Address delivered as president of the thirty-third National Conference of Charities and Correction, which met in Philadelphia in May, 1906, arguing for more research and information to further the conference’s philanthropic work.

EDWARD T. DEVINE was editor of Charities and the Commons.

Prepared by the Playground Extension Committee of the Russell Sage Foundation in 1909, this paper presents how public interest and funds were raised for various recreational spaces for children in Chicago at the time.

E. B. DEGROOT was director of gymnasiums and playgrounds, South Park System, Chicago.

Presents the work of the National Federation of Remedial Loan Associations, founded in 1909, which gathered information and published bulletins in an effort to drive the loan shark out of business, with the help of the Russell Sage Foundation’s Division of Remedial Loans.

MALCOLM W. DAVIS, Division of Remedial Loans, Russell Sage Foundation

Detailing the organized work in New York, Maryland, Ohio, and Massachusetts that were presented at a conference by the Committee of the Russell Sage Foundation on Prevention of Blindness in 1910, as well as national research for blindness prevention by the American Medical Association and the Russell Sage Foundation.

This pamphlet was released by the Russell Sage Foundation’s Committee of Education in 1925, detailing proper fireproof building materials and safety regulations to prevent fires in schools.

Prepared by the Child Hygiene Committee of the Russell Sage Foundation in 1913, “Dust and Disease” tackles the prevention of infectious diseases at schools. It specifically argues for daily school disinfection.

J. T. AINSLEE WALKER was fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine and fellow of the Chemical Society.

This 1909 paper traces data on Chicago’s South Park Playgrounds to argue that the presence of parks and playgrounds in a neighborhood correlates to a decrease in the number of cases of juvenile delinquency.

ALLEN BURNS, Department of Child Hygiene, Russell Sage Foundation

This 1912 article presents data on the relative progress of children who enter school at each of the ages between five and ten years, based on an investigation for the Board of Education of New York City in 1908.

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

Delivered before the Department of Superintendence of the National Education Association in Mobile, Alabama, on February 25, 1911, this address details the rapid fundamental changes in school hygiene and children’s health in schools over the start of the twentieth century, including medical exams, dental inspections, and the rise of school nurses.

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

Based on an investigation conducted in 1911 by the Division of Education of the Russell Sage Foundation and the superintendents of schools of twenty-nine cities, this article examines the data behind how much American cities spend on public education and what they get for their money, shedding light on the relation between school expenditures and school results.

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