Prepared by the Committee on Independence Day Celebrations of the Art Department, New Jersey State Federation of Women’s Clubs. Reprinted by the Department of Child Hygiene, Russell Sage Foundation

From the Preface: “The importance of a ‘safe and sane’ Independence Day needs no argument. The aim of this booklet is to offer to those who are seeking material for such an occasion, gleanings from the experience of others who have achieved success in this direction, and to assist any who desire to arrange suitable pageantry in finding amid the treasures of New Jersey history scenes appropriate for representation.”

A report on the adoption of the Transportation Agreement, with contributions from Alexander M. Wilson, assistant director of the Department of Public Health and Charities of Philadelphia; Mabel Tibbot, overseer of the poor, Fort Dodge, Iowa; George S. Wilson, secretary of the Board of Charities, District of Columbia; and the State Board of Charities of Missouri, in a “Letter of Advice to County Courts.”

A look at athletic exercises promoted by the Girls’ Branch of the Public Schools Athletic League, including folk dancing, relays, and athletic competitions. From the Playground Association Committee of America.

A survey by the Department of Surveys and Exhibits, Russell Sage Foundation, the result of field investigations on vital statistics carried out between March and May, 1914, supplemented by co-operative efforts by city and state officials and local volunteer workers.

FRANZ SCHNEIDER, JR. was sanitarian at the Department of Surveys and Exhibits of the Russell Sage Foundation.

Proceedings of a conference on the prospective work of Carson College for Girls and Charles E. Ellis College, called by the Department of Child-Helping of the Russell Sage Foundation, held at Philadelphia, October 13–14, 1915, on invitation of the Trustees of Carson College and Ellis College.

Foreword by Hastings H. Hart, president of the conference.

Reprinted from Proceedings of the Third Annual Playground Congress, Pittsburgh, Pa., May 10-14, 1909, for the Playground Association of America.

Jennie Bradley Roessing, vice-president, Pittsburgh Playground Association

Elizabeth Burchenal, inspector of athletics, girls’ branch, Public Schools Athletic League, New York City

A study of food conservation efforts as documented across exhibits and demonstrations at state, district, and county fairs in the United States, focusing on efforts to conserve wheat and fats.

EVART G. ROUTZAHN was associate director of the Department of Surveys and Exhibits at the Russell Sage Foundation.

MARY SWAIN ROUTZAHN was director of the Department of Social Work Interpretation at the Russell Sage Foundation.