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a band of youngsters exerts in the community. 1 In short, no 

 factor is neglected which can contribute to the betterment of 

 country life. Everybody is needed ; all forces are pressed into 

 service, — the trolley, the telephone, the community church, 

 the model kitchen, the model garden, and the country school. 

 Indeed, the country school, around which so much is begin- 

 ning to center, is probably destined to be the leading school 



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in the land. It will train its students for a large and generous 

 life in the country, and there, through interest and success, 

 they will be held. 



The broad fields east and west are calling for young people 

 who are in love with the great outdoors. Idealists, above all, 

 are wanted, for the true idealists are the ones who can "toil 

 ■terribly." They are those who, in order to make their dreams 



1 See Boys' and Girls' Clubs, Agricultural Bulletin JVb.jSj, February, 1910. 



