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University of the State of New York Board of Regents Reports and Special Studies Files of the Regents Inquiry into the Character and Cost of Public Education


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New York State Archives
New York State Education Department
Cultural Education Center
Albany, NY 12230

Summary:
This series consists of preliminary, interim, and final reports and supporting documentation related to the Regents Inquiry into the Character and Cost of Public Education. The reports provide background information, current state, and recommend for future action. Many reports also include charts, statistical tables, and appendices. Subjects include school district organization, financial support for education, adult and vocational education, the use of motion pictures and radio programs for instructional purposes, population trends, school construction, and health education.
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Reports and special studies files of the Regents Inquiry into the Character and Cost of Public Education
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16 cubic feet

Inclusive Dates:
1934-1951
Bulk Dates:
1934-1938
Series Number:
A2027
Sponsor:
This series' description was enhanced as part of the States' Impact on Federal Education Policy Project (SIFEPP), in April 2010. The New York Community Trust - Wallace Special Projects Fund provided funding for this project.

Arrangement

Roughly by area of study

Administrative History

The Regents' Inquiry into the Character and Cost of Public Education (1935-1938) was funded by a major grant from the General Education Board and chaired by Regent Owen D. Young, chief executive officer of General Electric. The inquiry was initiated to address what was seen as structural deficiencies in the New York State Education Department in the face of rapidly increasing state involvement in education.

Scope and Content Note

This series consists of typescript copies of preliminary, interim, and final reports and supporting documentation produced by the staff of the Regents Inquiry into the Character and Cost of Public Education. The reports contain information on the history of specific aspects of the state education system, the then-current state of education, and recommendations for future action. Many of the reports also include charts, statistical tables, and appendices. Subjects of the reports are widely varied, and include school district organization, financial support for education, adult and vocational education, the use of motion pictures and radio programs for instructional purposes, population trends, school construction, and health education.

Related Material

A2028 Correspondence and Working Files from Study 7 of the Regents' Inquiry into the Character and Cost of Public Education, contains background files relating to some of the reports in this series

A2029 Reports on Action Taken on Regents' Inquiry Recommendations Within the State Education Department, documents recommendations of the Regents' Inquiry and corresponding actions taken by the Education Department

