The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1916-06-30
BUILD HOMES FOR
RURAL TEACHERS
Lumber Manufacturers
Association Adopts Great Phil
anthrOpic Scheme.

'AeIlea' one affecting every hamlet
III tile Iand, has been iu<titutsa n,
the National Lumber Manufacturers.
ASSOCIATION, in the proposal to build
nome Tor every rural scl.ool teacbe r
in America.
lndho VIII lie one of the first states
"Ilere the plan will be carried into
effect and thorough Investigation
oi the conditions in that state pre.
ceded The announcement Of The social
service plans Of tie lumber manufac.
tufefs. The association has not As
yet formulated its plans for pushing
'his ne" departure Of public service
oy actually assisting the >choolS NJ
the nation TO build homes for teach.
ers, but work on this phianthropic
enterprise Is already under way and
the association plans to have its
plans ready for announcement i'm =
few weeks.
H. II. bornbg Of Dover, Idaho. a
leader in the National Lumber Man.
utacturers' association, was one of the
most ardent advocates Of the project
ana The success OF the building of
such structures in a few isolated Dor.
tions of his home state has conyinc.
ed him that it is d good social move
ment for the entire nation, as well as
for the home state.
lhe plan to spread the gospel of
homes for school teachers over the
land Was first broached only few
weeks age at conference of the di
rectors OF the association. 1t proved
Instantly popular. The idea was tax
Ell up by the United States Bureau
OF Education, and the trst result Of
this cooperation between the lumber
men OF the nation and the govern
ment itself is in the issuance uf a
brochure entitled Teachers Cot
tages, by Il. 5. Kellogg, Of Chi
cagO, secretary of the National Luni-
her Manufacturers association, in CO.
operation with the United States
Bureau Of Education. and which is
being sent to every county superin.
tendent Of schools in America. TIE
Rockefeller Foundation has already
approved of the plan and is giving
S2J, 900 to foster this work with more
mo@ey to come.
TIE proposal to build these teach
eTs' cottages all over the land follows
out the idea that has already been
carried into extensive success In the
state of Washington.
The national association has taken
up this social service ~rrk in the he
lief that the education OF the nation
will he in menSely advanced il tie
teachers of the nations young are
properly housed The theory is that
If the teachers are provided with
proper homes, the country districts
will bs able to secure better teachers,
avoid tine constant changes by which
the schools are always IN a tnrn-up
As Secretary kellogg
PHRASES 1t at his work. which consti-
tutes survey Of the movement aud
its possibilities:
II nder present circumstances. the
teaching OF tile country school often
becomes simply a temporary eXped-
lent for tie teacher the first term AZ
ter getting certificate, and ampi
tiOus teachers who are anxious 10
grow in their profession, and make
Of themselves, 20 To tie
city ;, hools Just As soon As possible,
" mere living conditions are better.
The country schools are often left
with the largest proportion Of young,
poorly trained teach
ers.
Mr.. Kellogg urges also that the
teachers cottages, or As he calls them
teacherages, should ue models Of san
itatio9. artistic, though inexpensive
and 80 constructed that they may be
not ouly homes, but real social cen
ter. for the rural neighbOrhn0ds.
In order to further this plan "i
properly caring for tue teachers. tie
organization Is ready u
preuare plans 10 assist rural cummuu-
tiles i'm providing their teachers with
the kinds Of homes Which nave prov
sa Satisfactory in Washington, and
in tie other mure scattered localities
" here they have been built
idaho i selected As one OF the hfsi
states Tor tie general introduction Of
this new idea OF a teacher cottage
for every ruraI sehooI. because
though 1t has already made good pro-
p res,. there j, still vast room for i'm
pTOvrmrnt.
In Lonner county at the present
time there have been built four cot
ta.es ~ the school dis rictS iur the
use If teachers. The INST one VAS
butlr st Elmira, Idaho, three years