Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches

Chapters in Rural Progress

The American farm problem, particularly its sociological aspect, has not as yet had the attention that it deserves from students. Much less have the questions that concern rural social advancement found the popular mind; in truth, the general city public has not been deeply in...

Chapters

2. Chapter 2

It is impossible to acquire a keen and permanent interest in the rural problem unless one first of all is cognizant of its significance. And lack of knowledge at this point may...

10. Chapter 10

The difficulty of uniting the farmers of America for any form of co-operative endeavor long ago became proverbial. The business of farming encouraged individualism; comparative...

27. Chapter 27

It is almost trite to assert the need of the "socialization"--to use a much-worked phrase--of the country. It is possible that this need is not greater than in the cities, but i...

8. Chapter 8

The gulf between parent and teacher is too common a phenomenon to need exposition. The existence of the chasm is probably due more to carelessness, to the pressure of time, or t...

9. Chapter 9

Among the great phenomena of our time is the growth of the school idea--the realization of the part that the school plays in our civilization and in the training of our youth fo...

6. Chapter 6

The two generations living subsequent to the year 1875 are to be witnesses of an era in American history that will be known as the age of industrial education. These years are t...

4. Chapter 4

All farmers may be divided into three classes. There is the "old" farmer, there is the "new" farmer, and there is the "mossback." The old farmer represents the ancient regime. T...

12. Chapter 12

The only way to an understanding of the relation of the church to rural progress is through an appreciation of the place which the church as a social institution may have among...

13. Chapter 13

In some respects the most notable recent advance in rural matters consists in the improved means of communication in rural districts. The country is relatively isolated, and it...

16. Chapter 16

Agricultural education in this country has thus far been an attempt to apply a knowledge of the laws of the so-called "natural" sciences to the practical operations of the farm....

7. Chapter 7

A decade and a half ago, there was a vigorous campaign for the establishment of university extension throughout the United States. Generally speaking the campaign was a losing o...

15. Chapter 15

One might name a score of important activities that should be encouraged in order to better New England agriculture. But the two fundamental needs are (1) adaptation and (2) co-...

5. Chapter 5

The question of questions that the college student asks himself is, What am I going to be? The surface query is, What am I going to _do_? But in his heart of hearts he ponders t...

1. Chapter 1

The American farm problem, particularly its sociological aspect, has not as yet had the attention that it deserves from students. Much less have the questions that concern rural...

11. Chapter 11

While rural life is often supposed to be fatally deficient in facilities for growth because of its isolation, the women living on our farms are thought to be the especial victim...

3. Chapter 3

Narrowness is perhaps the charge most often brought against American farm life. To a certain extent this charge may be just, though the comparisons that usually lead up to the c...

14. Chapter 14

There is a proverb in Grange circles which expresses also the fundamental aim of all agricultural education--"The farmer is of more consequence than the farm and should be first...

17. Chapter 17

1. Statistical survey. 2. The movement to the West. History, causes. 3. The movement to the cities. _a_) Growth of cities. _b_) Depletion of rural population in certain localiti...

23. Chapter 23

1. Distinction between rural and agricultural education. 2. The country school. _a_) Its importance, organization, maintenance, instruction, and supervision. _b_) The rural scho...

24. Chapter 24

1. Historical. 2. Research in agriculture. 3. Agricultural instruction to resident students. _a_) Higher education in agriculture. _b_) Secondary education in agriculture. _c_)...

25. Chapter 25

1. Present status. 2. Difficulties in country church work. 3. The awakening in the rural church. 4. The institutional rural church. 5. The Y. M. C. A. in the country. 6. The rur...

26. Chapter 26

1. The importance of social agencies. 2. The preservation of the "American farmer" essential. 3. Relation of this ideal to our American civilization. 4. The federation or co-ope...

22. Chapter 22

1. Value of. 2. Difficulties in organizing. 3. Forms that organizations may take. 4. History and work of farmers' organizations in the United States. 5. General deductions from...

21. Chapter 21

20. Chapter 20

19. Chapter 19

18. Chapter 18