Report of Committee on school inquiry, Board of estimate an apportionment, city of New York .. . emocratic use of the schools by the people themselves ona partially and increasing basis of self-support. Such voluntary use hasgreat value, politically and psychologically. It develops incentive andinitiative. It awakens a sense of interest in the city and a feeling ofresponsibility for public property and public obligations. The value ofthese qualities in a city like New York, with its shifting population, con-stantly recruited from abroad, can hardly be overstated. (2) There appears to be no lim
Report of Committee on school inquiry, Board of estimate an apportionment, city of New York .. . emocratic use of the schools by the people themselves ona partially and increasing basis of self-support. Such voluntary use hasgreat value, politically and psychologically. It develops incentive andinitiative. It awakens a sense of interest in the city and a feeling ofresponsibility for public property and public obligations. The value ofthese qualities in a city like New York, with its shifting population, con-stantly recruited from abroad, can hardly be overstated. (2) There appears to be no limit yet discovered to the use whicha neighborhood will make of a school building, once it is easily avail-able for use, and there is also an apparent willingness on the part of theneighborhood to cooperate in a responsible, democratic way for the pres-ervation of order and control. (3) The problem of discipline, which so largely consumes the en-ergy of the recreation center staffs, rapidly disappears when self-govern-ment is introduced. There has been good order and no destruction THE ECONOMIC UTILIZATION OF SCHOOL PLANT 401 (4) This local administration not only disposes of the problem ofdiscipline, it provides vigorous initiative. The experience and guidanceof a trained leader are, however, necessary, and probably will always benecessary during the formative period of social centers. (5) To mingle the sexes is not to complicate the problem of disci-pline, but to simplify it, and by mingling the sexes a critical, intrinsicneed of young people is met. (6) The commercial amusements and equally the evening recrea-tion centers and evening schools do not provide gathering places forfamilies or any opportunity for common family interest. P. S. 63 hasproved that the family groups will spend their leisure time together, andthat activities attractive to the whole family can be carried on under thesame roof in an economical way. The school, socially developed, cansuccessfull
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