Show RURAL SCHOOLS NEWS LETTER pride or apology mr farmer do you greet strangers in your community when they ask ash about or look at your schoolhouse with a thrill th of pleasure and pride or with an apology and an explanation Is your schoolhouse of the shanty or shack va valety lety tour four walls and a root roof or is it a real school homo home an educational wok wo k shop a recreational center tor for the whole community to which all give the same appreciative care they give their homes A representative of 0 the U S bur eau of 0 education visited a rural rural cout COUL ty in a southern state whose people have built 15 really mally beautiful school houses which accommodate all the children in the county each building has attractive grounds planted with native trees grass and flowers each was planned for or beauty as well as usefulness the result of 0 love lovd care and s rather than money best ot of all each building has a spacious auditorium the children use it tour four or live five hours a day thel the adults use it tour four or five more in each of 0 them there is a hand handsome somI stage curtain of 0 rep or velvet in quiet colors harmonizing with the decoration ot of the walls ail anil woodwork how hov to use vacation tho chief chiea business of the child for or the first twelve or fourteen years ot of his lite life should be to grow strong physically during thai school term of eight or nine months he is usually living in a mora mom or less unnatural way sitting still for longer periods than hei ha should following out groces sei sek of logically arranged thought and much too often doing things iu in which he has little real interest his natural growth physical and in many cases mental is more or less with vacation time gives a good chance to overcome some of the drawbacks of our schools three months of long 1 hours in thel fresh air and sunshine tramping swimming hunting fishing and playing a modera tco amount of physical labor for which the child is held responsible plenty ot of plain whole wholesome soma food sleeping out ot of doors and her he will return to his hh school in september with browned body alart mind and a fund of information that thoi the school could not possibly give him his interests will bo be wide widened zed his muscles and mind strengthened and he be will have learned how to use his leisure time th rural in huni huninger nier school it is gratifying to know that each coach summer marks an ail increased enrollment of rural teachers in summer schools somei some a ao ae o attending tor for tho singla purpose ot of adding credits to complete the number 0 requirements for the much coet coveted cd degree others go tor for recreational as well as tho the educational advantages offered Dl rectors of 0 summer fich schools which are located near ou ell wonderful ul parks laats mountains or ocean shores advertise exen extensively the advantages advantage offered by their specially favored locality for nature study outdoor recreation cr art etc it the selected work is not too strenuous and it is possible to elect one or two extras all i rr tri t ri v p 1 t ejects ot of visual instruction and play not only interesting but beneficial summer schools are offering courses in tha the teck technique ot of visual instruction st teaching the rural teach ars how to select and use a stereopticon and a movie the rural teach er can use a pres to I alte I 1 tell tank or of a sto storage ragel battery to provide light tor for the lantern when electricity is not available an electric current is nee essary to secure the best results with a movie play and health are closely related rural kural teachers should take with them from the tha summer school new games game that cau call be played indoors on a rainy day and outdoors in thel the sunshine problems of 0 discipline vanish when the teacher is a good sport knows thoi the gamel game and plays it fair and square square till ahn editor leads the may ay the chief of ape the division ot of ru lal ial schools V U S bureau of aduca tion has a word to say in appreciation ot of what the country editor does for the schools the editor gives treely freely the use of his columns tor for the publication of all news items relating to education in the territory covered by his paper he leads the movement lor for the establishment li lish ment of 0 the county agricultural high school ha points thel way to school consolidation in sections 0 of the tha county where several districts can unite to have one good school with high school grades ile ho voices the demand ot of the people ot of the outlying districts tor for modern school houses for improved school methods with better pay for better teachers ile he advocat cb the use of the schoolhouse as a community center where the people can get together not only to talk over school progress but to discuss tho the many subjects relating to better farming the editor is tho the host best friend of the boys and girls clubs which generally start in the schools and will print any number of 0 items about the best acre of corn the best pigs the best chickens ami tho largest tomatoes raised by the club members and all this is tree free |