11. What objection exists to large county boards of government?
12. Why is our country an excellent field for the study of the principles of government?
13. What unmistakable tendency in the ease of township government is noticeable?
14. Speak of township government in the South.
15. What part have women in the affairs of the school district in many states?
16. What is the historical reason why suffrage has been restricted to men?
SUGGESTIVE QUESTIONS AND DIRECTIONS.
It may need to be repeated (see page 12) that it is not expected that each pupil shall answer all the miscellaneous questions put, or respond to all the suggestions made in this book. Indeed, the teacher may be pardoned if now and then he finds it difficult himself to answer a question,—particularly if it is framed to provoke thought rather than lead to a conclusion, or if it is better fitted for some other community or part of the country than that in which he lives. Let him therefore divide the questions among his pupils, or assign to them selected questions. In cases that call for special knowledge, let the topics go to pupils who may have exceptional facilities for information at home.
The important point is not so much the settlement of all the questions proposed as it is the encouragement of the inquiring and thinking spirit on the part of the pupil.
1. What impression do you get from this chapter about the hold of town government upon popular favour?