WED#IESDAY, JULY 13, 1949 Sociologist Discusses Problems in Rural Ed The problem in rural education today is the vocational prepara tion of two distinctly different groups of boys and girls, Dr. William G. Mather, professor of rural sociology at the College, told the Pennsylvania Workshop group at one of the meetings last week. The two groups faced by rura will remain on the farm, and the fortunes in urban areas. The con trasting attitudes which arise from the mixture of these diver gent groups in joint or consoli dated schools, says Dr. Mather, is indicative of the changes in rural life which have taken place in less than one generation. Farm Families The breakage and splitting of farm families can be attributed to two causes, Dr.. Mather ex plained. They are the dissolution of the urban - rural boundary brought about by the advent of the automobile; and new devel opments in farming methods. Dr. Mather pointed out that because of mechanization one farmer today can do as much work as could four farmers sev eral years ago. As a result, there is need for fewer men on the farm, and with the rural birth rate remaining high, many of the young men migrate to urban areas. Farm Neighborhood Dr. Mather also explained that the farm "neighborhood" with its communal friendship and se curity has been replaced by the community. The task facing educators • to- Business Sorority To Hold Dance With profits going toward local and national cancer research, Epsilon Rho chapter of Beta Sig ma Phi, international business women's sorority, will sponsor a dance at the Nittany Lion •Inn July 22. Dancing will be to the music of the Gene Booth Orchestra, and tables will be available for cards. Tickets, priced at $2 a couple, may be obtained at the Com merce Club Office, the Student Union desk, the TUB, or from any member of the group. Dress will be optional. 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Hand Dipped College Ave. & Pugh St THE SUMMER COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA educators are those children who 50 per cent who will seek their day is to reunite the split rural family and "break the bounda ries between urban and rural life, helping man survive the institutionalized, professionalized world he is making," Dr. Mather said. Wm. Dennis Wins Rural Fellowship William V. Dennis, former pro fessor of rural sociology at the College, recently became the first person to be awarded the Rural Fellowship Award by the Rural Workers' Fellowship at the Epis copal Church, Inc., the Rev. W. Francis Allison, of Monterose, secretary-treasurer, said yester day. The award, which is made to persons who during their ministry or work have "made an outstand ing contribution to the Church's work in town and country areas, was presented to Dennis at Park vine, Mo. Dennis, founder of the Con ference for Town and Country Pastors at the College, came to the College in 1921 as assistant professor of rural sociology. He resigned last September to accept a position as a research consult ant with the Episcopal Church. In recognition of his service to the College, he received the title of professpr emeritus of rural sociology. Prior to coming to were he served two years as director of the Gregg Township Vocational School at Spring Mills. t"W.II'V WiMPWN :S W WV WANOOtttliiidi :404MKM):::W. He's happy to have made this famous Breyers Ice Cream available for you, and that you are now enjoying it regularly. He's happy that you found Breyers to be everything he promised .. an ice cream School Clinic Meets Monday School buildings, local finance, and evaluating educating services, three important problems for school administrators, will be dis cussed at the School Manage ment Clinic that opens at the College on next Monday and con tinues until August 6. The three subjects were chosen after a poll was conducted of school administrators to deter mine the problems they would like to hear discussed at the clinic, Dr. William S. Vincent, professor of education at the Col lege and director of the clinic, explained. During the first week the ses sions will deal with school build ing planning and construction, while the second week's program will cover a study and evalua tion of local financing practices, as well as sessions of the annual Superintendents and Principals Conference. Faculty members at the Col lege will conduct the sessions the third week, which will deal with "What the School Administrator Should Know About Units of Educational Service." About 30 practicing adminis trators as well as students in school administration at the Col lege will be enrolled for the clinic. Book Published Dr. Cortland Eyer, associate professor of romance language at the College, has had "Contempor ary French Short Stories" pub lished by the Houghton Mifflin Co. Although some of the authors represented, Andre Maurois, Jean Paul Sartre, and Marcel Ayme, are known to the American pub lic, the editor has made available to American students for the first time several other contemporary writers of major importance. IT'S COOL .... 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