How Is the Rural School?—We have described the progress that has been made in various fields of the industrial world and also in several kinds of educational institutions. At this point the question may, with propriety, be asked whether the rural schools have generally kept pace in their progress with the other and higher institutions which we have mentioned. We believe that they have not. The rural schools have too often been the last to attract public interest and to receive the attention which their importance deserves.
A neglected school in unattractive surroundings
A lonely road to school. No conveyances provided
A better type of building with some attempt at improvements
THE ONE-ROOM SCHOOL