THE CORN LADY 77 



Of course, I am coming back next Fall 

 at better wages and will have some new 

 equipment to work with in the school. I 

 think we could have a new schoolhouse but, 

 we have talked a good deal about consolida- 

 tion and are waiting to see if that is decided 

 on before we invest in a new schoolhouse. 



They are just the best people in the world, 

 I know. And the boys and girls well, I 

 can't write about them to-night for already 

 I am missing them so. It has been a won- 

 derful year. It has helped and developed me 

 in many ways and I have been so glad to 

 have had the opportunity to try to re-direct 

 a country school so that it would fit country 

 life. There is such an awakening along this 

 line throughout the United States that all 

 of us who are trying know that we are 

 doing our part in a great national move- 

 ment. And I have had the part I like best, 

 because it is nearest to the real work. I 

 would rather work it out in this one district 

 school, than to be on the president's Farm 

 Life Commission. It is easy to see that 

 something must be done, and to give advice, 

 but to really meet actual conditions and 

 work them out, that is a task well worth any- 

 one's time and strength and mind. We have 



