IV. Fig. 4. A day nursery in the country 42 V. Fig. 5. A rural home in the South 56 VI. Fig. 6. A well-equipped farmhouse 64 VII. Fig. 7. Children playing under the shade trees 72 VIII. Figs. 8-9. Rural church, Plainfield, Illinois 86 IX. Fig. 10. Village church at Ogden, Kansas 92 X. Fig. 11. Corn Sunday in an Illinois church 96 XI. Fig. 12. A country schoolhouse in California 108 Fig. 13. Type of model rural school used in Kansas 108 XII. Fig. 14. Model rural school at Kirksville, Missouri. Normal 112 XIII. Fig. 15. Rear view of the Kirksville school 114 XIV. Fig. 16. Using Babcock tester 120 XV. Figs. 17-21. Consolidated school and those it displaced 124 XVI. Fig. 22. The Cornell rural schoolhouse 126 XVII. Fig. 23. A.Y.M.C.A. play club 132 XVIII. Fig. 24. Y.M.C.A. Convention in Ohio 138 XIX. Fig. 25. Jerry Moore, champion corn raiser 150 XX. Fig. 26. A lonely schoolhouse 164 XXI. Fig 27. Tennis in the country 180 Fig. 28. Country play festival 180 XXII. Fig. 29. Industrial exhibit in rural school 192 XXIII. Fig. 30. Agricultural and domestic science club 208 XXIV. Fig. 31. School and church in Canada 212 XXV. Fig. 32. Kansas prize winners 230 XXVI. Fig. 33. Girls' doll display 238 XXVII. Fig. 34. Boys whittling 252 XXVIII. Fig. 35. Study of corn 256 XXIX. Fig. 36. School gardeners 270 XXX. Fig. 37. Country schoolgirls 290 XXXI. Fig. 38. A girls' class in sewing 300 XXXII. Fig. 39. Girl sowing seed 312 Fig. 40. Boy thinning vegetables 312 FARM BOYS AND GIRLS CHAPTER I _BUILDING A GOOD LIFE_