3.--Show how the vital interests of the city are deeply involved in the problem of rural leadership. 4.--When adequate support is secured, what special opportunities for service do you see in the work of a country teacher? 5.--What elements in the call for trained ministers for country churches appeal to you as most urgent? 6.--Show how the modern minister, equal to his task, has as big an opportunity to-day as ever in the past. 7.--What elements of heroism in the modern ministry make equally high demands on the earnest college man, whether he stays in America or goes to the foreign field? 8.--Why are college graduates avoiding the medical profession to-day more than formerly? 9.--What do you think of the special opportunity and need of trained country physicians? 10.--How do you estimate the chance a trained country lawyer has to-day for Christian influence and service? 11.--Among the various professions connected with modern agriculture, which offers the best opportunity for the investment of a life in worth-while service? 12.--What do you think of the County Work secretaryship as a chance for real rural leadership and community building? 13.--Compare the proportion of women teachers in the United States and in the rest of the world. What does this indicate? 14.--Discuss the opportunities in the country for trained nurses and physicians. 15.--What is the modern opportunity for women in rural religious leadership, and what sort of a woman could succeed as a country pastor? 16.--What do you think of the opening for village librarians and "neighborhood house" workers? 17.--In what details do country homes need expert leadership in household economics and domestic science? 18.--Compare the demonstration centers of rural culture which you have known with the illustration described in this chapter. 19.--What do you think of the work of the County Work secretary of the Young Women's Christian Association? 20.--What other opportunities for service in rural communities come to college women in country homes? APPENDIX APPENDIX A Classified Bibliography Suggested collateral readings for further study in connection with the topics treated in each chapter of this book. I. THE RURAL PROBLEM _Its Development and Present Urgency_ Bailey, L. H., pp. 31-43 in "The Country Life Movement." Butterfield, K. L., "The Rural Problem," chapter 1 in "The Country Church and the Rural Problem." Butterfield, K. L., "Problems of Progress," chapter 2 in "Chapters in Rural Progress." Anderson, W. L., "The Rural Partnership with Cities," chapter 2, in "The Country Town." Anderson, W. L., "The Extent of Rural Depletion," chapter 3, in same. Anderson, W. L., "Local Degeneracy," chapter 5, in same. Roads, Charles, "Rural Christendom," chapters 3, 4 and 5. Gillette, J. M., "Conditions and Needs of Country Life," pp. 3-11 in "Country Life."[46] Hartman, E. T., "Village Problems and Characteristics," pp. 234-243 in same.[46]