Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 January 1914 — COUNTRY CLUBS [ARTICLE]

COUNTRY CLUBS

“Better Living touches the social, religious and educational sides of life and consequently revolves largely around the home, the church and the school. Probably the first requisite for the development of a general system of better living in any section is a better community spirit. This spirit will be born of Better Business but should be encouraged and enlarged through the organization of a rural social center which may have its headquarters in a rural community club house or in the community school house. Out of this social center would grow more culture, broader political understanding, - and com—prehensive plans for rural betterment There should be a library, a gymnasium, a hall for dances and a meeting place for lodges and women’s clubs. A series of concerts, lectures, travellogues, and weekly moving pictures should be arranged and this social center would compare favorably in its activities with the modern city club.”—George Woodruff.