ORGANIZING THE COMMUNITY CENTER
is the food of the country produced by the unpaid labor of children; does it pay better to rent or own a farm; could an average young man earn enough from a farm to pay for it by honest labor in a reasonable number of years; why do half the girls and boys fail to finish the grammar grades in school; is the work of transportation and distribution of food supplies economically done; why is the cost of living so high. If a Community Center should attempt to discover the causes of these unsatisfactory conditions, it would be a vital and attractive program sufficient to occupy it for several years. For the most part, this committee holds the key to the success of failure of a Community Center.
Public and Self Support.—The finances of an organization usually constitute its storm center. Money is the kind of thing it is difficult to get along with and impossible to get along without. After a Community Center determines its plans and policies the next question is finance. Money is properly called "ways and means." It is not the end; human
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