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FOREWORD

LIST OF TABLES

ILLUSTRATIONS

INTRODUCTION

A STAKE IN THE LAND

PART I

A STAKE IN THE LAND

I NEED OF A LAND POLICY

STRENGTH OF HOME TIES

IMMIGRANTS' LOVE OF THE LAND

NEED FOR LAND REGULATION

II LEARNING OF LAND OPPORTUNITIES

FRIENDS, AGENTS, AND ADVERTISEMENTS

FEDERAL AND STATE IMMIGRATION OFFICES

POLICIES IN CALIFORNIA AND WISCONSIN

III EXPERIENCES IN ACQUIRING LAND

RUSSIAN SECTARIAN PEASANTS IN THE WEST

THE SUCCESSFUL COLONY AT GLENDALE

OTHER CALIFORNIA CASES

AN OKLAHOMA SETTLEMENT

IV INDIVIDUAL LAND DEALERS

LAND SHARKS

LOWER TYPE OF LAND DEALER

THE PUBLIC-SPIRITED LAND DEALER

"REALTORS"

V PRIVATE LAND COLONIZATION COMPANIES

A TYPICAL COMPANY

THE ADVISER

CHILDREN OVERWORKED

SECURING CREDIT

CONSERVATION OF WOODED LAND

THE SIZE OF A COLONY

LEARNING AMERICAN WAYS

TWO POINTS OF VIEW

COLONY SNAPSHOTS

VI PUBLIC LAND COLONIZATION

THE CALIFORNIA EXPERIMENT

STATE PROVISION FOR SOLDIER SETTLEMENTS

THE RECLAMATION ACT

PROPOSED FEDERAL LEGISLATION

PROVISION IN OTHER COUNTRIES

VII A LAND POLICY

WIDE RANGE IN PROGRAMS

PLENTY OF LAND

PUBLIC REGULATION OF LAND DEALING

A PUBLIC LAND EXCHANGE

RECLAMATION A SEPARATE FUNCTION

A COLONIZATION BOARD

EXTENSION OF PUBLIC CREDIT

CO-OPERATION INDISPENSABLE

PART II

VIII RURAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES

IMPORTANCE OF EDUCATION

BRIDGING DIFFERENCES

PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS

IX PRIVATE SCHOOLS

NEBRASKA

NORTH DAKOTA

MINNESOTA

MICHIGAN

WISCONSIN

SOUTH DAKOTA

CALIFORNIA

HEBREW SCHOOL IN NEW JERSEY

OPINIONS ON BOTH SIDES

TEMPORARY USEFULNESS

NEED FOR REGULATION

X IMMIGRANT CHURCHES

BILINGUAL SERVICES

ENGLISH FAVORED BY MEMBERS

OPPOSITION TO "INTERFAITH" MARRIAGES

IMMIGRANT PASTORS

POTENTIAL POWERS FOR GOOD

XI THE PUBLIC SCHOOL

LIMITATIONS OF THE ONE-TEACHER SCHOOL

GROWTH OF THE CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL

THE RURAL SCHOOL-TEACHER

IRREGULAR SCHOOL ATTENDANCE

PRACTICAL CURRICULUM NEEDED

NEED FOR EXPERT ADMINISTRATION

PROPOSED MEASURES

XII EDUCATION OF ADULT IMMIGRANT SETTLERS

IMPORTANCE OF REACHING WOMEN

THE HOME TEACHER

ORGANIZATION OF IMMIGRANT WOMEN

THE PUBLIC EVENING SCHOOL

EDUCATION MADE INTERESTING

XIII LIBRARY AND COMMUNITY WORK

PLACE OF THE PRINTED WORD

RURAL NEEDS FOR BOOKS

PACKAGE LIBRARIES IN WISCONSIN

SELECTION OF BOOKS

A COMMUNITY HALL

AMATEUR THEATRICALS

COMMUNITY TEAMWORK

INDEX

Introduction

Chapter I: Need of a Land Policy

Chapter III: Experiences in Acquiring Land

Chapter V: Private Land Colonization Companies

Chapter VI: Public Land Colonization

Chapter VII: A Land Policy

Chapter VIII: Rural Educational Agencies

Chapter IX: Private Schools

Chapter XI: The Public School

Chapter XII: Education of Adult Immigrant Settlers

Americanization Studies

Harper & Brothers Publishers