42.1 K4 ,y,C-NRLF *B ats ail STUDY OUTLINE SERIES COUNTRY LIFE AND RURAL PROBLEMS Prepared by MARY KATHARINE REELY THE H. W. WILSON COMPANY New YokK, N. Y. 1918 The Study Outline and Its Use The series includes outlines on art, literature, travel, biography, history and present day questions. The outlines vary in length. If more topics are given than the number of club meetings for the season, those topics that are more difficult to handle or on which there is less available material, may be dropped. If there are fewer topics than the scheduled meetings, certain topics may be divided. Lists of books are appended to most of the outlines. It would be well for the club to own some of the recom- mended books. .Others can be obtained either from the local public library or from the state traveling library. When very full lists are given it is not necessary for any club to use all the books, but the longer list gives more room for choice. The best material on some subjects may be found, not in books, but in magazines. These may be looked up un- der the subject in the Readers' Guide to Periodical Liter- ature, Magazine articles and illustrated material may be obtained from the Wilson Package Library, For terms see fourth page of cover. A list of the study outlines now in print will be found on page three of this cover. For later additions to the list write to publisher. 1^ ' ' ' ■' COUNTRY LIFE AND RURAL PROBLEMS A STUDY OUTLINE Prepared by MARY KATHARINE REELY "The reason, why the American people care so much for the ideals that are presented to us in the country life movement is that there is something very deep-seated and permanent within us to which these motives can appeal. We are a country life people.'* — Martha Foote Crow. THE H. W. WILSON COMPANY New York, N. Y. 1918 ^ CONTENTS Introduction 3 The Farm Home 1. The Model Farm House 7 2. Other Buildings and surroundings 8 3. Modern Conveniences 9 4. The Woman on the Farm 10 5. The Child in the Home 11 The Rural School 1. School and Community 13 2. The One-Room School 14 3. The Consolidated School 15 4. The Teacher 17 5. Agricultural Education 18 The Country Church 1. The Country Church and its Problems 19 2. Church Federation 19 3. Church and Community 20 4. Allied Agencies 21 Community Life 1. Community Organization 22 2. Organizations and Clubs 23 3. Play ; 27 4. Community Music and Drama 28 5. The Library 29 6. Health and Sanitation 30 The Country Town 1. Cooperation between Town and Country 32 Ten Tests of Progress for Your Neighborhood ... 34 Bibliography 35 376355 Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2007 with funding from IVIicrosoft Corporation http://www.archive.org/details/countryliferuralOOreelrich INTRODUCTION This study outline takes up some of the social prob- lems of the country community. It suggests a series of discussions on subjects related to the farm home, the country church, the rural school and the rural neighbor- hood. It is not concerned with the business of farming or with the profession of housekeeping. It does not touch on the economic problems of farm life. These sub- jects — marketing, farm labor, rural credits, the cooper- ative movement, etc. — may be covered in a later outline if it seems desirable. How TO Use the Outline Adapt the outline to your own community needs. There are five main divisions of the subject: The Farm Home ; The Rural School ; The Country Church ; Com- munity Life; and The Country Town. Give as much time to the discussion of each of these subjects as the needs of your community demand. Under each subject you will find topics for discussion. An entire evening or afternoon's program may be given to one topic, or several topics may be combined to make up one program. The subject of the rural school, for instance, if covered thoroly might occupy four, or perhaps five, programs. But if you already enjoy- the advantages of school con- solidation you will need to give less time to this subject. How To Get Reference Material Each subject for discussion is followed by a list of references for reading and study. These fall into three classes ; 6 . , , ,3 C- fi::^: 'INTRODUCTION (1) Books. Twenty-three books have been used as a basis. A complete list of these will be found on page 35. In the reference the name of the author and the paging are given. "Betts, p254-60'' means Betts & Hall : "Bet- ter rural schools," pages 254-60. To get the books: (1) Buy them if you can; (2) Ap- ply to the nearest public library; (3) Write to the Library commission at the capital of your state. The library commissions of a number of states have said that they will glady cooperate with clubs using this outline. If you are limited in the number of books you may have, you will find those marked * most useful. (2) Magazine articles. Articles have been chosen from recent numbers of popular magazines and from a few of the best-known farm journals. The public library and the library commission may again be able to help you, or you may rent magazine articles from the Wilson Package Library. (3) Documents and bulletins. These may be ob- tained free of charge or may be purchased at a low price. Write to the address given. A Suggestion to New Clubs If you turn at once to the subject Organizations and Clubs on page 23 and make use of the references you may find helpful suggestions on organization. This outline is planned for women's clubs, farmers' clubs, community clubs or other organizations of men and women who wish to come together for the study and dis- cussion of live topics. It is to be hoped that the club making use of the outline will not remain content with discussion. Learn from what others have done and put the new ideas into practice. STUDY OUTLINE ON COUNTRY LIFE AND RURAL PROBLEMS The Farm Home "Agriculture is more than a way of making a living ; it is a mode of life." "The outside of your house is your gift to the world" — Mrs. Lindsay Patterson. 1. The Model Farm House. a. General Plan and Arrangement Bailey. (York state problems, v. i.), p. 55-61; 62-9; 147- 62 Carney, p. 18-29 Cubberley, p. 1 15-17 Farwell, p. 59-85 Kennedy, p. 152-9 McKeever, p. 54-68 Country Gentleman. 81:1756. Sept. 20, *i6. Complete farm house. C. W. Porter. Country Gentleman. 