bT Vice President Stelter, eeoomed and carried., that the

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^{F, F ,A,} NATIONAL lKlAID OF TBIJSDIS

1IEEfiKl

lfaahington, •

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Juq 17-26, 194!

- July 25, 1943 -

the

••ting ••

^oalled to order at 9130 a.a. ill Dr. Spanton'• office by Preeicient )(anin Jasel• ot Idaho. others present for the Board meeting wares Vice Preeidente lfallcer₁ Stelter, and Kqer,·studeni hore'ta17 ~iX, Blgional J£ate Cle•nt., Pe-.non, Johnaon., and LaJW, lational .AdTiser Spanton, Vr, El.81l,

and .lo\ing 1'&\'ic>nal lkeoutive Seeretary !tmn87~ Tlle opening cer•JDODT waa pre.-

anted by the otticen.

the naaee of tile bop who have been reoomm.nded for the .Alsrican ~r

Degree by the la\ional otn.aera and Regional Advi.se:r• •re preeented.

. . It was moved, aeconded and carried, that the following doub\1'11 candidate•

be apJ>l'C)'V84 for the Aaerican J'anner Degree•

.farl Jlme LutbJ' of Il.Unoia

·1,ien I • .Ue:amder of ltentuclq' Warren

a.

^{Bibbs of Xentuolq'}

· £=; . ;: :=:n~v.r..=:uoltr .. .

tl•ei>h B. Auman of Nortrh Carolina 18r07 Crunldl.ton, Jr. ot Ohio Paul ^JI. Reina of Ohio

Arcia F. .IUg of Qh1o

ld1rud S. Thackston of South Carolina Cllarle• 8, !hmapaonof !enne1•ee

· .Augus Diolcson of Teae X.cmard

:a.

^{Pedigo ot} 'laa•

Jobert

c.

J'eter•on of WJ.soonein

It • • aond 'bT Vice Preaident Ke19r, seconded and carried, that the

applioa\ion of

au-

--lhiro of Hawaii be r•3•oted beO&U•• of his being in the mddl• third ot lda olaea.

Be«NlUs•

ot

laok

ot

leaderehip ao'\iTitiee and State aaaocd.at.ion participa-

\i.o~,: it . , . _,...

b7

VS.oe President Stelter that Boben

• x.

