476 FARM AND SCHOOL PROBLEMS. 



Questions for Debate. 



1. Resolved that Agriculture affords a broader field for the de- 

 velopment of the intellectual powers than any other study. 



2. Resolved that the farmer should not patronize the mail order 

 house. 



3. Resolved that our county should maintain a county experiment 

 farm. 



4. Resolved that the most important part of agriculture is farm 

 management. 



5. Resolved that the public schools are not keeping pace with the- 

 demands of the times. 



6. Resolved that there should be a four year course in agriculture 

 in every first grade rural high school. 



7. Resolved that the schools in our township should be centralized. 



8. Resolved that this state is the best agricultural state in the 

 Union. 



9. Resolved that the country is more interesting and beautiful than 

 the city. 



10. Resolved that agriculture affords greater opportunities to the 

 average man than any other occupation. 



11. Resolved that an agricultural education is a better investment 

 than a course in law. 



12. Resolved that it is possible for the farmer to enjoy the best of 

 modern conveniences. 



13. Resolved that the majority of failures on the farm are due to 

 lack of scientific farming. 



14. Resolved that landlordism and land tenantry are a menace to the 

 progress and prosperity of the nation. 



Discuss : How a school can be made the social center of the 

 community; reviving the spirit of the old spelling school; the 

 debating society; the literary club; make the school the home 

 of the domestic science contest ; the agricultural exhibit ; the 

 lecture course ; the public forum ; a place for paintings, sculp- 

 ture, music, books, flowers, and happy children. 



Selections Which May Be Used in Connection With the 



Subjects Mentioned. 

 Birds: 



To a Waterfowl Bryant. 



The Winged Worshippers Charles Sprague. 



The Bobolink. 



To a Skylark Shelley. 



