AMONG COUNTRY SCHOOLS 



By O. J. KERN 



Superintendent of Schools, Winnebago County, Illinois 

 izmo, cloth, 366 pages, illustrated, $1.25 



AN OUTLINE OF QUESTIONS FOR KERN'S AMONG 

 COUNTRY SCHOOLS. 10 cents 



THE author's endeavor in preparing this work has 

 been to create a new ideal in the training of the 

 country child. 



The book is the result of seven years of very earnest 

 thought and hard work in an endeavor to secure for the 

 country child his rights so far as an educational opportunity 

 is concerned. The country school should have that freedom 

 which country life affords. This book has but little to say 

 about the mechanics of school management. 



In the training of children and the development of char- 

 acter no greater opportunity can be offered than that now 

 presented to the teacher in the country school. The author 

 hopes that this book will prove suggestive to the teacher and 

 school officer who are striving for the spiritualization of 

 country life through the medium of the school. He believes 

 that a careful reading of its pages will show a practical way 

 of interesting the "farm child through farm topics." 



Some of the chapter titles, indicating the suggestions given 

 in this distinctly novel treatise, are : 



THE RIGHTS OF THE COUNTRY CHILD 

 OUTDOOR ART BEAUTIFYING SCHOOL GROUNDS 



INDOOR ART AND DECORATION 



A FARMER BOY'S EXPERIMENT CLUB 



THE COUNTRY SCHOOL AND THE FARMERS' INSTITUTE 



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