Excerpt from The Rural Problem and the Catholic School
One of the many serious questions that confront the American people is the Rural Problem. This problem has direct reference to forty-eight per cent of our people and in an indirect way concerns the other fifty-two per cent. Gradually we have become an urban nation, developing urban attitudes and interests and are, therefore, prone to neglect the needs of our rural population.
The exodus of rural people to industrial centers many Sociologists, Economists and Churchmen believe to be detrimental to the common good of the nation. This rural depopulation is one of the factors to be noted in the solution of the Rural Problem but it is not the prime factor. The Rural Problem is rather the development and maintenance on our fertile lands of a permanent, satisfied, agricultural population living in harmony with the best of American ideals. Defined in this manner, the problem presents many viewpoints, the Economic, Social and Educational. In this dissertation, we shall consider the problem from a Catholic educational point of view. We believe that a partial, if not a complete solution of it is to be found in religion, based on the love of God and neighbor. This necessitates a short survey of the country church. Moreover, in the Catholic economy, the Church and the School are intimately connected and one presupposes the other. In the Catholic system of education are found characteristics that are not met with in the State system; these likewise must be noted. Regarding the Catholic rural school proper, after calling attention to the need for it, we shall endeavor to map out its organization and supervision and shall submit for consideration various substitutes now employed. Positing the existence of the school, the position of the teacher, her preparation and qualifications will be discussed.
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