81:1971. Nov. 11, '16. Small farm- stead. W. H. Butterfield. Country Life in America. 30:76. Oct. '16. Inexpensive house for farmer or tenant. E. L. D. Seymour. Ohio Farmer. 139:547. Apr. 14, *I7. Re-arranged and re-modeled buildings. H. P. Miller. Orange Judd Farmer. 61 :3. Sept. 2, *i6. Illinois farm women up-to-date. Mary R. Reynolds. Orange Judd Farmer. 61 '.4. Oct. 7, '16. Farmhouse for farm needs. H. R. O'Brien. Orange Judd Farmer. 61 :29. Oct. 7, '16. Remodeling the old farm house. Faith Ingraham. 8 STUDY OUTLINE ON Progressive Farmer. 32:309. Mar. 10, '17. Ten house- planning suggestions. Survey. 34:138. May 8, '15. Better farm and village homes : Minnesota's model plans. M. I. Flagg. Woman's Home Companion. 43 :36. Jul. '16. Minne- sota's model farm house. Mrs. C. C. Neale. Farmhouse improved. W. A. Etherton. Kansas State Agric. College, Manhattan, Kan. Suggestion : Many of the above articles give house plans. If meetings are held in the school house, have some of these plans drawn on the blackboard to serve as basis for discussion and criticism. b. The Kitchen. Crow, p. 131-4; 137-43 Ohio Farmer. 139:458. Mar. 24, '17. Making a kitchen better. Rural New Yorker. 76:591. Apr. 21, '17. Improved farm kitchen. Arrangement of farm kilchen. M. R. McPheeters. Oklahoma Agric. and Mechanical College. Stillwater, Okla. Farm kitchen. Carrie L. Pancoast. Univ. of Missouri. College of Agric. (Circ. 12). Columbia, Mo. Farm kitchen as a work shop. Farmers' Bui. no. 607. (Address Sec'y of Agric, Wash., D. C, or your repre- sentative in Congress). Kitchen: its arrangement and equipment. Sarah L. Lewis and Anna M. Turley. Oregon. Agric. College. Exten- sion Service. (Bui. 182). Corvallis, Ore. Planning and equipping the kitchen. Iowa State College of Agric. (Home Econ. Bui. no. 8). Ames, la. 2. Other Buildings and Surroundings. Curtis, p. 17-24 Farwell, p. 59-85 Gillette, p. 170-1 ; 180-2 Country Gentleman. 82:1330. Aug. 25, '17. Replanning your place. R. J. Pearse. Ladies' Home Journal. 33 :7o. Mar. *i6. How to make the farm grounds attractive. A. E. P. Searing. COUNTRY LIFE 9 Progressive Farmer. 31 :sg^. Mar. 18, '16. Suggestions for the home maker. C. J. Hayden. Progressive Farmer. 31 :396. Mar. 18, '16. How we made Arcadia. Mrs. L. L. Hobbs. Progressive Farmer. 31 1402. Mar. 18, '16. Beautiful in- side and outside. Mrs. L. Patterson. Progressive Farmer. 31 '.471. Apr. i, '16. Beautify homes and farms. C. S. Barrett. Rural New Yorker. 76:913-14. Jul. 28, '17. Farm cos- metics. R. H. Smith. Beautifying the farm home. Ohio. Agric. College Exten- sion Service Bui. v. 12, no. 7. Columbus, Ohio. Beautifying the home grounds. Farmers' Bui. no. 185. [Sec'y of Agric. or your representative]. Beautifying the rural home. C. N. Keyser and E. G. Welch. Georgia. State College of Agric. (Circular 30). Athens, Ga. Prairie spirit in landscape gardening. Wilhelm Miller. University of Illinois. Dept. of horticulture, Urbana, 111. Smaller farm buildings. [free] Southern Pine Assn, New Orleans, La. 3. Modern Conveniences and Labor Saving Devices. Carney, p. 21-22 Crow, p. 123-43 Cubberley, p. 83-103 Gillette, p. 172-80 Orange Judd Farmer. 60:22. Apr. 29, '16. Farm house plumbing system. Progressive Farmer. 32:314. Mar. 10, '17. City com- forts in the country. Progressive Farmer. 32:765. Jul. 7, '17. Some sanitary suggestions for the country home. R. N. Whitfield. Clean water and how to get it on the farm. In U. S. Dept. of Agric. Year Book, 1914 : 139-56. Household conveniences and how to make them. C. E. Hanson. Texas Agric. and Mechanical College. (Exten- sion Bui. 8). College Station, Texas. Modern conveniences for the farm home. (Farmers' Bui. 270. [Sec'y. oi Agric. or your representative.] 10 STUDY OUTLINE ON Sewage disposal for country homes. F. M. White and E. G. Hastings. University of Wisconsin. College of Agric. (Extension Circular 60). Madison, Wis. Sewage disposal for village and rural homes. C. S. Nichols. Iowa State College of Agric, Ames, la. Successful rural. cooperative laundry. [Chatfield, Minn.] C. H. Hanson. In U. S. Dept. of Agric. Year Book. 1915: 189-94. Water supply for the country home. M. K. Snyder. Washington. State College. Division of Engineering. (Ser. I, no. 11) Pullman, Wash. Additional material on Sewage and Water systems will be found listed under Health and Sanitation. Suggested Topics for Discussion: Bath room and septic tank. Heating systems. Water supply for house and barn. Electricity on the farm. Water power. Lighting plants. Cooperative laundries. 4. The Woman on the Farm. Bailey (Country life), p. 62-84. Butterfield, p. 163-9 Crow, p. 33-95, 221-30; 155-64 Curtis, p. 154-68 McKeever, p. 41-52 Wiley, p. 41-S Commission on Country Life, p. 103-6 Craftsman. 28:509-10. Aug. '15. Daughters of Martha. Harper's Magazine. 132:860-70. May, '16. Who feeds the nation? Elizabeth Sears. Ladies' Home Journal. 34:79. Jun. '17. Making farm work easier for women. A. E. P. Searing. Ladies* Home Journal. 34:64. Sept. '17. What I saw in two farmhouses. Outlook. 111:923-5. Dec. 15, '15. Open letter to Secre- tary Houston from a farmer's wife. N. D. Shelby. COUNTRY LIFE 11 Rural New Yorker. 76:793. Jun. 16, '17. Why the girls leave the farm. Woman's Home Companion. 42 : 18. Jul. '15. Country woman's opportunities. F. A. Waugh. Woman's Home Companion. 43:18. Jun. '16. Oh, the poor farmer's wife. E. D. Gates. American farm woman as she sees herself. E. B. Mit- chell. In U. S. Dept. of Agric. Year Book. 1914:311- 18. Summary of letters received by the Dept. of Agric. in answer to request for suggestions. Suggested Topic for Discussion or Debate : The woman on the farm: Is she the unhappy person these letters to the De- partment of Agriculture make her out to be? 5. The Child in the Home. (With particular reference to infants and children under school age). See current or back numbers of Ladies' Home Journal, Good Housekeeping and other magazines for women. Country Gentleman. 82:517. Mar. 10, '17. Planning your baby week. B. R. Murphy. Ohio Farmer. 140:410, 516, 594. Nov. 3, Dec. I, 22, '17. Conservation of children. Progressive Farmer. 