ILLUSTRATIONS 



PLATK 



I. Fig. 1. At least once each day the busy farm 

 father may think of a way to combine his 

 work with the children's play . Frontispiece 



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II. Fig. 2. Canadian boys breaking young oxen . 6 



III. Fig. 3. An attractive Kansas home ... 28 



IV. Fig. 4. A day nursery in the country . . 42 

 V. Fig. 5. A rural home in the South ... 56 



VI. Fig. 6. A well-equipped farmhouse ... 64 



VII. Fig. 7. Children playing under the shade trees . 72 



VIII. Figs. 8-9. Rural church, Plainfield, Illinois . 86 



IX. Fig. 10. Village church at Ogden, Kansas . . 92 



X. Fig. 11. Corn Sunday in an Illinois church . 96 



XI. Fig. 12. A country schoolhouse in California . 108 



Fig. 13. Type of model rural school used in 



Kansas ........ 108 



XII. Fig. 14. Model rural school at Kirksville, Mis- 

 souri. Normal ...... 112 



XIII. Fig. 15. Rear view of the Kirksville school . 114 



XIV. Fig. 16. Using Babcock tester . . . .120 

 XV. Figs. 17-21. Consolidated school and those it 



displaced ....... 124 



XVI. Fig. 22. The Cornell rural schoolhouse . . 126 



XVII. Fig. 23. A.Y.M.C.A. play club . . . .132 



XVIII. Fig. 24. Y.M.C.A. Convention in Ohio . . 138 



XIX. Fig. 25. Jerry Moore, champion corn raiser . 150 



XX. Fig. 26. A lonely schoolhouse . . . .164 



XXI. Fig 27. Tennis in the country . . . .180 



Fig. 28. Country play festival . . . .180 



XXII. Fig. 29. Industrial exhibit in rural school . . 192 



