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William A. McKeever. Farm Boys and Girls
Farm Boys and Girls
Table of Contents
PREFACE
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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