Community civics and rural life . nother,if not actually at cross purposes. The situation that existsin many communities is illustrated by the chart on page In a good many Massachusetts towns this situation has been very largely remedied by means of community organization for which the leadership has been provided in many cases by the Community Organization Department organization of the Extension Service of the State Agricultural in Massa- chu settsCollege. The organization varies in detail in different communities to meet local needs, but the main features are the following: 1 This cha
Community civics and rural life . nother,if not actually at cross purposes. The situation that existsin many communities is illustrated by the chart on page In a good many Massachusetts towns this situation has been very largely remedied by means of community organization for which the leadership has been provided in many cases by the Community Organization Department organization of the Extension Service of the State Agricultural in Massa- chu settsCollege. The organization varies in detail in different communities to meet local needs, but the main features are the following: 1 This chart and the one on page 403 are taken from Extension Bulletin No. 23,Massachusetts Agricultural College, by E. L. Morgan. 402 COMMUNITY CIVICS First: a community council, consisting of representatives of the variouscommunity interests and organizations including the town officials. Thiscouncil serves at first as a sort of steering committee to bring thevarious interests together and to plan the organization and the workto be What One Community Found1Organizations self-centered. Second: a community meeting, the first one of which is called by thecommunity council to consider the questions: Is it possible for a com-munity to plan for its future development? Do we care to do it? Is itworth while? How can it be done? The community meeting becomes asort of unofficial town meeting, and is often more largely attended than the 1 From Mobilizing a Rural Community, by E. L. Morgan, Extension BulletinNo. 23, Mass. Agricultural College. OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS 403 official town meeting, partly because it is attended by the women of thecommunity. Third: a number of working committees, appointed as a result of the firstcommunity meeting. They may include A committee on farm production
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