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FARM BOYS AND GIRLS FARM BOYS AND GIRLS BY WILLIAM A. McKEEVER

PREFACE TABLE OF CONTENTS ILLUSTRATIONS FARM BOYS AND GIRLS

CHAPTER I BUILDING A GOOD LIFE

What is a good life? Is the human stock comparatively sound?

CHAPTER II THE TIME TO BUILD

What of the human instincts

CHAPTER III THE RURAL HOME AND CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT

What agencies build up character? Moving to town for the children A back-to-the-country club

CHAPTER IV THE COUNTRY MOTHER AND THE CHILDREN

Poor conditions of women For the sake of the children

CHAPTER V CONSTRUCTING THE COUNTRY DWELLING

Plans and specifications not available What appeals to the children The house plan How one farmer does it Outbuildings and equipment Human rights prior to animal rights The children’s room The evening hour

CHAPTER VI JUVENILE LITERATURE IN THE FARM HOME

How good thinking grows up and flourishes Types of literature A SELECTED LIST

CHAPTER VII THE RURAL CHURCH AND THE YOUNG PEOPLE

Decadence of rural life Work for the ministry The country minister A mistake in training Rural child-rearing The churches too narrow Constructive work of the church An innovation in the rural church Spiritualize child life A summary

CHAPTER VIII THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE RURAL SCHOOL

Radical changes in the view-point and method All have a right to culture Work for a longer term Compulsory attendance laws needed Better schoolhouses and equipment A model rural school The Cornell schoolhouse Help make a school play ground General instruction in agriculture Domestic economy and home sanitation Consolidation of rural schools More high schools needed Better rural teachers needed

CHAPTER IX THE COUNTY YOUNG MEN’S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION

Boys leave the farm too young Purposes of the County Y.M.C.A. How to organize a county association How to conduct the work Spirituality not lost sight of Work in a sparsely settled country

CHAPTER X THE FARMER AND HIS WIFE AS LEADERS OF THE YOUNG

Preparation for the service Work persistently for social unity Corn-raising and bread-baking clubs Other forms of contests The improvement of the school situation Home and school play problems A neighborhood library Holidays and recreation for the young Many over-work their children Federation for country life progress The vocations of boys and girls Other local possibilities The boy-scout movement Rural boy-scouts in Kansas

CHAPTER XI HOW MUCH WORK FOR THE COUNTRY BOY

See that the work is for the boy’s sake Not enforced labor, but mastery Provide vacations for the boy A tentative schedule of hours Think out a reasonable plan

CHAPTER XII HOW MUCH WORK FOR THE COUNTRY GIRL

A balanced life for the girl Work begins with obedience Working the girls in the field Some specific suggestions Do you own your daughter? Difficult to make a schedule Teach the girl self-supremacy Summary

CHAPTER XIII SOCIAL TRAINING FOR FARM BOYS AND GIRLS

A happy mean is needed A social renaissance in the country Conditions to guard against A center of community life Invite the young to the house How to conduct a social entertainment What about the country dance Additional forms of entertainment Some concluding suggestions

CHAPTER XIV THE FARM BOY’S INTEREST IN THE BUSINESS

What is in your boy? Much experimentation necessary Start on a small scale Give your son a square deal Keep the boy’s perfect good will Some will be retained on the farm The awakening often comes from without An awakening in the south Partnership between father and son Summary and concluding suggestions

CHAPTER XV BUSINESS TRAINING FOR THE COUNTRY GIRL

Is the country girl neglected? Why the girl leaves the farm Certain rules to be observed Should there be an actual investment?

CHAPTER XVI WHAT SCHOOLING SHOULD THE COUNTRY BOY HAVE?

Changes in rural school conditions The boy a bundle of possibilities Classes of native ability The great talented class Round out the boy’s nature Other important matters Develop an interest in humanity

CHAPTER XVII WHAT SCHOOLING SHOULD THE COUNTRY GIRL HAVE?

Special problems relating to the girl Protecting the girl at school Lessons in music and art The reward will come in time The mother’s office as teacher Home-life education Education for supremacy An outlook for social life

CHAPTER XVIII THE FARM BOY’S CHOICE OF A VOCATION

Should the farmer’s son farm? Impatience of parents What of predestination? Three methods of vocational training The farmer fortunate What college for the country boy The foundation in work Clean up the place Money value of an agricultural education A successful vocation certain

CHAPTER XIX THE FARM GIRL’S PREPARATION FOR A VOCATION

What is the outlook Desirable occupations for women A college course for the girl Associations with refined young men Make the daughter attractive Summary and conclusion

CHAPTER XX CONCLUSION, AND FUTURE OUTLOOK

Strive for preconceived results Consult expert advice Meet each awakening interest Work for social democracy The outlook very promising The modern service training The state doing its part The new era of religion Final conclusion

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