Finally, it may be urged that the biggest thing in the rural community is not the big crop of corn or wheat or the excellent breeds of live stock. Important as these things are, the great concern of the community should be the development of sterling character in the lives of the growing boys and girls and the cleanness and integrity of the personalities of every one within the neighborhood limits. To that end let this social center ideal be actualized, becoming a place toward which the thoughts of all will go frequently and fondly during the hours of care and toil. Let it be made a place the thought of which will forever impart a full measure of good cheer, of contentment, and of honest courage to the mind of every member of the society thereabout. Let it be a place so ordered and arranged that things sacred and divine may reach down to the things often thought of as very commonplace and mean, and exalt the latter to their true and proper place. Lastly, let it be earnestly desired and planned for that every heart in the rural district shall be rekindled with a living fire of enthusiasm in behalf of the general improvement--of interest in the things that are high and divine, and of affection and good will toward all in the community. Let some local resident rise up as leader and bring this order of things to pass, and the social experiences of the young people will naturally become of such a nature as to develop them into men and women of great worth and efficiency. REFERENCES Wider Use of the School Plant. Clarence Arthur Perry. Chapter IX, "Social Centers." Charities Publication Committee, N.Y. Chapters on Rural Progress. Kenyon L. Butterfield. Chapter XIV, "The Social Side of the Farm Question." University of Chicago Press. Development and Education. M. V. O'Shea. Chapter XIV, "Problems of Training." Houghton, Mifflin Company. Social Control. Edward A. Ross. Ph.D. Chapters VII and VIII, "The Need and Direction of Social Control." Macmillan. The Girl Wanted. Nixon Waterman. Forbes & Co., Chicago. A wholesome and cheering book for girls. Confidences. Edith B. F. Lowry, M.D. Forbes & Co. Plain, helpful talks regarding the sex life of girls. See the excellent editorial article, "Forces that Move Upward," _Farmer's Voice_, June 15, 1911. Causes of Delinquency Among Girls. Falconer. _Annals American Academy_. Vol. 36, p. 77. Democracy and Education. Dr. J. B. Storms. Annual Volume N.E.A., 1907, p. 62. The Efficient Life. Dr. L. H. Gulick. Chapter III, "Life That is Worth While." Doubleday, Page Company. The Ideals of a Country Boy. A. D. Holloway in _Rural Manhood_, May, 1910. Why Not Education on the Sex Question. Editorial article. _Review of Reviews_, January, 1910. Report of Vice Commission of Chicago. Chapter V, "Child Protection and Education." Guntorf-Warren Printing Co., Chicago.