Word: rural
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Under the title of "The White Bear of Norway," Mr. H.G. Leach gives a somewhat journalese account of Bjornson and his struggle to form a national language in Norway. One can only hope that Mr. Leach is not a good reporter; according to him Bjornson admits that the rural speech he is trying to suppress is more beautiful than that of the cities, which he is trying to force on all, but maintains that the future of Norway, "like the future of all other nations, is to be industrial, and the language of industry is the language of the cities...
...great population of provincial England is distributed very unevenly; the industrial centres, like Lancastershire, Yorkshire and Durham, are congested, while the rural districts are only thinly populated. The reason for this is that the more progressive of the rural population have abandoned farming and settled in the manufacturing towns. Although the people of these agricultural districts have advanced in learning, the physical appearance of the country is practically the same as in the eighteenth century. One of the most interesting parts of rural England is the Isle of Oxholme in Lincolnshire, which is the only part of the country where...
President Eliot addressed the New England Country Church Association last evening in Tremont Temple on the problem of restoring to their former position of dignity and influence the rural churches of New England. Differences in creed have caused an increase in the number of churches, until none now hold a position of influence or are able to provide comfortable circumstances for their pastors. The problem of giving an influential position to a minister is largely analogous to doing the same for a teacher, which has been accomplished to a great extent by state support. This, however, is impossible...
...England Country Church Association will hold a conference on the problems of the rural church in New England in Tremont Temple today and tomorrow. President Eliot will address the conference in Lorimer Hall this evening at 8 o'clock. His subject has not been announced...
...described the growth of the post office department from the time of Benjamin Franklin, when it contained 45 offices, to its present vast expense with 63,000 offices in ever part of the country. The expenses in 1907 were $178,000,000.00 and they are increasing each year. The rural postal system was first established in 1896 and has increased immensely in the last ten years. Due to this, the vast bulk of the people have become better informed on daily topics...