. All instruction will be furnished free. 
The following program !'ervcs as a suggestion of work in a one­week school: First Day 
9 :45-10 :00 Opening exercises. 10 :00-11 :00 Talk on nutritive value of food. 11 :00-12 :30 Demonstration in the cooking of. eggs and milk. 12 :30-1 :30 Basket lunch. 
1 :30-3 :00 Sewing class. Use of patterns. Cutting out night 
dress. 
3 :00-4 :00 Round table, at which aJl meet and discuss indi­
vidual problems. 
4 :00-6 :00 Special work ior children. 
8 :00-9 :00 Stereopticon lecture, open to everyone. Topic­
How to Secure Olean Milk. 
Second Day 
10 :00-11 :00 Talk on meat cooking. 
11 :00-12 :30 Cooking tough meat. Use of fireless cooker. 
12 :30-1 :80 Basket lunch. 
1 :30-3-:00 Sewing class. Cutting and fitting shirtwaist. 
3 :00-4 :00 Ronnd table discussion. 
4 :00-6 :00 Children's hour. 
8 :00-9 :00 Stereopticon lecture. Topic-Use ,1f Birds to the 
Farmer. 
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Third Day 
10 :00-11 :00 Food for children. 
11 :00-12 :30 Cooking of Yegetahles and fruits. 
12 :30-1 :30 Basket lunch. 

1 :30-3 :00 Sewing class. Making the garments cut out. 
3 :00-4 :00 Round table. 
4 :00-6 :00 Children's hour. 

]fourth Day 
10 :00-11 :00 Planning meals. 11 :00-12 :30 Baking breads. 12 :30-1 :30 Basket lunch. 
1 :30-3 :00 Sewing class. Cutting and fitting plain dress. 
3 :00-4 :00 Round table. 
4 :00-6 :00 Girls' hour. 
8 :00-9 :00 Stereopticon lecture. Topic-Great Paintings. 

Fifth Day 
10 :00-11 :00 Rural sanitation. 11 :00-12 :30 Canning and preserving. 12 :30-1 :30 Basket lunch. 
1 :30-3 :00 Sewing class. Work continued. 
8 :00-9 :00 Evening party for all. Refreshments prepared by the women. Entertainment furnished by the children. 
IV. Entertainments 
Simple entertainments for afternoon or evening will be pro­vided, or plans for carrying out entertainment will be supplied when desired. Such entertainments as the following are sug­ge;::ted : 
1. 
Victrola. concerts. 

2. 
Lantern slide lectures. 

3. 
Outdoor picnics. 

4. 
Special day parties. 

5. 	
Moving picture films, in small towns where electricity is available. 


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V. Rally and Contests 
It is desirable that all people connected with the University Home and School Leagues of each county meet together once each year, and bring to this meeting the interests of the year's work. At this time contests may be held and prizes offered. Prizes may be offered for the following: 
1. 
Best loaf of bread made in bread-mixer. 

2. 
Best sponge cake made by girl of twelve or fifteen. 

3. 
Best out-of-door baking powder biscuit made by boy. 


Other suggestions for the county educational rally and exhibit are given in this bulletin under the heading: "County and State Meetings." 
B. For Girls and Boys 
The Department of Extension· will assist in organizing classes, wiil outline courses of study or of work, and will both by letter and by personal visits assist in organizing and conducting success­ful local classes as follows: 
1. 
Cooking classes. 

2. 
Sewing circles. 

3. 
Athletics. 

4. 
Dramatic clubs. 

5. 
Girls' social clubs. 

6. 
Boys' social clubs. 

7. 
Poultry clubs. 

8. 
Singing claBses. 

9. 
Bands. 

10. 
Agricultural clubs. 


BIBLIOGRAPHY ON HOME WELFARE 
"The Care and Feeding of Children." L. E. Holt. 75c. D. Appleton & Company, New York, N. Y. "Boston Cooking School Book." Fannie Farmer. $2.00. Whitcomb & Barrows, Boston, Mass. "Practical Cookin_g and Serving." Janet Hill. $2.00. Whit­comb & Barrows, Boston, Mass. "Food and Cookery for the Sick and Convalescent." Fannie Farmer. Whitcomb & Barrows, Boston, Mass. 
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"Diet in Disease." Pattee. A. F. Pattee, Mt. Vernon, N. Y. "Cost of Shelter." E. H. Richards. $1.00. Whitcomb & Bar­rows, Boston, Mass. "The Healthful Farm Home." Helen Dodd. Whitcomb & Bar­rows, Boston, Mass. "The Oare of the Home." Clark. $1.50. Whitcomb & Bar­rows, Boston, Mass. "Furnishing a Modest Home." F. Daniels. $1.00. Whitcomb & Barrows, Boston, Mass. "Fundamentals of Farming and of Farm Life." Kyle and Ellis. $1.25. Charles Scribner's Sons, Chicago, Ill. "Sanitation in Daily Lue." E. H. Richards. 60c. Whitcomb & Barrows, Boston, Mass. "The Primer of Sanitation." J. W. Ritchie. Whitcomb & Barrows, Boston, Mass. '"rhe Human Body and Its Enemies." Hartman and Bibb. 65c. World Book Company, Yonkers-on-Hudson, N. Y. "Shelter and Clothing." Kinne and Cooley. Macmillan Com­pany, Dallas, Texas. "Rural Hygiene." H. N. Ogden. Macmillan Company, Dallas, Texas. "Cost of Living." Richards. $1.00. Whitcomb & Barrows, Boston, Mass. "The Family House." 0. F. Osborne. Penn Publishing Co., Philadelphia, Pa. "House Sanitation." Marion Talbot. Whitcomb & Barrows, Boston, Mass. "The Modern Household." Talbot and Breckenridge. Whit­comb & Barrows, Boston, Mass. 
The following bulletins may be obtained free from the United States Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. 0.: 
No. 154. Home Fruit Garden. 
No. 203. Canning Fruit, Preserves, Jellies. 
No. 73. Cooking Vegetables. 
No. 84. Potatoes as Food. 
No. 256. Preparation of Vegetabsl for the Teablc. 
No. 105. Cereal Breakfast Foods. Also Nos. 237 and 249. 
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No. 281. 
No. 93. 
No. 29. 
No. 42. 
No. 63. 
No. 363. 
No. 413. 
No. 166. 
No. 244. 
No. 87. 
No. 34. 
No. 83. 
No. 391. 
No. 121. 
No. 122. 
No. 241. 
No. 112. 
No. 43. 
No. 296. 
No. 185. 
No. 43. 
No. 51. 
No. 71. 

