124 The Transformation of the Rural School 



that of constructing a central building with ample 

 working space for all, and then transporting the 

 children to and from the school. The scheme is 

 working well as a rule. Among the great advantages 

 is that of a possible grading of the school so that 

 the teacher may have time for each subject and more 

 opportunity for specialization. Perhaps the most 

 serious and difficult part of the plan is that of pro- 

 viding a safe and suitable means of conveyance to and 

 from the school. Some excellent patterns of school 

 wagons are already on the market, while manu- 

 facturers are constantly at work improving them. So 

 we may expect better results as time goes on. It 

 has already been shown very satisfactorily that the 

 conveyance, when in charge of a well-trained driver, 

 furnishes improved mor*al and physical safeguards for 

 the child. 



MORE HIGH SCHOOLS NEEDED 



Not only every county, but also every rural 

 township, should have its well-equipped high school. 

 It is a serious matter to send boys and girls in their 

 middle teens away to college. Many lives are thus 

 more or less ruined simply from too early loss of 

 the personal restraints and influence of the parents. 

 But with a first-class high school in easy reach 

 the young people may at least return home for the 

 Saturday-Sunday recess and thereby continue in the 

 close councils of their parents. And then, the 



