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Title: Report of Committee on school inquiry, Board of estimate an apportionment, city of New York ..
Year: 1913 (1910s)
Authors: New York (N.Y.). Board of Estimate and Apportionment. Committee on School Inquiry
Subjects: School organization and management
Publisher: City of New York
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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h the average recreation center, but whichnevertheless shows a splendid social development. This was accom-plished with comparatively little expense, because the principal, someof his teachers and those of the neighborhood whom he gathered abouthim put their time in on it and were not paid as supervisors in that lineof work. It is possible to develop an excellent social center in this way. Prospectus for Social Center No. i. This prospectus is drawn up from the point of view of using thepublic school building as a social center designed to fill the more serioussocial needs in the centers, i. e., those needs which are more controlledand require less supervision, and are not so much a matter of recreationas a matter of education and social expression. It is necessary in draw-ing uj> a prospectus of this sort to base the estimated expenses of con-ducting the center according to the kinds of activities which are to becarried on therein. The cost of supervision and other expenses varies
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- I THE ECONOMIC UTILIZATION OF SCHOOL PL.-IXT 403 very much indeed, according to the kind of activities which are carriedon in the building. This prospectus is based on twelve months opera-tion. It is in accordance with this theory that the following activitiesare outlined in this prospectus, which we call Prospectus No. i : Monthly or semi-monthly concerts. Weekly or bi-weekly forum meetings. Weekly social dancing. Instruction in social dancing. Exhibits of various kinds, including Child Labor, Child Welfare,Vocational Guidance, Art Exhibits, Industrial Welfare Exhibits, etc. Parents meetings. Public meetings—that is, meetings held for public discussion andpublic welfare, other than forum meetings. Political meetings. Musical activities—that is, orchestras, singing societies, etc. Moving pictures. Legal Aid Society. Neighborhood picnics—that is, the schoolhouse forming the centerof organization for neighborhood picnics. As polling places. A center which is made up of these act

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