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It contrasts housing and hospitality, daily household life, family routines, and the social atmosphere of rural living. Sections discuss differences in rural versus city school culture, emphasizing early arrival, peer play, leadership practice, and practical learning support. The text also highlights rural kitchens and home-centered community structures as core to stability and belonging.","oDC uRL¹4  \nLAND\"HOmf  \nVOL.VI,NO.3SEPTEMBER,1943  \nQn This Issue:  \nPOOR FATHER .....·.Rev.Gabriel W.HaffordSCHOOLING ALONG ....Rev.Martin Schirber,O.S.B.WHEN A MAN'S A MAN ....·.·.Albert EiseleUNCLE CY ......····.Rev.Leo J.GannonA SAINT FROM THE SOIL ......Joan Boardman  \n1943 Wat Time Meeting  \nMILWAUKEE,WISCONSINOctober 9-13  \n(ISee page 86 for details)  \n0FFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE NATIONAL CATHOLIC RURAL LIFE CONFERENCE  \n·No. 3  \nOFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE  \nNATIONAL CATHOLIC  \nRURAL LIFE CONFERENCE  \nMost Rev.Edwin V.O'Hara,D.D.Honorary President  \nMost Rev. Aloisius J.Muench,D.D………………President  \nRev. Patrick T.Quinlan……………FirstVicePresident  \nRev. Geo. A.Esterguard…………SecondVicePresident  \nMiss Dorothy Willmann………………ThirdVicePresident  \nRev. Louis N.Zirbes………………………………………………Treasurer  \nMr.Frank Bruce……………………………RecordingSecretary  \nRt. Rev.Luigi G. Ligutti…………………ExecutiveSecretary  \nMrs. Olive M. Biddison_-Ass't to the Exec. Secretary  \nPublished Quarterly in March, June, Sepember, December  \nMembership Subscription—Two Dollars per Year  \n●  \nEditor……………………RT.REV.L.G.LIGUTTI,LL.D.  \nAssociate Editor…………MRS.OLIVEM.BIDDISON  \nArt Editor…………………………SISTERM.IRENA,0.S.B.  \n③  \nEditorial and Publication Offices:  \n3801 Grand Avenue,Des Moines, iowa  \nMember of Catholic Press Association  \nRe-entered as second class matter March 20,1942, at the  \nPost Office at Des Moines, Iowa, under Act of March 3,  \n1879.  \nPRINTED BY WALLACE-HOMESTEAD CO., DES MOINES  \n章30  \nPoor Father ..............:………………………………………61  \nREV. GABRIEL W.HAFFORD  \nSchooling Along …………………………………………………………62  \nREV.MARTIN SCHIRBER,O.S.B.  \nSisters for the Country………………………………………………65  \nSR. MARY SAMUEL,O.S.F.  \nI Am a Country Pastor…………………………………………………66  \nWhat, Where and Why of Bio-Dynamics………………67  \nREV. JoHN C. RAWE,S.J.  \nTransplanting(Poem)………………………………………………68  \nFLORENCE HYNES WILLETTE  \nWhen a Man's a Man……………………………………………………69  \nALBERT EISELE  \nWhole Wheat ……………………………………………………………………71  \nOn and Of the Track…………………………………………………73  \nNotes and Comments………………………………………………………74  \nThe Rural Pastor's Page………………………………………………76  \nCracked Corn …………………………………………………………………78  \nUncle Cy ………………………………………………………………………………81  \nREV.LEO J.GANNON  \nFor the Rural Library………………………………………………………82  \nSR. M. BERNICE,F.S.P.A.  \nA Saint from the Soil………………………………………………………83  \nJoAN BoARDMAN  \nTo and From the Editors…………………………………………85  \nConjerence Afairs …………………………………………………………86  \nThe Stew Pan and the Spider……………………………………87  \nPHILIP D.JoRDAN  \nRural Life in the Press…………………………………………88  \nRural Literature ………………………………………………………………………89  \n# Poor Qathen...\n\nRev.Gabriel W.Hafford  \nFew city dwellers have a correctidea of the work that a newly ap-pointed rural pastor finds when heleaves the city for his first countryassignment.  \nstay for a month.Perhaps the chairsare not upholstered but the hospital-ity is and,after all,chairs are butwelcome thrones to tired bones andare not supposed to be spring boardsto soft living.After supper the chil-dren do their playing in the kitchenin full view of their parents and thedishes are done in the same socialsurroundings.  \nFruit Bowls or Vitcmin Tablets  \nA priest from the city leaves a par-ish of a few thousand souls and findsone of a few hundred.He leavesfathers and mothers working awayfrom home and finds both fathers andmothers working at the homestead.He leaves a large parish of smallfamilies,and finds a smallparish withlarge families.Children in the citytake up too much of the small livingquarters,but in the country there isplenty of room for all.Instead ofneighborhood fights the pastor findsharmony in the old swimming hole.Instead of sun glasses he finds sun-tanned bodies.Instead of vitamintablets he finds tables never withouttheir fruit bowls.He sees red cheeksthat Walgreen never painted andstrong backs that never fell off aplayground swing.  \nSchool Factories  \nCity school children usually cometo school by the clock.They getthere just in time or are ten minutesl","cbCaifhfGFMHJNCn","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaifhfGFMHJNCn","pdf",2986836,6,1,32,"English","en",105,"# Poor Father\n## City life vs rural life\n## Schooling and rural learning\n## Kitchen life and community stability","[{\"question\":\"What change does a newly appointed rural pastor experience when leaving the city?\",\"answer\":\"He encounters different standards of hospitality, daily routines, and a community-centered home life rather than city arrangements.\"},{\"question\":\"How does rural schooling differ from city schooling in daily timing and social purpose?\",\"answer\":\"Rural children often arrive early to play and practice leadership, making school a longer, more socially oriented routine.\"},{\"question\":\"Why is the farm kitchen emphasized as important in the rural setting?\",\"answer\":\"It is portrayed as the hub of home life, fostering family cohesion and a cleaner, more comforting environment than typical city rooms.\"}]","Poor Father - 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