[24] Cyc. of Am. Agri., Vol. IV.
[25] Doubtless this single fact would account for the loss in population in many townships. There are just as many families as ever but a lower birthrate.
[26] “The Church of the Open Country,” p. 79.
[27] Rural Manhood, Vol. I, p. 22.
[28] “Rural Recreation, a Socializing Factor.” Annals of the Am. Acad. of Pol. and Soc. Sci., March, 1912; p. 189.
[29] “Rural Recreation, a Socializing Factor,” p. 190.
[30] Annals of the Am. Acad. of Pol. and Soc. Sci., March, 1912, p. 61.
[31] Of course country children should also be taught much about city life; city children should be taught about country life, and in the main the standard curriculum will be the same. The point to be made here is the exceedingly important one that rural schools must be made to fit the boys and girls for happy and efficient life in rural communities. This is the specific task of the country school.
[32] “The American Rural School,” p. 323.
[33] “The Country Town,” p. 299.