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4-H Promotion Compendium: First National 4-H Slogan Contest… No Winners


A National Compendium of 4-H Promotion and Visibility over the Past Century


First National 4-H Slogan Contest… No Winners

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In 1924 the National Committee on Boys and Girls Club Work, in coordination with Miss Gertrude Warren of the Federal Extension Office, USDA, issued for sale the first 1924 poster entitled "We are for Boys and Girls Club Work." (See story on National 4-H Poster Program elsewhere in this Compendium.) Shortly after the announcement of the 1924 poster, the National Committee - looking toward 1925 - announced a National 4-H Slogan Contest to choose a theme for the following year. The National Boys and Girls Club News was used to promote the contest, lasting from September 15-November 15, 1924.

Cash prizes were offered for the winners and hundreds of entries were received. An esteemed group of three judges reviewed the entries. The judges included: Mr. O. E. Bradfute, president of the American Farm Bureau Federation; J. W. Coverdale, representing the National Committee (a future president of the National Committee board); and DeWitt C. Wing, editor of the Breeder's Gazette, one of the major agricultural publications of the day.

The winning 10 slogans and their authors are as follows:

  1. "A Worth While Investment - Boys' and Girls' Club Work" by Dorothy Emerson, Girls' Club Agent, Extension Service, College Park, Maryland,
  2. "Tomorrow's Leaders Are Doing Boys' and Girls' Club Work Today" by Mrs. Ray W. Hall, local leader of Good Luck Canning Club, Colville, Washington,
  3. "Boys' and Girls' Club Work Prepares for Life" by C. M. Hampson, county agent, Findlay, Ohio,
  4. "Club Work for Every Community and Every Community for Club Work" by F. P. Hurst, District club agent, Jackson, Mississippi,
  5. "Say It With Boys' and Girls' Club Work" by Dan Lewis, Assistant State Boys' and Girls' Club Agent, Extension Service, Clemson College, South Carolina,
  6. "Boys and Girls Work and Play, 4-H Club Show the Way" by Jessie Marion, Home Demonstration agent, Sidney, Montana,
  7. "Boys' and Girls' Club Work Makes Boys and Girls Love Work" by W. G. Owens, county agent, Canon, Georgia,
  8. "The Dawn of a Better Day - Boys' and Girls Club Work" by Mrs. Mary Watson, local club leader, Amistad, New Mexico,
  9. "Head, Hands, Heart, Health - We Learn, Earn and Save Our Wealth" by Mrs. George E. White, local club leader, North Haverhill, New Hampshire,
  10. "Let's All Boost Boys' and Girls' Club Work" by G. N. Worden, county agent, Port Orchard, Washington.

While an exceedingly large number of slogans were submitted, the judges after lengthy consideration felt that none was quite equal to the 1924 slogan , "We Are the Boys' and Girls' Club Work," and that, therefore, the prize money should be divided among the best 10 and that the 1924 slogan be used on through the year of 1925, however a new poster design may be created.






Compiled by National 4-H History Preservation Team.


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