32:407. Mar. 31, '17. Care of babies and young children. Child and its care. Iowa State College of Agric. (Home Economics Bui. no. 2) Ames, la. Childhood and health. (25c.) National Child Welfare Exhibit Assn., 70 5th Ave., N. Y. Infant care. Mrs. Max West. Children's Bureau. (Care of Children's Series, no. 2) Children's Bureau, Wash- ington, D.C. Prenatal care. Mrs. Max West. Children's Bureau. (Care of Children Series, no. i.) Children's Bureau, Washington, D. C. Write to the Children's Bureau at Washington asking for copies of all other publications on the subject. Suggestions for the health of children. Cornell Univ. College of Agric. (Cornell Reading Courses, no. 103) Ithaca, N. Y. 12 STUDY OUTLINE ON What about the babies ; an appeal in their behalf. Michi- gan State Board of Health, Lansing, Mich. What the baby health conferences teach. Jessie P. Rich. Texas University. (Bui. 1708) Austin, Texas. What to feed the children. Dorothy R. Mendenhall and Amy L. Daniels. University of Wisconsin. College of Agric. (Extension Circular no. 69) Madison, Wis. This subject is only touched on here. As much time may be devoted to it as the club wishes to give. Good books on the subject are: Coolidge, E. L. Home care of sick children. $1.00. D. Ap- pleton & CO., N. Y. 1916. Dennett, R. H. Healthy baby. $1.00. Macmillan co., N. Y. 1912. COUNTRY LIFE 13 II The Rural School "The country offers ^continual interest to the mind which has been trained to he thoughtful and observant; the town offers continual distraction to the vacant eye and brain. Yet the ed- ucation given to country children has been invented for them in the town, and it not only bears no relation to the life they are to lead, hut actually attracts them toward a town career.^' — Sir Horace Plunkett. 1. School and Community. Betts, p. 1-15; 26-38; 43-75; 93-111; 247-50 Butterfield, p. 121-35 Carney, p. 133-40 Commission on Country Life, p. 121-28 Cubberley, p. 163-75 Gillette, p. 233-61 Kennedy, p. 9-27 ; 100-13 Pickard, p. 77-87; 363-72 Collier's. 57:22-3. Apr. 22, '16. Stay on the land — the new gospel of farm progress. E. Galloway. Education. 36:630-3. Jun. '16. Restoration of country life in New England. M. S. Stone. Popular Science Monthly. 86:174-9. Feb. '15. Problem of the rural school. J. B. Sears. Progressive Farmer. 31 :8oi. Jun. 24, '16. School in the Arkansas pine woods. L. A. Markham. Progressive Farmer. 31 :8o2. Jun. 24, '16. How we may get efficient rural schools. P. P. Claxton. Progressive Farmer. 32:739. Jun. 30, '17. Seven plans for better schools. Review of Reviews. 54:69-78. Jul. '16. Country school's rebirth. Carl Holliday. Survey. 36:75. Apr. 15, '16. Making rural schools count in Oregon. World's Work. 29:558-65. Mar. '15. Hetty Browne method of teaching country children. [Rock Hill, S. C] W. A. Dyer. 14 STUDY OUTLINE ON . Suggested Topics for Papers and Discussion : Farm life yesterday and today. The school of yesterday and today (Cubberley, 83-103). Does our school meet the needs of our community? Why boys and girls leave the farm: Is the school re- sponsible? 2. The One-Room School. a. Its Advantages and Disadvantages. Betts, p. 235-6; 301-4; 379-98 Butterfield, p. 27-30 Carney, p. 140-5 Cubberley, p. 163-6; 184-6; 226-9; 328-34 Dresslar, p. 62-114 Kennedy, p. 28-37 Nearing, p. 182-94 Wilson, p. 49-55 b. Building, Grounds and Equipment. Carney, p. 206-29 Cubberley, p. 207-25 Dresslar, p. 115-21 Eggleston, p. 124-72 Farwell, p. 256-63 McKeever, p. 107-17 Country Gentlenlan. 81 :i93i. Nov. 4, '16. Model coun- try school building. [Orchard Lake, Minn.] Education. 35 : 555-9- May, '15. Improvement of rural school grounds and interiors. H. B. Osborn. Ohio Farmer. 138:377-8. Oct. 21, '16. Beautification of rural schools. R. B. Cruickshank. Progressive Farmer. 31 :8i5. Jun. 24, '17. Taking care of our educational plants. J. D. Burton. Cultivating the school grounds. Farmers' Bui. 134. (Sec'y of Agric. or your representative). Tree planting on rural school grounds. Farmers' Bui. 124. (Sec'y of Agric. or your representative). COUNTRY LIFE 15 c. Adapting the One-room School to Community needs. Belts, p. 50-5; 71-2; 97-103 Butterfield, p. 46-55 Carney, p. 239-46 Eggleston, p. 62-85; 123-245 Farwell, p. 263-9; 303-29 McKeever, p. 120-3 Nearing, p. 220-50 " Pickard, p. 331-3 Country Gentleman. 81 :730. Apr. i, '16. School gar- dens at home. A. R. Kling. Ladies' Home Journal. 34:45. Feb. '17. New note in rural schools ; How domestic science can be taught in a one-room school. Bessie R. Murphy. Ohio Farmer. 140:150. Aug. 25, '17. Cooking in rural schools. Treva E. Kauffman. Orange Judd Farmer. 60:28. Mar. 25, '16. Regenerating the rural school. F. L. Holmes. Outlook. 113:717-22. Jul. 26, '16. What can be done in the little country school. Grace C. Smith. Progressive Farmer. 31 :8o3. Jun. 24, '16. Two com- munities that made over their schools. Carrie Wilson. Progressive Farmer. 32:762. Jul. 7, '17. How a country school can teach domestic science. J. W. Stebbins. Rural school lunch. Florence Harrison and Olive B. Percival. University of Illinois. College of Agric. (Extension Circular, no. 4) Urbana, 111. School gardens. Farmers' Bui. 218. (Sec'y of Agric. or your representative). The Consolidated School. a. Origin and Extent. Betts, p. 215-6 Butterfield, p. 27-30 Carney, p. 159-70 Cubberley, p. 230-3 Kennedy, p. 63-76 Nearing, p. 170-82 Pickard, p. 411 -17 16 STUDY OUTLINE ON . b. Advantages. Betts, p. 228-43 Carney, p. 145-8; 149-59; 170-1 Cubberley, p. 234-40; 251-5 Dresslar, p. 126-30 Eggleston, p. 173-80 Farwell, p. 250-2 Gillette, p. 249-54 Kennedy, p. 63-76 Pickard, p. 409-17 Wilson, p. 55-9 American City. (Town and county ed.). 15:381-2. Oct. '16. Brief for a debate on consolidated rural schools. A. A. Thomson. Country Gentleman. 81 1645. Mar. 18, '16. Get-together school house. (Enumclaw, Wash.) Paul E. Triem. Progressive Farmer. 31 198. Jan. 15, *i6. How school consolidation betters a neighborhood. B. Hilbun. Progressive Farmer. 31 1522. Apr. 8, '16. One-teacher school always inefficient. C. C. Wright. Progressive Farmer. 31 :8oi. Jun. 24, '16. Example of what consolidation has done. J. N. Stewart. Progressive Farmer. 31 1803. Jun. 24, '16. Wonderful change wrought by consolidation. Mrs. J. W. Stewart. Progressive Farmer. 