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STATE NORMAL SCHOOL, SAN JOSE. 



Section 2. The Schooihouse a Social Center. 



1. Reasons for using schoolhouso outside of school hours. 



a. Meets a community need. 



b. Public gets greater value for moiioy invested. 



2. Extent to which the schoolhouses of cities are used as social centers. 



a. Educationally. 



Such as civic club discussions, dramatics, library stations, reading rooms. 



b. Social functions. 



a. Dancing. 



b. Entertainments. 



c. Socials. 



c. Physical development. 



a. Gymnastics. 



b. Athletics. 



c. Swimming. 



3. The management of social centers. 



a. Paid directors. 



b. Volunteer workers. 



c. Other problems of management. 



4. Cost of social centers. 



a. Expense of management. 



b. Expense of equipment. 



c. Expense of care. 



5. Gain to city. 



a. In preventing crime. 



b. In raising moral tone of community. 



Field Work. 



1. Visit an evening school in your city. Mal^e note of : 



a. The number of students attending. 



b. The studies they are pursuing. (Classify these studies as rudimentary, 



vocational, or technical.) 



2. To what uses, aside from the day school, is your own school building put? 



3. To what uses, aside from day school, are other school buildings put? (Inquire 



of school friends or school principals.) 



4. To what additional use could your school building be put? 



a. For service to adults. 



b. For service to young people. 



