21. The _American Journal of Sociology_, published by University
of Chicago Press, and the _Journal of Applied Sociology_,
published by the University of California, give more extended
treatment of the principles underlying social service.
22. The Council of Jewish Women, the National Catholic Welfare
Council, the Young Men's and Young Women's Christian
Associations, and the Federal Council of the Churches of
Christ, together with the Federation of Religious Liberals,
The Laymen's League, and Women's Alliance of the Unitarian
body, and other church organizations, have departments or
committees engaged specifically in work for the stability of
the family and the betterment of the home, as well as for the
ennobling of the common life and for the organization of the
world for permanent peace.
23. The Educational interests of the country are served by many
agencies and organizations, chief among them the U.S. Bureau
of Education, the Federal Board of Vocational Education at
Washington, D.C., which publish invaluable material, and the
National Education Association, with office at 1201 Sixteenth
Street, Washington, D.C., membership in which keeps one in
touch with progressive movements.
The vital thing for one who would prepare for practical service in
any line of social work is to study people and conditions in
one's own locality and then compare what is done or attempted
in that locality with what is considered by those best fitted
to judge to be the best and most efficient standards for
service of the kind considered.
The vital thing for those who would help in the educational field
is to know their local schools, their teachers, buildings,
equipment, management, and financial support, and then to
secure all possible national, state, and local aid in making
those schools the best they can be.
24. If the newest movements in education are chosen for study,
read The New Education, by L. Haden Guest, and other articles
in _The New Era_, published by Hodder and Co., London,
England. Also Nursery School Experiment, by Bureau of
Educational Experiments, 144 West Thirteenth Street, New York
City.
For comparison with these, read Talks to Teachers, by William
James, and also pamphlets of Home Education Series, by
Charlotte Mason, published by Parents' National Education
Union, 26 Victoria Street, London, England.
25. For economic reform especially helpful to family life, study
the publications of the Cooeperative League of America, Doctor
and Mrs. Warbasse, Directors, 70 Fifth Avenue, New York City.
26. For political reform, study the publications of Proportional
Representation League, 1417 Locust Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
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