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Show LittleOnes RURAL SCHOOL HAS MISSION VT.re On Bushel of Corn Grew l?e-..re l?e-..re Two Are Now Securer! fcy Vtth-otis Vtth-otis Just IS'-ought Out. l?y KAT T. M'K.AIH The training of count vy children to grow two bushels o.f coin whore one tmshel grew before Is a oo m in endahle hing. To bring this about many changes may be made in the pro grams of most country schools. Ariih. luetic problems may be worked out m lerms of corn and potatoes and cows Heading may be largely confined to (he subjects of interest to country voys and girls. Kssays on farm top ios may be written in place of the usual parsing and olher gi annua : work. This will lay a foundation for much practical work in the ' later years of school life. Older students trained in the elementary ele-mentary principles of agricul'uve could conduct germination tests of corn and grain. Herds could be tested, test-ed, rations could be worked out for live stock, records could be kept of poultry, garments could be made tor home, and the art of cooking could be cultivated. These and many other practical things could be worked out with the school house as a center. Added to this is the social pleasure that could be obtained by everyone tn the community when a permanent interest in-terest in the school was established lasket socials, evening entertain ments, picnics, school house fairs, lectures, lec-tures, and moving pictures would make the rural school a real factor In the social Improvement of the school district. The country school has a mission which should not be neglected. |