154 Farmer and his Wife as Leaders of the Young 



the young men and women who have gone from the 

 home district to high school or college ? Have any 

 of the best of them returned to the farm ? Or, have 

 these institutions been a means of sending them away 

 as permanent city dwellers ? Does this thing need 

 to continue ? Cannot some movement be instituted 

 for bringing about a radical change ? So long as the 

 country boys and girls attend the town high schools 

 and there be required to take the old-fashioned classi- 

 cal courses which have always served to introduce 

 their minds to the city life and to the professional 

 callings the country districts will continue to be 

 depleted of their best brains and energy. 



HOME AND SCHOOL PLAY PROBLEMS 



Start a movement in the interest of better provided 

 play opportunities for the children of the neighbor- 

 hood. The possibilities of enriching and extending 

 the young life through the avenue of better play are 

 just beginning to be understood. We have always 

 accepted the theory that young children must have 

 some time to play, but we have given little or no heed 

 to the matter of providing for their play such appara- 

 tus as might furnish scientific contributions to the 

 development of their characters. 



Make a brief inquiry throughout the neighborhood 

 and you will perhaps find that not a single farm home 

 has apparently given this matter any definite atten- 

 tion. Now, what playthings may easily be provided 



