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Table of
Contents
FEATURE ARTICLES:
Iowa's Rural Schools in the 20th Century
by the editor
Attending a One-Room School in the 1920s, '30s, and
'40s
"You learn about people" by Harvey R.
Horton
"Everyone had a part" by Lowell E.
Horton
"Creativity was not encouraged" by
Loren N. Horton
World War II and Iowa's Rural Schools
by Loren N. Horton
A Breathless Day in the Life of a Rural
Schoolteacher: The Challenges of Teaching Children of
Different Ages and Levels
by Melvin Owen, as recorded by Jeffrey A.
Kaufmann
"This was a community affair": Rural
Teachers Recall Teaching in 1930s Iowa
by Jeffrey A. Kaufmann
The Iowa Standard School Law: A Turning Point for
Country Schools
by William L. Sherman
May Francis Championed the "Smallest School
Unit"
by William L. Sherman
Finding Your School's Past: A Research Primer
by Lori Vermaas
Re-Using Rural Schools
by Ginalie Swaim
Financial Incentives for Country Schools
by Cynthia Nieb
DEPARTMENTS:
Front Porch: Readers share their memories and
experiences from country-school days.
Reading the Past: In this new department, an
important book on rural school consolidation is
introduced to our readers.
by Marvin Bergman
Traditions:Master
& Apprentice: Passing on Cultural Knowledge and
Traditions
by Karen Heege
One in a Million: Midwestern teachers around the
turn of the century gave special souvenir cards to their
students to mark the end of the school year.
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