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Show j THE COUNTRY SCHOOL. Thc bureau of educaiton of the department de-partment of the interior has called a .special conference to consider the Irroblcms of schools in villages and small towns, as distinct from both the -rge city and the open country. Educators Edu-cators are proceeding under tho idea that there arc different problems to be solved in connection with these 'schools. j Residents of farming communities fare !e'nflW to just-as' good schools as 'pro residents of the city and due to continuous efforts this desirable con-t'illon con-t'illon is being attained- But there is a surprising fact about the country schools and the product of those rohools. No matter how poor the school n:nl how hard worked or poorly paid the teacher it seems that when students stu-dents from these schools go to the much bettor city schools the country toys and. girls soon compare favor- noiy with the city students of tho same grade and age. And then look at i the great number of successful men who were reared upon the farm and entered upon their careers with an educational foundation built up in the country school. 1 If all the country schools are brought up to the same standards as the pity! schools there is no telling to what heights the country boys and girls will j reach. j nn |