

CONTENTS 



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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 4 



THE PROBLEM IN RURAL EDUCATION 5 



THE TEACHER'S COTTAGE 7 



HOW IT SHOULD BE BUILT 11 



PLANS FOR COTTAGES 13 



The Washington Cottages 13 



The Radford Cottages 17 



AS A SOCIAL CENTER 21 



THE MISSION OF THE COUNTRY SCHOOL TEACHER 21 



WHAT HAS BEEN DONE 23 



Alabama 23 



Arizona 23 



Arkansas 23 



California 25 



Colorado 25 



Connecticut 26 



Delaware 27 



Florida 27 



Georgia 27 



Idaho 27 



Illinois 28 



Indiana . . . 29 



Iowa 31 



Kansas 31 



Kentucky 31 



Louisiana 32 



Maine 32 



Maryland < 



Massachusetts 33 



Michigan \ 



Minnesota 



Mississippi 37 



Missouri 37 



Montana 38 



Nebraska 38 



Nevada 39 



New Hampshire 39 



New Jersey 40 



New Mexico 40 



New York 40 



North Carolina 40 



North Dakota 41 



Ohio 42 



Oklahoma 42 



Oregon 46 



Pennsylvania 46 



Rhode Island 46 



South Carolina 46 



South Dakota 49 



Tennessee 49 



Texas 50 



Utah 53 



Vermont 53 



Virginia 54 



Washington 54 



West Virginia 56 



Wisconsin 57 



Wyoming 57 



REFERENCES . . 58 



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