1960

DATES OF SIGNIFICANCE IN KANSAS 4-H
Decade of the 60's: New Beginning
1961	Membership age lowered from 10 to 8 years
1962	First state-sponsored Citizenship Short Course Trip to National 4-H Center (32 attended)
1963	Reading, Health, Safety, Grain marketing, Meat Utilization, Conservation, People-to-People made official projects in Kansas
1964	Career Exploration made a project
1964	Wearing of 4-H uniform discontinued statewide
1966	23 different projects established at State Fair
1966	New look to 4-H programs - TV, special interest and enrichment projects beginning*
1966	Glenn M. Busset named State 4-H Leader, July 1
1966	Project trends toward scientific fields, such as animal science, plant science and food science and veterinary
1967	Kansas 4-H movie, "Happiness is 4-H" was made*
1967	Emphasis was given Career Exploration by making it the theme of State 4-H Round-up
1968	First State 4-H Rabbit Clinic
1968	3,668 members enrolled in the breeding and horseman phases of the horse project. There were 464 volunteer adult leaders working with members enrolled in the horse project*
1969	Purchase of Camp WaShunGa from Lutheran church

Information taken from Kansas 4-H, The History of Head, Heart, Hands and Health, 1906-1993 by Betty Lou Denton and Merle L. Eyestone, Copyright 1993. In the 1960s and 1970s, the horse project grew rapidly. Enrollment more than doubled in the first five years. Commercial television was first used on a systematic scale by 4-H as an educational tool in 1966. A colorful new 15-minute 4-H movie, "Happiness is 4-H", was produced jointly by the Kansas Cooperative Extension Service and the Kansas 4-H Foundation in 1967. The traditional approach of "it's good for you" was abandoned in favor of "4-H is fun, come join us."

Kansas 4-H Youth Development Programs are part of K-State Research and Extension located at Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS.
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