32:734. Jun. 30, '17. How Missis- sippi is getting better schools. W. F. Bond. School and Society, i :3i5-i6. Feb. 27, '15. Danger in rural school consolidation. L. H. Bailey. Consolidation of rural schools [debate] Oklahoma, Univ. of. Quarterly Bui. Mar. '14. Norman, Okla. c. Buildings. Betts, p. 272-89 Carney, p. 248-51 d. How to Go About It. Betts, p. 291-306 Cubberley, p. 241-51 Pickard, p. 410-11 e. Transportation. Betts, p. 308-25 COUNTRY LIFE 17 Carney, p. 171 -4 Eggleston, p. 181-92 Kennedy, p. 67-70 Suggested Topic for Debate: Resolved, That the consolida- tion of school districts is preferable to the present system; or, Resolved, That our district should join with others to form a consolidated school. 4. The Teacher. a. Her Qualifications, Training, and Compensation. Betts, p. 115-29; 131-50 Carney, p. 252-80 Cubberley, p. 283-304 Dresslar, p. 10-13 Eggleston, p. 193-223 Kennedy, p. 49-62 Pickard, p. 54-68 Orange Judd Farmer. 61 124. Nov. 18, '16. Cheap teacher. Ellen Trayne. b. Her Relation to the Community. Betts, p. 152-63 Carney, p. 189-204 Cubberley, p. 301-4 Dresslar, p. 15-6 Pickard, p. 19-27 Education. 36:631-45. Jun. '16. Important lines of en- deavor for community work in Massachusetts. David Snedden. Education. 36:646-9. Jun. '16. Opportunity of the rural school for civic betterment. C. C. Ferguson. c. Homes for Teachers. Bailey, (York state problems, v. 2), p. 30-2 Dresslar, p. 122-5 Annals of the American Academy. 67:167-9. Sept. *i6. Spread of the school manse idea. George E. Vincent. Country Gentleman. 81 :485. Feb. 26, '16. Cottage for the teacher. Grace V. Gray. Ladies* Home Journal. 31 :5. Sept. '14. Teacherage. Ladies' Home Journal. 32:25. Feb. '15. Need of teach- ers' homes. Mrs. Percy V. Pennybacker. 18 STUDY OUTLINE ON Ladies' Home Journal. 32 :25. Feb. *i5. School manse in reality. Mrs. Mary I. Wood. Orange Judd Farmer. 60:34. Feb. 19, '16. Houses for rural teachers. Review of Reviews. 55:403-8. Apr. '17. City comforts for country teachers. [Alberta, Minn.] G. E. Vincent. Survey. 36:505. Aug. 12, '16. Where shall the country teacher live? Kellogg, R. S. Teachers* cottages. National Lumber Mfg. Assn., 925 Lumber exchange, Chicago. Teachers' cottages in Washington. Josephine C. Preston (Bui. 27. 1915). Olympia, Wash. 5. Agricultural Education. a. General Discussion. Bailey (Country life), p. 62-84 Butterfield, p. 30-5 Cubberley, p. 268-74 b. In Elementar}^ Schools. See under One Room School c. The Agricultural High School. Betts, p. 258-70 Carney, p. 176-81 Cubberley, p. 278-81 Nearing, p. 207-19 Country Gentleman. 81 :467. Feb. 26, '16. Frontier high school. [Kalispel, Mont.] Florence L. Clark. Ohio Farmer. 137: 125-6. Jan. 29, '16. School that be- came a business factor. [Lake City, Minn., State Agri- cultural High School.] E. J. Trosper. Orange Judd Farmer. 60:5. May 13, '16. School as community center in Stockland, 111. Progressive Farmer. 31 :8i6. Jun. 24, '16. What the county agricultural high school is doing for Mississippi boys and girls. W. H. Smith. Progressive Farmer. 32:734. Jun. 30, '17. How Missis- sippi is getting better schools. W. F. Bond. School and Society. 2:154-61. Jul. 31, '15. Our rural high school Mary B. Norman. COUNTRY LIFE 19 III The Country Church "The forces and institutions that make for morality and spirit- ual ideals among rural people must he energized." — Commission on Country Life. "Wherever the Church has come out of the chrysalis stage and is preaching a real religion it is well supported." —Martha B. and Robert W. Bruere. L Country Church and Its Problems. Bricker, p. 19-47; 48-57 Butterfield, (Country church), p. 67-94, 95- 109 Carney, p. 39-47 Commission on Country Life, p. 137-48 Cubberley, p. 71-82 Gill & Pinchot, p. 11-37 Gillette, p. 217-31 McKeever, p. 32-99 Wilson, p. 23-46 Country Gentleman. 82:125. Jan. 20, '17. Church that went bankrupt. Thomas L. Mason. Everybody's. 34:613-17. May, '16. Empty pews in the country church — Why? Washington Gladden. Ladies' Home Journal. 33 -.31. Apr. '16. What's wrong with country churches. Henry Wallace. Literary Digest. 52:1282. May 6, '16. Problems of the country church. Literary Digest. 53*897- Oct. 7, '16. Study in rural re- ligion. Orange Judd Farmer. 60:24-5. May 6, *i6. Country church on efficiency basis. Margaret B. Branard. Rural New Yorker. 75 : 1443. Nov. 18, '16. Great need of the country church. W. H. Main. Sunset. 37:18. Oct. 16. Why the country church is dying. F. W. Vincent. 20 STUDY OUTLINE ON 2. Church Federation. Bricker, p. 73-90 Butterfield (Country Church), p. 95-9 Carney, p. 47-50, 69-71 Commission on Country Life, p. 141-3 Wilson, p. 101-124 Literary Digest. 52 : 1373-4- May 13, '16. Too many country churches. 3. Church and Community. a. How the Church May Meet Community Needs. Bricker, p. 58-72; 192-208; 223-31 Butterfield, p. 35-9; 170-82 Butterfield (Country church), 109-30 Carney, p. 60-7 Cubberley, p. 132-9 Curtis, p. 216-24 Farwell, p. 311 -31 Gill & Pinchot, p. 37-59 Wilson, p. 160-73; 177-202 Country Gentleman. 81 :427. Feb. 19, '16 . Homelike church: community center seven days in the week. Elizabeth M. Jones. Country Gentleman. 81 :204i. Nov. 25, '16. Church that lives. S. R. Winters. Country Gentleman. 82:749. Apr. 14, '17. Crossroads church. N. K. Jones. Education. 36 : 657-65. Jun. 16. Rural reconstruction — experience in a Massachusetts community. H. A. M. Briggs. Outlook. 109:695-705. Mar. 24, '15. Church of the fat land. [Middle West.] M. B. and R. W. Bruere. Outlook. 109:987-95. Apr. 28, *I5. Church of the lean land. [East and South.] M. B. and R. W. Bruere. Outlook. 110:464-8. Jun. 23, '15. New days for the country church. M. B. and R. W. Bruere. Outlook. 112:466-70. Feb. 23, 16. Rural church with a program. R. C. Keagy. Survey. 35 :5i3-i6. Jan. 29, '16. Country church of the Pennsylvania Germans. Edmund DeS. Brunner. COUNTRY LIFE 21 Modern methods in the country church. M. B. McNutt Virginia Agric. Dept. (Bui. 109:147-50. '16). Richmond, Va. Country church as an economic and social force. C. J. Galpin. Wisconsin, College of Agric. (Experiment. Bui. 278:1-48. '17). Madison, Wis. b. The Minister. Bricker, p. 91-107; 108-127; 150-155; 159-75 Butterfield (Country church), p. 88-94; 103-9; i3i-53 Carney, p. 51-3 Commission on Country Life, p. 143-4 Ladies' Home Journal. 