Community Civics and Rural Life by Arthur William Dunn
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such clubs require and secure cooperation. How is leadership
provided? If there is a parents' association connected with your school, show how it brings about cooperation among its members in the interest of the school. Make a list of all the organizations you can think of in your community (such as clubs, societies, associations). Opposite the name of each write the chief purposes for which it exists. Write the six great wants across the top of a page, as suggested in the fifth topic on page 6, and arrange the list of organizations suggested in the last question above in the proper columns according to the wants they provide for. Discuss the importance of leadership in school activities. What are the qualities that make a good leader? Who are some of the leaders in your community, both men and women? THE FARM BUREAU At the close of 1916 there were nearly three hundred "farm bureaus" in the northern and western states with a membership of nearly 100,000. A farm bureau is an organization to secure cooperation throughout an entire county for the promotion of agricultural interests. The members elect an executive committee to manage the affairs of the bureau. In each of the small communities of which the county is made up, there is a "community |
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