THE TRAINING OF FARMERS 



colleges, and those who would oppose them 

 are setting themselves against the course of 

 human evolution. 



2. THE NATURE OF THE FORTHCOMING 

 SCHOOL 



The acceptance of the educational equiv- 

 alency of studies is the very first es- 

 sential to the development of a kind of 

 school that is capable of redirecting coun- 

 try life. The person who rejects this prem- 

 ise does not accept education in terms of 

 the daily life, or if he does accept it, his 

 concurrence is only a concession to popular 

 demand. 



The four R's 



The old schools were built on the four 

 R's, reading, 'riting, 'rithmetic, and 

 ruler. They were a combination df certain 

 formal subjects and what is called "good 

 order" or discipline. There are still those 

 who held that the pursuit of reading, 'rit- 

 ing and 'rithmetic is of itself an end in 

 education. These subjects, however, are 

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