Corn as a Food for Man. Sugar as Food. Souring of Milk. Facts About Milk. Care of Milk on the Farm. Use of Milk as Food. The Care of Milk and Its Use in the Home. Cheese-Making on the Farm. Food Value of Cottage Cheese. Food Value of Eggs. Composition and Cooking of Meat. Fish as Food. Economical Use of Meat in the Home. Beans, Peas, and Other Legumes as Food. Nuts as Food. Butter-Making on the Farm. Bread and Bread-Making. Also No. 389. Sewage Disposal on the Farm. Wells and Pure Water. Beautifying the Home Grounds. House Ants. Cock-roaches. Houseflies. 
The following bulletins may be obtained free from the Depart­ment of Extension of the University of Texas: 
No. 275. The Problem o.f the School Luncheon, Part I. 
No. 300. The Problem of the School Luncheon, Part IL 
No. 260. Food for Children. 
No. 260. Food for Growing Children. 
No. 303. Simple Cooking of Wholesome Food for the Farm. 
No. 276. Use of Food and the Proper Balancing of the Diet. 
No. 305. Cleanliness and Health. 
No. 282. The Principles of Menu Making. 
No. 278. Cooking Tough Meats. 
No. 319. Meat, Its Value as Food, and Its Proper Prepara­
ti on. 
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LECTURES 
'The work of the Department of Extension of the University is primarily educational. 'l'he lectures, therefore, are not merely en­tertainment, but are designed to carry out into the State the in­struction available at the University. Every lecture offered pre­sents an appreciable, definite amount of information, and repre­sents the thoughtful work of a student who has specialized in his subject. It is believed that the people of the State will appre­ciate more the opportunity to secure reliable instruction along with entertainment than merely to enjoy an evening's amusement. Each speaker will attempt to present his subject simply and clearly, in a popular and not in a technical manner, so that the average audience may follow him readily and may enjoy, as well as be instructed by, his lecture. 
ILLUSTRATED LECTURES 
Many of these lectures are illustrated by means of the stereop­ticon. The Department of Extension has a number of printed lectures that can be sent out with the lanterns, so that any person in the community can read the lecture and use the slides without having a man from the University present. While this is not as effective as a lecture fresh from the speaker, it will serve the pur­pose in many cases. In case of a lecture of this kind the Univer­sity can furnish the lantern when asked to do so, but those secur­ing the lantern mu8t provide for the electrical current and the management of the lantern. Where no electrical current can be provided, a gas tank will be sent with every lantern, which will probably be necessary in the rural districts. 
KINDS OF LECTURES 
The University of Texas aims to be of service to the citizens of Texas, and especially to Lhe Leagues, first, by sending out peo­ple to organize these Leagues. For this purpose practically all of the members of the staff of the Department of Extension are avail­able. These people will come prepared to discuss the organization of Leagues, give practical hints as to the management of the activ­ities, and can furnish illustrai:ed lectures on the social center move­
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ment in Texas and elsewhere, which will be an inspiration to those trying to do this work. Secondly, the object of the Depart­ment of Extension is to bring the University to the people, and so naturally the whole resources of this Department a.re at the com­mand of the Leagues. Afte-... several Leagues have been organized in one county, it will be a saving of money and time to bring sev­eral of these lecturers into the county at one time, who can then go from League to League to give their lectures and demonstra­tions. The following is a partial list of subjects treated by the lecturers of the Depa.rtment of Extension : 
Agricultural Co-operation. 
Agricultural Credit and Finance in the United States and m Europe. The Social Center and Its Work. The Business Side of Farming. Successful M1arketing of Farm .Products. A Series of Lectures on Health. Sanitation of the Home. Food for Children. The School Luncheon. The Country Boy as a Resource of the State. Rural School Efficiency. The Education of the Country Boy. 'l'h~ Interscholastic League. Child Welfare. Improved Schoolhouses and Grounds. The Public School System of Texas and Its Needs. The Value of Teaching Agriculture in the Public Schools. The Cultural and the ·Financial Values of Education. 'l'he Country Life Problem in Texas. Evolution of Breadmaking. How to Secure Clean Mille Labor-saving Devices of the Home. Planning a Convenient Kitchen. 'l'he Value of Domestic Economy in Rural Schools. 'l'he Nutritive Value of Food. What We Eat-How It Helps and Hinders Growth. What We Eat-How Tt Helps and Hinders Study. 
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Principles Involved in the Preparation of Food. 
Woman's Share in High Cost of Living. 

