CHAPTER X 



COUNTRY COMMUNITY PROGRESS 



HILE it is generally admitted that life in 

 the open country tends to develop a phys- 

 ically and morally strong people, yet the 

 disadvantages of life remote from the 

 large centers must not be overlooked. 

 Whatever can be done to make country life broader 

 and better by making the social and educational advan- 

 tages enjoyed by the city more available to the country, 

 will tend to a higher civilization. We need a country 

 life developed out of its ovt^n resources rather than one 

 having the unnatural life of the cities engrafted upon it. 

 Many country people are making the mistake to-day of 

 trying to engraft city customs upon the life of the coun- 

 try, while some country people are assuming the role of 

 the city "dude," instead of developing a healthy com- 



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