/ PHILADELPHIA Social Science Association. Public Schools in their Relations to the Community. PHILADELPHIA SOCIAL 720 LOCUST STREET READ AT A MEETING OF THE ASSOCIATION, APRIL —by- JAMES S. WHITNEY. s Return this book on or before the Latest Date stamped below. SS2SSSS:- University of Illinois Library rt HQ\j 30 196” IATI0N. 3 73 UJ G l f THE FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF THE PAPERS READ .BEFORE THE ASSOCIATION. I87I. 1872. 1873 - 1874. 1875 * 1876. 1877. 1878. 1879. 1880. Compulsory Education. By Lorin Blodget. Out of print. Arbitration as a Remedy for Strikes. By Eckley B. Coxe. . The Revised Statutes of Pennsylvania. By R. C. McMurtrie. Out of print. Local Taxation. By Thomas Cochran. Infant Mortality. By Dr. J. S. Parry. . - Statute Law and Common Law , and the Proposed Revision m Pennsylvania. By E. Spencer Miller. Out of print. Apprenticeship. By James S. Whitney. _ The Proposed Amendments to the Constitution of Pennsylvania. By rrancis Jordan. Vaccination. By Dr. J. S. Parry. The Census. By Lorin Blodget. The Tax System of Pennsylvania. By Cyrus Elder. The Work of the Constitutional Convention. By A. Sydney Biddle. What shall Philadelphia do with its Paupers ? By Dr. Isaac Ray. Proportional Representation. By S. Dana Horton. _ Statistics Relating to the Births , Deaths , Marriages , etc., in Philadelphia. By John Stockton-Hough, M.D. On the Value of Original Scientific Research. By Dr. Ruschenberger. On the Relative Influence of City and Country Life, on Morality, Health, Fe- cundity, Longevity and Mortality . By John Stockton-Hough, M.D. The Public School System of Philadelphia. By James S. Whitney. The Utility of Government Geological Surveys. By Prof. J. P. Lesley. The Law of Partnership. By J. G. Rosengarten. Methods of Valuation of Real Estate for Taxation. By Thomas Cochran. The Merits of Cremation. By Persifor Frazer, Jr. Outlines of Penology . By Joseph R. Chandler. Brain Disease, and Modern Living. By Dr. Isaac Ray. . Out of print. Hygiene of the Eye , Considered with Reference to the Children in our Schools. By Dr. F. D. Castle. The Relative Morals of City and Country. By Wm. S. Pierce. Silk Culture and Home Industry. By Dr. Samuel Chamberlaine. Mind Reading, etc. By Persifor Frazer, Jr. Legal Status of Married Women in Pennsylvania. By N. D. Miller. The Revised Statutes of the United States. By Lorin Blodget. Training of Nurses for the Sick. By John H. Packard, M.D. . # The Advantages of the Co-operative Feature of Building Associations. By Edmund Wrigley. The Operations of our Building Associations. By Joseph I. Doran. Wisdom in Charity. By Rev. Charles G. Ames. Free Coinage and a Self-Adjusting Ratio. By Thomas Balch. Building Systems for Great Cities. By Lorin Blodget. Metric System. By Persifor Frazer, Jr. Cause and Cure of Hard Times. By R. J. Wright. House-Drainage and Sewerage. By George E. Waring, Jr. A Ilea for a State Board of Health. By Benjamin Lee, M. D. The Germ Theory of Disease, and its Present Bearing upon P ublic and Per- sonal Hygiene. By Joseph G. Richardson, M.D. Delusive Methods of Municipal Financiering. By Wm. F. Ford. Technical Education. By A. C. Rembaugh, M.D. „ The English Methods of Legislation Compared with the American. By Simon Sterne. Thoughts on the Labor Question. By Rev. D. O. Kellogg. On the Isolation of Persons in Hospitals for the Insane. By Dr. Isaac Ray. Notes on Reform Schools. By J. G. Rosengarten. Philadelphia Charity Orgcinization. By Rev. Wm. H. Hodge. Public Schools in their Relations to the Community. By James S. Whitney. Reprinted from PENN MONTHL Y for May, 1880. PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN THEIR RELATIONS TO THE