^{~ of} lentuolr:T no\

"..'.

~~~~.tor "11.e Digna, Jlotion ••• eeconded and oUTiecl •

. ,J\·• • awed by Vice President Stelter. seoondecl mad cur.led, that Fred G,•·· i.z~:.:.i lentuelq' not be recGllll8Dled for the Degree beoaue of failure to . . . _:·.i}.'.' _{···.;:)·.,~} .. ii.i;'_{.. ,.··:'.: .} *6ol&rahi _{. . . p req:} . Ur8Jll8nt.

a.oaue of five errors appearing in hie application., it lfaa ^mewed by Vice

P.reeld•~ Stf)lter, aecoiailed and oani.ed, that Gearge I. Fogle of Jlichigan not be

re._.nded . ._o receive the Degree,

..... . ::;:.~\~i~~:: ~cmd lq' 'Vice Prenden\ Stelter, aecomted and Qa1Tied₁ that the

anlioa'~~, ~\~tan . . . ot lliobigan be rejected beoaae ot_:lncom:plete reoorda.

·

~,::7',,:l·m.ove4 bT Vice

President

^{Stelter, eeoomed and carried., that}

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· application of Arthur Jaqmtte of llichigan be rejected because it did not show ) three continuou 79ars of aupeniaed

farainl•

It

wae m,oyed. b7 Vice President Btelter, eeooDded and carried, that th•

application Gf L7JX1en Ko0lur1 ot l11aoonain be rejeoted beoauee of an imcomplete. repor\ .to the .extent that the reeol'd did no' eh(JW he ·bad. • t the con,.titutional requirement• on leadership and coop8"ltive aotivities.

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It wa• JIOYed

bJ'

Pre•ident

Jage~,

eeoonded and carried,

tha~

the applica- t i a· ot lfilaon

w.

^{Webb of Delaw.re be} r'9jeoted because be did not llee\ the

eoholarahip requllwlenta. ; ·

It waa aoYed 'bJ' P.reaident Jagela, eeooncled and carried, tbat the applioa- ti.on •f Willia .lfiehe .of Ohio be re~ecrt.ed. b•o&ua•

or

\oo •DT error•.• _

'" • • aoncl by Vioe PN.Bidtn\ Walker, ••oonded and carried.1

t•t

'h•

applica\ion of Morgan Lee of Al•ba• be rejeoted due to errors in

exce18

of

s

) pnocm.\ of the ·to'bal lUC>r incoae.

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X'\. wu •erred by Vice President. walker; seocmded and car?',led, that. Beran

w.

^{Qalill of Alabama} not be granted the degre• beoauae of six errors j.n. biB

applica\ion.

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It wa1 ..,...

bT

Vioe Pndd•nt 'I'll.Jeer, ••oonde4 and earried, that the

ap-plication ot Da'Yid Crawtord of Alabama be

re3eoted

beoanse he

doee

not haw a farm in opera\ion at the p-eaan\ time.

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wa•

^{..,..Q by} Yioe he•ident·

•lk•r,

^{••conded and carried, tha'\}

^the

applionton.

ot

Jaee Pq et Arlamsaa b·e n~eeted· becauee he does

not

haw $111 im"•nei prono\inly.

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wu mYed

bJ'

Vi•• Pr••ident 'klker, ••ocmde4 and carried, that the applioaion of .

MarY••" .

^{I.anon. o~ ·}.Admleu M · re~eoted. beoauee he ha• no\ ,ehown the ...e.11&17 leadenld.p

apel'lnff., • · . . . · . . . . · . ,

I .

. a ...

^{•"98d b7 l i • PneW..t · lfallcer \Mi; the} application of ·~

~- ~

Paeno

^{ltleo be M3•~4_. baOl.1188 he} it.LU

not

^{haTe. been out}

ot

echool

tor

12 lllOntha bttore the next naUOnal 00.llftntion. Kotion aeoonded ·and carried.

I~ •u.mowcl by Yioe Pn•:ldent lralkeJ'• aecondfMJ. and carried# that the

"1~Uon ·ot·. Don ·•···Walder et

!eJmn••

^{be re~eotM· beoauae.}

^ot

^four

•the-

a\t.eal erroJ1e. · ·

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wu

^-llO'Y8C1 by Vice President lralker, aeoonded and oarr:Led₁ that the

app11U'1on of OJ.arena

A. . Powel1 of 'lenneeeee be rejenecl becauae ~ echolal'-

. eb!J.

. It waa.IDO'V8d b7Vice Preaid.ent·Waiter₁ ••conded and carried, that the

applicatlon·~,-;Jiiarry L. Bonell o;f Texaa be rejeoted. beoau1e of poor l~shiP•

·.· . It ~~·~~~: ..

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^ViQe lre•id8Jlt llalkV, seconded and cai-ried . .- that; the

appl1cat.ion.

otK · lafael

;~rb

or

Ptteno ltlco be accepted subject to rerl.eion

hr

^{the . .}

\lOJ&.81 . JM.eer,- eolmbil.

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) It waa reoam9nded by the lational Board of Trustees that the nn American Farmer appliC..tion blank call for the tanning program now in operation.

In mi.sing page S ot the application, it was reoomended that it be necessary tor a boy to shO'lf his farming program, including ·all enterprises and