34:58. Jun. '17. Success of a rural church. [Hinckley, 111.] Forrest Crissy. Progressive Farmer. 31 :885. Jul. 15, '16. Get country minded pastors and pay better salaries. Clarence Poe. Rural problem and the country minister. J. W. Strout. [free] American Unitarian Assn. 25 Beacon St., Boston. 4. Allied Agencies. a. The Y. M. and Y. W. C. A. in the Country. Bricker, 263-86 Carney, 57-60 Crow, 317-27 Cubberley, 139-44 Curtis, 133 McKeever, 129-44 Literary Digest. 54:130-1. Jan. 20, '17. Country girls in the Y. W. C. A. Outlook; 110:200-8. May 26, '15. Church of the other six days. M. B. and R. W. Bruere. Progressive Farmer. 31 :i479. Dec. 23, '17. Making a better community. b. Church Clubs, etc. Bricker. 209-22; 23-43 c. Sunday School. Bricker, 244-62 Wilson, 65-75 Progressive Farmer. 32:673. Jun. 9, '17. What is your Sunday school -doing to help the community.'' 22 STUDY OUTLINE ON • IV Community Life "The ultimate need of the open country is the development of community effort and of social resources." — Commission on Country Life. ''Country life cannot be effectively improved by grafting on city ways.'* —J. M. Gillette. 1, Community Organization. a. General Discussion. Bailey. (Country life), p. 97-133 Butterfield, p. 37-46 Carney, p. 316-27 Commission on Country Life, p. 107-17 Cubberley, p. 117-29 Kennedy, p. 114-26 Progressive Farmer. 31 :227. Feb. 12, '16. Plan of or- ganization for the rural community. Clarence Poe. Progressive Farmer. 31 : 1478. Dec. 2^,, '16. Little stories of community cooperation. Progressive Farmer. 32:252. Feb, 24, '17. What coop- eration has meant to a Tennessee community. Survey. 36:51-3. Apr. 8, '16. Farm cooperation for bet- ter business, schools and churches. W. H. Wilson. Organization of a rural community. In U. S. Dept. of Agric. Year Book, 1914: 89-138. b. The Community Survey. Commission on Country Life, p. 1 18-21 Eggleston, p. 10-25 Gillette, p. 281-92 Community action through surveys. Shelby M. Harrison. Dept. of Surveys and Exhibits. (loc.) Russell Sage Foundation, 130 E. 22d St. New York, N. Y. Rural survey of Sharon parish, Tuscarawas, Ohio. (3c.) Moravian Country Church Commission, E. DeS. Brun- ner, Sec'y. 225 N. loth St., Easton, Pa. COUNTRY LIFE 23 Survey of Graceham, Frederic Co., Md. (3c.) Moravian Country Church Commission. E. DeS. Brunner, Sec'y. 225 N. loth St., Easton, Pa. c. Making the School House a Social Center. Butterfield, p. 131-5 Carney, p. 232-34 Curtis, p. 199-215 Farwell, p. 269-75 Pickard, p. 373-9 American City (Town and county ed.). 14:567-70. Jun. '16. Wheaton's new high school and community center. [Wheaton, Minn.] V. E. Anderson. American City (Town and county ed.). 16:242-5. Mar. '17. Community live wire; pioneer rural social center. [Glencove, Maine.] Mary P. Rich. Annals of the American Academy. 67:156-61. Sept. '16. Rural school community center. L. J. Hanifan. Progressive Farmer. 31 :8o4. Jun. 24, '16. How we made better use of our school house. Progressive Farmer. 32:266-7. Feb. 24, '17. What coop- eration has meant to a Tennessee community. W. C. McKenzie. Progressive Farmer. 32:733. Jun. 30, '17. School that educates both old and young. [Durham Co., N. C] R. Thomas. Suggestion for Paper or Talk : The old-time "social cen- ter" — in the days of the singing school and spelling match. 2. Organizations and Clubs. a. Farmers' Clubs. Butterfield (Country life), p. 55-60 Commission on Country Life, p. 128-37 Farwell, p. 238-49 Gillette, p. 207-13 Pickard, p. 375-7 Outline for Farmers' club programs or for individual reading. (Minnesota Farmers' Institute Annual, 1916: p. 21 1 -14) Extension division. University Farm, St. Paul, Minn. 24 STUDY OUTLINE ON b. Other Farmers' Organizations. (1) The Grange. Butterfield, p. 136-61 Carney, p. 72-89 Cubberley, p. 149-52 Curtis, p. 256-7 Farwell, p. 229-30 (2) Hesperia Movement. Butterfield, p. 104-20 Cubberley, p. 152-4 Farwell, p. 243-5 (3) Farmers' Union (South). Farwell, p. 234-5 (4) Farmers' Non-Partisan League. Country Gentleman. 82:675-716; 760-1; 798-9; 830-1; 867. Apr. 7-May 12, '17. Great upheaval. B. W. Currie. Literary Digest. 54:115-16. Jan. 20, '17. North Dakota's farmer revolt. Review of Reviews. 57 : 397-400. Apr. '18. National non- partisan league. J. Thompson. c. Women's Clubs. (1) Club Organization. Bricker, p. 232-43 Gillette, p. 204-7 Country Gentleman. 81 :iooi. May 6, '16. Sisters of the sage brush. William Harper Dean. Organization among women on government irrigation projects. Country Gentleman. 81 : Oct. 21, *i6 and succeeding num- bers. Our club diary. Maud C. Hessler. A regular department. Gives club programs, reference material, etc., and stories of practical experience. Plans for community club work in the study of foods and household conveniences. North Carolina Experi- ment Sta. (Extension Circ. no. 7). Raleigh, N. C, COUNTRY LIFE 25 Community welfare programs for women's clubs and parent-teacher associations. Indiana Univ. Extension Division. (Bui. vol. i, no. lo). Bloomington, Ind. (2) Home Demonstration Work. Crow, p. 243-51 Annals of the American Academy. 67:224-40. Sept. *i6. Education through farm demonstration. Bradford Knapp. Annals of the American Academy.. 67 1241-9. Sept. '16. Home demonstration work. Mary E. Creswell. Country Gentleman. 81 : 185-. Jan. 22, '16. For the wo- men of the South. William H. Dean. Country Gentleman. 81 1301- Feb. 5, '16. Reaching the women ; How Iowa is carrying out better living. Ger- trude C. Jessup. Country Gentlemen : 81 1428. Feb. 19, '16. Labor saving in a club: Virginia women work together. William H. Dean. Country Gentleman. 81 12023. Nov. 18, '16. New office for farm women : Home demonstration work in the northern and western states. Delineator. 86:7-8. Mar. '15. Woman with the pails. William Hard. Journal of Home Economics. T '.^^^-^Z- Jun. '15. Visit- ing teacher in the farm home. [North Dakota.] Journal of Home Economics. 7 :284-6. Jun. '15. Need of visiting housekeeper in rural districts. Mrs. H. M. Dun- lap. Effect of home demonstration work on the community and the county in the South. Bradford Knapp and Mary E. Cresswell. Year Book of Dept. of Agric. 