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It can all be done so easily and so cheaply, although we may 

 have to go among those who are training our teachers and drive out 

 some of the worship of teaching methods and drive in a little more 

 attention to what to teach. We can well do with a little less of 

 George Washington, and Raphael, and Leonardo, and with a good 

 deal more of Daffodil, and Primrose, and Columbine. 



Granting the extreme desirability, the almost necessity, of the 

 roadside improvements we are advocating, the question then comes, 

 "What of the cost?" With economical and careful planning, the 

 ultimate cost can be made astonishingly low. One one-hundredth 

 part of what we are spending for hard roads would enable us to 

 accomplish wonders in improving those same roads; and the work 

 need not be done all at once, but could be spread over a number of 

 years, making an absurdly small annual charge. 



The elimination part of our programme could well be carried out 

 by small groups of people working in their home localities. The 

 constructive work could better be handled by larger organizations, 

 perhaps county-wide. The work on the state-maintained roads 

 might well be centralized in a group closely allied to and functioning 

 with those in charge of the maintenance of those roads. Friction 

 and overlapping authority could thus be avoided, and greater economy 

 in both our construction and maintenance be attained. 



