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school. In the same manner a map can be made showing the 

 extent to which the homes make use of the high school. 



A Sunday School Map. A map can be made showing homes 

 containing children going to school but not to Sunday school, 

 along with those containing children all going to Sunday school. 



Possible Maps. 



A Newspaper Map. 



A Magazine Map. 



Community Events Map. 



Library Map. 



Homes With and Without Children. 



Foreign Born Map. 



Hired Help Map. 



Combination Maps. Perhaps the most valuable kind of map 

 is made by the combination of one set of facts about each home 

 with another set of facts. For example, a certain colored seal 

 may be given to residence of a home in the community for a 

 period of at least five years. Give a colored seal to church mem- 

 bership (whatever the particular denomination). Then com- 

 bine in one map these two seals. The result will show whether 

 churches have been making their normal appeal to the more 

 recent comers into the community. A score or more of such 

 important combination maps are possible. 



Make an Organization Chart. An interesting and instruc- 

 tive comparative table can be made of all the different organiza- 

 tions in your community. Follow the divisions called for in 

 the organization census sheet, including value of equipment 

 and annual expenses, putting total number of members in place 

 of actual list of members. 



Results to be Expected from a Social Survey. What is the 

 use of such a social survey? This is the first reflective ques- 

 tion every one will ask, and rightly so. In the first place, it is 

 plain that a social survey is nothing but an inventory of the 

 important social activities of the community, so displayed that 

 everybody can see just how far every home is participating in 

 the social life of the community. 



The first thing disclosed will be the socially isolated homes 



