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.

This 1910 paper explains the importance of rest, particularly socializing outdoor rest and recreation, as a key to exercise. Rest is the solution to bridging the gap between knowing how to be healthy to actually being healthy. Exercise and Rest also explores the effect of recreation on mental health and sanity.

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

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.

Two papers on issues of women in prison and awaiting trial, presented at the fifty-first congress of the American Prison Association in 1922.

MARTHA P. FALCONER, American Social Hygiene Association, New York

MAUDE E. MINER, secretary, New York Probation and Protective Association, New York City

Broken Homes attempts to analyze the causal factors that lead husbands and fathers to desert their families. It asks why men desert their wives and children and what steps can be taken for both preventative and corrective treatment. Published in 1919, this book is a careful examination of relationships and the motives behind marriage, detailing the history of desertion laws and providing additional strategies for social workers in assisting deserted families.

JOANNA C. COLCORD was superintendent of the Charity Organization Society of the City of New York.

A 1913 survey of the status of hospital social work, Social Work in Hospitals is born of the evident need for exchange of experience among hospitals around the country, as well as a desire for a more conscious and consistent effort to establish standards for social work in hospitals. Topics reported include the mentally unbalanced, employment for the handicapped, single mothers, organization of social workers, and the future of hospital social service.

IDA M. CANNON was head worker of the Social Service Department at Massachusetts General Hospital.

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.

Presented at the Fifty-first congress of the American Prison Association in 1922.

J. F. WRIGHT was Executive Secretary of the Pathfinders of America, Detroit chapter.

This pamphlet is a 1931 reprint of the introduction to A Bibliography of Social Surveys, serving as a presentation of the survey movement at the time. It includes a short historical retrospect, an attempt at a definition of the survey and its purpose, and a brief analysis of trends in surveys since 1907, the year in which the Pittsburgh Survey was begun.

SHELBY M. HARRISON was director of the Department of Surveys and Exhibits at the Russell Sage Foundation.

Published in 1924, this book is a compiled reading list of reference works that relate to publicity methods in social work. Most do not directly reference social work publicity, but are useful in promoting in the social, religious, or educational fields in one way or another.

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.