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Accretion: A2027-78
1937 Radio and Motion Pictures - Miss Laine 1
1937 June The Motion Picture and Radio As Tools of Instruction - Laine (1 of 2) 1
1937 June The Motion Picture and Radio As Tools of Instruction - Laine (2 of 2) 1
undated Report on the Educational Buildings Study - Clark 1
undated Report on the Educational Buildings Study - Clark 1
undated Card File of Loans from Research Office 1
1936 June Reports on Educational Buildings - #1 to #30 included 2
undated Report of the Educational Buildings Study - Barnett Braslow - Part I (1 of 2) 2
1936 Report of the Educational Buildings Study - Barnett Braslow - Part I (2 of 2) 2
undated Report of the Educational Buildings Study - Barnett Braslow - Part II (1 of 2) 2
1936 February-July Report of the Educational Buildings Study - Barnett Braslow - Part II (2 of 2) 2
1936 June-August Report of the Educational Buildings Study - Braslow 3
undated Study of Community Background - Maller 3
undated Digest of Report - Study of Community Background - Maller 3
undated Descriptive Sketches of Fifty Communities - Maller 3
1937 September The Health Program of the Schools of New York State - copy 1 3
1937 September The Health Program of the Schools of New York State - copy 2 3
undated Libraries in New York State - Waples and Carnovsky 4
undated A Survey of Significant Studies - Harry H. Moore 4
1937 The Museum and Education - Laine 4
1937 State Library - Carnovsky Report (copy from R.V.) - added August 24, 1943 4
1937 January-February Report on Teacher Preparation and Personnel - Judd 4
undated Teacher Training and Personnel Appendices: List of Appendices 5
undated Teacher Training and Personnel Appendices: Personnel and Activities of the Staff 5
undated Teacher Training and Personnel Appendices: Reports on Observations Made During Visits to Institutions 5
undated Teacher Training and Personnel Appendices: Report of the Committee on the Preparation of Teachers of the Association of Colleges and Universities of New York 5
1936 May Teacher Training and Personnel Appendices: Cultural and Professional Balance in Normal-School Curriculums 5
1936 November Teacher Training and Personnel Appendices: Report of the Committee of the Association of American Universities on Program of Graduate Study which Institutes of Higher Education Should Organize for the Preparation of Secondary School Teachers 5
undated Teacher Training and Personnel Appendices: Sex Distribution and Median Ages of the Members of the Faculties of the Public Teacher-preparing Institutions 5
undated Teacher Training and Personnel Appendices: Degrees Held by Members of the Faculties of the Public Teacher-preparing Institutions 5
undated Teacher Training and Personnel Appendices: Evidences with Regard to the Curriculum Secured by the Study of Examinations 5
undated Teacher Training and Personnel Appendices: Statistics for Each Teacher-preparing Institution Relating to Student and Employed Personnel and Budget 5
undated Teacher Training and Personnel Appendices: Productivity of the Members of the Faculties of Public Teacher-preparing Institutions 5
undated Teacher Training and Personnel Appendices: Salaries of Members of the Faculties of Institutions of Higher Education Other Than Public Teacher-preparing Institutions 5
undated Teacher Training and Personnel Appendices: Teacher Demand 5
undated Teacher Training and Personnel Appendices: Number of Students Enrolled in 1935-36 in Institutions of Higher Education Other Than Public Teacher-preparing Institutions Who Were Preparing to Teach 5
1936 December Teacher Training and Personnel Appendices: Personal and Professional Characteristics and Activities of District Superintendents of New York State 5
1936 October Teacher Training and Personnel Appendices: Employment Status on October 1, 1936 of the 1936 Graduates of the Public Teacher-preparing Institutions 5
undated Teacher Training and Personnel Appendices: Sources of Teachers Certificated in New York State in 1935-36 for the First Time 5
undated Teacher Training and Personnel Appendices: Excerpts Relating to the Public Teacher-preparing Institutions from the Report on Finances 5
undated Teacher Training and Personnel Appendices: Libraries and Laboratories in the Public Teacher-preparing Institutions 5
undated Teacher Training and Personnel Appendices: Data Gathered by Means of a Questionnaire Sent to Members of the New York State Teachers Association 5
1937 January Teacher Training and Personnel Appendices: Preliminary Report - Judd 5
1936 October-1938 January Printed Rules and Regulations of Boards of Education - John Elton Gilmore 6
undated The District System in New York - Appendix B 6
1937 March-October The District System in New York - Part II - Recommendations 6
1937 March The District System in New York - Part I - Finding 6
1937 September Financing a System of Public Education 7
undated Financing an Educational System 7
1937 November Financing an Educational System 7
undated Financing a System of Public Education - Appendix SFI 7
1936 May Procedure Used in Adopting a Bond Issue 7
1937 May Ability to Support Education in New York - Findinds and Conclusions 7
1937 April The Ability to Support Education in New York - Appendix A 7
undated State and Federal Support for Education - Appendix A 8
undated State Support for Education - Appendix A - Part III 8
