Excerpt from The University of Missouri Bulletin, Vol. 11 of 16: A Study of the Rural Schools of Saline County, Missouri
The great development of Missouri schools in recent years has been confined, with few exceptions, to the schools of cities and towns. Altho there has been much favorable legislalation, altho the State Department of Education has been competent and sympathetic, altho county superintendents have given their best efforts to the improvement of rural education, the rural schools have made comparatively little progress. To find why the rural schools have not made greater progress is one of the most important problems confronting the people of Missouri. The first step in solving this problem is to secure, with accuracy and detail, the facts of the situation. Accordingly, a movement has been started to study the rural schools of a number of counties of the State for the purpose of finding these facts. Because Saline County is representative of the better agricultural counties, its schools have been selected for the first study.
As noted elsewhere, nothing given in this bulletin should be construed as either a criticism or a defense of the schools concerned. The purpose of the bulletin is to give only a statement of the facts, which will increase in significance as similar statements are secured with regard to the rural schools of other counties in Missouri.
It is only thru the cooperation of a large number of persons that any systematic study of a system of schools is possible. The authors wish to acknowledge their indebtedness to the following:
1. The teachers in the rural schools of Saline County, from whom a large part of the information was obtained.
2. Mr. J. L. Lynch, superintendent of the schools of Saline County, for free access to the records of his office and for valuable suggestions.
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