Show YOUNG PEOPLE OF THE FAWNIS FARMS GO TO NORMAL SCHOOLS approximately halt half the population ot of the united states Is rural what per cent ot of the public school teachers come from rural communities parents engaged in agriculture furnished 63 65 per cent ot of all the students in the tha five Miss missouri ourt teachers colleges according to a study made a decade ago more mora recent surveys showed that 40 per cent 0 of the students in the louisiana state normal college and 33 per cent of 0 those in the four tour per of 0 those in the four tour michigan igan normal schools came from the farm the ave average was 20 00 per cent from farms for a number 0 of normal schools and teachers colleges in the states ot of colorado dali california fornia massachusetts chu xhu pennsylvania and connecticut these figures do not ot of course include the somewhat larger per cent of students student who come from communities of less than 2500 inhabitants the above data indicate that rural sections are loyally sending teacher preparing institutions their proportion of recruits how many of the graduates ot of the above institutions enter schools in in farming communities A study made in 1920 showed that but 6 per cent of the graduates in 17 representative normal schools entered rural schools in one state however 57 per cent of the 1 05 graduates last year entered one and two teacher rural schools A report of the carnegie foundation tor for the advancement ot of teaching states rural school teach ing I ng actually demands a higher grade grada lof ot efficiency than any other branch of 0 public school service e A trained teacher in every rural school ch ai will be found when 1 young people see the opportunities in the rural field and 2 legislators make it feasible and worth while for trained young people to render their services v where here most needed K |