undated State Support for Education - Appendix B 8
1936 October Data Relating to Receipts for Public School Purpose in 163 School Districts of Monroe County for Certain Years - Appendix I, Receipts 8
undated State Aid Bulletin No. 3 8
1937 April The Ability to Support Education in New York State - Appendix B 8
1938 January The Central Rural Schools of New York - Dr. Alonzo G. Grace 8
undated School District Organization, State and Federal Aid - Maps 8
1938 February A Home Rule Method of Improving School District Organization 8
undated State Support for Education in Theory - The Present New York Plan - A.G. Grace 9
undated Work Sheet Computation of State Aid 9
undated Certain Financial Data for Fulton Public Schools 9
undated State Aid Bulletins 1-4 9
undated Mandatory State Salary Schedules (in Effect August 1, 1920) 9
1937 May Federal Aid for Education Bulletin 1, Issues and Principles 9
undated Schedule of Tentative Reports 9
undated The County Service Unit 9
undated Ontario County School District Organization Study - Bulletin 1 9
undated The District System in New York, Appendix C 9
undated The District System in New York, Part II - Recommendations 9
undated The District System in New York, Part I - Findings 9
undated Tables XXI to XXII 9
undated A Proposed Reorganization of School Districts in Monroe County - Appendix A 9
undated Increase in State Aid in New York State - 1918-1919 through 1935 9
1937 November Public School Business Management in New York State 10
undated A Manual of Accounting and Financial Reporting For The School Districts of New York State 10
undated Business Management and Costs Report No. 2 - Forms Final, Revised 10
undated Financial Accounting and Reporting For School Districts in New York State 10
undated The Cost of Public School Business Management in New York State 10
1937 November A Check list of Possible Savings in School Cost 11
1937 September Public School Business Management and Cost in New York State 11
1937 September Appendix A - Public School Budgetary Practice in New York State 11
1936 December-1937 February Appendix B - Analysis of School Costs - Twenty-one New York State School Districts 11
1937 January Appendix B - Analysis of School Costs - Business Management and Costs 11
1937 September Appendix C - Report of Expenditure Trends in New York State, etc. - 1917-1935 12 1
1937 February-April Appendix D - Report of All-Cost Study of Teacher Training Institutions 12 2
1937 December Summary Memorandum with Reference to Higher Education - Elliott 13
1937 June Final Report on Higher Education - Hill (Revised) - August 31, 1937 13
1937 Final Report on Higher Education - Hill - June 21, 1937 13
1937 June Journal of Procedure - Hill (2 copies) - 1 revised, 1 unrevised 13
1936 April The Regents Inquiry into the Character and Cost of Education in New York 13
1937 Regents' Inquiry into the Character and Cost of Public Education 14
1937 Regents' Inquiry into the Character and Cost of Public Education 14
1937 Regents' Inquiry into the Character and Cost of Public Education 14
1937 Regents' Inquiry into the Character and Cost of Public Education 14
1937 Regents' Inquiry into the Character and Cost of Public Education 14
1938 April New York State Merchant Marine Academy - Special Report - Hill - April 18, 1936 15
1936 September-1937 Higher Education in the State of New York 15
1937 September Preliminary Report on the Study of Secondary Education 16
undated Regents' Examinations 16
1938 Social Education in the State of New York 16
undated Extra Copy of Appendix B for Social Studies Report - H.E. Wilson 16
1937 April Study of Reading - Gray and Leary 17
undated The Teaching of English in Secondary Schools - Dora Smith 17
undated Vocational Adjustment of Secondary School Pupils Part I - Findings 17
undated Vocational Adjustment of Secondary School Pupils Part II - Recommendations 17
undated General Summary of Recommendations - Part II 17
undated Vocational Adjustment ... Part III, Appendix A 18
undated Vocational Adjustment ... Part III, Appendix B 18
undated Vocational Adjustment ... Part III, Appendix C 18
undated Vocational Adjustment ... Part III, Appendix D 18
undated Vocational Adjustment ... Appendix E 18
undated An Interview Study of the Adjustment 18
undated An Interview Study of Former Pupils 18
undated Situations Affecting School Persistence - Sackett 18
1937 Charts of Results ... Superintendents and Principals 19
undated Charts on Results of Spring Testing Program 19
1936 Charts of Results 19
1938 October Report of the Study of Elementary Education 20
undated General Findings and Recommendations 20
undated The Present Status of Elementary Education 20
1937 March-April Duplicates of Sections of Preliminary Report 20
undated Study of Elementary Education 21
undated Character of Rural Education 21
undated Present Status of Arithmetic Instruction 21
undated Statistical Procedure 22
undated Inquiry into the Character and Cost of Education 22
1937 April Inquiry into the Character and Cost of Education 22
undated Report of the Teaching of English in the Elementary Schools 22
1936 December-1937 March Study of Handicapped Children in Schools 22
1937 November Tentative Standards for Programs in Elementary Education 22
1937 June Memorandum on Adult Education 23
1937 June Memorandum on Adult Education 23
1937 June A Report on Adult Education 23