aoope. · .

· . At the top of. pages 6 and 7 of th• applio&ti<m auppl•entary practice•

are called tor. · !be re is some duplication and contuion between an improvemen\

pro3ect and a supplementary !arm practice. It waa reoc:m8nded by Regional .Ad:ri.1er

JohDl.o~ that a. defini\ion of both of theae tern9 be placed on the iage where it·

· ia

•ed.. . · . . · . · . · · .

It 'WU recommended by Regional Adviser Pearson that. the section pertain-

ing to i..-rldl1p be rniee4 \o war cond.114... · · ··· · · ·

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^·reccmlended by Student Seoretar.r Hendrix ·\bat the applicant be . aelced to Sign the American Farner application, and that it also be countersigned.

by b1a parent or guardian. He also eugge•ted that one blank be provided for anawering the que'1;1on concerning the applio~n:t.•a •rriage atatu. ·

._,-:;·:::_~"->-··:·~t ^{__ .. . .} _~'8d'b.7:.V~c• .ii-e•1clent W.lkfr1c.-.Pt~~~~' ~~ed~ that the .

·:rerleion of

nace1ianeous

2928 reads

•that

the upper 40

percent

•ans numerical

ra\iJlg or major traction nearest that ,.rcent."

It wa• acmtd b7 President Jagela1 ·seoond8cl and curied, that it ^be reoamnended to the. Rational Advieory Council to interpret the·conatitution to rads· •ane ot the quali.tioationa tor the ,.American Jamer Degree be that the boy

must haw· continuous active meaberahip tor the ·36 month• prier to the national COD'ftntion, and be an active memberof the F.F.A. at, the time of the national comention a\1fhich t~e Deg.ea ~11 be gra~.•

. A brief cliacua81on wae held on the Mhhability ot preparing a John Doe ) . Jaeriean Baraer application.

Vice President Stelter reoomaended. that eupplementU7 •tenals not be sent in fr cm the SMtea w1 th the apPlioaticma. It 'AS euggeated that this reoCllllD.8nda- tiOD be nade traa the ktional Office.

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. .. Prendent Jagela stated that reqm•t• had been •de b7 various States to

continue. the state Jaaociati~ Awarde~ · .Dr. Spanton explained that the Jaeociation

award.a bad b•en voted-down at the lSth Bational CC>DVention.

. .. .

... The.

w,adng

.As•ociation auggeated that the Qiteen Hand film bl. cut dawn to '6 JdJmte• lbcndng ta~ in order to be aTailabl• tor cla•8JOCli ue. It was de-

cided. ~ . . :' t~JI wo,wi be illlpracUcal. . .

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I \ wa8 a&Teed that a disousaion would be held with the members of .the

· Advisory _Qouncil concerning the fun:lamental F .F .A. activities which should be

aintained . .. . . . .

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Xi was §llgge.sted tba.t pic~e• of _the nat~~nill ottice~ be made after their election to off:ice and f~8d immediately to ·the States. ;, .. ,_;., ..

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-.. _) It was reomumtnded that

one

ot the three Rational Pnblio Speaking Oonteat

~•di•• be a teacher ot speeoh.

Preeident Jagela 1n1&geeted that points be allowed for errors ^~ words of manucript and that other points be broken down tor more acoarate grading.

It was moved b7. Vice Pnaident Stelter~ eeconded. and carried, '.that the

Board of Trustees

^go

0n

·reeorct u .faTOl'ing ene person,, other than

the jwlgae,

a*1ng queetiona at the lfat.ional Ptiblic 8peaJc1ng Contest.

It waa aoved by Student Secretary Hend~ix, eeoonded and carried, \hat the Board ot Trustees author.!.•• \he Blgicmal Agents to hold their Blgional P\ll>lio Spealdng Contena at lea8t two dq8 pr.ioi- to the National Oonvention 1D lal18U

Qi~7 in order \o

om

^d~

tro.el •.-ns-.. .

. ·

. · . It wu mOncl

bJ'

Vice JTelliden\ •~r that llr. 8igaund • " " ' of ~he · CGqreaaional Libr&17 1fho eecaped · fran NC>r11&7 -11.Jloe the im'al~n by the Gernum•,

·· be·

•••wed

^{aa the stitAaker ~or-the} Vooational u...-u.et. llo\ion wa. •

••oond _

-_td. ^an4

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It was reom111Bnded tha\ the·. l.arge · pa pier mache emblem. manutactur8d by the l'Ji"Mntate Coap&DT be

•d• ^mere

^{oolodUl.. · · ·}

Bs1pectfull7 subnd.tted,

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.lc'\iag· Hat.ional lxeO\ltiW

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