Show J I PRETTIER SCHOOLS J There is no reason to believe belie that children in the schools of our our smaller towns and rural di districts prefer r rough unkempt School grounds and unpainted school houses and down broken Ponces fences to neatly kept yards fences and buildings Nor is there therean an any an a email Dinall town or country s school cannot be kept aa as attractive as 5 those in O our I larger cities citie where shrubbery and trees tret and y flowers rs cost even more than out in the country We Te believe rural school chi children ren respond as readily to natures nature's beauties beauties beauties beau beau- ties as do the children of our cities and we also feel they are just as much entitled d to pretty buildings and well-kept well play play- grounds Parents who never ne stop to consider whether or not c environment l has any influence on their childrens children's education i should gi give ve th the subject ct a little thought And school officials in I every town to and every rural school district dietrict should not let themselves them themselves selves grow l into the belief that l progress is as rapid in a rundown rundown run run- i J down own school house G a as it is li in i one that is well kept both inside and out |