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and finally perfecting his spiritual nature. But this 

 high aim is not sought in the old-fashioned, direct 

 manner. Instead, there is a studied effort to build 

 up the boy gradually through the enlistment of 

 his natural interests in matters that lie dormant in 

 his home environment. The truly scientific method 

 in this field is first concerned with providing means 

 whereby the boy may work out his own spiritual 

 salvation. Along with the farm labors, tedious and 

 irksome to him when undertaken as exclusive re- 

 quirements, the country boy is given an opportunity 

 to take part in certain athletic and social exercises 

 which appeal to his instincts and arouse the sponta- 

 neity from the depths of his own nature. 



In carrying on the country work, an attempt is 

 made to approach the boy from the peculiar situations 

 of his home environment. What specific readjust- 

 ments are needed in his home life in respect to the 

 amount of work required of him ? What of the rec- 

 reation he enjoys ? The local society in which he 

 moves ? The home church and Sunday school ? 

 The temptations that may lie near about him ? and so 

 on. These and many other such inquiries are made 

 with a view to dealing with the boy in an individual 

 way and reestablishing his life for the better. 



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Unless it may chance that, after a brief survey of 

 the field, some person from the outside comes in 



