Show PRETTIER SCHOOLS there is no reason to believe that children in the schools of our smaller to cowna wn and rural districts prefer rough unkempt school grounds and unpainted school houses and broken docu dawm fences to neatly kept yards fences and building nor is there theia any ally reason why it a small town or country school cannot be kept as il na those in our larger cities shrubbery and trees and flowers casu even more than out in the country we believe rural school cr ildren re as readily to grature s beauties as do the children of our cities and we als alaj feel they are just as much entitled to pretty buildings and well kept playgrounds parents who never altop to consider whether or not environment viron ment has any influence on their education should give tho subject a little thought and school in ili every town and every rural school district should not lf iet themselves grow into imo the belief that progress Is ns as rapid in it a rundown run down si hool house hous as ai it is in one that ls well kept both inside and out |