Rural School Leaflet 



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eflort made by the boys and girls to produce a representative piece of 

 work worthy to be exhibited as an example of coimtry life teaching. The 

 fact that their work is to be in competition with that sent from hundreds 

 of other schools, gives impetus to their efforts. If the children are taught 

 to mount and pack the material neatly for mailing, and to communicate 

 with the University concerning it, additional educational results will 

 be accomplished. 



A third reason for encourag- I T \ V--^; j pf 



ing an exliibition of school 

 work representing coimtry life 

 study, is that in this way the 

 staff of the College of Agri- 

 culture is kept more closely in 

 touch with the boys and girls 

 of school age in the countr}' . 

 This is important because the 

 specialists in the various agri- 

 cultural lines can best suggest 

 what is important for funda- 

 mental instruction, and it is 

 helpful to them to see what 

 cliildren of the different grades 

 can do, and to find some of 

 the strength and weakness in 

 the instruction already given. 

 While the best of the work ac- 

 com^jlished by the children can- 

 not be sent to the exhibition, 

 since it must be the study of 

 life, nevertheless their school 

 reports, mounts, and drawings 

 are very suggestive of their 

 methods of working and think- 

 ing. The State College of 

 Agriculture is therefore greatly aided in its efforts to cooperate with the 

 State educational system by the helpfulness of rural teachers and chil- 

 dren in sending exhibits each year, and this work, illustrating the various 

 phases of the activities in natural history', agriculture, and home making, 

 is becoming a very popular and instructive feature of the annual Farmers' 

 Week. Last year two hundred and thirty-six schools under rural super- 

 \'ision sent exhibits in the several classes outlined in the leaflet ; there were 

 four hundred and sixty-one different exhibits in all. These were arranged 



Part of the general exhibit of school work. Farmers' 

 Week, February, iQij. Sewingin foreground, bird- 

 calendars and weather records in background 



