Credit will be given for the following according to the amount of work:--
Public speaking or reciting. Reading aloud to family or to invalids.
Horticulture. Gardening. Poultry-raising. Bee-culture.
Taking care of cows or other animals. General dairy work.
Sewing for the family. Doing the family laundry. House-cleaning, bed-making, dish-washing, or any other useful work about the house.
Getting younger children ready for school every day. Caring for a baby.
Making a canoe or boat. Taking full care of an automobile. Perfecting any mechanical contrivance for saving labor about the home.
Recognizing and describing twenty different native birds, trees or flowers.
Summer vacation travel with written description.
Playing golf or tennis. Sea-bathing and swimming.
Keeping a systematic savings bank account, with regular weekly or monthly deposits.
Keeping a set of books for father or some merchant. Doing correspondence for father or other business man.
Singing in church choir. Teaching in Sunday school.
Carpentry work. Cabinet-making, furniture construction.
I hereby declare my intention of earning ...... credits for home or outside work by doing ............................................................. ...........................................................................
Signature of Pupil .....................................
I approve of the above and agree to observe and certify to the quantity and quality of work performed.
Signature of Parent ....................................
I hereby certify that ........................ has faithfully performed the above work, spending on the average ...... minutes per day for ....... days and is in my judgment entitled to ...... credits.
Signature of Parent or Employer ..................................
Credits granted ............... Prin....................................... ]
In the High School at St. Cloud, Minnesota, great attention is paid to vacation work as well as to work done during the school year. At the beginning of the fall term the following questionnaire is sent to high school pupils, and to elementary pupils above the fourth grade:
NOTE--Teachers are requested to have pupils fill out this blank carefully. It is very important. Explain each question. Caution children not to over- or under-estimate.