undated Appendix A: Agencies of Adult Education - Houle 24
undated Appendix B: Special Aspects of Adult Education - Houle & Fansler 24
undated Appendix C: Studies of Adult Education in Selected Areas - Fansler 24
1937 September Appendix D: The Press, The Motion Picture and The Radio as Media of Adult Education - Laine 24
undated Appendix E: Adult Student in Buffalo - McGrath 24
undated Appendix F: Excerpts from Libraries in Adult Education - Tolman 24
undated Courses of Study - Vocational and Educational High Schools: Volume I; Contents 25
undated Courses of Study - Vocational and Educational High Schools: Volume I; Central Commercial High School, Industrial History 25
undated Courses of Study - Vocational and Educational High Schools: Volume I; Queens Vocational High School, English 25
undated Courses of Study - Vocational and Educational High Schools: Volume I; Central Commercial High School, Filing 25
undated Courses of Study - Vocational and Educational High Schools: Volume I; Forge Work and Foundry Work 25
undated Courses of Study - Vocational and Educational High Schools: Volume I; Queens Vocational High School, Garment Power Operating 25
undated Courses of Study - Vocational and Educational High Schools: Volume I; Queens Vocational High School, Science 25
undated Courses of Study - Vocational and Educational High Schools: Volume I; Queens Vocational High School, Personal Hygiene 25
undated Courses of Study - Vocational and Educational High Schools: Volume I; Murray Hill High School, Jewelry Case Making 25
undated Courses of Study - Vocational and Educational High Schools: Volume I; Central Commercial High School, Jewelry Design Course 25
undated Courses of Study - Vocational and Educational High Schools: Volume I; New York Individual High School, Trade Mathematics 25
undated Courses of Study - Vocational and Educational High Schools: Volume I; Brooklyn Boys Vocational High School, Course of Study in Occupations 25
undated Courses of Study - Vocational and Educational High Schools: Volume I; Queens Vocational High School, Novelty Work, etc. 25
undated Courses of Study - Vocational and Educational High Schools: Volume I; Central Commercial High School, Office Machine Department 25
undated Courses of Study - Vocational and Educational High Schools: Volume I; Wood Pattern Making and Exploratory Course in Plumbing 25
undated Courses of Study - Vocational and Educational High Schools: Volume I; Murray Hill High School, Courses in Printing, Presswork and Proofreading 25
undated Courses of Study - Vocational and Educational High Schools: Volume I; New York Industrial School for Boys, Lineotype Machine Operating 25
undated Courses of Study - Vocational and Educational High Schools: Volume I; Brooklyn High School for Specialty Trades, First Term Course of Study for Radio Mechanics 25
undated Courses of Study - Vocational and Educational High Schools: Volume I; Central Commercial High School, Salesmanship 25
undated Courses of Study - Vocational and Educational High Schools: Volume I; Murray Hill High School, Applied Science 25
undated Courses of Study - Vocational and Educational High Schools: Volume I; Central Commercial High School, Secretarial Training 25
undated Courses of Study - Vocational and Educational High Schools: Volume I; New York Industrial High School, Sheet Metal Work 25
undated Courses of Study - Vocational and Educational High Schools: Volume I; Course of Study in Shoe Shop 25
undated Courses of Study - Vocational and Educational High Schools: Volume I; Central Commercial High School, Gregg Stenography and Pitman Stenography 25
undated Courses of Study - Vocational and Educational High Schools: Volume I; Central Commercial High School, 4 Typewriting Courses 25
undated Courses of Study - Vocational and Educational High Schools: Volume I; Queens Vocational High School, Textile 25
undated Courses of Study - Vocational and Educational High Schools: Volume I; Murray Hill High School, Woodworking 25
1937 April Courses of Study - Vocational and Educational High Schools: Volume I; New York Industrial High School, Wood Millwork and Wood Turning 25
undated Courses of Study - Vocational and Educational High Schools: Volume I; Central Commercial High School, Window Display 25
undated Courses of Study - Vocational and Educational High Schools: Volume I; Briarcliff High School, 1933-34 Class Schedule 25
undated Courses of Study - Vocational and Educational High Schools: Volume I; New York City Vocational High Schools, Machine Shop - Terms 1-4 25
undated Courses of Study - Vocational and Educational High Schools: Volume II; Contents 26
undated Courses of Study - Vocational and Educational High Schools: Volume II; Central High School, Advertising 26
undated Courses of Study - Vocational and Educational High Schools: Volume II; Queens Vocational High School, Plumbing, Sheet Metal, etc. 26
undated Courses of Study - Vocational and Educational High Schools: Volume II; Brooklyn High School of Automotive Trades 26
undated Courses of Study - Vocational and Educational High Schools: Volume II; Brooklyn High School for Specialty Trades, Barbering 26
undated Courses of Study - Vocational and Educational High Schools: Volume II; Queens Vocational High School, Business Training 26
undated Courses of Study - Vocational and Educational High Schools: Volume II; Brooklyn High School for Specialty Trades, Building Repair 26
