. The consolidated rural school . the disposal of enter-prising rural communities, and what place is more fittingor so well equipped for lecture and demonstration work asthe laboratory or kitchen or demonstration cottage of theconsoKdated school? Sewing classes or clubs, gardeningclubs, or groups interested in any phase of practical or cul-tural education may meet in the social rooms of the consoli-dated school for conference and improvement, and enjoythe advice and counsel of the specialists engaged by theschool, or of visitors who can be brought there for specialoccasions. Such meetings give
. The consolidated rural school . the disposal of enter-prising rural communities, and what place is more fittingor so well equipped for lecture and demonstration work asthe laboratory or kitchen or demonstration cottage of theconsoKdated school? Sewing classes or clubs, gardeningclubs, or groups interested in any phase of practical or cul-tural education may meet in the social rooms of the consoli-dated school for conference and improvement, and enjoythe advice and counsel of the specialists engaged by theschool, or of visitors who can be brought there for specialoccasions. Such meetings give an opportunity for the de-velopment of leadership, which is needed among countrywomen as well as men. The regular courses of the school,the games and social organizations are all fitted to train forthe leadership which should manifest itself later in theadult groups. The school auditorium should be used for communitysinging for adults as well as for school children, and by acommunity orchestra, where one can be organized, under. - THE COUNTRY GIRL 441 the directorship of local or imported musicians. Branchesof such organizations as Y. W. C. A., Girl Scouts, womenssection of the International Congress for Farm Women,Camp-Fire Girls, and the like, may be formed among theyoung women in and out of school, with the schoolhouseas a meeting-place. The Y. W. C. A. has taken a seriousinterest in the Ufe of the country girls, has organized manyclubs among them, and provides special workers for ruraldistricts. We have previously discussed the social possibilities ofthe school auditorium, and all that has been said of itsnecessity in behalf of the country girl applies equally tothe farm woman. The musicals and dramatizations, en-tertainments, the lectures and picture-shows form anotherphase of her continuation school, and also supply social in-tercourse and refined amusement. No one needs this re-laxation more than she, for on the isolated farm she is usuallythe most lonesome person. Her
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