The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1914-08-06

until IL hecones new kinu of insti-
tuition. That sound like reVol"'
tionary idea. but that revolution Is
surely coming.
Another thing, the rural school Gao
make the lure of the country chiiu
environment so strong that he VIII
not be at racted by the lure oil the
city. For there has always bee .
/ lure Of the city and lure OF the
country The lure OF the city has
too long been held out TO the country
child aud emphasized 10y the genera
trsnd Of his school work. The lure
OF the country is being preached oy
the leaders Of he Back to the Laho
movement, but IL mas scarcely been
emphasized at all to the country |
child. To do tubs effectively MANY OF
J the dis4dyant ages Of farm lie, Oh
J wnicn ths eountry child Is wen
asare, must be done away Win
and stress must be laid upon the adj
, yantages of country iife..
} James j. Mn, il an "A le on
! Teac ling the Child that the Farm
} is Worth while, says that whai
country children lind life lonesome
/ aud are dlscontsnted with their sur
I roundiuvs the fault lies in the pa
I rents. lie says further, that "heh
the home and the school cooperate
! In teaching that farm life is worth
a child. then tie real inner heart OF
!. farm life, that which gives II potent
n significance will be revealed, and the
/. producing q: food will no longer seem
4 the work of clodhopper, but u am
n bilious. growing youth, revealing
m that In the cultivation OF the soil
there in hope, Joy, honor aud content
~ ed progressive lie.
oTbe rural districts need new
- standard of living. The neglect oil
- the woman In the country Is one Oh
= the most serious indictments agalosi
=. our civilization. the farmers wire
i needs con fort, company anu eonVsh'
FENCES. - The above quotation i
!, from government bulletin; ane
- here | want TO say that there arr
-. scores OF government bulletins deailnI
!. with educational and rural conan
ttons which should be In every coun
try homs and should be read, mark
81. learned and ih~ardly digested.
This brings up the question q
ID. reading matter III the country 40
=, cording 10 Carlyle, the true univsrs
Nv 4 these days Is u collection q
A.. looks Tied up with he work OF th
:, scnool everywh here Is the work oil III
public library. Since 1901, one coui
80 ~ In Maryland has had a hYel
travelling library that goes about Il
county on an automobile. Last yea
"u' more thatn 10, 900 volumes were CT
w ciated among the people OF III
nm county. California has recently FL
'"o acted progressive laws for the benei
nav of rural libraries and our own stat
Idaho, has free travelling library
'"o which more use should be mad
era our rural school Libraries should
~" built up In every possible way
that they NAV ba OF service not on
sss 10 those In school but also To /
W" whole community, teacher Is ba
',e ~ handicapped in dealing with chi
18th, -. ,,an, ho,,as VII,
A''" there Is little or no reading dol
With the reading OF good llteratl
prel- will come an appreciation OF the
was vautages and possibilities OF eounl
ever Iifs and an ambition 10 make Ii
In life fuller and more enjoyable.
Here is work for the country sch
! ma teacher both Ia and outside OF
'eihR school. Here Is the opportunity
1airs The rural school to become the 500
lous- center OF movement for rural
chooi terment. Everybody recognizes
Us value uf this social center noveme
oush The average young aud inexperien
OF teacher uesitates about attempt
going this work because he makes the Il
thsit take OF thinking that the bur
lures must fall upon hlm. He forgets
LII Is Fundamental article Ct his pIotess
mara which Is that n teacher Is put Il
'eAh schoolroom, or ia community
so much Tor uUing Work mhSeii
'ehoo' for getting work out of others,
con inexperienced teacher generally x
eSoh" Christmas program, or other
% tue gram so elaborate that IL unset
o'o school work for a month, ms
y APP OF this he should have several =
nIeht eiings at the school house, all
lag up 10 the organization OF
gun community into some sort of {
ooi u To start such an organization
y t''e comparatively easy task; the
als' work lies in breathing the breath
people life into valley OF dry bones SO
acheIs they can rattle along successfully
prog without friction among thsmsel
than There are other features of th'
g. raj school question which hop
lAi'' consider in my next and Anal pa
fotai II have any readers who have
raial patience to bear ~ith me so Tar.
: oeeh TO oe continued,
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