The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1916-07-05
BETTER RURAL SCHOOLS

AS critics think efforts for better
rural schools and beemen of rural conditions generally reprint
part article from the pen Prof Holiday in the American
Review of Reviews telling about the great strides that being
made along lines other and careful reading of this
survey convince anyone that the steps advocating
only start toward bring county up
in line with the progressive sections of this great country
The Savannah Press OF recent date quotes prousc from this
article and
"he by Carl Holiday professor Of English Uni
versity OF Montana, but sectional very prouse
y illustrated and gives Of being many
for the education of the children the The schools
it tells practical schools where all the teaching done from
books.
dwes length the of the school house
meeting place shows how valuable they benade
in this way There different different plans
sng and nstrucng the children the country districts Mon
has very advanced ideas upon this line and have Virginia
California New York and other commonwealth There schools
gardens and school banks training agricultural lines lessons
the fighting extravaganza the upbudng of thrift the proper
method of raising vegetables and flowers and many other things
is we'll for boys and girls to know.
Says Prof. Holiday:
Space will not permit explanation of the many other practical
efforts make life profitable and interesting for country and
child how for example North Carolina and Montana the
teacher has set the students collecting the county legends and
history interviewing the odmers and thus storing up heritage
OF worthy pride how in all rural communities OF Florida careful
health required; how the uraschoo lunch with its
webaanced ration spread savoy
prairie school Nebraska where first cooked every
the Union how white children the Fahead Indian Reserva
oh Montana study arithmetic by feeding and weighing how
counties OF the house and being
provided free for the rural principal that he be content
cd and New York, Ohio Montana, and
Washington the children taught sing by cracked
voiced pedagogue but by of photograph records the best
voices the world how in East Chicago Indiana and Williams
burg Va the rural child being promoted the basis of his doing
hs best and the heartess grading how the Rural
Life Association Montana has gained such influence that has
induced the the of setting aside day
known Rural Life Day for the study of condtons how
lewiston the the schooboys built the build
such that the the pride the
muny howbut what's the use? We only started Kpng
would say, All that is another story
The old ogie snarl and declare that the children had
better be learning how cipher and SPELL the detante
that the inspiration of Greek and Latin lost forever but the fact
that the present generation rural children reaching
enshp with knowledge and appreciation of its responsibilities
and and with zeal for social welfare and brotherhood
than fathers dreame Of -"
Chatham county has touched its possibilities for
educating the children in the country schools progressive step
has been taken the Eighth district where the pupils for the past
three months have been carried school automobile The
scope study be greatly enlarged many
things done here and in other parts the county before the country
school system is anything like upo-date."
Like Chatham county Ben Hill much in need of better ac
ties and the bill advocated for this county for better schools is de
tined lay the foundation for greater opportunities for country
children