In addition to the lectures by members of the sta1f of the De­partment of Extension, the University professors are available for lectures at Leagues. provided the engagements do not interfere with their regular work. Arrangements in regard to any of these lecturers must be made some time in advanced of the desired date. This is especially true in case of the Leagues in parts of the State remote from A.ustin. The following is a partial list of sub­jects of the lectures of the regular teaching staff: 
Fact and Fiction; or, Life as the Great Writers Have Seen It. Protection and Free Trade. 'l'he Evolution of Political Economy and Political Science. Monkeys and Men. Philosophy. Is Religion Rational? Color Photography. Romeo and Juliet. Songs of the Cowboy. Castles in Spain. Place and Significance of Organized Athletics in Modern Society. Egypt. The Revenue S,Ystem of Texas. Types of Southern Humor. Penitentiary Reform; or, Our Treatment of the Criminal. The Learning Process as Seen in Animals. The Spoken Word. Status of Married Women in 'l'exas. Earthquakes. The Education of the Negro in the South. 'l'he Organized Country Community. A Modern Mor·mon in His Home, Church, and State. The Poor Boy and the University. The Average Man. The Ice Age. 'fhe Passion Play. Comparative Psychology and the Study of Animal Mind. What the Public Want. 
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HOME STUDY FOR MEMBERS OF THE LEAGUE 
'l'he University Correspondence School has already proved its right to recognition as one of the successful methods of taking the advantages of the Univernity into the homes of the people, even to i:he remotest eorners of the State. In connection with the plans of the Department of Extension to organize the University Home and School League for community life, the demands for individual study and advancement are at once enlarged and magnified; anrl ihese demands must be met. Of particular interest to the mem­l>ers of the University Home and School League are the following courses offered by correspondence. The page references are to Bulletin No. 314, Extension Series No. 42, "Announcements Re­lating to the Division of Correspondence Instruction." 
Bookkeeping and Business Practice (p. 34). 
Economics of Agriculture (p. 37). 
Soil Fertility and Soil l\fanagement (p. 77). 
Cereals (p. 77). 
Grasses and Forage Crops (p. 78). 
Plant Culture (p. 78). 
J,ive Stock and Dairying (p. 78). 
J>oultry (p. 79). 
Farm Management (p. 79). 
American Business Law (p. 92) . 
Rights of Married Women in Texas (p. 93). 
Organizations for Adolescents (p. 76). 
In addition. to the above named courses especially prepared for the citizens of the State who do not wish to enter upon a regular collegiate course, we offer over two hundred correspondence courses in the academic, engineering, and law departments, and most of these courses are allowed to count tm.vard the bachelor's degree on exactly the same conditions as the corresponding resident work. 'I'hc fee for each correspondence course is $7.00. The correspond­ence bulletin, giving full information and announcements concern­ing the plan of work and the courses 0ffered, will be sent upon request. 
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GROUP-STUDY COURSES 
In case a definite group 0£ persons in any University Home and School League, such as a parent and teacher club, a mothers' club, or the like, desires to pursue a particular line of reading or study throughout the school year, the University is prepared to offer through its group-study courses the necessary outlines and programs covering quite a laX"ge number of topics, and also to send out authoritatiYE reference libraries of from ten to twenty-five volumes on each of these topics. It will be necessary for the local group to organize and appoint a leader or corresponding secretary who will keep the records and conduct the business of the course, and to whom the University can look for the return of the books at the end of the season. 
'fhe advantages to be derfred by the University Home and s~hool League from the group-study plan are many. In the first place, the course will be conducted by a University professor who knows the literature dealing with this topic, and who can direct the study of the club or group in the most scientific and satisfac­tory way. A great deal of time and energy is often wasted by desultory and disconnected reading when the group attempts to direct its own course of study. Moreover, there is a great deal of satisfaction to the group in the mere knowledge of the fact that some competent person at the University is interested in the course of reading, and that the advice which he gives is based upon expert or authoritative opinion. In addition the professor will attempt to clear up such difficulties as may arise in the progress of the course, but it will be necessary that his correspondence be limited to such matters as may be of general interest to the group. He cannot undertake to help individual members of the group to pre­pare papers or reports on special topics, for this would be too great a tax upon his time. 
Once during the year the University professor who directs the course will visit the group and give one or two lectures, as may seem desirable. These lectures may be given to the group alone, to the members and their invited friends, or to the general public. In case the lechue is to be given to the public, the University will furnish window posters, newspaper notices, tickets, etc., so that the lecture may be properly advertised. If an admission 
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charge is made, the entire proceeds shall go to the group for such purposes as it may design. In most cases the public lectures will be of popular nature, and in some cases they will be illustrated with lantern slides furnished by the Department of Extension. 
The library will usually contain sufficient material to assist the members in working up their assignments or special reports. The books will be left with the club throughout the school year, from October 1 to May 31 of each year. Frequently the books may be used by the other members of the League while they are not in circulation among the members of the group. In many cases the Leagues will :find it to their advantage to purchase duplicate sets of the books as a permanent accession to their libraries. 
To cover a part of the expenses of these group-study courses, the following fees will be charged : 
For programs alone ................$10 for 1914-1915 

For programs and library........... 15 for 1914-1915 

For programs, library and lecture .... 30 for 1914-1915 
]'or lecture alone ................... 25 for 1914-1915 

The University bears all traveling expenses, but the group is expected to pay transportation cha1ges on the books one way, and to entertain the lecturer while he is with them. In many cases the actual traveling expenses will amount to more than the fee charged for conducting the entire course. 
The Group-Study bulletin issued by the University in June, 1913, shows a number of topics suitable for special courses of study for the University Home and School Leagne. The list of topics will doubtless be considerably enlarged for the session 1914­1915. The courses conducted during 1913-1914 proved to be uni­formly popular, and many of the group centers have indicated their purpose to renew their applications for similar courses for next year. In art and literature :fifteen topics are offered; in economics and business training, six; in education, six; in government, his­tory, and sociology, six; in home economics and technical train­ing, two; in law and public speaking, three; in philosophy, two; in science, two. Among these topics those which might be of especial interest to the University Horne and School J,<'ague groups are the following: 
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Social Aspects of Education. 
Religious Pedagogy. 
Child Study. 
Agencies for Child Welfare. 
American Business Law. 
Comparative Governmental Systems. 
Comparative Municipal Government. 
Development of Democracy. 
Modern Charity, Criminology, and Ru.ral Sociology. 
'I'he Principles and Practice of Debate. 
Home Economics (Popular Course). 
Beginnings of Technical Training. 
Pla.nt Improvement for Gardens and Parks. 
Principles of Economics. 
The Trust Problem. 
Money and Banking. 
Investments. 
The Business of Farming. 
Methods of Fanning in Texas. 
In addition to these special topics the general cultural subjects in !M"t and literature may also be suitable for some communities or groups. A bulletin giving the details of the group-study plan and containing full announcements of the various courses will be mailed free to anyone who desires it. 
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GENERAL SUGGESTIONS TO THE PROGRAM 
COMMITEE 

