Slums of New York (Classic Reprint)

Download or read book Slums of New York (Classic Reprint) written by Harry Manuel Shulman and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-03 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Slums of New York The task of adapting the schools to this newer conception of social service is enormous in magnitude and complexity. In many communities the attempt is being made, as it is in New York City, but the difficulties are staggering. Apart from the professional problems of training and retraining teachers for new skills and attitudes, there are the matters of ground space, build ing, equipment, cooperation with existing agencies, development of public opinions, and everything that has to do with public expenditures. It is here the members of Rotary may perform a notable service. If they are stirred by the importance of social adjustment, then they will bring all their influence to bear upon their local governments, upon boards of education, upon indi vidual schools, in order that these institutions may, through the force Of public opinion, be brought to a fuller realization of the fact that their own employees are products Of a favorable or an unfavorable environment and that the supply of efficient em ployees depends in part upon what the community does to make that environment favorable. Still further, that as long as society produces unemployables, employers will have to support them through public relief. If they can be made employable they will contribute to the common good instead of just drawing upon it. Finally, studies such as these, made under the auspices of socially minded business and professional men, are bound to make those men more conscious and more understanding of the total social problem and therefore able to make a real contribution to the group thinking that is the essence of democracy. 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.