Arizona republican., 1915-01-22

 IF CITY F0R
 COUNTRY BOY
The Country School House Should Be Social Center, Says Dr. k. B. Von Klein Smid, ill Brilliant Lee ture Before Clubwomen

Sufficient unto the day is the pre- raration therefor. declared Dr. R. B. vcn KleinSmid, president of the University of Arizona in an address on The Rural School House as a Social Center' before the members of the Arizona Federation of Wo mems Clubs and their guests at the Woman's Club last evening.
 With keen logical argument and lined the methods of making the country school the social center.
 A brilliant and magnetic speaker he did not lose his audiences at tention for one moment throughout his scintllating lecture. He first touched upon the influence of in heritanee and environment, compar- the country boy The problem of livelihood faces them both, but if the boy of the farm does make q success it is a sacrifice-a social one according to pr. von Klein Smid.
 | The desertion of the farm is rot matter of caprice, the drifting 1 growth of conditions The things ] that are attractive to youth are the moving pictures, the bands, the i theaters for not all of them get poetry out of running brooks. The city boy lives in ready access of all these things that need not oe cut out of the life of the country hoy where there is a school house 1 There is no recreation in work these days; there is not the enjoyment ir labor today there was half a cen tury ago, the fun of life has been separated from the real Livelihood of life" said the speaker as he cited examples of toll where pleasure rlayed no part.
 "Those who advance the social cen ter movement can not look to tho church for the social center and SC cial development he continued I'll
 must be the school and the feature. that attract in the city must int
 brought to it. There is not an. | fiiiSi' tiiiiiS So Sool OI oo pdu st'
 moving picture shows. Parent! should attend and superintend ant
 endeavor to give the best, Motioi pictures are here to stay and if thu
 district schools combine they cal secure the best at an inconsiderabl, expense. Then there's music-i should be the best and if not frs hand through a victrola and I'm no an advertising agent" he added Ami, the laughter that frequently inter rupted his talk.
 Another delight that city boz crave is the dance and the instinc for rythmic response is just as stron m the country boy. l had long eX perience of Methodist training an
 still have a German right foot,' Dr. von kleinSmid in stating tha
 the nature of boyhood and girlhoo
 demanded the theater, scored til
 cheap play but advocated the pla
 of worth. The normally dramatic in
 stinct he said could be satisfied n
 the amateur play. He recalled tn
 three weeks circus of circus in ever
 rural district after a Barnum an
 Bailey performance.
 The school must be characte
 building in it's nature or it is
 failure. If the schools do not re
 Guire a high morality then it
 better to teach the young folk .
 home for they are worthy of tn best you can secure for them. Lik
 Abraham Lincoln, I believe that " : look to the country for our me !: of the future.'
 Dr. von kleinSmid was introduce by Mrs. Henry D. Ross, president the federation, who expressed tn pleasure felt by all it's members the cooperation that existed be tween it and the state university Preceding the address Miss Clait | Canon gave a recital which dt | lighted the audience. This splendi I artiste appears to improve at ever hearing. Her numbers were we ' chosen and were played with st E perb technique and brilliancy