'l'he real value as well as the life of the University Home and School League depends more, possibly, UPon live and appropriate programs than upon any other phase of the work. As a means of assisting program committees in providing wholesome programs and entertainments, the Department of Ex.tension of the Univer­sity submits the following suggestions: (1) Carefully read the subjects and the bibliographies for programs and write for the bibliography material at once. The material should be obtained by the program committee before the program is formulated and before the subjects are assigned. (2) Do not make the programs too long. ( 3) Plan each program to meet the special interests and needs of the community. (4) Give everybody in the com­munity something to do, but this does not mean that every person be put on the program. ( 5) Give the children a chance. ( 6) Vary the program from time to time. (7) Keep constantly on the watch for any good oui.side talent that may be available. If a noted lecturer happens to be passing through the country, have a called meeting of the League and use him if he can be secured. 
(8) By all means make every meeting a success. 
Lists of program material are herewith submitted. Select only sufficient material to make the program of proper length, being careful that the subjects chosen are surh as will contribute most to the enthusiasm, the interest, and the common good of the com­munity. 'l'he reference material given in connection with the sub­jects should be obtained immediately after the organization of the University Rome and School League; and each subject, together with the material on it, should be carefully considered by the pro­gram committee before said subject is included in the program. 
l\fATERIAL FOR GOOD ROADS PROGRAMS 
The program should be made as practicable and as applicable to local conditions as possible. Emphasize the financial and the social loss the community has to sustain because of poor roads. 
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If the roads have been improved, and are in first-class condition, show the ways in which the community is benefited by them. The evil effects of poor roads may be summarized as follows : ( 1) They depress local real estate values. (2) They act as a hin­drance to church and school activities. (3) They hinder social and religious progress by making travel burdensome and disagree­able. ( 4) They bespeak a lack of community pride. ( 5) They are expensive to the farmer, for he might market his crops in half the time by doubling the size of his loads if the roads \\ere good. 
(6) The time lost to the former and bis team in marketing the crops often amounts to more than the farmer's proportionate part of the tax to put the roads in good condition. (7) They are wearing on vehicles and killing on beasts of burden. References: 
The following farmers' bulletins, which may be obtained free by 2ddm;sing the United States Department of Agriculture, Wash­ington, D. C., contain valuable information on good roads, and should be obtained by the program committee for the use of the persons assigned to the different subjects to be discussed in the good roads program. These bulletins should be obtained before the program is finally agreed upon: 
No_. 95. Good Roads for Farmers. 
No. 136. Earth Roads. 
Ko. 505. Benefits of Improved Roads. 
No. 311. Sand, Clay, and Burnt Clay Roads. 
Xo. 321. The Split Log Drag. 
Xo. 338. Macadam Roads, U. S. Department of Agriculture, 
Office of Public Roads. 
Xo. 31. Mileage and Cost of Public Roads in the United 
States. No. 39. Highway Bridges and Culverts. Circular No. 95. Special Road Problems of the Southern States. 
SUGGESTED SUB.JECTS FOR GOOD RO.ADS PROGRAM 
1. The teacher, assisted by some of the larger students, should draw an accurate map of the roads of the community, or the jus­tice's precinct, on the blackboard the day before the meeting 
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is to be held. This map should represent the very best work of the kind the teacher and the students are capable of doing. 
2. 
Song; invocation; other music. 

3. 
Are the Roads of the Community or Precinct Properly Located? If Not, What Changes Should Be Made, and What Would Be the Advantages in the Said Changes? 

4. 
What Are the Best Means, and What Will It Cost to Put Our Roads in Good Condition? This subject should be discussed by the county judge, the commissioner of the precinct, or the county road commissioner or engineer; and the different kinds of material available for building good roads should be exhibited, with an explanation and demonstration of how the roads should be built and maintained. 

