Jacob A. Riis 1849–1914. The Battle with the Slum. 1902.
Subject Index
Tenement House Commission appointed, 1900, 147 |
Roosevelt Street tenement, demolition of, 124 |
Roses, Hester Street school, 364 |
St. Andrew’s Brotherhood, school children excursion schemes, 362 |
Saloons—Cheer and social life of tenements, 419–420 |
Club room for boys provided, 372 |
Fight with Roosevelt, record of week of crime, 418 |
Sandwiches—brick sandwiches, 224 |
San Francisco, kindergarten record, 245 |
Santa Claus in the slums, 310–311 |
[See also Christmas trees.] |
Scarlet fever epidemic traced to public school, 358 |
Schools, public—Allen Street building, 354, 357 |
Appropriation for new schools, 44, 346 |
Barrel and hog punishments, 341–342 |
Board of Education, work of, 365–366 |
Bronx primary school, 1895, condition of, 348 |
Building, perfection of Snyder schools, 353 |
Schools, public—Census, 349 |
Charges and facts, 342–345 |
Clubs, classroom opened for, 372–374 |
Compulsory education law, nonenforcement, 231 |
Control, abolition of ward trustee, etc., 347, 348 |
Cooking classes, 367–368 |
Excursion schemes, 362 |
Experimenting, 403–410 |
Eyes inspection, 358–359 |
Fourth Ward, examination of girls, 355–357 |
Hester Street, see that title. |
Immigrants, school as means of enrolment, 211, 212 |
Kindergartens, benefit of, 365–367 |
Lack of schools, 43, 186 |
Medical inspection fight, 357 |
Mental befogment results, 230 |
Nature lessons, 361–364 |
Neighborhood purposes, 387, 398–410 |
Number and naming of schools, 374, 375 |
Playgrounds—Advisory committee report, 290–291 |
Roof playgrounds, see that title. |
Political meetings in, suggested, 407–408 |
Public Education Association, reform work, 371, 372, 378 |
Punishments in Madame Bruin’s school, 341–342 |
Recreative purposes, 361 |
Reform fight, 44–45, 283, 345–371 |
Scarlet fever epidemic traced to public school, 358 |
Seats, “deadline,” 408–409 |
Showerbaths, 283 |
Social movement, use of the public school, 398–410 |
Schools, public—Sunday opening proposed, 399–403 |