could have one of these clubs. They might be organized by some county superintendent whose business it would be to push this sort of thing."

Those who favored the above scheme held that to improve the school situation it was necessary to develop a community pride such as would come through club organizations; that as a result of the social activity thus brought about, better teachers could be kept in the country. To the majority of farmers school consolidation in itself seemed of minor importance.

RELIGIOUS ACTIVITIES

The Organization Map found in the chapter on farmers' organizations also designates the homes in which church membership is found. In these homes, seventy-five per cent of the women and sixty-five per cent of the men are church members. The average of memberships by families is sixty-nine per cent. The average for the State as given by the last United

States Census Report is forty-one per cent. This does not mean, however, that those who are non-church members never attend church, for some of them attend quite as much as do many of the church members, however little that may be. Only thirty-four per cent of the men attend church regularly. On account of the difficulty of getting to church when the men do not consent to drive, the attendance of the women and men is pretty much the same, only thirty-six per cent of the women attending regularly. The same cause keeps down membership in Ladies' Aid Societies among country women. Only twenty-three per cent of the women have membership in this class of societies.

The percentage of families that attend services regularly varies with the nationalities. Only thirteen per cent of the American families attended church regularly. The mixed nationality families were the next lowest with an average of seventeen per cent. The averages of the other families were as follows: English, twenty-five per cent; Germans, forty-eight per cent; Scandinavians, fifty per cent, and Irish, sixty per cent. That does not mean, however, that all of these families attended church every Sunday. It merely indicates the percentage of families who make a practice of being represented at church every time there are services. A German and a Family membership in

Ladies' Aid Society 24%.

Sunday School 15%

Young People's Society 13%

Norwegian church in the country held services only every alternate Sunday. The following figures indicate the average number of times that all churchgoers in this township attended services during the year. The total average for men and women was but twelve, while in the homes with children and with church membership the average number of services attended was fourteen.

That there is a decrease of membership in progress in the country is also evidenced by the fact that, of the families married within the last ten years, only fifty-two per cent have membership in churches, and twentyfive per cent of these are irregular attendants at church services. Whether it be due to the fact that they do not all consider themselves permanent members of the community in which they live, or whether it is merely because they represent a younger generation, the average for renters is lower than the average for the whole. The following table compares the support of religious organizations from owners and tenants:

The reasons given by those whose attendance is irregular are various: "With all the cattle we now have, which keeps us busy the week around, with milk to get away to the station, Sundays as well as other days, it is