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Zoning

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Edward M. Bassett
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Publication Date
41 pages

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A compact but complete handbook of zoning covering the story of the spread of this movement, the reasons for zoning, the experiences of various zoned cities, the correct principles and best practice, the legal pitfalls and a selected list of reference.

EDWARD M. BASSETT was chairman of the Zoning Committee of New York.

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Folk Dancing: Illustrating the Educational, Civic, and Moral Value of Folk Dancing

Author
Luther H. Gulick
Ebook
Publication Date
26 pages

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This illustrated booklet discusses the moral value of folk dancing. Part I covers folk and national dances. Part II covers the use of folk dancing in a public school system, as shown by its use by the girls’ branch of the Public Schools Athletic League of New York City.

LUTHER H. GULICK was director of the Department of Child Hygiene at the Russell Sage Foundation.

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A Survey of School Social Centers

Author
Clarence A. Perry
Ebook
Publication Date
20 pages

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This booklet reports on the results of a survey on school social centers sent to 774 school superintendents. It includes charts on cities that reported having schoolhouse social or recreation centers at which there were some paid workers and that reported schools with libraries. The booklet also discusses civic aspects of recent social-center development.

CLARENCE A. PERRY was an urban planner, sociologist, and educator.

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A Comparative Study of Public School Systems in the Forty-Eight States

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No author
Ebook
Publication Date
33 pages

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This booklet is aimed at legislators, school workers, and others interested in public education and provides facts concerning school conditions in all the states. Topics include investment in the school building, expenditure per school-age child, the length of the school year and attendance, workers and wages, textbook legislation, medical inspection legislation, and tests of efficiency, among other topics.

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How the Social Center Promotes Reform Movements

Author
Clarence A. Perry
Ebook
Publication Date
7 pages

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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.

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American Vacation Schools of 1912

Author
Clarence A. Perry
Ebook
Publication Date
8 pages

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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.

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New York School Centers and Their Community Policy

Authors
Clarence A. Perry
Marguerita P. Williams
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Publication Date
78 pages

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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.

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The Social Survey, 2nd edition

Authors
Paul U. Kellogg
Shelby M. Harrison
George Thomas Palmer
Ebook
Publication Date
52 pages

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This booklet is reprinted from The Proceedings of the Academy of Political Science of July 1912. It contains the follow papers: “The Spread of the Survey Idea,” by Paul U. Kellogg; “A Social Survey of a Typical American City,” by Shelby M. Harrison; and “A Sanitary and Health Survey,” by George Thomas Palmer.

PAUL U. KELLOGG was the director of the Pittsburgh Survey of 1907–1909.

SHELBY M. HARRISON was the director of the Syracuse Social Survey.

GEORGE THOMAS PALMER was a physician in Springfield, Illinois.

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Scranton in Quick Review

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No author
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Publication Date
31 pages

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This booklet contains a report of living conditions in Scranton, Pennsylvania, conducted by the Department of Surveys and Exhibits of the Russell Sage Foundation and published by the Century Club of Scranton. It covers the following topics: community assets, education, public health and sanitation, civic improvement, betterment agencies, recreation, taxation and public finance, work conditions and relations, and delinquency.

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Social Survey: A Bibliography

Editor
Zenas L. Potter
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Publication Date
8 pages

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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.

 

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