Its warm, encircling unity,
Wide, to enclose all creed, all class,
This shall we name, Community;
Aroused to know the common good,
Shall strive, and in the striving reach
A broader human brotherhood."
FOOTNOTES:
[97] "Balancing Country Life," p. 60. New York, Association Press, 1917.
[98] "Old World Traits Transplanted," p. 145. New York, Harpers, 1921.
[99] Mary P. Follett, "The New State," p. 59.
[100] "The Problem of Christianity."
[101] "The Community," p. 74. New York, Association Press, 1921.
[102] Josiah Royce, "Race Questions and Other American Problems," p. 65.
[103] For "through the process of limitation the family attains a completeness impossible before. Its members may not realize within it what is in truth the life of the family, for it now retains alone within its limits that principle of mutual affection of husband, wife, and children which alone is its exclusive possession."—R. M. Maciver, "Community," 2 ed. p. 242. London, Macmillan & Co., 1920.
[104] Sarah Collins Fernandis, Survey. February 8, 1919.
APPENDIX A
Constitution of Plainsboro Township, New Jersey.[105]
CONSTITUTION
Article 1.—Name
The name of the organization is the Community Association of Plainsboro Township.
Article 2.—Object
The object of this Association is to carry out the Declaration of Purposes as subscribed to by the residents of Plainsboro Township, New Jersey.
Article 3.—Membership
Every resident of Plainsboro Township has the right to membership in this association and to participation in discussion at its meetings, and every citizen has a vote.
Article 4.—Community Council
A council of seven members shall be elected to carry out the will of the community as expressed in open meetings and to act for the community in minor matters and all emergencies. But all decisions affecting the material welfare should be made in open meetings of the community.
The council shall designate one of its members as president, another as secretary, and another as treasurer, and these persons shall serve respectively as community president, secretary and treasurer.
The members elected at the first community meeting shall serve until their successors are elected at the first meeting in the month of January, and thereafter members shall be elected for one year and serve until their successors are elected.
Article 5.—Meetings
There shall be an annual meeting in the month of January, ten days' notice of the date being given by the council.
At this meeting reports shall be made by all township officers of their respective duties.
At this annual meeting, and at all other meetings when requested, the council shall make report of its proceedings.
A regular community meeting shall be held at a date conforming to the law respecting the nomination of candidates for Township offices.
Other meetings shall be held upon call of the council, or upon notice signed by ten citizens and posted at the usual place of meeting ten days prior to the date of meeting.
Twenty voting members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.
Article 6.—Duties of the Council
The council shall advise with all township officials in the performance of their duties. It shall determine and initiate matters concerning health, thrift, home ownership, community protection, village improvement, coöperation with outside organizations, and all other matters of community interest.
It shall prepare and propose township and community budgets from time to time for consideration.
It shall suggest a ticket for nominees for township offices, posting the same ten days prior to meeting of community when nomination shall be made.
It shall also make provision for posting of nominations that may be made by groups of ten or more citizens.
The council shall faithfully carry out the will of the community as determined in public meeting.
Article 7.—Defining "Citizens"
The word "citizen" and "citizens" as used in this constitution, shall be interpreted as referring to any person and persons who would have the right of suffrage if equal suffrage prevailed.
Article 8.—Amendments
This constitution may be amended at any community meeting by a three-fourths vote of the members present, provided an exact copy of the proposed amendment has been properly posted at the usual place of meeting ten days prior to the date of meeting.
FOOTNOTE:
[105] As given by Alva Agee in the National Stockman and Farmer, July 26, 1919.
