to either side? Has the community suffered in any way through the strike?

18. What is a boycott? Is it illegal? Explain.

19. What forms of social insurance are operative in your community? Do you think that other forms would be of benefit? Why?

20. What is the proportion of immigrants to native-born citizens in your community? Are these newcomers a gain or a detriment to the community? Why? What is being done to make them good citizens? 21. Why is your local bank a community asset? What is a savings bank? What are postal savings banks?

22. What is the bankruptcy law of your state?

23. Mention some industries in your community that receive the protection of a tariff. Of what benefit is this to the community?

24. Mention some advantages and disadvantages of trusts from the point of view of the consumer.

SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL

1. "Labor Laws of the United States." Published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, United States Department of Labor, Washington, D. C., 1914. (Two Volumes.)

2. "The States and Child Labor." Published by the Children's Bureau, U. S. Department of Labor, Washington, D. C., 1919. Bureau Publication No. 58.

3. "Minimum Standards for Child Welfare." Published by the Children's Bureau, 1919.

4. "Child Labor," by J. C. Lathrop. Published by U. S. Bureau of Education.

Published by

5. "The American Child." Quarterly Magazine. Published by the National Child Labor Committee, 105 East 22nd St., New York City. 6. "Standards for the Employment of Women in Industry." the Women in Industry Service, U. S. Department of Labor, 1919. 7. “Women in Industry," by E. Abbott. Published by U. S. Bureau of Education.

8. "Health Insurance," by B. S. Warren and Edgar Sydenstricker. Published by the United States Public Health Service, Treasury Department, Washington, D. C., 1916. Public Health Bulletin No. 76.

9. "Tuberculosis Among Industrial Workers," by Surgeon D. E. Robinson and Ass't Surg. J. G. Wilson. Published by the United States Public Health Service, 1916. Public Health Bulletin No. 73.

10. "Industrial Hygiene," by J. W. Schereschewsky.

from the Public Health Reports, October 1, 1915.

11. "Fatigue and Efficiency," by Josephine Goldmark.

Reprint No. 302

12. "The Cost of Living among Wage Earners." Research Report No. 24. Published, 1919, by the National Industrial Conference Board, 15 Beacon St., Boston, Mass.

13. "Out of Work," by Frances A. Keller.

14. "The Party of the Third Part," by Governor Allen, of Kansas. Published by Harpers, 1921.

15. "Industrial Arbitration," by Carl H. Mote.

16. A Short History of the American Labor Movement," by Mary Beard. Published by Harcourt, Brace and Co.

17. "The Worker in Our Society," by L. S. Lyon. Published by U. S. Bureau of Education.

18. "A History of Industry," by Ellen L. Osgood.

19. "The Immigrant Invasion," by Frank J. Warne.

20. "The Immigration Problem," by J. W. Jenks and W. T. Lauck. 21. "Immigration and Americanization,' by Philip Davis.

by Ginn & Co., 1919.

22. Reports of Commissioner General of Immigration.

23. "From Alien to Citizen," by Edward A. Steiner.

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24. Americanization," by Winthrop Talbot.

25. "The Making of an American," by Jacob Riis.

26. Published by the U. S. Bureau of Education:

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Borrowing Capital for Modern Business," by H. G. Moulton.

A Cotton Factory and the Workers," by G. Van Hoesen.

"The Commercial Bank and Modern Business," by H. G. Moulton. "The Rise of Machine Industry," by L. S. Lyon.

27. "The Modern Bank," by A. K. Fiske.

28. "The Federal Reserve," by H. P. Willis.

29. "The Stock Exchange from Within," by W. C. Van Antwerp.

30. "The Inside History of the Carnegie Steel Company," by J. H. Bridge. 31. “Searchlights in Some American Industries," by James Č. Mills.

PART V

PUBLIC PROVISION FOR EDUCATION

CHAPTER XVII

PUBLIC PROVISION FOR EDUCATION

INTRODUCTORY LESSON PLAN

Does it pay to complete the high school course?

a. How many of last year's seventh grade did not come back this year?

b. How many dropped out of the eighth grade?

c. Can you find out how many of these former pupils have paying positions at the present time?

d. Make a list of the positions now held by these former pupils, and as far as you can find out, their wages.

e. Why did you stay in school and not go to work when you reached the legal age?

f. What compensation do you expect to receive for the money wages you will forfeit by not going to work at fourteen or sixteen?

g. See if you can find any statistics which show that it pays better in the end to complete your high school course than to go to work as soon as the law allows.

h. Plan a high school course so interesting that pupils will want to complete it.

1. WHY EDUCATION IS NECESSARY

We have discussed the many ways in which our community takes care of our physical needs, how we are provided with pure food, good water, clean, healthful surroundings, and safe working conditions. Now we come to one of the most important of the activities of the community for our well-being, and the one which has perhaps the most to do with our future success and happiness in life.

The world to-day is a very complicated home and workshop. Life is not so simple a matter as it was even so comparatively short a time as a hundred years ago. In order to make a living and to lead useful and happy lives, there are a great many