. Annual report of the New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell University and the Agricultural Experiment Station. New York State College of Agriculture; Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station; Agriculture -- New York (State). Rural School Leaflet 1369. A CHAT WITH RURAL TEACHERS Alice G. McCloskey 11' IS September, and the school year has begun. Here and there along the countryside farmhouse doors will open, and boys and girls will come out and start hope- lYilly along the open road to the schoolhouse. The teacher will be ready to meet them — the one who is to inspire an
. Annual report of the New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell University and the Agricultural Experiment Station. New York State College of Agriculture; Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station; Agriculture -- New York (State). Rural School Leaflet 1369. A CHAT WITH RURAL TEACHERS Alice G. McCloskey 11' IS September, and the school year has begun. Here and there along the countryside farmhouse doors will open, and boys and girls will come out and start hope- lYilly along the open road to the schoolhouse. The teacher will be ready to meet them — the one who is to inspire and guide these young minds toward useful and happy li\dng. A little child is always a sacred charge, and there is no greater opportunity than to (Urect a young mind toward wholesome gro^\i;h and a realization of the abundance of Hfe. As these young children leave their homes on the first day of school, there cannot but be anxiety for their future. The sturdy little lad scuffling along among the falling leaves cannot know, without teaching, the things that will give him a richer manhood and the opportunity to do a more definite work in the days of his greatest usefulness. He cannot know, unless some one teaches him, that health must be his portion if his life is to be joyous, and if his work is to be well done; that he must have clean teeth; that he must be controlled in his social relations; that he must strive daily to have charity and tolerance; that he must form habits of kindl}^ judgment; that he must daily make a contribution to the welfare of the home; that he must avoid boorish manners. The little lad cannot know, unless some one teaches him, that a great part of his education must come from reading good books, and that his life will be enriched by intimate association with the out-of-doors. There is also the chubby little maid coming out of the farmhouse door, which, perhaps, she closes with difficulty; then trudges along among the falling leaves. She does not know, un
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