INDEX
- Adams, Bristow, 105
- Adams, H. B., 199
- Adams, Thos., 228
- Advertising, community, 66
- Age of community's people, 31
- Agricultural colleges, 107;
- extension, 108
- Agriculture, goal of, 61;
- in schools, 98-99
- American Farm Bureau Federation, 115
- Americanization, 30
- Amusements, commercial, 158
- Angell, Norman, 70
- Associations and organizations, 212
- Athletic leagues, 162
- Atkeson, T. C., 170
- Atkinson, H. A., 163
- Atwood, M. V., 104
- Automobile, influence of, 41, 50, 157
- Bands, 176
- Banker-farmer, 50
- Belleville, N. Y., 34
- Beloved community, 136
- Bengtson, Amalia M., 147
- Bidwell, P. W., 68
- Boardman, John R., 17
- Boys' and girls' clubs, 119, 163;
- organizations, 162
- Boy Scouts, 163
- Brunner, E. DeS., 136
- Burritt, M. C., 109
- Butterfield, K. L., 2
- Business, farm, community aspects, 58-66
- Camp Fire Girls, 163
- Capital, local, 50
- Cemetery association, 179
- Centralization of buying power, 73
- Chamber of commerce, county, 56
- Childhood, play and, 155
- Child placing, 190;
- welfare boards, 191
- Church and health, 138;
- Cities, 54;
- health, 137
- City, effect of, on farm, 68-70;
- vs. country, 70
- Claghorn, Kate Holladay, 186
- Clock System Rural Index, 231
- Communication, 37-45
- Community activities, 217;
- Community chests, 215;
- churches, 127-129;
- councils, 6, 215, 220;
- defined, 7, 9, 10;
- etymology, 37, 77;
- experience, 65;
- forests, 230;
- incorporation, 204;
- mapping, 6;
- organization, 89, 209-221;
- of extension service, 116;
- people, 29-33;
- planning, 222-233;
- pride, 57, 223;
- school districts, 203;
- score card, 116;
- service, 245;
- vs. home, 24-25
- Competition, dogma of, 49
- Conflict and progress, 48
- Collective bargaining, 74
- Coöperation and community, 77-90;
- Coöperative buying, 51, 79-81;
- County agent movement, 109;
- Country church, 123;
- Dadisman, A. J., 33
- Dane Co., Wisconsin, 30
- Daniels, John, 30
- Darwin, Charles, 49
- Decentralization of industry, 54
- Defectives, 183
- Delinquency, 185-186
- Democracy, 207, 239
- Demonstration agent, 109;
- method, 110
- Denominational rivalry, 127
- Dependent, 181-195
- Dewey, Evelyn, 165
- Disadvantaged, 181
- Doctors, country, 141
- Douglas, H. Paul, 204
- Dramatics, 27, 160
- Dutchess Co., N. Y., health survey, 140
- Education, 91-105;
- Educational methods of extension work, 116
- Exchange of goods, 68
- Exploiter, 58
- Extension movement, 107-120;
- Family, 15;
- life, 23
- Farm bureau, 112-115
- Farmers clubs, 174;
- Farming types, effect of, 61
- Farm loan act, 82;
- management, 65
- Federated church, 129
- Feeble-minded, 184
- Fire companies, 177
- Fiske, John, 155, 196
- Fernandis, Sarah Collins, 245
- Follett, M. P., 238
- Frame, Nat T., 116
- French Creek, W. Va., 32
- Gale, Zona, 179
- Galpin, C. J., 6, 135
- Gibbons, C. E., 186
- Gillette, J. M., 62
- Girl Scouts, 163
- Government, rural, 196-208, 214
- Grange, 170;
- buildings, 166
- Grading in marketing, 71-72
- Gross, Karl, 155
- Halsey, Abigail F., 161
- Harvey, Mrs. M. T., 165
- Hatch Act, 107
- Hayes, A. W., 93
- Health centers, 151;
- Hieronymous, R. E., 234
- High schools, 94;
- Danish, 100
