The new country school; a survey of development . Companionlaunched a movement to place the American flag over everyAmerican schoolhouse. That The Companion should have organized its campaign forschool improvement in this way is not at all strange. TheCompanion realized that no campaign has ever been successfulunless the people most directly affected heartily support improvement that is real and lasting is impossible with-out the support of the boys and girls themselves. To arousethe enthusiasm of pupils, patrons, teachers and officials, and to 11 give them experience in working toge
The new country school; a survey of development . Companionlaunched a movement to place the American flag over everyAmerican schoolhouse. That The Companion should have organized its campaign forschool improvement in this way is not at all strange. TheCompanion realized that no campaign has ever been successfulunless the people most directly affected heartily support improvement that is real and lasting is impossible with-out the support of the boys and girls themselves. To arousethe enthusiasm of pupils, patrons, teachers and officials, and to 11 give them experience in working together, The Companionbegan its general campaign for school betterment by a definitemovement for a definite object—the schoolhouse flag. Often, indeed, the raising of the flag was followed directlyby school improvement of an immediately practical sort. Aflag went to a school in Sheridan County, Nebraska ; it literallycould not be raised, for within a radius of many miles in that dryand treeless region there was nothing which could serve as a pole. SOD SCHOOL BUILDINC So the teacher put up the banner inside the building, where,against the dark sod wall, it made a bright spot, which, shewrote, continually encouraged effort toward all that was worthwhile. Her next letter contains a vivid picture of the schoolpatrons at work, plastering the schoolhouse. Her next tells ofthe building of a shed for the horses which the children rode toschool, so that the great hay stack, which gave shelter as wellas food, need no longer monopolize the dooryard. The flagmay not have created the sentiment that led to one improve-ment after another, but the flag did put that sentiment to flag movement grew rapidly. To the thousands ofteachers and superintendents who wished to cooperate, TheCompanion sent circulars and booklets designed to be stimulat-ing and helpful. One method used to arouse the interest of thepupils themselves was a competition for the best essay in eachstate on the subject: T
Size: 2101px × 1189px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1910, booksubjectruralsc, bookyear1914