5. 
The Effect of Good Roads Upon the School and Church Life of the Community (by local pastor). 


G. How Much Does This Community Lose Each Year by Not Having Better Roads? 'l'his subject should be discussed from the standpoint of marketing agricultural products, of attendance upon the public school, of attendance upon the community church, and of attendance upon social gatherings in the community. The teacher or some individual of the community who will take the trouble to investigate carefully and gather correct information should discuss this subject. 
MODEJ. PROGRAM FOR A GERMAN COMMUNITY 
Topic for Discussion : Raiffeisen und sein Werk. 
Oefl'nungsrede beim Herrn V orsitzender. 
Ein Raiffeisen Lied. 
Ansprache: Vater Raiffeisen, EEin Leben und Werk. 
Ansprache: Das Raiffeisen Dorf. 
Musik. 
Ansprache: Andwendung Raiffeisen's Principien in Texas. Ein Raiffeisen Lied. Bulletin of the University of Texas, No. 298, "Siudies in Agri­cultural Economics." "F. W. Raiffeisen." von Dr. Martin Fassbender (A German Work). Haiffeisen Bibliothek. (A series of pamphlets on Raiffeisen's 
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work and organization. Published by Landwirtschaftliche Zentral Darlegungskasse fiir Deutschland, N euwied. ) Senate Document No. 114, Sixty-third Congress, First Session. (Address of David Lubin on Raiffeisen.) See also the program on "Rural Credits" for references. 
MODEL PROGRAM 
Topic for Discussion: Banks and the Farmer. 
Opening remarks by the Chairman. 
Song. 
Talk: By a local bank official-Relation of the Bank and the Farmer. General discussion. Talk : Uses of Commercial Papers. Music. Paper: Operations of the Postal Savings Bank. This program is arranged for lectures by outside speakers al­
most entirely. Local bank officials, the postmaster, merchants, and other business men can give talks on these subjects without much preparation. Teachers of business colleges and the public schools may be available and would be excellent speakers on such commercial topics. 
MODEL PROGRA.M 
Topic: Marketing of Perishable Farm Products. 
Opening remarks by the Chairman. 
Song. 
Recitation. 
Paper: My Experience in Marketing Fruit. 
Discussion: (Brief-by about three persons.) 
Music. 
Paper: Successful MaTketing Methods Used in Other Sections of the United States. Discussion: (Brief-by about three persons.) Closing Exercises. 
References : 
"Co-operation in Agriculture," G. Harold Powell, New York. 
Macmillan Company, Dallas, Texas. 
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"Produce Markets and Marketing," Wm. T. Siebels. Published by Produce Markets and Marketing Company, 35 Water and Clark Streets, Chicago, Ill. 
The following bulletin may be obtained from the University of Texas without cost by writing for it: 
Bulletin No. 298, "Studies in Agricultural Economics." 
'l'he following documents may be obtained free from the Con­gressman of your district. Write to him for them. They are is­-sued by the Bureau of Plant Industry, United States Department -of Agriculture, Washington, D. C.: 
Bulletin No. 123, Shipping of Citrus Fruit. 
Farmers' Bulletin No. 62, Marketing of Farm Products. 
Farmers' Bulietin No. 520, Marketing and Storage of Sweet Potatoes. 
Farmers' Bulletin No. 548, :Marketing. 
Bulletin No. 1 'l', Poultry Refrigeration. 
Program on Rural Credits. 
Song. 
Talk: The Raiffeisen Banks of Germany. 
Song. 
Declamation. 
Talk: The Texas Rural Credit Law. 
Discussion: Shall We Organize A Rural Credit Society in Our Community? 
Song. 
References: 
"Co-Operation in Agriculture," G. Harold Powell, New York. 
Macmillan Company, Dallas, Texas. 
Send to the Commissioner of Banking and Insurance, Austin, 
Texas, for a copy of the Texas banking laws. 
The following documents may be obtained free from the Con· 
gressman of your district. Write to him for them: 
"Preliminary Report on r~and and Agricultural Credit in 
Europe." Published by Division of Information, Department of 
State, Washington, D. C. 
"Rural Credits." Senate Document No. 260, Sixty-third Con­
gress, Second Session. 
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"Investigation of Present Conditions." Yearbook of United Siates Department of .Agdculture, 1912, p. 25. 
"European Systems Modified to Meet United States Conditions." Senate Document No. 855, Sixty-second Congress, Second Session. "Davis Plan of Rural Banks, State and National." Senate Doc­
ument No. 141, Sixty-third Congress, First Session. "RurrJ Banking and Currency Reform." Sena.te Document No. 140, Sixty-third Congress, First Session. 
SUGGESTED PROGRAM FOR THANKSGIVING DAY 
1. 
Song. 

2. 
Reading the President's Proclamation. 

3. 
Reading the Governor's Proclamation. 

4. 
Recitation: Selected. 

5. 
Paper: The Origin of Thanksgiving Day. 

6. 
Song : Selected. 

7. 
Short .Address. 

8. 
Thanksgiving Drill. 

9. 
Paper: The Early Life of the New England Colonists. 

10. 
Song: Selected. 

11. 
Dialogue. 

12. 
Song: Selected. 


The music for this occasion should consist of patriotic songs, quartets, solos, and selections by the band or orchestra. 
SUGGESTED PROGRH£ FOR WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY AND ARBOR DAY 
1. 
Song: "A menca." 

2. 
Roll Call, to be answered by quotations from Washington. 

3. 
Short Sketch of the Life of Washing.ton. 

4. 
Flag Drill, by children. 

5. 
How to Beautify the Schoolyard by Planting Trees. 

6. 
Song, by school children. 

7. 
Refreshments. 


Suggestions: 'l'he teacher, assisted by the school trustees, some of the members of the League and the school children, should, during the day, plant the school ground with trees suitable to the soil and the climate; and the program given above should be ren­
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dered at the League meeting held at the schoolhouse at night. A proper rendition of the program is important, but the occasion should be regarded as a failure unless suitable trees have been actually planted. Hundreds of bleak, barren schoolhouse grounds throughout the State are a perpetual reminder of the thoughtless­ness and the neglect of the people in the matter of beautifying the schoolhouse environment. The following publications will be help­ful to program committees in preparing suitable programs for this occasion: 
"Neighborhood Entertainments," Steve. Sturgis & Walton, New York, N. Y. "New Mexico Public School Anniversaries," State Department of Education, Santa Fe, New Mexico. "The Birthdays of Washington and Lincoln," State Department of Education, Denver, Colorado. "West Virginia Arbor and Bird Annual," State Department of Schools, Charleston, West. Virginia. "Washington's Birthday," State Department of Education, Raleigh, N. C. SUGGESTED HEALTH PROGRAM 
1. 
Song, by the League. 

2. 
Roll Call, to be answered by one-minute talks on how to make the community a more healthful place in which to live. 

3. 
'l'he Housefly, a Carrier of Disease; How to Eliminate the Housefly. 

4. 
Music: Selected. 

5. 
Why Shallow W elis Are Dangerous Sources for Drinking Water. Put drawing on blackboard to illustrate a good well properly located. 

6. 
Humorous debate, consuming only ten minutes of time: "Resolved, That an Old Maid Is of More Benefit to the Commun­ity Than an Old Bachelor." 


