The General Problem of the Relation of the Rural School to Community Needs—A Summary


by B. M. Davis - 1911

The rural school of the early days, considering the needs of almost pioneer conditions, was efficient. It was efficient largely because it was closely linked with the life of the community in most of its interests. The men of the community turned out and together built the schoolhouse. The teacher was a member of the neighborhood group, literally living with them, for he generally spent part of the year in each home. Young men and women between the ages of sixteen and twenty-one attended the school. The weekly literary society and frequent "spelling-bees" contributed to the'sociallife of the community with the school as the center.


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This article originally appeared as NSSE Yearbook Vol 10, No. 2.


Cite This Article as: Teachers College Record Volume 12 Number 7, 1911, p. 60-66
https://www.tcrecord.org ID Number: 21103, Date Accessed: 3/7/2021 12:16:51 AM

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