Inseparables, the three, 88, 91, 126 Interpreting core, 101 Inventiveness in rural life, 177-179 Kindness, too much, 80 Knots, untying, 70 Labor, hours of, 170 Labor-saving devices, 155 Laws, self-imposed, 150 Leadership, 62, 114, 139, 147 Lectures, 118 Leveling process, 153, 154 Library extension, 166 Literary society, 115 Literature, urbanized, 22 Machinery, caring for, 158 Married teachers, 75 Men needed in teaching, 53, 93 Mental factor, 172 Mixed farming, 165 "Mode," the, 88, 89 Model rural school, 61 Moving pictures, 120 Muensterberg, Prof. H., 92 Murphy, Francis, 141 Music, 119 Normal schools, 45 Ocean travel, 43 Organization, 26, 125 "Overflow of instruction," 111 Physical soundness, 82, 122 Plant, the educational, 34, 35, 77 Problem, rural, 24, 36, 37, 57, 131 Profession, 57, 90 Profit-sharing, 145 Progress, lines of, 38-48 Punctuality, 73 Reaping machines, 14, 38 Renaissance, rural, 160 Responsibility, 142 Retired farmers, 23 Retirement fund, 94 Roads, better, 75 Routine, 11 Rural Commission, 9, 164 Rural schools, 49; backward, 15, 47, 49; buildings, 28; course of study for, 108; good, 36, 61; interior, 31; no progress in, 50; organization, 26; ventilation of, 29 Rural teachers, 102; courses for, 59, 103 Salaries, 87, 96, 97 School board, 98 Scientific farming, 165; spirit, 107 Self-activity, 148, 149, 150 Social center, 74, 114, 137; cost of, 124, 126; as business center, 125 Spelling school, 117 Sports, 121 Standards, 54, 58, 90; to be raised, 92 Steam engine, 42 Storm, A. V., 53 Supervision, 55, 60, 74, 127, 129; city, 132; county, 129, 131; importance of, 127; nominal, 129; overdone, 128; purpose of, 132 Surroundings, effect of, on children, 30, 34 Teacher, 35, 75, 77, 79, 87, 113; chief factor, 34; leader, 62, 114, 147; courses for, 59, 83, 103 Terms, school, 55, 109 Textbook teaching, 104 Township system, 65, 66 Transportation of pupils, 67, 69 Urban trend, 19 Urbanized literature, 22 Value of education, 24 Ventilation, 29 Wages, 90, 96 Waste land, 160 Winter work, 14 Women's condition, 16 Work, value of, 10, 14, 157, 180; city, 23; farm, 12 Yearly routine, 11 End of Project Gutenberg's Rural Life and the Rural School, by Joseph Kennedy