7'. How Hog-Pens, Backyards, and Outhouses May Become a Menace to Health. This subject should be discussed by either the local physician, or by a physician invited to be the guest of the occasion. 
Suggestions : By all means the program committee should secure the farmers' bulletins given below from the United States 
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Deparment of Agriculture, Washington, D. C., and these bulletins should be furnished to the persons on the program who are to dis­cuss subjects of which the bulletins treat. As a rule, the neigh­borhood doctors will be glad to furnish information on most any of the subjects mentioned: 
No. 463. 'The Sanitary Privy. 
No. 345. Some Common Disinfectants. 
No. 393. Habit-Forming Agents. (Drugs in Food.) 
No. 459. Houseflies. 
No. 115. How Insects Affect Health in Rural Communities. 
No. 450. Some Facts About Malaria. 
No. 377. Harmfulness of Headache Mixtures. 
SUGGESTED PROGRAM FOR BETTER COUNTRY HOMES 
1. 
Song. 

2. 
Roll Call, to be answered by mentioning current events of importance. 

3. 
How We Can Secure Hot Water for the Country Home. Put chart on blackboard from Farmers' Bulletin No. 270. 

4. 
Short dialogue, or selected music. 

5. 
Kinds of Flowers and Shrubbery Most Suitable in Beauti­fying the Yard of the Country Home, a.nd What Time of the Year They Should Be Planted. 

6. 
Question Box. 

7. 
Discussion of Labor-Saving Devices for the Home. 


Suggestions : Put special stress upon the need of conveniences within the home for the farm wife. The water supply, the means of doing the laundry, the arrangement of the kitchen, pantry, and dining room should be giveri special attention. Improved farm machinery has relieved the man on the farm of much of the drudgery of farm work; but economic appliances and labor-saving devices for the farmer's wife within the home have been almost entirely neglected. The following farmers' bulletins should be se­cured from the United States Department of Agriculture, Wash­ington, D. C., and furnished to the persons on the program who are to discuss subjects of which the bulletifts treat: 
No. 494. Lawn Soil and Lawns. 
No. 195. Annual Flowering Plants. 

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No. 527. Experiment St.ation Work. (Page 19.) 
No. 185. Beautifying the Home Grounds. 
No. 270. Modern Conveniences for the l!'arm Home. 
No. 248. 'rhe Lawn. 
No. 463. The Sanitary Privy. 
No. 342. Experiment Station Work. (Page 30.) 
No. 126. Practical Suggestions for Farm Buildings. 
l!'or other references, see bibliogmphy under systematic study of Home Economics. 
SUGGESTED PROGRAM ON IMPROVEMENT OF THE RURAL SCHOOL 
1. 
Song. 

2. 
Roll Call. Let each person answer by mentioning one thing the League can do to improve the school of the community. 

3. 
How to Improve the Schoolhouse. 

4. 
Reminiscences of School Days by one of the older men or women of the community. 

5. 
Short dialogue, or a suitable selection of music. 

6. 
A Guessing or Conundrum Contest to be participated in by all members of the League. 

7. 
(a) What the Children Eat for School Lunches. 

(b) How to Solve the School Lunch Problem. 

8. 
The Consolidation of Schools, and the Transportation of Pupils to and from Schools. 

9. 
The Importance of Teaching Agriculture and Domestic Economy in the Country Public Schools. 

10. 
The Financial Value of Education. 


Suggestions : It will be necessary to eliminate two or more of the above subjects; to undertake to give them all would require too much time for any one program. The topics chosen should be such as would appeal to the local interest of the League. The fol­lowing bulletins may be obtained from the Department of Exten­sion of the University of Texas: 
No. 36. Conrolid ation of Rural Schools; 'l'ransporlation. 
No. 198. Remodeled Rural Scbool Buildings. 
No. 256. Improvement of School Grounds. 
No. 152. One-and Two-Room Country Schools. 
No. 234. Addresse~ on Education. 

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No. 275. The Problem of the School Luncheon, Part I. 
No. 300. The Problem of the School Luncheon, Part II. Recipes and Menus. 
SUGGESTED PROGRAM ON DAIRYING 
1. 
Song. 

2. 
u.,e of the Babcock Tester :mcl the Cream Separator. The use of these two machines should be actually demonstrated by test­ing some milk produced in the community. 


S. How to ~Judge Good Butter. ..A. small prize should be offered for the pound of be;;t butter produced in the community, and the different homes of the community should be encouraged to enter into the contest. 
4. 
A humorous recitation, or a suitable selection of music. 

5. 
How to Judge a Good Ear of Corn. Each boy in the com­munity should be asked to bring the best ear of corn produced at his home ; and a small prize, or some distinction or honor, should be offered for the best ear of corn exhibited. 

6. 
Debate: Resolved, That Devotion to Fashion is a Greater Evil Than the Tobacco Habit. 

7. 
Conclusion: Song by the League. 


Suggestions: Plan the programs so far as it is practicable to fit the agricultural projects in which the community is most inter­ested. Dairying, poultry raising, pork production, or truck and fruit growing, may be given a place if they are of local concern. 
Nothing can arouse more interest or awaken the spirit of inquiry among school pupils than a well prepared short lecture on the plant-life creations of Luther Burbank. Just how he produced the seedless prune, the seedless grape, the thornless rose, the shasta daisy, and many other new kinds of plants, are quest.ions that will arouse the sense of curiosity and inquiry in any healthy-minded schoolboy or girl. The following farmers' bulletins of the Depart­ment of Agriculture of our own State, Austin, Texas, and those issued by the United States Department of Agriculture, will fur­nish ab1mdant agricultural material: 
Issued by the State Department of Agriculture, Austin, Texas: 
~o. 23. How to Judge a Good Ear of Corn. 
No. 11. The Babcock Milk Tester; Of What Use Is it. 

