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including all other data of a helpful nature. Proceed 

 with the thought that the work to be undertaken is 

 not to be merely a means of entertainment, but of 

 education for the young. 



WORK PERSISTENTLY FOR SOCIAL UNITY 



In his most instructive volume "The Rural Church 

 and Community Achievement," President Butter- 

 field says : "We are in great need in this country of 

 an institution or institutions which have for their 

 definite objective the study of the conditions and 

 problems of farm home-life; not merely the matter 

 of home management, or home keeping, but the 

 fundamental relationships of the family to the develop- 

 ment of a better community life in the rural regions." 

 Now, let the newly enlisted social worker assume that 

 he is to undertake something by way of bringing 

 about a fuller integration and unity of the people 

 of the neighborhood. 



Every new worker in the social field needs a word 

 of warning against the rebukes and discouragements 

 with which he may at first meet. To say the best, 

 the neighborhood will doubtless be indifferent in 

 regard to the newly proposed organization. But 

 let the social worker go on persistently, unmindful 

 of any such hindrance, even though scarcely a per- 

 son in the neighborhood seems ready to join in the 

 movement. In the typical case of valuable construc- 

 tive work of this sort, it will be found at first that the 



