Chapter V: Rural Opportunities for Social Reconstruction

A. Country Life Deficiencies

I. _Social Diagnosis_

Rural individualism.
The weakness in rural institutions.
The difficulty of organizing farmers.

II. _Failures in Rural Cooperation_

Lack of political effectiveness.
Lack of cooperation in business.
Lack of religious cooperation.

III. _Rural Morals and the Recreation Problem_

Lack of wholesome social life for young people.
Lack of recreation and organized play.
Morality and the play spirit.

B. The New Cooperation in Country Communities

I. _Social Cooperation_

The problem of community socialization.
Who shall take the initiative?
A community plan for socialization.
The gospel of organized play.
The school a social center.
The social influence of the Grange.

II. _Business Cooperation_

Modern rural cooperative movements.
Cooperation among fruit growers.
Some elements of success and failure.
Our debt to immigrants.
Cooperative success in Denmark.

[_Cooperation of religious forces will be treated in Chap. VII._]