There is some hope of a new ideal in relation to the country school teacher; namely, that he shall be a man in every sense, worthy of a salary large enough to support himself and his family the year round as residents of the community. Then we shall have a profession of teaching in the rural school work.
Plate XVI.
Fig. 22.—The Cornell schoolhouse. A one-teacher building, with a workroom or laboratory at one side that the teacher can control through the folding doors and glass partitions. Every effort is made to render the building and place attractive and homelike.
REFERENCES
Annual Report Page County (Iowa) Schools. Miss Jessie Field, Superintendent (Clarinda).
The reader who is especially interested in this chapter is urged to become acquainted with the splendid work accomplished for the district schools of Page County, Ia., by Superintendent Jessie Field. As indicated by her published annuals, and otherwise, she has led all the other young women superintendents in the work of organizing the boys and girls into clubs and classes for the study of school gardening, bread making, grain propagation, and the like.
Report of the Committee on Industrial Education in Schools for Rural Communities, of the National Educational Association.
Among Country Schools. O. J. Kern. Ginn & Co. A clear helpful, and inspiring text.
The American Rural School. H. W. Foght. Macmillan. Covers the entire subject carefully.
The School and Society. John Dewey. McClure, Phillips & Co., New York.
The School and its Life. Charles D. Gilbert. Chapter XXII, “Home and School.” McClurg.
Efficient Democracy, Wm. H. Allen. Chapter VII, “School Efficiency.” Dodd, Mead & Co. A most helpful and stimulating volume.
The School as a Social Institution. Henry Suzzallo. Monograph. Houghton Mifflin Company.
Wider Use of the School Plant, Clarence Arthur Perry. Chapter VI, “School Playgrounds.” Charities Publication Committee, New York.
Education in the Country for the Country. J. W. Zeller. Annual Volume N.E.A., 1910, p. 245.
Teachers for the Rural Schools; Kind Wanted; How to secure Them. L. J. Alleman. Annual Volume N.E.A., 1910, p. 280.
The State Board of Health of Maine (Augusta) issues a series of practical pamphlets on health and sanitation in the school and the home.
The Most Practical Industrial Education for the Country Child. Superintendent O. J. Kern. Annual Volume N.E.A., 1905, p. 198.
Among School Gardens. M. Louise Green, Ph.D. Charities Publication Committee, New York.
A Model Rural School House. Henry S. Curtis. Educational Foundations, April, 1911. A. S. Barnes & Co. Dr. Curtis is a national authority on the question of the school playground.
Education for Efficiency. E. Davenport. D. C. Heath. A most able plea for making the schools serve every worthy interest.
Changing Conceptions of Education. E. P. Cubberly. Monograph. Houghton Mifflin Company.
Methods of conducting Book and Demonstration Work in teaching Elementary Agriculture. O. H. Benson. Bureau of Plant Industry, Washington, D.C. An excellent guide.
Report of Committee to investigate Rural School Conditions. Superintendent E T. Fairchild and others. Address the Secretary N.E.A., Winona, Minn.