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Issued by the United States Depaxtment of Agriculture, Wash­ington, D. C.: No. 313. How to Judge a Good Ear of Corn. Also Bulle­tins 537, 253, 229, 415, 400, and 81. No. 277. •ren Kinds of Work That the Gasoline Engine Can Do on the Farm. Also Bulletins 269, and 191. No. 245. Phosphorus, Nitrogen, and Potash as Soil Plant Food. Also Bulletins 4$6, 257, 398, and 14. No. 318. How Leguminous Crops Put Nitrogen Into the Soil. Also Bulletins 372, and 339. 
"Dr. S. A. Knapp's Contributions to Southern Agriculture," Yearbook of the United States Department of Agriculture, 1909. 'l'he following book may be obtained from the Macmillan Com­
pany, Dallas, Texas : "A Sketch of the Life of Luther Burbank," by William Sumner Harwood. 
Programs for special days, holidays, and on a variety of sub­jects will be furnished by the Department of Extension upon re­quest. All corresopndence with respect to programs should be addressed to E. E. Davis, University Station, Austin, Texas. 
University of Texas bulletins which may be obtained free from the Department of Extension : No. 50. W'nat Should Be Done by Universities to Foster the Professional Education of Teachers. W. S. Sutton. No. 96. The Consolidation of Rural Schools. Una Bedichek and G. T. Baskett. No. 146. Crime and the Treatment of the Criminal. C. S. Potts. 
No. 162. Problems of Prison Reform. C. S. Potts. 
No 196. The Experiences of Self-Supporting Students in the University of Texas. No. 233. Woman Suffrag.e. Bibliography and Selected Argu­ments. Extension Series No. 22. 
No. 234. Addresses on Education; Declamation Contest of the Debating and Declamation League of Texas Schools. Exten­sion Series No. 23. 
No. 251. Lectures on Rural School Education Week. 
No. 256. School Gardens. Extension Series No. 26. 
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No. 275. School Luncheons. Extension Series No. 29. 
~o. 276. Use of Food. Extension Series No. 30. 
No. 278. Cooking Tough Meats. Extension Series No. 31. 
No. 282. The Principles of }Ienu Making. Extension Series No. 32. No. 283. Announcement of Group-Study Courses. Extension Series No. 33. No. 284. Debates on Old Age Insurance. Extension Series No. 34. No. 286. Texas' Need of Higher Education. Extension Series No. 35. 
No. 291. Compulsory Education. Extension Series No. 36. 
No. 292. Literary Societies. Extension Series No. 37. 
No. 314. Announcement of Correspondence Courses. Exten­sion Series No. 42. 
No. 298. Agricultural Economics. 
No. 305. Nuts and Their Uses as Foods. Extension Series No. 39. 
No. 306. Cooking for the Farm Home. Extension Series No. 40. No. 311. Athletics in Public Schools. No. The Financial Value of Education. 
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REFERENCES 	TO LITERATURE ON SOCIAL CENTER WORK AND RURAL LIFE 
'l'he references here given include such literature as will be of use to county superintendents, teachers, and others interested in a more comprehensive study of social center work and country life improvement. In counties where this work is extensively de­veloped, it is suggested that a library consisting of all or a part <>f this literature be kept in the office of the county superintendent. where the books will be available for general use: 
"Chapters in Rural Progress." Butterfield. $1.00. University <>f Chicago Press, Chicago, Ill. "Neighborhood Entertainments." Sturgis & Walton, New York, N. Y. "Rural Life Problems in the United States." Plunkett. $1.50 . .Macmillan Company, Dallas, Texas. "One Woman's Work for Farm Women." Buell. Whitcomb & .Barrows, Boston, Mass. "Reports of Commission on Country Life." Sturgis & Walton, New York, N. Y. "The Training of Farmers." Bailey. $1.00. Century Co., New York, N. Y. "Country Life and the Country School." Carney. $1.25. Row, 
..Peterson & Co., Chicago, Ill.  
"Principles  of  Rural  Economics."  Carver.  $1.30.  Ginn  &  
·Company, Dallas, Texas.  
"American Rural SchooL"  Foght.  $1.25.  Macmillan Co m­ 
-pany, Dallas, Texas.  

"Constructive Rural Sociology." Gillette. $1.60. Sturgis & Walton, New York, N. Y. "Among the Country Schools." Kern. Ginn & Company, Dal­las, Texas. "'l'he Social Center." Ward. $1.50. D. Appleton & Company, New York, N. Y. "Country Life Conference Addresses." Iowa State College of Agriculture, Ames, Iowa. 
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"How to Start Social Centers," Perry. lOc. Russell Sage Foundation, New York, ~. Y. "Social Centers in the Southwest." Farm and Ranch, Dallas, Texas. • Home Training Bulletins. W. A. McKeever, Lawrence, Kansas. Price 2c per copy. 
" The Cigarette Boy." 
"Teaching a Boy to Sa\e." 
'"Training the Girl to Help in the Home." 
"Assisting a Boy in the Choice of a Vocation." 
"A Better Crop of Boys and Girls." 
"Training the Boy to Work." 
:Many valuable bulletins are published by the United States De­partment of Agriculture, Washington, D. C.: the Extension Di"ision of the Uni,ersity of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin; the Russell Sage Foundation, Xew York, N. Y.; State Department of Agriculture, Austin, Texas. Letters of inquiry may obtain lists of these bulletins that are a\ailable. 
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CONSTITUTION FOR THE UNIVERSITY HOME AND 
SCHOOL LEAGUE 

