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COMMUNITY
Changed urban conditions demanding
reorganization of public school—Background as
described by Professor Dewey—Gary school
appropriates wasted “street-and-alley time” of
children—School activities motivated by
enhancement of school life—Manual-training shops
as industrial shops for school
community—Children as helpers to artisan
teachers—Contribution of nature-study
departments to school life—Of domestic
science—Of commercial department—Auditorium as
focus of school community life—School a
“clearing-house for children’s
activities”—School as the children’s
institution.