his Reserve badge of honor granted by the United States. Government for his faithful and loyal service. If he has not enlisted in the army or navy, he can serve his country in no better way than by joining the United States Boys' Working Reserve.

School Must Not Be Neglected. While every schoolboy desiring to serve his country to the best of his ability, will enroll in the Reserve, still, after enrolling, no boy should leave his studies to work unless he has been so advised by his teacher and by his school superintendent.

The future of the United States depends upon the citizen of to-morrow being an educated and enlightened man. Plainly the duty of the young man is to prepare himself for citizenship. But in his vacation time and in his leisure hours he should devote himself exclusively to the service of the nation. It is unavoidable that certain emergencies will arise which will demand that boys be released from school for short periods of time, to aid in harvesting perishable crops, husking corn and to rush spring planting during favorable weather conditions, but no boys who are patriotically inclined will use such an emergency as an excuse to idle. Such a boy is guilty of conduct unbecoming an American, and the Boys' Working Reserve will not tolerate conduct of that sort. To safeguard the education of the youth of Indiana, every high school superintendent and principal has been appointed to the office of High School Director in the United States Boys' Working Reserve and authorized to exercise his own judgment in releasing boys from school for emergency work with the following understanding:

(a) The emergency must be genuine.

(b) To be eligible for release without prejudice to

scholarship, the boy must have maintained a certain standard in his studies.

(c) The High School Director must have absolute proof that the boy is actually engaged in emergency work. (d) The boy must return to school as soon as the is over.

emergency

During School, Prepare for Vacation by taking full advantage of each opportunity for special training in some line of productive activity. Boys who are to return to farms to work or who are planning to do agricultural work next summer for the first time should thoroughly master the chapter in this book on "Food Production." If his school-teacher or principal suggests how he can train himself in his spare time for some productive activity to aid the nation, he should enter into that training with might and main. He should seek every opportunity, outside of school hours, to fill some place left vacant by a man who has gone to the front, or who has left to engage in productive labor in some "essential industry." In order best to fit himself to be a helpful worker he should harden his muscles by exercise and should keep himself in the best of physical condition. Unnecessary and preventable physical weakness is not only unmanly, but is a sin.

Faithful Service Rewarded. In recognition of faithful and honorable service rendered by the Reserve members, the United States Department of Labor has issued a warservice medal known as the "Federal Bronze Badge." The boy's ambition should be to earn this national badge of honor which is of bronze, and bears the Great Seal of the United States and the inscription, "Boys' Working Reserve, U. S. A.," together with an individual number for each boy, which number is recorded in Washington opposite the boy's name.

He can earn this Federal Bronze Badge in any one of these three separate units: The Agricultural Unit, the Industrial Unit or the Vocational Unit.

Agricultural Unit. If he works on a farm during the year 1918 and renders satisfactory service, for at least thirty-six days, he will be awarded the bronze badge and will become an active member of the Reserve so long as he proves loyal and steadfast. Half-days or full days devoted to emergency work will count toward the accumulation of the thirty-six days of service for which the badge is awarded.

Industrial Unit. In the Industrial Unit he must have worked faithfully and earnestly in some industry which is considered to be "essential" or productive by the United States Government in helping the nation in the prosecution of the war for a period equivalent to sixty days of eight hours or more each, subsequent to enrollment. The Federal State Directors will inform High School Directors and teachers and the Enrolling Officers just what industries are considered to be "essential."

Vocational Unit. In the Vocational Training Unit it is necessary that a boy shall subject himself to training in spare time, or in school hours, under the direction of his teachers, to fill a position where he will work at something which is of real help to his country in the present crisis. When he has so fitted himself, and when he has entered upon the actual work for which he has been trained, he is awarded the badge immediately. Until he has received the bronze badge he is known as a member, and afterward as an active member of the Reserve. A boy need not choose, at the time. of his enrollment, the particular unit in which he is to serve; however, all boys enrolling in the Reserve should take as

many periods in agricultural work as 'possible without interference with academic studies.

Recommendation for Award. The Federal Bronze Badge will be awarded to any member of the Reserve upon the proper recommendation being made by the County Director or High School Director to the Federal State Director of the United States Boys' Working Reserve. Such recommendation should be set forth:

Name of Reserve member.

Address

County

Work performed-give sufficient detail.
Time employed
Recommended by

Address

Printed recommendation cards will be supplied to Directors upon request, by the Federal State Director at Indianapolis.

SUCCESS LAST SUMMER

Agricultural Service. The United States Boys' Working Reserve was organized in May, 1917, and during the following summer had thousands of boys working on the farms in every part of the United States. Only a small percentage of these young patriots failed to make good. In many cases boys refused to leave agricultural work for jobs that paid higher wages because they felt that they could best serve the nation where they were. From the hundreds of letters that have been received from the boys by the Federal State Directors it is evident that the boys consider the work on the farm very hard, but every one expresses a desire to return to