1916. Also published as separate. 710. d. Boys' and Girls' Clubs. (1) Clubs for Education and Profit. (Corn Clubs, Canning Clubs, etc.) Betts, p. 103-6 Crow, p. 189-92 Cubberley, p. 144-6 26 STUDY OUTLINE ON . Farwell, p. 276-S7 Gillette, p. 202-4 McKeever, p. 150-2 Country Gentleman. 81:188. Jan. 22, '16. Mother- daughter canning. Country Gentleman. 81:1171. Jun. 3, '16. Marketing the canning club products. Journal of Home Economics. 7:276-9. Jun.-Jul. '15. Home industry for the country girl. Jane Z. McKim- mon. Ohio Farmer. 138:158. Aug. 19, '16. Back to the home girls. S. R. Guseman. Progressive Farmer. 31:358. Mar. 11 '16. Tennessee liberty girls' club learning housekeeping and home- making. Progressive Farmer. 31:360. Mar. 11, '16. How the Mississippi club girls are doing things. S. V. Powell. Progressive Farmer. 31:361. Mar. 11, '16. Girls' club and home demonstration work. M. J. Reese. Progressive Farmer. 31 :539. Apr. 15, '16. Advantages of club work. [Boys and girls.] T. E. Browne. Progressive Farmer. 31 :6o7. Ap. 29, '16. Enlist your boys and girls in club work. T. E. Browne. Boys' and girls' agricultural clubs. Farmers' Bui. 385. Boys' and girls' club work in Nevada. Charles A. Norcross. Univ. of Nevada, College of Agric, Reno, Nev. Boys' and girls' corn and cotton clubs. Louisiana Agric. and Home Economics extension work. (Bui. 25.) Baton Rouge, La. Boys' pig club work. W. F. Ward, In U. S. Dept. of Agric. Year Book. 1915:173-88. Girls' and boys' club work: a manual for rural teachers. Mary E. Creswell. Georgia State College of Agric. (Bui. loi) Athens, Ga. Girls' club work in Georgia, 1916. Georgia State College of Agric. (Bui. 105) Athens, Ga. Handbook for boys' agricultural clubs with suggestions to teachers. J. E. Swaim. Oklahoma Agric. and Mechan- ical college. (Extension division Circ. no. 43. Ja. 1917)- Stillwater, Okla. COUNTRY LIFE 27 (2) Clubs for Recreation and Culture. Carney, p. 230-32 Crow, p. 331 Curtis, p. 134-53 Farwell, p. 287-9 McKeever, p. 165-9 Country Gentleman. 81:1056. May 13, *i6. Eight week clubs. A. M. Clark. Country Gentleman. 81 :i8i6. Oct. 7, *i6. Sociable county whose young girls think town must be a lonesome place. [Kankakee co., 111.] Grace P. Snyder. Illustrated World. 25:833-4. Aug. '16. Farm boy cav- aliers. R. S. Wilcox. Ohio Farmer. 138:458. Nov. 4, '16. Farm boy cava- liers. John D. Brown. 3. Play. a. The Importance of Play in the Child's Life. Betts, p. 428-32 Curtis, p. 3-16 McKeever, p. 27-36 Pickard, p. 38-53 b. Play on the School Grounds. Betts, p. 432-42 Curtis, p. 3-16 McKeever, p. 1 17-21 Eggleston, p. 161-7 Progressive Farmer. 32:747. Jun. 30, '17. Playground: its place in rural education. Progressive Farmer. 32:1329. Dec. 22, '17. Better play- grounds at country schools. c. Community Play. Bailey (York state problems, v. i) p. 70-8 Crow, p. 305-14 Curtis, p. 88-103, 182-3 Farwell, p. 299-308 Country Gentleman. 81:663. Mar. 18, '16. Farm day: a 28 STUDY OUTLINE ON Kentucky plan to interest her farmers of tomorrow. Tames Speed. Country Gentleman. Si 1671. Mar. 18, '16. Busy big county makes farm life really attractive to its boys and girls. [Chautauqua co., N. Y.] Country Gentleman. 81 :i584. Aug. 26, '16. Sports for Maryland country boys and girls. Waldo Adler. Country Gentleman. 82:406. Feb. 24, '17. Country play- ground. E. R. Davisson. Neighborhood play: a manual of rural education. Pub- lished by Perry Mason Co. (The Youth's Companion). Boston, Mass. Recreation movement in Iowa schools and communities; plans prepared by Mrs. E. B. Wilson. Iowa Dept of Public Instruction. Des Moines, Iowa. d. Festivals and Pageants Crow, p. 305-14 Curtis, p. 88-103 Farwell, p. 299-308 4. Community Music and Drama. Crow, 279-87; 291-302 Curtis, 247-53 Review of Reviews. 54:309-11. Sept. '16. Drama for the rural community. [Little country theatre, Fargo, N. D.] Alfred G. Arvold. Rural New Yorker. 76:1324. Nov. 17, 'i7- Play's the thing. J. M. Drew. Bulletin on community music and drama. Edgar B. Gordon. (5c) Bd. of Education, Winfield, Kansas. Community music and drama. Wisconsin. Univ. Bui. General ser. 638. Madison, Wis. Plays for the rural community. Bernard Sobel. Purdue Univ. Dept. of Agric. (Extension leaflet, no. 84. '17). Lafayette, Ind. The Victor Talking Machine Co. issues an interesting lit- tle booklet on the "Victrola in rural schools." Address Camden, N. J. Another valuable little book for schools that possess a COUNTRY LIFE 29 talking machine is Agnes Fryberger's "Listening les- sons in music." $1.25. Silver, Burdett & co., N. Y. The Library. a. Books and Reading in the Home. Crow, p. 267-75 McKeever, p. 69-81 Educational Review. 268-74. Mar. '16. Farmer and his tools. Mary G. Lacy. Progressive Farmer. 32:417. Mar. 31, '17. Reading matter for farm women. List of Government Documents, Experiment Station bulletins, etc., of interest to farm women. Books for the farm home. [A book Ust.] [free] Globe- Wernicke Co., Cincinnati. b. School and Community Libraries. Curtis, p. 239-42 Dresslar, p. 53-6 Eggleston, p. 155-61 Gillette, p. 213-5 McKeever, p. 156-8 Country Gentleman. 81 :89. Jan. 8, '16. Our reading cir- cle and the neighborhood. Ohio Farmer. 137:591. Apr. 22, '16. Better library facil- ities for farmers. P. L. Vogt. Plan of organization for small libraries; methods of work, list of supplies and aids. Mrs. M. C. Budlong. North Dakota Public Library Commission, Bismarck, N. D. c. Traveling Libraries. Cubberley, p. 146-9 American City. (Town and county ed.). 14: 125-6. Feb. '16. How to establish a county library. N. G. Walker. Annals of the American Academy. 67:257-66. Sept. '16. Library work in the open country. Sarah Askew. Country Gentleman. 81 :767. Apr. i, '16. Feeding the book hungry; extension libraries. Walter A. Dyer. World's Work. 30:609-13. Sept. '15. Spread of county libraries. 30 STUDY OUTLINE ON 6. Health and Sanitation. a. General Discussion. Bailey (Country life), p. 1 12-15 Commission on Country Life, p. 100-3 Crow, p. 169-77 Farwell, p. 186-208 Gillette, p. 147-65 American City (Town and county ed.). 12:382-4. May, '15. Rural sanitation. H. R. Fussell. Outlook. 