As long as farmers consider the digging of potatoes, the topping of beets, the shucking of corn or the weeding of a garden of more value than school work or as a substitute for the exercise that comes with play, just so long are we going to have a class of citizens under-privileged and unable to appreciate the full value of service to the county in which they live. Of course boys and girls must not grow up in idleness, but we want the children of this generation to have better educations, better trained minds, than any generation that has gone before. This cannot be done until all of our rural communities put into effect a real health program, and do away wherever possible with the little, isolated schools. Let our counties be dotted with consolidated schools, offering not only better facilities for education but also a wider chance for human intercourse and the development of that play spirit so much needed by our fine rural communities.
From The Pilot, Vass, N.C., Dec. 30, 1921
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