A brief statement on the various plans that had been used for playgrounds in a number of cities before 1908, for the use of committees planning public playgrounds, published under the Charities Publication Committee.
LEE F. HANMER was associate director of the Department of Child Hygiene at the Russell Sage Foundation
From the Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, this paper argues for the importance of play in education, with data on public recreation centers in New York City.
LUTHER H. GULICK was director of the Department of Child Hygiene at the Russell Sage Foundation.
This address, prepared under the Playground Extension Committee of the Russell Sage Foundation, details the exhibition of folk and national dances given in Van Cortland Park in 1908. It examines the role of folk dances and games in the playground movement.
LUTHER H. GULICK was director of the Department of Child Hygiene at the Russell Sage Foundation.
Prepared under the Playground Extension Committee of the Russell Sage Foundation, this address to the second annual Playground Congress of New York City in 1908 examines the changing role of the significance of childhood as well as sympathy for the suffering and distress of others, in particular children within the public school system.
LUTHER H. GULICK was director of the Department of Child Hygiene at the Russell Sage Foundation.
This address was published to promote the Washington Playground Bill, known as House Bill No. 3, and to push for a state-wide law which would require school boards to provide adequate playgrounds for their students. It was delivered before the State Conference of Charities and Correction in Seattle on October 6, 1908.
AUSTIN E. GRIFFITHS was founder of the Seattle Playgrounds Association.
This pamphlet was released by the Russell Sage Foundation’s Committee of Education in 1925, detailing proper fireproof building materials and safety regulations to prevent fires in schools.
Prepared by the Child Hygiene Committee of the Russell Sage Foundation in 1913, “Dust and Disease” tackles the prevention of infectious diseases at schools. It specifically argues for daily school disinfection.
J. T. AINSLEE WALKER was fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine and fellow of the Chemical Society.
This 1909 paper traces data on Chicago’s South Park Playgrounds to argue that the presence of parks and playgrounds in a neighborhood correlates to a decrease in the number of cases of juvenile delinquency.
ALLEN BURNS, Department of Child Hygiene, Russell Sage Foundation
This 1912 article presents data on the relative progress of children who enter school at each of the ages between five and ten years, based on an investigation for the Board of Education of New York City in 1908.
LEONARD P. AYRES was director of the Division of Education at the Russell Sage Foundation.
Delivered before the Department of Superintendence of the National Education Association in Mobile, Alabama, on February 25, 1911, this address details the rapid fundamental changes in school hygiene and children’s health in schools over the start of the twentieth century, including medical exams, dental inspections, and the rise of school nurses.
LEONARD P. AYRES was director of the Division of Education at the Russell Sage Foundation.
