Country life and the country school : a study of the agencies of rural progress and of the social relationship of the school to the country community . he wealthiest banker and the shrewdest brokerbut the most ragged newsboy as well. Corn is king, and amonarch who never resigns his golden scepter. 1 For this interpretation of the rural problem and much of thegeneral thought of this chapter readers will observe an indebtednessI gladly and gratefully acknowledge to President Kenyon L. Butter-field of the Massachusetts College of Agriculture, author of Chaptersin Rural Progress and of The Country
Country life and the country school : a study of the agencies of rural progress and of the social relationship of the school to the country community . he wealthiest banker and the shrewdest brokerbut the most ragged newsboy as well. Corn is king, and amonarch who never resigns his golden scepter. 1 For this interpretation of the rural problem and much of thegeneral thought of this chapter readers will observe an indebtednessI gladly and gratefully acknowledge to President Kenyon L. Butter-field of the Massachusetts College of Agriculture, author of Chaptersin Rural Progress and of The Country Church and the Rural Problem, 4 COUNTRY LIFE AND THE COUNTRY SCHOOL The true significance of the prosperity of country life isappreciated, however, only when we reflect that one-third ofour entire population gain a living directly from the soil, andthat indirectly all depend upon it for the sustenance of affects the country is therefore of national concern,not only because of the material dependence of society uponfarmers but because of the social, educational, and moralinfluence of so large a percentage of the general Corn is King In this connection the hypothesis that rural welfare is signifi-cant and desirable only because of its contribution to urbanprosperity demands thorough condemnation. Farm life mustbecome adequate for its own sake, and the sake of those wholive it, not for the purpose of sending the city more or betterrecruits or for any similar reason. The city has long pros-pered at the expense of the country. We must now build up acountry life that shall be satisfactory from its own this is done it will be found that the city has benefitedalso, and that there is no clash between urban and rural wel-fare in their best realizations. Cause: Isolation in Country Life. In the last analysisthe cause of most of the difficulties of country life can be tracedto its openness and isolation. In this respect country life inAmerica cont
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