115:321-2. Feb. 21, '17. National menace of rural bad health. George MacAdam. School and Society, i :28i-2. Feb. 20, *I5. Rural school sanitation. Farm Sanitation. C. L. McArthur. Arkansas. Agric. Experiment station. (Bui. 127:1-24. '16). Fayette- ville. Ark. Housefly and its control. Leonard Haseman. Missouri University College of Agric. Ag. Extension service. (Circ. 16. Apr. '17). Columbia, Mo. How insects affect health in rural districts. Farmers' Bui. 155- (Sec'y of Agric. or your representative) Public and home sanitation. Iowa State College of Agric. (Home Economics Bui. no. 5). Ames, la. Septic tank. Leroy C. Hart and G. C. Jones. Georgia State College of Agric. (Circ. 41, Jan. '17). Athens, Ga. Sewage disposal for village and rural homes. C. S. Nichols. Iowa State College of Agric. (Official Bui. V. 15, no. 9). Ames, la. Sewage disposal on the farm. Farmers' Bui. 43. (Sec'y of Agric. or your representative). Sewage disposal on the farm. George M. Warren. U. S. Dept. of Agric. (Separate from Year Book of Dept of Agric. no. 712) b. In Relation to the School. Betts, p. 400-13 Carney, p. 221-3 Eggleston, p. 26-41 ; 128-54 Pickard, p. 28-37; 279-302 COUNTRY LIFE 31 Physical care of rural school children. T. Clark. In Public Health reports, 31 : 2759-64. Oct. 6, '16. (U. S. PubUc Health Service, Wash. D. C). 5c. Supt. of Doc. Rural sanitation. W. S. Rankin. Public Health Bui. 82: 76-89. '16. U. S. Public Health Service. Wash., D. C. Rural sanitation. W. S. Rankin. Public Health Bui. 82: Health Bui. 77 : i27p. '16. (U.S. Public Health Ser- vice, Wash. D. C). 15c. Supt. of Doc. Sewage disposal for school buildings in Ohio. R. S. Dur- rell and D. E. Adams. (In Ohio Public Health Jnl. 7: 326-38. Ag. '16.). Ohio State Bd. of Health. c. The County Hospital. Country Gentleman. 81:1311. Jul. i, '16. County hos- pital and the visiting nurse. M. H. Talbott. Survey. 39:516-17. Feb. 9, '18. Rural nursing service. Harriet Fulmer. World's Work. 30:605-9. Sept. '15. New kind of county hospital. W. A. Dyer. 32 STUDY OUTLINE ON • V The Country Town ''The character of the open country largely makes or unmakes the country town" Commission on Country Life Bailey (York state problems, v. 2), p. 148-57 Butterfield, p. 167-8 Pickard, p. 380-408 American City. (Town and county ed.). 12:19-22. Jan. '15. Linking of village and farm. [Sauk City, Wis.] M. T. Buckley. American City. 12:312-7. Apr. '15. Cities and towns joining hands in a country-wide get-together movement. [Hampden co., Mass.] J. A. Scheuerle. American City (Town and county ed.). 14:127-9. Feb. '16. Farm village as an economic unity. Cornelius Eckerson. American City. (Town and county ed.). 14:456-7. May, '16. How the rest room in Willmar, Minn, was secured. Mrs. A. Crosby. American City. (Town and county ed.). 14:567-70. Jun. '16. Wheaton's new high school and community center. [Wheaton, Minn.] V. E. Anderson. American City. (Town and county ed.). 15:19-21. Jul. '16. Brown county [Wis.] woman's building. American City (Town and county ed.) 15:390-3. Oct. '16. Bringing the farmer and the villager together. H. F. Barker. Country Gentleman. 81 :436. Feb. 26, '16. Kansas com- munity house. Country Gentleman. 81 : 1923. Oct. 28, '16. Where farm women rest. [Phoenix, Arizona.] M. E. Bemis. Independent. 74 : 1386-7. Jun. 19, '13. Country woman's rest room. E. N. Blair. Ohio Farmer. 140:228. Sept. 15, '17. Rest rooms in town. COUNTRY LIFE 33 Progressive Farmer. 31 : 1331. Nov. 18, '16. What one chamber of commerce is doing. [Morrillton, Ark.] E. Simpson. Progressive Farmer. 31 : 1333. Nov. 18, '16. Where town and country work together. [Jones co., Miss.] Woman's Home Companion. 44:12. Feb. '17. Rural rest-room. G. Hegger. Suggested Topics for Discussion: School cooperation. Business cooperation. The country town as a social center. Rest rooms for farm women. 34 STUDY OUTLINE ON TEN TESTS OF PROGRESS FOR YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD Here are ten agencies of progress which we believe no neighborhood can be without : 1. Proper church and Sunday School organizations. 2. A three-teacher school — with instruction in agri- culture and domestic science, and a school li- brary patronized by both old and young. 3. A community hall or auditorium in connection with the school house, suitable as a place of assembly for whatever meetings the neighbors wish to hold. 4. A local farmers' organization. 5. A club of farm women. 6. A community league, meeting quarterly or oftener and embracing all citizens. 7. A community fair held each fall. 8. A young people's club, probably embracing de- bating, musical and dramatic features in addi- tion to industrial features such as corn clubs and canning club work. 9: A '^credit union" or mutual savings and loan asso- ciation to encourage thrift. 10. A neighborhood baseball team or other agencies for recreation. Credit your neighborhood with ten points for each agency of progress it has, and see how much it lacks of making a perfect score — 100. — The Progressive Farmer COUNTRY LIFE 35 BIBLIOGRAPHY Bailey, Liberty Hyde. Country life movement in the United States. Macmillan, N. Y., 191L *$L25. Bailey, Liberty Hyde. York state problems. 2 v J. B. Lyon, Albany, 1913-15. $2. *Betts, George Herbert, and Hall, Otis Earle. Bet- ter rural schools. Bobbs-Merrill Co., Indianapolis, 1914. *$1.25. *Bricker, Garland A., ed. Solving the country church problem. Methodist Book Concern, N. Y., 1913. *$1.25. Butterfield, Ken yon Leech. Chapters in rural progress. Univ. of Chicago Press. Chicago, 1908. *$1. BuTTERFiELD, Kenyon Leech. Couutry church and the rural problem. Univ. of Chicago press, Chicago, 1911. ^^^$1. *Carney, Mabel. Country life and the country school. Row, Peterson & Co., Chicago, 1913. $1.25. Commission on Country Life. Report. Sturgis & Walton, N. Y., 1911. *75c. Published as Senate document no. 705, 60th Congress, 2d session, for the use of Congress. Not available for free distribution. Cromwell, A. D. Agriculture and life. Lippincott, Philadelphia, 1915. *$1.48. Crow, Martha Foote. American country girl. Stokes, N. Y., 1915. *$1.75. *CuBBERLEY, Ellwood P. Rural life and education. Houghton, N. Y., 1914. *$1.50. "^ Curtis, Henry S. Play and recreation for the open country. Ginn & Co., Boston, 1914. *$1.16. *Books recommended for first choice, if number must be limited. 