Chapter III: Part II

VIII. RURAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES 145
Importance of Education 145
Bridging Differences 150
Parochial Schools 153

IX. PRIVATE SCHOOLS 156
Nebraska 158
North Dakota 161
Minnesota 164
Michigan 167
Wisconsin 172
South Dakota 174
California 175
Hebrew School in New Jersey 176
Opinions on Both Sides 176
Temporary Usefulness 179
Need for Regulation 180

X. IMMIGRANT CHURCHES 182
Bilingual Services 186
English Favored by Members 188
Opposition to "Interfaith" Marriages 189
Immigrant Pastors 192
Potential Powers for Good 193

XI. THE PUBLIC SCHOOL 195
Limitations of the One-teacher School 195
Growth of the Consolidated School 199
The Rural School-teacher 203
Irregular School Attendance 211
Practical Curriculum Needed 217
Need for Expert Administration 219
Proposed Measures 222

XII. EDUCATION OF ADULT IMMIGRANT SETTLERS 226
Importance of Reaching Women 226
The Home Teacher 228
Organization of Immigrant Women 231
The Public Evening School 233
Education Made Interesting 241

XIII. LIBRARY AND COMMUNITY WORK 244
Place of the Printed Word 244
Rural Needs for Books 246
Package Libraries in Wisconsin 248
Selection of Books 250
A Community Hall 252
Amateur Theatricals 254
Community Teamwork 256

INDEX 259

LIST OF TABLES

TABLE PAGE

I. Number (by sex) of foreign-born white persons
engaged as farm laborers in the United
States, 1900 and 1910 6

II. State legislation to promote land settlement
for soldiers up to June, 1919 92-93

III. Soldier settlement plans for United Kingdom
and provinces _Facing_ 106

IV. Per cent unable to speak English, of total foreign
born, ten years of age and over, in urban
and rural communities 147

V. Enrollment and language used in parochial and
private schools in Minnesota, 1918 165

VI. Enrollment and teaching force of private and
parochial schools in Wisconsin, 1914-15
and 1915-16 173

VII. Length of teaching service in Wisconsin rural
schools, 1915-16 204

VIII. Percentage of population in Arizona, six to
twenty-one years of age, in schools and not
attending school, 1915-16 213

ILLUSTRATIONS

Long, Hard Months of Work Separate the
Rough Shanty from White Clapboards and
an Automobile _Frontispiece_

Land Is Not the Only Stake in America for
These Polish Parents _Facing p._ 4

The Owner of this Farm, Settled in 1917, Has
Persuaded Six Members of His Family to
Buy Farms in the Neighborhood " 14

Friendly Assistance Makes Pioneering Less
Baffling " 44

The Wisconsin Colonization Company Sees the
Need of Community Centers " 54

This Two-year-old Wisconsin Farm Is Just
Ready to Care for Its Newly Acquired
Shropshire Ewes " 64

This Settler Started Ten Years Ago with No
Money " 136

These Children and Teachers in New Mexico
Join Forces to Wipe Out Illiteracy " 146

The Largest Girl Won a Prize for Scholarship " 146

Immediate Returns from Child Labor Do Not
Make Up for Loss of Schooling " 214

The Arrival of an Immigrant Settler in 1883
Was Shown in a Community Pageant " 242

The Same Man Is Working for Land and Community
Development " 242

A Rural Community Center Plan Was Developed
by the Wisconsin Colonization
Company for Southern Sawyer County " 252