COLLEGE AND STATE 



and to appreciate the contribution that in- 

 dustrial education is making to the common 

 good. The people on the farms are begin- 

 ning to lend a hand : I would have them still 

 more completely realize their responsibility 

 and thereby actively help the work to grow, 

 in the interest not only of farming but of 

 the national welfare. 



It is incumbent on all good citizens, 

 everywhere, to help forward the rural civil- 

 ization as actively as the urban civiliza- 

 tion, for both are equally in need of the 

 best service of every man and woman. 

 The commercial and social isolation of 

 the farm is passing. The country town is 

 no longer the market and the center of 

 interest. The farmer is rapidly becoming 

 a citizen of the world. All his problems 

 must have a larger treatment than they 

 have ever had before. 