36 STUDY OUTLINE ON *Dresslar, Fletcher Bascom. Rural schoolhouses and grounds. (Bureau of education. Bui 12:1914) Supt. of Documents, Washington, D. C, 1914. 50c. Eggleston, Joseph Dupuy, and Bruere, Robert Walter. Work of the rural school. Harper, N. Y., 1913. $1. Farwell, Parris Thaxter. Village improvement. Sturgis & Walton, N. Y., 1913. *$1. GiLL^ Charles Otis, and Pinchot, Gifford. Country church. Macmillan, N. Y., 1913. *$1.25. Gillette, John M. Constructive rural sociology. Sturgis & Walton, N. Y., 1913. *$1.60. Kennedy, Joseph. Rural life and the rural school. American Book Co., N. Y., 1915. 80c. '''McKeever, William Arch. Farm boys and girls. Macmillan, 1912. *$1.75. Nearing, Scott. New education. Row, Peterson & Co., Chicago, 1915. $1.25. *PiCKARD, Andrew Ezra. Rural education. Webb, St. Paul, 1915. *$1. Wiley, Harvey W. Lure of the land. Century, N. Y., 1915. *$1.40. Wilson, Warren H. Church of the open country. Mis- sionary Education Movement, N. Y., 1912. 60c. COUNTRY LIFE 37 A Supplementary List of Good Books to Read AND Own Bailey, Liberty Hyde. Holy earth. Scribner, N. Y., 1915. *$1. "Prof. Bailey presents his personal views — formed by many years of thought, study and contact — of man's relation to the soil, both physical and spiritual. . . . He drives at the very heart of the economic phase of his subject, yet in doing so he reveals rare poetic gifts of vision and expression." — Spring- field Republican. Bailey, Liberty Hyde. Wind and weather. Scribner, N. Y., 1916. $1. Poems of country life. Bowman, James C. Promise of country life. Heath, N.Y., 1917. *$1.12. A book of selections, both descriptive and narrative, for use in colleges of agriculture. Carver, Thomas Nixon. Principles of rural economics. Ginn, Boston, 1912. *$1.60. Dyer, Walter A. Five Babbitts at Bonnyacres. Holt, N. Y., 1917. *$1.30. A country life story for young people. Eaton, Walter Prichard. Green trails and upland pastures. Doubleday, Page & Co., Garden City, N. Y., 1917. *$1.60. A book of descriptive essays. Field, Jessie, and Nearing, Scott. Community civics. Macmillan, N. Y., 1916. *60c. A series of lessons in good citizenship arranged for the boys and girls of country communities. FoGHT, Harold W. Rural teacher and his work in community leadership. Macmillan, N. Y., 1917. *$1.40. Freeman, Tilden. Second wind. B. W. Huebsch, N. Y., 1917. $1. The author's aim is to tell "the plain truth about going back to the land." He shows that many qualities are neces- saty to success, including hard work. 38 STUDY OUTLINE ON Grayson^ David. Adventures in contentment. Double- day, Page & Co., Garden City, N. Y., 1907. *$1.S0. Jones, Edgar Dewitt. Fairhope ; the annals bf a coun- try church. Macmillan, N. Y., 1917. *$1.25. Kern, Olly Jasper. Among country schools. Ginn, Boston, 1906. *$1.50. KiRKPATRiCK^ Marion G. Rural school from within. Lippincott, Philadelphia, 1917. *$1.28. LiGHTON, William R. Happy Hollow farm. Doran, N. Y., 1915. *$1.25. Story of an Omaha newspaper man who made a success of a farm in the Ozark region of Arkansas. Lynn, Margaret. Stepdaughter of the prairie. Mac- millan, N. Y., 1914. *$1.35. Sketches of a childhood on the Kansas prairies. McArthur, Peter. In pastures green. Dutton, N. Y., 1916. *$1.75. "Every page of the book shows how much joy a farmer can get out of things, if he has imagination." — Review of Reviews. Morse, Richard. Fear God in your own village. Holt, N. Y., 1918. *$1.30. Story of a country church. Plunkett, Sir Horace. Rural life problem in the United States. Macmillan, N. Y., 1910. *$1.2S. Rockwell, Frederick F. Key to the land. Harper, N. Y., 1915. *$1.25. The scene is a run-down farm in one of the eastern states near a big market. The author tells how the farm was made to pay. Sharp, Dallas Lore. Hills of Hingham. Houghton, N. Y., 1916. *$1.25. Delightful essays on country life. Stewart, Elinore Rupert. Letters of a woman home- steader. Houghton, Boston, 1914. *$1.25. COUNTRY LIFE 39 VoGT, Paul L. Introduction to rural sociology. Apple- ton, N. Y., 1917. *$2.50. Has especially good chapters on rural health, rural moral- ity and relation of village and country. Whittingham, Harrison. That farm. Doubleday, Page & Co., Garden City, N. Y., 1914. *$1.20. Record of "the adventures of a dry goods merchant whg went back to th^ l£^n4" List of Study Outlines Active Citizenship. By Charles Davidson, Ph.D. A study of citizenship in general and of the intelligent management of local problems. 4op. 25c. American Art. Prepared by Anna Lorraine Guthrie. Six- teen programs and bibliography. 6ip. 35c. City Beautiful: A Study of Town Planning and Municipal Art. Prepared by Kate Louise Roberts. Twelve programs with references for each; also a bibliography. i6p. 25c. Contemporary Drama. Prepared by Prof. Arthur Beatty for the Wisconsin Library Commission. List of plays, most important ones starred. Interpretative notes and suggestive ideas for discussion and study. I2p 25c. Contemporary American Literature. Prepared by Anna Lorraine Guthrie. Sixteen programs, with references for each. Bibliography, ygp, 35c. Contemporary English Literature. Prepared by Prof. Arthur Beatty for the Wisconsin Library Commission. List of most important works. Critical references. Certain books studied with interpretative notes. 2ip 25c. Country Life and Rural Problems. . Prepared by Mary K. Reely. Bibliography. 39p. 25c. Dietetics. Programs for 10 club meetings. The study is based on four selected books and the Farmers* Bulletins. lop. Under one cover with "Home Economics." Early American Literature. By Anna L. Guthrie. Seven- teen programs with references for each. Bibliography. 59p. England and Scotland: History and Travel. Prepared by C. E. Fanning. Bibliography. List of additional topics. lop 25c. Home Economics. Prepared by the Home Economics Di- vision, Agricultural Extension Department, Purdue Univer- ^*^^- , Programs for 10 club meetings, up. Under one cover with Dietetics. 25c. Italian Art: A General Survey. Prepared for the Minne- sota Library Commission. Chronological order of subjects op 15c. Mexico. Prepared by Study Club Department, Wisconsin Library Commission. 2p. 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