Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 70, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 April 1918 — School Neighborliness. [ARTICLE]

School Neighborliness.

In the city of New York, 14 of the large public schools have been made into community centers. Roller-skat-ing rinks, employment bureaus, social clubs, reading rooms, lecture halls and gymnasiums, are some of the features of these centers. And all their attrac tions are not for young folks alone. The mothers have their clubs where they listen to experts on all subjects of home interest, and where they exchange with each other views on common problems, personal experiences and friendship. This movement for neighborliness has pecome widespread, and in many cities the new schoolhouses are being designed with particular attention to their prospective use as centers of the community.