special attention to the care of chronic truants and dehnquent 

 children, (the present "coaching rooms" do not meet the need for 

 the training of so-called incorrigibles, and children somewhat 

 mentally deficient) ; wider use of the school plant as civic centers 

 and for night schools for foreigners ; development of Parent- 

 Teacher Associations ; finally, an intensive survey of the whole 

 educational field by disinterested experts outside the school sys- 

 tem. 



Public Library 



The city has an $80,000 Carnegie Library, centrally located. 

 By referendum vote, a minimum of four mills from the city tax 

 funds are set aside for library expenses. Last year, $24,000.00 

 was spent for this purpose. The library has outgrown its pres- 

 ent quarters and does not render adequate service. Moreover, 

 sub-stations are needed in the home districts. At present, four 

 public schools have from 25 to 50 books from the public library, 

 and these are distributed by teachers. Residents in one school 

 neighborhood contributed out of their own pockets toward build- 

 ing small quarters on the school grounds, to be occupied as a li- 

 brary sub-station. An assistant whose salary will be paid out of 

 the library fund is to be placed in charge. At the suburb of La 

 Jolla a branch library is maintained with an assistant in charge. 

 Such facilities as are now offered do not meet the needs of home 

 sections of the city which are not served conveniently at the main 

 library building. The library itself, should provide sufficient sub- 

 stations with assistants m charge who shall not only adequately 

 supply the needs of the reading public, in different sections of 

 the city, but also shall be capable of awakening a wider demand 

 for public library books. 



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