. Swan River Valley, Manitoba, including the municipalities of Swan River and Minitonas : report on a rural survey of the agricultural, educational, social and religious life. hese subjects helpful. An attempt also was made to find out how the pupils liked naturestudy and the school garden. From one hundred and eighty repliesfrom seven schools, including two consolidated, three rural and onetown school (Bowsman), 81% of the pupils said they liked naturestudy. Eighty per cent, of the pupils would like to have a schoolgarden next year. The enrolment in the above schools is very largely rural, an
. Swan River Valley, Manitoba, including the municipalities of Swan River and Minitonas : report on a rural survey of the agricultural, educational, social and religious life. hese subjects helpful. An attempt also was made to find out how the pupils liked naturestudy and the school garden. From one hundred and eighty repliesfrom seven schools, including two consolidated, three rural and onetown school (Bowsman), 81% of the pupils said they liked naturestudy. Eighty per cent, of the pupils would like to have a schoolgarden next year. The enrolment in the above schools is very largely rural, andaccounts for their keen interest in nature study and the school River village, with a population of over five hundred, representsmore the urban interest, which is strongly reflected in the attitudeof the pupils toward the teaching of these subjects. Fifty per cent,of the pupils say they do not like nature study, and 83% do not wanta school garden next year. These figures are the strongest argument that the attempt toruralize the curricula of thp. country school is appreciated by countrypeople. When it is remembered that these subjects are still very im- 46.
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