Saunders, W., 102 School, rural problems of the, 156-8 inferior equipment and support, 154 building, 156-7, 161-2 centralization, 157-61 a social center, 137 School improvement leagues, 165 School teachers, men, 231-3, 250 women, 250 Scientific agriculture, 91-117 Scudder, M. T., 136, 230 Secretary, County Work, 249-59, 263 Sectarian divisions, 192, 193, 196 Smythe, W. E., 105 Social reconstruction, 117-145 Social consciousness, the new rural, 83 Social life, lack of, 125-7 plans for, 134-7 Socialization, community, 130-2, 189 initiative in, 132 plan for, 133 South, country life in the, 64, 204 Stone, H. F., 243 Strong, Josiah, 13, 17, 229 Student recruits for the ministry, 237 Student volunteer bands, 237 Stanford University, 226 Sunday-schools, rural, 203-7 Surveys, community, 202 Swaney School, the, 161-2 Teachers in country schools, 152-4, 232-4, 250 Telephones, rural, 66-8 Text-books, 152-3 Theological study for women, 255 Trolleys, rural, 70 United Christian forces, 191 Unsocial streak, rural, 118-9 Urbanizing of rural life, 20, 152-4 Washington, George, 49 Washington State College of Agriculture, 244 Whitman College, 226 Williams College, 226 Wilson, W. H., 14, 128, 163, 198, 202, 253 Woman's opportunity in rural leadership, 249-263 responsibility in rural education, 250 Women, nurses and physicians, 251 in the service of the church, 253-5 college graduates, 254-64 Young Men's Christian Associations, 132, 167, 207-211, 248-251 Young Women's Christian Associations, 212, 261-3 Transcriber's Notes: Passages in italics are indicated by _underscore_. The following misprints have been corrected: "and and" corrected to "and" (page 14) "diffierent" corrected to "different" (page 49) "Institions" corrected to "Institutions" (page 62) "superstitution" corrected to "superstition" (page 71) "progessive" corrected to "progressive" (page 81) "rang" corrected to "range" (page 102) "coöperation" standardized to "cooperation" (page 119) "Univercity" corrected to "University" (page 246) "cooperatoin" corrected to "cooperation" (Index) "Kearn" corrected to "Kern" (index) Other than the corrections listed above, printer's inconsistencies in spelling and hyphenation have been retained. Punctuation has been corrected without note.