undated Courses of Study - Vocational and Educational High Schools: Volume II; Queens Vocational High School, Commercial Arithmetic I and II 26
1936 June Courses of Study - Vocational and Educational High Schools: Volume II; Metropolitan Vocational High School, Beauty Culture 26
undated Courses of Study - Vocational and Educational High Schools: Volume II; Central Commercial High School, Bookkeeping and Vocational Bookkeeping 26
undated Courses of Study - Vocational and Educational High Schools: Volume II; Metropolitan Vocational High School, Cafeteria Management and Service 26
1937 February Courses of Study - Vocational and Educational High Schools: Volume II; Brooklyn High School for Specialty Trades, Show Card Writing and Sign Painting 26
undated Courses of Study - Vocational and Educational High Schools: Volume II; Central Commercial High School, Commercial Law 26
undated Courses of Study - Vocational and Educational High Schools: Volume II; New York Industrial High School, Architectural Drawing 26
undated Courses of Study - Vocational and Educational High Schools: Volume II; Murray Hill High School, Mechanical Drawing and Trade Drawing 26
undated Courses of Study - Vocational and Educational High Schools: Volume II; Central Commercial High School, Dentist's Assisting and Dental Mechanics 26
undated Courses of Study - Vocational and Educational High Schools: Volume II; Metropolitan Vocational High School, Dressmaking 26
undated Courses of Study - Vocational and Educational High Schools: Volume II; Brooklyn High School for Specialty Trades, Electric Wiring 26
undated Courses of Study - Vocational and Educational High Schools: Volume II; Brooklyn Boys Vocational School, Health Education 26
undated Courses of Study - Vocational and Educational High Schools: Volume II; Central Commercial High School, Economics 26
undated Courses of Study - Vocational and Educational High Schools: Volume II; Metropolitan Vocational High School, Home Nursing 26
undated Courses of Study - Vocational and Educational High Schools: Volume II; Metropolitan Vocational High School, Jewelry 26
undated Courses of Study - Vocational and Educational High Schools: Volume II; Metropolitan Vocational High School, Meat Merchandising 26
undated Courses of Study - Vocational and Educational High Schools: Volume II; Metropolitan Vocational High School, Men's Garment Design 26
undated Courses of Study - Vocational and Educational High Schools: Volume II; Metropolitan Vocational High School, Nutrition 26
undated Courses of Study - Vocational and Educational High Schools: Volume II; Metropolitan Vocational High School, Retail Food Trades, Baking 26
undated Courses of Study - Vocational and Educational High Schools: Volume II; Metropolitan Vocational High School, Retail Food Trades, Store Work 26
undated Syllabuses and Local Courses of Study - Home Economics 27
undated Home Economics Syllabus - Ballston Spa Junior High School 27
1934 March-1937 April Electives - Home Economics Approved Course 27
undated Dressmaking Syllabuses 27
1937 April-October Study VII - Higher Education Division 28
1937 February Study VII - Semi-Final Report No. 3: Administration Division 28
1937 January Study VII - Final Report: Archives and History Division 28
1936 Study VII - Semi-Final Report No. 2: Bureau of Child Development and Parent Education 28
1937 May-October Study VII - Semi-Final Report No. 2: Educational Research Division 28
1937 August Study VII - Semi-Final Report No. 2: Elementary Education Division 28
1937 June Study VII - Semi-Final Report: Health and Physical Education Division 28
1937 June Study VII - Examinations and Inspection Division 29
1937 June Study VII - Semi-Final Report: Attendance and Child Accounting Division 29
1937 June Study VII - Preliminary Report: Vocational and Extension Education Division 29
1937 January Study VII - Final Report: Division of Visual Instruction 29
1937 October Study VII - Preliminary Report: Teacher Education and Certification Division 29
1937 February Study VII - Preliminary Report: Secondary Education Division 29
1937 April Study VII - Semi-Final Report No. 1: School Buildings and Grounds Division 29
1937 April Study VII - Semi-Final Report No. 2: Rural Education Division 29
1937 June Study VII - Semi-Final Report: Rehabilitation Division 29
1937 March Study VII - Preliminary Report: Motion Picture Division 29
1937 March Study VII - Semi-Final Report No. 1: Law Division 29
1937 March Study VII - Revised Semi-Final Report: Library Extension Division 30
1937 March Study VII - Revised Semi-Final Report No. 2: Library Extension Division 30
1949 January The Status of Teachers in New York's Public Schools, December 1946 30
1937 January Curriculum Building for New York's Elementary Schools - Morrison 30
1936 June Organizations, Functions, Personnel and Costs of the Elementary Education Division, State Education Department - Morrison 30
1937 July Field Observation on Health Education in the Elementary and Secondary Schools of New York State, Part I and Appendix - Whitney 30
1937 July Health Committee: Report, Part II and Appendix 30
1937 April Observations on Visits to Selected Schools: School Health Study 30
1937 July Preliminary Draft of Report on Mental Hygiene in Education 30
undated Report to Winslow, Chair of the Health Committee - Gudakunst 30

