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The School as a Factor in Neighborhood Development

Author
Clarence Arthur Perry
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Publication Date
14 pages

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A paper delivered at the National Conference of Charities and Correction, in 1914.

CLARENCE ARTHUR PERRY, Department of Child Hygiene, Russell Sage Foundation

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Social Center Features in New Elementary School Architecture

Author
Clarence Arthur Perry
Ebook
Publication Date
56 pages

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The first part of this pamphlet originally appeared in the April 1912 issue of the American School Board Journal, detailing a number of facilities to modern elementary school architecture that would also benefit the broader social community. Featured here are a number of plans that have been adopted in American cities that illustrate this.

CLARENCE ARTHUR PERRY, Department of Child Hygiene, Russell Sage Foundation

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How to Start Social Centers

Author
Clarence Arthur Perry
Ebook
Publication Date
46 pages

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Published in 1912, this paper addresses what must be done to establish a social center in an existing school, particularly by developing community interest in such an endeavor and by appointing a proper director or leader with a set of demonstrated qualifications. Details are provided in how to organize the agency, as well as a number of legal obstacles that have to be overcome.

CLARENCE ARTHUR PERRY, Department of Child Hygiene, Russell Sage Foundation

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The Formation of Charity Organization Societies in Smaller Cities

Author
Francis H. McLean
Ebook
Publication Date
51 pages

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This pamphlet, published in 1910, aims to serve as a guide for a better and more beneficent organization of social service work in the United States, combating the neglect of bad social conditions and aimless charitable activity. It provides a detailed analysis of social conditions in smaller cities, with a wealth of practical advice and illustration.

FRANCIS H. McLEAN was field secretary of the Charity Organization Department of the Russell Sage Foundation.

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Virginia and the Welfare of her Children

Editor
Roy K. Flannagan
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Publication Date
128 pages

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Addresses and discussions of the Child Welfare Conference in Richmond, Virginia, May 1911.

ROY K. FLANNAGAN was president of the State Conference of Charities and Corrections of Virginia.

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Proceedings of the Fifty-Second Annual Congress of the American Prison Association

Detroit, Michigan October 1922
Editor
Hastings H. Hart
Ebook
Publication Date
442 pages

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All the reports presented at the fifty-first Annual Congress of the American Prison Association. 

HASTINGS H. HART was president of the American Prison Association.

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Cottage and Congregate Institutions for Children

Author
Hastings H. Hart
Ebook
Publication Date
136 pages

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Published in 1910 as a handbook for institutions, Cottage and Congregate Institutions for Children presents a series of several floorplans and views illuminating the practical considerations behind establishing such institutions for children. Also included is a study of fifty representative organizations.

HASTINGS H. HART was director of the Department of Child-Helping of the Russell Sage Foundation.

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Proceedings of the Third Annual Playground Congress

Editor
George W. Wharton
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Publication Date
576 pages

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The full program and papers presented at the thirds annual congress of the Playground Association of America, in 1910.

GEORGE W. WHARTON was officer of the Playground Association of America.

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Independence Day Celebrations

Five Articles
Authors
Luther H. Gulick
William Orr
Inez J. Gardner
Lee F. Hanmer
Ebook
Publication Date
32 pages

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Five articles relating to safety of Independence Day celebrations:

The New and More Glorious Fourth by Luther H. Gulick

An American Holiday by William Orr

A Fourth of July Without Fireworks from Ladies' Home Journal

How One Town Spends the Fourth by Inez J. Gardner

Celebrating the Fourth in Large Cities by Lee F. Hanmer

 

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

WILLIAM ORR was principal of Central High School, Springfield, Massachusetts.

INEZ J. GARDNER, Ladies’ Home Journal

LEE F. HANMER was associate director of the Department of Child Hygiene at the Russell Sage Foundation.

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The Relation of Physical Defects to School Progress

Author
Leonard P. Ayres
Ebook
Publication Date
10 pages

About This Book

This paper, reprinted from the Eleventh Annual Report of the City Superintendent of Schools, New York City, 1909, by the Department of Child Hygiene of the Russell Sage Foundation, attempted to examine any possible relations between physical disability and school progress in children.

LEONARD P. AYRES was director of the Division of Education at the Russell Sage Foundation.

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