Independent Towns Seek Civic Self Sufficiency and Local Improvement
The piece urges rural centers to become self reliant and invest in local resources rather than depend on urban hubs. It praises civic improvement through education, nature study, playgrounds, and lectures, citing St Louis juniors in gardening and Texas garden movements as evidence of growing local engagement and practical learning for children and communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bone
St. Louis
Missouri Botanical Gardens
Texas
Munto
Agricultural High School In Waterford Village Education Model
Lt. J Crosby highlights Waterford Erie County Pennsylvania village high school as an ideal model for rural education. The school offers three tracks agricultural, scientific and language with strong laboratory work using student-made apparatus, farm visits, and demonstrations in local shops. The piece links rural education to community uplift and home crafts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crosby
Department of Agriculture
Lt. J. Crosby
Office of Experiment Stations
Pennsylvania
Erie County
Surrout
Waterford
Waterfor
Agricultural College
Perilous allure of opportunity warned in old verse
An editorial fragment links a poem about fate and fortune to a warning on pernicious theories of opportunity. It notes how communities may abandon hope or fight when swayed by grand promises from leaders, citing President James of the University of Illinois during recent commencements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tank
Tagulla
Mr. Sumies
New England
Farma
Batiels
Aly Surhel
John J. Ingalls
Hinity Estes
James
University of Alinois
Homecroft Movement Promotes Town and Village Betterment
The Brotherhood of Man Charity outlines the Homecroft Movement to build local Circles or Gilds for town and village improvement, education, and opportunities for workers to own homes on the land. It details a Watertown Massachusetts first Gild with a Garden School, crafts, and training rooms, and advocates rural development, irrigation, and public land use to prevent urban drift and create stable communities with homeownership and education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mase Tits
Homecroft
Seritata
Howe Eivie
Watertown
Massachusetts
Malo Street
Opportunity
Homecrofts
Mother Earth
New Zealand
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the Agricultural High School
Fange
Brocbet
Steve
Elise Frie Hushandre
Amd
Ania
Iepe
Tran
Liv
Hiesson
Feve Technical High
Hormertoft
George H. Maxwell
General Federation of Women's Clubs
Nadufaetire
Kent
Tuetory
Lundland
Doe
Elick
Europe
Penduly
Les
Jans Jost
Waterford, Pengh School
Waterford High School
Emma
Homecrofters
The
Brotherhood of Man
Charity
Nippon
Penidulum
Ladorer
Tle
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