- History, community, 33;
- local, 34-35
- Hoag, Emily F., 34
- Home bureau, 118
- Home bureau creed, 119;
- Hospitals, 149-150
- Husbandman, 59
- Industries in villages, 54
- Insects, a community problem, 64
- Justice of peace, 188
- Juvenile courts, 188
- Kidd, Benj., 27
- Kile, O. M., 115
- Kingdom of God, 135, 238
- Kirkwood, W. P., 103
- Knapp, S. A., 109
- Kolb, J. H., 30, 91
- Kropotkin, P., 49
- Leadership, 117, 218, 241;
- church, 126
- Lee, Joseph, 155
- Lewis, Sinclair, 101, 222
- Library, 45;
- public, 100
- Lindeman, E. C., 169, 220, 239
- Lodges, 174
- Lowell, G. J., 172
- Loyalty, community, 234-245
- Lumsden, L. L., 144
- Maciver, R. M., 245
- Macklin, Th., 63, 85
- Mann, A. R., 194
- Markets, effect of, 67-76
- Martin, O. B., 109
- Maternal mortality, 142
- Mormons, 121, 197
- Morrill Act, 107
- Moving pictures, 45, 158
- Nason, W. C., 167
- Nasmyth, George, 49
- Nationalities, 29
- Neglected, the, 186
- Neighborhood areas, 91;
- Newspaper, country, 103-106
- Nourse, E. G., 68
- Numbering farms, 231
- Nurses, rural, 147-149
- Organization, rural, difficulty of, 44
- Organizations of rural community, 169-180
- Orchestras, 177
- Overchurching, 125
- Pageants, 36, 161
- Parent-teachers associations, 97-98
- Parks, 230
- Park, R. E., and Miller, 236
- Patrons of Husbandry, 170
- Personality and play, 154
- Physical education, 162
- Plainsboro, N. J., incorporation, 205, 247
- Play and recreation, 153-168;
- festivals, 156
- Plunkett, Sir Horace, 12, 87, 88
- Poe, Clarence, 81, 202
- Poor officer, 187
- Population, changes, 32;
- density of, 31
- Postal service, 43
- Poverty, 181, 182
- Powell, G. Harold, 84
- Pratt, Edwin A., 80
- Provincialism, value of, 240
- Public speaking contest, 96
- Public welfare boards, 191
- Race problems, 29, 30
- Railroad, effect of, 39;
- stations, 224
- Rankin, W. S., 145
- Recreation, 153-168;
- church and, 133
- Red Cross, 151;
- Religious life of the community, 121-136;
- Renville Co., Minn., health survey, 147
- Roads, 40, 225, 227
- Rochdale system, 79
- Rodent control by communities, 64
- Royce, Josiah, 238, 240
- Rural organization, 89;
- Russell, Geo. Wm. ("A.E."), 63, 75, 89
- Ryder, E. H., 202
- Sandy Spring, Md., 35
- Sanitation, 143-144
- School, 91-100;
- Settlement of community, 38
- Shaw, Albert, 197
- Sims, N. L., 218
- Smith-Gordon and Staples, 88
- Smith-Hughes Act, 94
- Smith-Lever Act, 111
- Smith, Ruby Green, 119
- Social center, 8;
- South, community in the, 4, 10
- Specialization in agriculture, 61-63
- Standardization in marketing, 71
- Stewart, C. L., 60
- Stores, country, 50-52
- Sunday school, 123-124, 130-131
- Telephone, 43
- Tenancy, 59
- Tompkins Co., N. Y., churches, 125
- Town planning, 223
- Township, 196
- Transportation, effect of, 39, 67
- Union church, 128
- Values of rural life, 16, 17, 61
- Vienna, 69
- Village communities, 3, 235
- Village and farm, 46-57
- Village, incorporated, 199;
- Visiting teacher, 189
- Waugh, Frank A., 223
- Warren, G. F., 65
- Wilson, Warren H., 58, 121
- Woman, farm, position of, 19-22
- Woman's Christian Temperance Union, 178
- Young Men's Christian Association, 162
- Young Woman's Christian Association, 162