COMMISSIONER PHILANDER P. CLAXTON OF THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF EDUCATION, WHICH RECENTLY ISSUED A REPORT UPON THE ADVERSE CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH MOST COUNTRY CHILDREN GET THEIR SCHOOLING THAT POINTS THE WAY TO SWEEPING REFORMS IN THE SANITATION AND EQUIPMENT OF RURAL SCHOOLS AND IN THE PREPARATION OF RURAL TEACHERS [See page 228] WHO HAS BEEN THE GENERAL SECRETARY OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION FOR FORTY-FOUR YEARS, AND WHO HAS HELPED, DURING THAT TIME, TO BUILD UP THAT ASSOCIATION IN THE UNITED STATES FROM A SMALL ORGANIZATION TO ITS PRESENT MEMBERSHIP OF MORE THAN HALF A MILLION MEN [See page 206] |