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4-H, n. U.S.
Brit. |ˌfɔːˈreɪtʃ|, U.S. |ˈˌfɔrˈeɪtʃ|
Forms: 19– Four-H, 19– 4-H, 19– 4H [Also with lower-case initial(s).]
[‹ four adj. + H n., with reference to the occurrence of the initial letter H four times in the organization's motto ‘head, heart, hands, and health’. Usually written with numerical symbol for the first element.
The capital letter H appears four times on the organization's four-leaf clover insignia, in correspondence with its motto and pledge. The full pledge, adopted officially in 1927, is as follows: ‘I pledge my Head to clearer thinking, my Heart to greater loyalty, my Hands to larger service, and my Health to better living, for my club, my community, and my country’ (the final phrase was revised in 1973 to ‘my country and my world’).]
A government-sponsored organization of educational clubs, originally established for youths in the rural United States with the aim of fostering civic responsibility and teaching various practical skills (esp. in farming and home economics), and later extended to offer similar schemes in urban areas and internationally. Freq. attrib.
1918St. Nicholas Apr. 548/1 Jerry's achievement was a wonderful incentive to his ‘Four-H’ brethren in the other Southern States. 1918St. Nicholas May 622/2 In these demonstrations Four-H was performing its mission..to train the oncoming generation in scientific farming. 1947Recreation 560/2 The voluntary leaders are very necessary and important for the success of the local 4-H Club. 1956Farm Jrnl. Aug. 60 (caption) Rounding up a stray horse is easy for these 4-H Skyline Riders. 1974Sunday Advocate-News (Barbados) 10 Mar. 1/1 Nineteen 4-H leaders of the Barbados 4-H movement, were yesterday presented with certificates and pins. 1998Country Life 14 Mar. b1/2 We encourage our people to take part in the community, through involvement with 4-H and the Agricultural Society. |