Excerpt from The Gary Schools: A General Account The study of the Gary Schools was undertaken by the General Education Board at the request of the Board of Education and the City Superintendent Of Gary. The results Of the study will be published in a series Of special reports, dealing with the more characteristic or important aspects of school work at Gary, and the present volume which endeavors to present a general account of the entire system. In the writing of this volume, the separate reports have been summarized in the chapters dealing with their respective subjects. For the remaining Chapters of the book and for the general presentation, the authors are alone responsible. The general volume has been issued first, in order that a comprehensive view of the entire situation might be presented. It will be promptly followed by detailed studies of (1) Organization and Administration, (2) Costs, (3) Industrial Work, (4) Household Arts, (5) Physical Training and Play, (6) Science Teaching, and (7) Measurement of Classroom Products. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.