LeRoy E. Bowman

Local Community Studies and Community Programs

trends continue, there may soon be brought about jurisdictional adjustments of city social agencies that will be far reaching in their results. Perhaps the problem of rural and small town social agencies will be solved in this way rather than by provision for their separate administration. If social workers were as keenly responsive to modern sociological studies as they were to the findings of the earlier social surveys, radical adjustments in their programs would be made, for the new knowledge of the community is far in advance of the present practice of most social agencies. We must expect, however, considerable delay in making these adjustments, since social workers in general have shown little inclination to look for guidance to sociological studies of any kind.

Notes and News on Community Interests

desire for increased production led to the cultivation of the same ground year after year until it became sterile. People were ill prepared for the aftermath of the war when the market fell, and banks that had fairly pressed loans upon the farmers, demanded payment. Many had gone in beyond their depth and went down, but a larger number came through fairly well. The year 1924 was especially good and helped to restore the economic equilibrium.