This document is a reprint by the Russell Sage Foundation of an editorial in the New York Evening Journal of January 20, 1911. It notes that public schools are unused an average of sixty-one hours out of every one hundred hours and proposes that the schools be used as centers of social life.

This booklet argues that the federal government can promote improved education more effectively than any other body and offers a plan for the government to do so. It discusses cost estimates, the necessity of sending people into communities rather than only publishing documents, the duties of such community workers, evidence of support for the proposed measure, and a discussion of where additional information can be found in official publications.

This booklet presents a plan to promote educational progress in the United States through the Bureau of Education. Topics include trade and industrial education, school hygiene and the health of schoolchildren, problems of rural schools, and use of the school building after school hours.

This booklet provides a list of works about social surveys.

ZENAS L. POTTER worked in the Department of Surveys and Exhibits at the Russell Sage Foundation.

This booklet, reprinted from The Journal of the American Medical Association of September 18, 1909, contains the seventh annual compilation of deaths and injuries resulting from Fourth of July celebrations. It notes an increase in cases of tetanus, which is caused by the use of blank cartridges in fireworks, and it offers rules for the treatment of blank-cartridge and puncture wounds.

This pamphlet contains what, at the time, were confidential exchanges among various charitable societies. Topics discussed include volunteer services in connection with emergency work and information regarding salaries, office hours, and vacation periods.

MARY E. RICHMOND was chair of the Field Department at the Russell Sage Foundation.

The Charity Organization Bulletins were printed for the confidential use of charity organization societies by the Charity Department of the Russell Sage Foundation. The bulletins for December 1917 through November 1918 cover topics such as charity organization in wartime, disaster relief, a Red Cross training course, household management, and a conference on educational work.

The Charity Organization Bulletins were printed for the confidential use of charity organization societies by the Charity Department of the Russell Sage Foundation. The bulletins for December 1916 through November 1917 cover topics such as fighting food shortages, industrial standards in wartime, methods of casework supervision, and the meaning and limitations of records in relief work.

This booklet, reprinted from The Forum, addresses the desire to find a safer way to celebrate Independence Day. It notes that Mrs. Rice, in her capacity as president of the Society for the Suppression of Unnecessary Noise, sent letters to governors, mayors, and other authorities, and the pamphlet reprints a selection of responses.

MRS. ISAAC L. RICE was president of the Society for the Suppression of Unnecessary Noise, New York City.

The Charity Organization Bulletins were printed for the confidential use of charity organization societies by the Charity Department of the Russell Sage Foundation. The bulletins for December 1915 through November 1916 cover topics such as delinquency, law as an aid to social diagnosis, pathological lying, and transportation matters.