Chapter V
Reading edition
Rural Opportunities for Social Reconstruction
A. Country Life Deficiencies
I.Social Diagnosis
Rural individualism.
The weakness in rural institutions.
The difficulty of organizing farmers.
II.Failures in Rural Cooperation
Lack of political effectiveness.
Lack of cooperation in business.
Lack of religious cooperation.
III.Rural Morals and the Recreation Problem
Lack of wholesome social life for young people.
Lack of recreation and organized play.
Morality and the play spirit.
B. The New Cooperation in Country Communities
I.Social Cooperation
The problem of community socialization.
Who shall take the initiative?
A community plan for socialization.
The gospel of organized play.
The school a social center.
The social influence of the Grange.
II.Business Cooperation
Modern rural cooperative movements.
Cooperation among fruit growers.
Some elements of success and failure.
Our debt to immigrants.
Cooperative success in Denmark.
[Cooperation of religious forces will be treated in Chap. VII.]