SCHOOLS AND FARMING 



is started right, the high- school work will 

 largely take care of itself. The reform is 

 needed in the beginning years, not because 

 the work in these* years is now more imper- 

 fect than in the high-school years, but be- 

 cause the process is a point of view that 

 needs to be established very early in life, 

 and because relatively few youths reach 

 the high- school. In the high- school, the 

 specializing studies begin. Specially quali- 

 fied teachers are usually provided, and 

 these teachers should be able to handle 

 their own subjects. It is significant that 

 the popular agitation for agriculture teach- 

 ing has considered chiefly the children "in 

 the grades," and that the books and leaf- 

 lets have been written for this range. 



Process of evolution 



I am not criticizing the schools. We owe 

 everything to the schools. I am developing 

 a point of view. We are in the process of 

 evolution. All the improvements in schools 

 and the introduction of new subjects are 

 contributing to bring about a new order; 

 what I should like to impress is that these 

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