Contents
Activity and passivity,179Affiliation,112Agricultural colleges,46,162Apperception mass,101Assistant county superintendent,134Attendance in consolidated school,73Automobile parties,124"Back to the country,"9Best, the—the cheapest,157Boarding place,62Boy Scouts,177Bright side of rural life,173Camp-Fire Girls,177Character,83Child labor,180China,107,144Chores,10Cities, population of,19;churches of,23;conveniences in,20,21;schools of,22Commission, Rural,9,164Committee of Twelve,162Community activities,115Consolidation,37,60,63,65,75;cost,70;difficulties,64;effects of,71,72,73,74;process,63;when not needed,64Conventions,163Coöperation,139,140,145,158County superintendence,129Course of study,108Curriculum in rural schools,100-113Dancing,120Debates,116District system,64Diversification in farming,156,165Dramatic performances,118Driver,69Education,77;of teachers,84;value of,24Educational centers,23;column in press,150Environment,105,175Examination of schools,135Exhibits, school,122Experience, teaching,85Extension work,166Farmer, the, and his home,152;and his politics,164Forum, a rural,123Games,121,176Grading,71Harvesting machinery,38-41High schools, progress in,47Higher education, progress in,44Hopkins, Mark,34,35,78Hours of labor,170Ideal life,159Imitation,18,100,101Individual work,109Inseparables, the three,88,91,126Interpreting core,101Inventiveness in rural life,177-179Kindness, too much,80Knots, untying,70Labor, hours of,170Labor-saving devices,155Laws, self-imposed,150Leadership,62,114,139,147Lectures,118Leveling process,153,154Library extension,166Literary society,115Literature, urbanized,22Machinery, caring for,158Married teachers,75Men needed in teaching,53,93Mental factor,172Mixed farming,165"Mode," the,88,89Model rural school,61Moving pictures,120Münsterberg, Prof. H.,92Murphy, Francis,141Music,119Normal schools,45Ocean travel,43Organization,26,125"Overflow of instruction,"111Physical soundness,82,122Plant, the educational,34,35,77Problem, rural,24,36,37,57,131Profession,57,90Profit-sharing,145Progress, lines of,38-48Punctuality,73Reaping machines,14,38Renaissance, rural,160Responsibility,142Retired farmers,23Retirement fund,94Roads, better,75Routine,11Rural Commission,9,164Rural schools,49;backward,15,47,49;buildings,28;course of study for,108;good,36,61;interior,31;no progress in,50;organization,26;ventilation of,29Rural teachers,102;courses for,59,103Salaries,87,96,97School board,98Scientific farming,165;spirit,107Self-activity,148,149,150Social center,74,114,137;cost of,124,126;as business center,125Spelling school,117Sports,121Standards,54,58,90;to be raised,92Steam engine,42Storm, A. V.,53Supervision,55,60,74,127,129;city,132;county,129,131;importance of,127;nominal,129;overdone,128;purpose of,132Surroundings, effect of, on children,30,34Teacher,35,75,77,79,87,113;chief factor,34;leader,62,114,147;courses for,59,83,103Terms, school,55,109Textbook teaching,104Township system,65,66Transportation of pupils,67,69Urban trend,19Urbanized literature,22Value of education,24Ventilation,29Wages,90,96Waste land,160Winter work,14Women's condition,16Work, value of,10,14,157,180;city,23;farm,12Yearly routine,11
Activity and passivity,179
Affiliation,112
Agricultural colleges,46,162
Apperception mass,101
Assistant county superintendent,134
Attendance in consolidated school,73
Automobile parties,124
"Back to the country,"9
Best, the—the cheapest,157
Boarding place,62
Boy Scouts,177
Bright side of rural life,173
Camp-Fire Girls,177
Character,83
Child labor,180
China,107,144
Chores,10
Cities, population of,19;churches of,23;conveniences in,20,21;schools of,22
Commission, Rural,9,164
Committee of Twelve,162
Community activities,115
Consolidation,37,60,63,65,75;cost,70;difficulties,64;effects of,71,72,73,74;process,63;when not needed,64
Conventions,163
Coöperation,139,140,145,158
County superintendence,129
Course of study,108
Curriculum in rural schools,100-113
Dancing,120
Debates,116
District system,64
Diversification in farming,156,165
Dramatic performances,118
Driver,69
Education,77;of teachers,84;value of,24
Educational centers,23;column in press,150
Environment,105,175
Examination of schools,135
Exhibits, school,122
Experience, teaching,85
Extension work,166
Farmer, the, and his home,152;and his politics,164
Forum, a rural,123
Games,121,176
Grading,71
Harvesting machinery,38-41
High schools, progress in,47
Higher education, progress in,44
Hopkins, Mark,34,35,78
Hours of labor,170
Ideal life,159
Imitation,18,100,101
Individual work,109
Inseparables, the three,88,91,126
Interpreting core,101
Inventiveness in rural life,177-179
Kindness, too much,80
Knots, untying,70
Labor, hours of,170
Labor-saving devices,155
Laws, self-imposed,150
Leadership,62,114,139,147
Lectures,118
Leveling process,153,154
Library extension,166
Literary society,115
Literature, urbanized,22
Machinery, caring for,158
Married teachers,75
Men needed in teaching,53,93
Mental factor,172
Mixed farming,165
"Mode," the,88,89
Model rural school,61
Moving pictures,120
Münsterberg, Prof. H.,92
Murphy, Francis,141
Music,119
Normal schools,45
Ocean travel,43
Organization,26,125
"Overflow of instruction,"111
Physical soundness,82,122
Plant, the educational,34,35,77
Problem, rural,24,36,37,57,131
Profession,57,90
Profit-sharing,145
Progress, lines of,38-48
Punctuality,73
Reaping machines,14,38
Renaissance, rural,160
Responsibility,142
Retired farmers,23
Retirement fund,94
Roads, better,75
Routine,11
Rural Commission,9,164
Rural schools,49;backward,15,47,49;buildings,28;course of study for,108;good,36,61;interior,31;no progress in,50;organization,26;ventilation of,29
Rural teachers,102;courses for,59,103
Salaries,87,96,97
School board,98
Scientific farming,165;spirit,107
Self-activity,148,149,150
Social center,74,114,137;cost of,124,126;as business center,125
Standards,54,58,90;to be raised,92
Steam engine,42
Storm, A. V.,53
Supervision,55,60,74,127,129;city,132;county,129,131;importance of,127;nominal,129;overdone,128;purpose of,132
Surroundings, effect of, on children,30,34
Teacher,35,75,77,79,87,113;chief factor,34;leader,62,114,147;courses for,59,83,103
Terms, school,55,109
Textbook teaching,104
Township system,65,66
Transportation of pupils,67,69
Urban trend,19
Urbanized literature,22
Value of education,24
Ventilation,29
Wages,90,96
Waste land,160
Winter work,14
Women's condition,16
Work, value of,10,14,157,180;city,23;farm,12
Yearly routine,11