The rural teacher and his work in community leadership, in school administration, and in mastery of the school subjects . ge Jordan High School district. The accompanyingmap shows the distribution of the village centers. Thechildren are conveyed to school in transportation wagons,or come in their own vehicles or on horseback. The school plant forms quite a contrast with the inex-pensive, open-air plant of the California school describedabove. The main building was erected at a cost of $165,000,and when the plan is fully realized will reach an outlay of$200,000. It contains thirty spacious room
The rural teacher and his work in community leadership, in school administration, and in mastery of the school subjects . ge Jordan High School district. The accompanyingmap shows the distribution of the village centers. Thechildren are conveyed to school in transportation wagons,or come in their own vehicles or on horseback. The school plant forms quite a contrast with the inex-pensive, open-air plant of the California school describedabove. The main building was erected at a cost of $165,000,and when the plan is fully realized will reach an outlay of$200,000. It contains thirty spacious rooms, includinglaboratories and workrooms for agriculture, domestic science,manual training, and other industrial activities. Many ofthe schools interests center about a large auditorium,planned for a thousand people; for this is a true com-munity school, intended for all the people. 204 THE RURAL TEACHER AND HIS WORK UJ in t, UJ 1 ;::;; 1 o ^t^l ; , o — ci ar * H ^1— Kn ^n RDA DIS WAYIGH ?z-o ul o -I o o 1 ^ z « ?- .. < O ^3: ~: .-?* I f. «I UJ . a - -l-rt£ ? ?? ^Ii» Ttr ^^If 3^H A ffit. ?? be & a ° a ?{J (U .5? 5 PI rt 60 rf 1| RURAL HIGH SCHOOLS 205 The grounds embrace twenty-three acres, devoted toagricultural experimentation and play activities. A smallmodel dairy is operated in connection with the agriculturaldepartment. This reminds one of the local agriculturalschools in Denmark, which provide similar practical facili-ties. A large area is equipped for games and extensive parking, devoted to trees, shrubbery, andflowers, is now nearing completion. A neat little cottagehas been erected at one corner of the grounds for the prin-cipal ; at another, is the home of the school agriculturistwho is engaged the year round, as he has charge of theschool farm and grounds. More than four hundred students are in school attendance,coming from villages at distances ranging from one totwelve miles ; but as the roads are good the distance traveledis of lit
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