This booklet, reprinted from The Journal of Educational Psychology of April 1913, discusses tests used to select people for various jobs. It notes that some tests focus on vision, hearing, and color discrimination. Other tests are psychological evaluations, which aim to select among applicants those best fitted to perform the work.
LEONARD P. AYRES was director of the Division of Education at the Russell Sage Foundation.
This booklet discusses how social centers promote reform movements. It notes that social centers provide patriotic education of immigrants through public ceremonies held for their naturalization, civic and health education, the promotion of baby welfare, the elevation of political discussions, and the dignification of voting through the maintenance of balloting booths. The booklet concludes with a list of foundation pamphlets on the topic of the social center.
CLARENCE A. PERRY was an urban planner, sociologist, and educator.
This booklet comments on the increase in the number of vacation schools—that is, schools that reopen in June after the conclusion of the regular school year. It discusses how the schools are affecting elementary education and provides a list of cities offering vacation classes as well statistics regarding the number of buildings used, the number of sessions held, and the frequency of classes, among other topics.
CLARENCE A. PERRY was an urban planner, sociologist, and educator.
This booklet contains a bibliography on recreation in response to requests the foundation received for up-to-date information on the best texts on the subject. It lists important and readily available books, pamphlets, reports, and articles dealing with various subtopics, including, for example: games and entertainment; athletics; swimming pools and public baths; dancing and rhythmic games; and dramatics, pageants, and festivals.
MARGUERITA P. WILLIAMS worked in the Department of Recreation at the Russell Sage Foundation.
This booklet discusses the use of schools as community centers and the centers’ policies. Topics include the New York school center system of the time, the historical antecedents of community policy, and community use and its regulation. An appendix provides a directory of official and unofficial community centers.
CLARENCE A. PERRY worked in the Department of Recreation at the Russell Sage Foundation.
MARGUERITA P. WILLIAMS worked in the Department of Recreation at the Russell Sage Foundation.
This booklet provides statistical information, in the form of many tables, on school centers—a school that is used regularly at least one evening a week for two or more activities.
CLARENCE ARTHUR PERRY worked in the Department of Hygiene at the Russell Sage Foundation.
This booklet discusses the principles and public function of law training in Europe. It covers Austria, France, Germany, and the Soviet Union. Topics include the curriculum, teaching methods, the law faculty, and apprenticeship training.
ERIC F. SCHWEINBURG worked in the Department of Studies in the Professions at the Russell Sage Foundation.
This booklet discusses a film about the use of the schoolhouse as a social center and explains how to obtain the film and make it effective.
CLARENCE A. PERRY was an urban planner, sociologist, and educator.
This booklet provides a list of Russell Sage Foundation publications on the topic of athletics for schoolboys. A prefatory note explains that the material shows how athletics may become an aid to physical development and help to improve the character of boys in both school and on the street.
This document provides a map showing which states have laws or regulations governing schoolhouse construction followed by a discussion of schoolhouse construction generally.