ARTICLE I 
NAME 
SECTION 1. The name of this organization shall be the Uni­versity Rome and School League. 
ARTICLE II 
OBJECTS 
SECTION 1. The object of this organization shall be to promote the moral, educational, civie, social, and agricultural welfare of this community, and to provide for a free and intelligent discus­sion of such subjects as will, in the judgment of this organization, promote the general harmony and improvement of the neighbor­hood. 
ARTICLE III 
MEMBl.;RSHIP 
SECTION 1. Every white man, woman, and child in this neigh­borhood shall be eligible to membership in the University Rome :and School League. Active members, however, shall be such per­sons as may file their names with the secretary. 
SEC. 2. Per;;ons residing ]n other communities shall be en­titled to membership upon recommendation of the executive com­mittee. 
ARTICLE IV 
OFFICERS AND ELECTIONS 
SECTION 1. There shall be the following officers: President, vice-president, secretary-treasurer, corresponding secretary, assist­ant corresponding secretary, sergeant-at-arms. Either the presi­dent or the vice-president shall be a woman. The corresponding secretary shall be a teacher of the public schools of the commun­
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ity, and the al'-sistant corresponding secretary shall be a perma­nent resident of the community. The sergeant-at-arms shall be a member of the board of school trustees. 
SEC. 2. All officers shall be elected at the first meetings held after January 1st and July 1st, and they shall serve for a period of six months, or till their successors qualify. All elections shall be determined by a majority vote of the members present, and only active members of fifteen years of age and above shall be permitted to vote or hold office. 
ARTICLE V 
DUTIES OF OFFICERS 
SECTION 1. It shall be the duty of the president to preside at all meetings of the organization, 1md to act also as chairman of the executive committee. 
SEC. 2. It shall be the duty of the vice-president to preside at all meetings of the League in the absence of the president, and to discharge all other duties of the president when the president is absent, incapacitated, or for any reason is not able to act as presi­dent. 
SEc. 3. It shall be the duty of the secretary-treasurer to keep the minutes of each meeting and to perform such other duties as are generally performed by the secretary of an organization. It sh1ll further be the duty of the secretary-treasurer to receive and disburse upon order of the organization any funds belonging to the organization, and to make such reports regarding same as may be required from time to time. 
SEc. 4. It shall be the duty of the sergeant-at-arms to see that the building is lighted and that it is in proper condition for holding all regular and called meetings of this League. It shall also be his duty to provide such equipment as may be necessary to hold all meetings, and to restore order whenever called upon by the president. 
SEC. 5. It shall be the duty of the correspond·ing secretary to receive and answer on behalf of the organization all communica­tions, to communicate from time to time with the Department of Extension of the University with reference to assistance, lectures, programs, leaflets, and other literature, that may be furnished to 
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the organization by the University. It shall further be the duty of the corresponding secretary to make such reports of the activi­ties of this organization ~ may be asked for by the Department of Extension of the Univer<Jity. The assistant corresponding sec­retary shall help the corresponding secretary and shall act as cor­responding secretary in case of the absence or inability of the cor­responding secretary to act. 
ARTICLE VI 
COMMITTEES 
SECTIO~ 1. There shall be the following committees: The ex­ecutive committee, the program committee, and the publicity com­mittee, and such other committees as may be determined upon from time to time. 
SEC. 2. The executive committee shall consist of the president of this organization, a member of the local ooard of school trus­tees, and some other person to be chosen by the League. It shall be the duty of the committee to consider matters pertaining to the welfare of the League, making such recommendations as may ap­pear necessary, and to act for the League in all matters that re­quire attention before the next meeting of the League. 
SEc. 3. The program committee shall consist of the corre­sponding secretary, a minister residing in the community (if not available: any other person), and any other member of the League residing in the community, the members of said committee to be elected by the League; provided, that at least one member of this committee shall be a woman. It shall be the duty of this com­mittee to arrange programs for all meetings, and to engage the services of such speakers as will make the meetings profitable and interesting. 
SEC. 4. The pu bTicity committee shall consist of the corre­sponding secretary and two other members appointed by the presi­dent. It shall be the duty of this committee to make, whenever practicable, announcement of programs, and to furnish to the county superintendent and to the local newspapers such material for publication as may be for the best interests of the League. 
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ARTICLE VII 
MEETINGS 
SECTION 1. The regular meetings of the League shall be held at such times during the session of the school as may be deter­mined Ly the League; provided, that there shall be at least six regular metings during each ~cholastic year; provided, further, that a majority of the members present at any regular meeting may authorize other re~Hr meetings during the time that school is not in session. Special meetings may be called by the executive committee. 
8Ec. 2. The executive committee may, with the executive com­mittees of other Leagues in the county, provide for joint meetings whenever adYisuble, and for the county educational rally and ex­hibit to be held in March of each year. A State meeting of the Leagues may be provided for by the Department of Extension of the University. 
SEC. 3. Any member of the League shall be eligible to attend any county or State meeting of the University Home and School League which may hereafter he arranged for. 
ARTICLE VIII 
DUES 
SECTIOX 1. Xo dues shall be required for active membership in i:he Universitv Home and School League. The executive com­mittee >:hall recommend to the League methods for procuring funds necessary to meet local expenses that may be incurred; provided, ihat no person shall be deprived of his membership on account of his failure to contribute to such expense fund. 
ARTICLE IX 
QUORUM 
SECTIOK 1. Any ten active members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at any regular or called session of the League. 
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ARTICLE X 
AMENDMENTS 
SECTION 1. This Constih1tion may be amended by a two-thirds vote of the voting members present at any regular session. 
ARTICLE XI 
BY-LAWS 
SECTION 1. 'fhis League shall adopt such by-laws as may be deemed adnsable by a majority of the members present at any regular meeting; provided, that the By-Laws adopted shall con­form to the provisions of the Constitution. 


IMPOR'I'ANT 
Whenever a University Home and School League has been or­ganized, the corresponding secretary should transmit, without de­lay, the names and addresses of all the officers and of the members of the committees of the League lo E. E. Davis, University Sta­tion, Austin, Texas, to whom the officers, the members of commit­tees, and other persons interested should apply for advice, informa­tion, assistance, or literature with respect to any phase of the work of the League.