Retardation of school children, 98, 114, 119, 139, 158, 181. Roman Catholic policy, 136, 182, 251-254. Royalists, migration of, to Virginia, 7. Russia, as source of immigrants, 140, 144-145, 169. Russo-Jewish immigration, 144-146. Ruthenian immigrants, 124, 128, 236. Sabbath keeping, 166. Saloon keepers, foreign-born, 35, 36, 73, 111, 127, 137, 255, 272, 275-276. Saracen blood, 97, 168. Scandinavian immigrants, 67-92; numbers, 67; distribution, 68, 69; social characteristics, 70-72; criminality, 72; alcoholism, 72-73; occupations, 44, 73-75, 202, 260; assimilation, 75-79; reaction to America, 79-81; national contrasts, 81-83; intellectual ability, 83-85, 298; traits, 32, 42, 43, 85-92, 263, 294. School, immigrants and the church, 136, 137, 182, 251-254, 256, 279, 280. School, immigrants and the public, 79, 93, 112, 114, 119, 136, 139, 158, 159, 170, 181, 182, 246, 250-254, 256, 279-280, 303. Science, immigrants in, 39, 58, 66, 81, 148. Scotch immigrants, 12, 70, 298. Scotch-Irish immigrants, 12-13, 298. Servants, indentured, 7-8. Servians, 123, 124, 134, 175. Servitude of Greek bootblacks, 188-190. Sexes, proportion of the, 70, 96, 124, 145, 169, 174, 179, 183, 237-238. "Sexual hospitality," 180-181. Shoe-shining parlors, Greek, 187-190. Shrine, a miracle-working, 232. Sicilian immigrants, 101, 107, 118, 119. Slavic immigrants; race, 120-123, 173; groups, 123-124; quality, 174, 299; occupations, 124-127, 207, 208, 210, 213, 215, 216, 220; alcoholism, 33, 127-129, 229; crime, 72, 129; fecundity, 129-134, 303; assimilation, 134-138, 239; in agriculture, 126, 127, 203; ability, 138-139, 246; future, 139-140; traits, 34, 219, 243, 244, 252, 254, 289, 291, 292. Slovak immigrants, 86, 124, 130, 137, 208, 238, 252, 253. Sociability, 32, 40-42, 64, 82, 89-90, 117-118, 194, 261-262. Social decline, 127, 133-138, 145, 155-157, 228-230, 254-256. Social evil, the, 34, 107, 129, 150, 153, 155-157, 164, 174, 175, 180-181, 228, 237-238, 245, 274. Socialism, 40, 66, 82, 159, 160, 170. Social pressure, rise of, 222-226. South, the; Germans in, 49; attitude toward Italians, 104; political spirit, 263. Spanish-American colonies, 14. Spencer, Herbert, quoted, 288. Split-family immigration, 96, 124, 137, 174, 238. Sports, immigrants in athletic, 43, 63, 90, 289, 290. Standards, contrast of, 216, 300-303. Stature of immigrants, 63, 98, 101, 102, 126, 289. Steerage traffic, volume of, 197. "Sterility," American, 299-304. Strike-breakers, immigrants as, 207, 208, 219, 236. Survival of the fittest, 17-21, 290-292. Swedish immigrants, 68, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 81, 82, 83, 85, 168, 169. Syrian immigrants, 61, 176, 190-194, 243, 289, 293. Tammany Hall, 274. Tariff, the protective, 198, 201.