This booklet acknowledges increasing calls for better ways to celebrate Independence Day. It argues that the old forms cannot be eliminated without putting something in their place, such as a program of games, folk dances, songs, and pageants. It offers the celebration in St. Paul, Minnesota, as a model.
This booklet contains a report reprinted from The American Physical Education Review of March 1910. It is based on an earlier report on the function and place of athletics in educational institutions and the validity of the principle of amateurism. The 1910 report is divided into three sections: one dealing with the function and place of athletics in life; the second dealing with the problem of amateurism, eligibility, and control; and the third dealing with laws based on the principles given.
C. W. HETHERINGTON was the chair of the Committee on Amateur Law of the Athletic Research Society.
C. A. WALDO was a member of the Committee on Amateur Law of the Athletic Research Society.
W. D. DUDLEY was a member of the Committee on Amateur Law of the Athletic Research Society.
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 booklet presents the address of Shelby Harrison at the National Conference of Social Work in New Orleans in 1942. It addresses social work’s “three fronts”: activities related to World War II, the day-to-day performance of social work’s essential duties, and postwar reconstruction.
SHELBY M. HARRISON was general director of the Russell Sage Foundation and president of the National Conference of Social Work.
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.