Farm Boys and Girls

About this eBook

Author

McKeever, William A. (William Arch), 1868-1940

Credits

E-text prepared by Barbara Watson, Pat McCoy, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Canada Team

Language

English

LoC Class

S: Agriculture

Subject

Farm life

Category

Text

eBook-No.

39483

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/39483

Release Date

April 19, 2012

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.FARM BOYS AND GIRLS — FARM BOYS AND GIRLS BY WILLIAM A. McKEEVER
3. 3.PREFACE
4. 4.TABLE OF CONTENTS
5. 5.ILLUSTRATIONS
6. 6.FARM BOYS AND GIRLS — CHAPTER I BUILDING A GOOD LIFE — What is a good life? — Is the human stock comparatively sound? — CHAPTER II THE TIME TO BUILD — What of the human instincts — CHAPTER III THE RURAL HOME AND CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT — What agencies build up character? — Moving to town for the children — A back-to-the-country club — CHAPTER IV THE COUNTRY MOTHER AND THE CHILDREN — Poor conditions of women — For the sake of the children — CHAPTER V CONSTRUCTING THE COUNTRY DWELLING — Plans and specifications not available — What appeals to the children — The house plan — How one farmer does it — Outbuildings and equipment — Human rights prior to animal rights — The children’s room — The evening hour — CHAPTER VI JUVENILE LITERATURE IN THE FARM HOME — How good thinking grows up and flourishes — Types of literature — A SELECTED LIST — CHAPTER VII THE RURAL CHURCH AND THE YOUNG PEOPLE — Decadence of rural life — Work for the ministry — The country minister — A mistake in training — Rural child-rearing — The churches too narrow — Constructive work of the church — An innovation in the rural church — Spiritualize child life — A summary — CHAPTER VIII THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE RURAL SCHOOL — Radical changes in the view-point and method — All have a right to culture — Work for a longer term — Compulsory attendance laws needed — Better schoolhouses and equipment — A model rural school — The Cornell schoolhouse — Help make a school play ground — General instruction in agriculture — Domestic economy and home sanitation — Consolidation of rural schools — More high schools needed — Better rural teachers needed — CHAPTER IX THE COUNTY YOUNG MEN’S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION — Boys leave the farm too young — Purposes of the County Y.M.C.A. — How to organize a county association — How to conduct the work — Spirituality not lost sight of — Work in a sparsely settled country — CHAPTER X THE FARMER AND HIS WIFE AS LEADERS OF THE YOUNG — Preparation for the service — Work persistently for social unity — Corn-raising and bread-baking clubs — Other forms of contests — The improvement of the school situation — Home and school play problems — A neighborhood library — Holidays and recreation for the young — Many over-work their children — Federation for country life progress — The vocations of boys and girls — Other local possibilities — The boy-scout movement — Rural boy-scouts in Kansas — CHAPTER XI HOW MUCH WORK FOR THE COUNTRY BOY — See that the work is for the boy’s sake — Not enforced labor, but mastery — Provide vacations for the boy — A tentative schedule of hours — Think out a reasonable plan — CHAPTER XII HOW MUCH WORK FOR THE COUNTRY GIRL — A balanced life for the girl — Work begins with obedience — Working the girls in the field — Some specific suggestions — Do you own your daughter? — Difficult to make a schedule — Teach the girl self-supremacy — Summary — CHAPTER XIII SOCIAL TRAINING FOR FARM BOYS AND GIRLS — A happy mean is needed — A social renaissance in the country — Conditions to guard against — A center of community life — Invite the young to the house — How to conduct a social entertainment — What about the country dance — Additional forms of entertainment — Some concluding suggestions — CHAPTER XIV THE FARM BOY’S INTEREST IN THE BUSINESS — What is in your boy? — Much experimentation necessary — Start on a small scale — Give your son a square deal — Keep the boy’s perfect good will — Some will be retained on the farm — The awakening often comes from without — An awakening in the south — Partnership between father and son — Summary and concluding suggestions — CHAPTER XV BUSINESS TRAINING FOR THE COUNTRY GIRL — Is the country girl neglected? — Why the girl leaves the farm — Certain rules to be observed — Should there be an actual investment? — CHAPTER XVI WHAT SCHOOLING SHOULD THE COUNTRY BOY HAVE? — Changes in rural school conditions — The boy a bundle of possibilities — Classes of native ability — The great talented class — Round out the boy’s nature — Other important matters — Develop an interest in humanity — CHAPTER XVII WHAT SCHOOLING SHOULD THE COUNTRY GIRL HAVE? — Special problems relating to the girl — Protecting the girl at school — Lessons in music and art — The reward will come in time — The mother’s office as teacher — Home-life education — Education for supremacy — An outlook for social life — CHAPTER XVIII THE FARM BOY’S CHOICE OF A VOCATION — Should the farmer’s son farm? — Impatience of parents — What of predestination? — Three methods of vocational training — The farmer fortunate — What college for the country boy — The foundation in work — Clean up the place — Money value of an agricultural education — A successful vocation certain — CHAPTER XIX THE FARM GIRL’S PREPARATION FOR A VOCATION — What is the outlook — Desirable occupations for women — A college course for the girl — Associations with refined young men — Make the daughter attractive — Summary and conclusion — CHAPTER XX CONCLUSION, AND FUTURE OUTLOOK — Strive for preconceived results — Consult expert advice — Meet each awakening interest — Work for social democracy — The outlook very promising — The modern service training — The state doing its part — The new era of religion — Final conclusion — INDEX

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