ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. 



The author acknowledges with much appreciation the great 

 assistance given in the preparation of this bulletin by State and 

 County Superintendents of Public Instruction, school principals, 

 teachers and school board officers. Particularly helpful also have 

 been the criticisms, suggestions, and information freely supplied by 

 the United States Bureau of Education. Many of the reports upon 

 teachers' cottages in the various states were compiled by Mr. J. 

 C. Muerman, Specialist in Rural Education, and are especially 

 valuable in making this publication a somewhat complete survey of 

 the present status of the teachers ' cottage movement in this country. 



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