Accretion: A2027-87
1937 November Financing an Educational System--Recommendations - Preliminary Report, November 20, 1937 [SEE: Administration File No. 2 (File Copies) for copy of this.] 1
1936 October Data Relating to Receipts for Public School Purposes in 163 School Districts of Monroe County for Certain Years - Appendix 1--Receipts - October 26, 1936 [SEE: Administration File No. 2 (File Copies) for copy of this.] 1
1937 April Regents' Inquiry into the Character and Cost of Education - State Support for Education - Appendix B - Method of Apportioning Public Money in New York - April 15, 1937 1
1937 September The Regents' Inquiry into the Character and Cost of Education in New York - Financing a System of Public Education - Part I - Findings, Preliminary Staff Report 1
1937 September Materials from the Regents Inquiry into the Character and Cost of Public Education in New York State - Preliminary Reports and Supporting Documents 1
1937 October The Regents Inquiry into the Character and Cost of Education - The District System in New York - Part II - Recommendations 1
1937 March Materials from the Regents Inquiry into the Character and Cost of Public Education in New York State - Preliminary Reports and Supporting Documents 1
1937 March The Regents Inquiry into the Character and Cost of Education - The District System in New York - Part I - Findings 1
undated Procedure Used in Adopting a Bond Issue [SEE: Administration File No. 2 (File Copies) for copy of this.] 1
undated Financing a System of Public Education - Appendix SF1 - Statistical Data Relating to the Financing of Education [SEE: Administration File No. 2 (File Copies) for copy of this.] 1
undated Materials from the Regents Inquiry into the Character and Cost of Public Education in New York State - Preliminary Reports and Supporting Documents 1
1937 April Regents' Inquiry into the Character and Cost of Education - The Ability to Support Education in New York - Appendix A - Analysis of Data Relating to Ability to Pay for Education - April 24, 1937 1
1937 May Regents' Inquiry into the Character and Cost of Education - Ability to Support Education in New York - Preliminary Draft - Findings and Conclusions - May 10, 1937 1
undated The Regents' Inquiry into the Character and Cost of Education - State Support for Education - Appendix A - Part II 1
1937 September The Regents' Inquiry into the Character and Cost of Education in the State of New York - Preliminary Report on the Study of Secondary Education - F.T. Spaulding - September 25, 1937 1
1937 June A Memorandum on Adult Education in New York - June 25, 1937 1
1937 September Public School Business Management and Costs in New York State 1
undated Index to Preliminary Reports in File 1
undated State Support for Education in Theory: The Present New York Plan by Alonzo Grace [SEE: ADMINISTRATION FILE No. 2 (FILE COPIES--PRELIMINARY) and also preliminary set in this file.] 1
1951 August The Regents' Inquiry into the Character and Cost of Education - A Proposed Reorganization of the School Districts of Monroe County - Appendix A - Data relating to receipts for public school purposes in 163 school districts of Monroe County for certain years 1
1937 September Public School Business Management and Costs in New York State 1