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to secure data relative to Lithuanians, and South Omaha by reason of the presence of Bohemians and Moravians.

The basis of enumeration was general nativity and race of father of pupil. All fathers born in the United States are classified as white, negro, Indian, Chinese, Hindu, Japanese, or Korean. The classification of foreign-born fathers by race, or people, follows that now used by the United States Bureau of Immigration and Naturalization. In this investigation information concerning race, grade, sex, and age was secured for a large number of pupils, and by this information certain primary facts as to school attendance and progress are established. These facts are presented throughout by race.

For the general investigation in the public schools, the distribution and collection of blanks was made by the superintendents of schools, except in New York City where the matter was attended to by agents of the Commission. The information was secured and entered on the forms by the teachers and covered all pupils actually present upon the day the enumeration was made. The enumeration was made in the midwinter of the school year 1908-9, and practically all of the information was secured in December, 1908.

The schedule used in this investigation is shown in full on pp. 682-3. 2. Public schools-Intensive investigation.-This investigation was conducted in the public schools of 12 cities, as follows:

Bay City, Mich.

Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Chelsea, Mass.

Haverhill, Mass.

Johnstown, Pa.
New Britain, Conn.
New Bedford, Mass.
Buffalo, N. Y.

Chicago, Ill.
Cleveland, Ohio.

Newark, N. J.
Pittsburg, Pa.

In the five cities last named only certain schools chosen by the superintendents of schools are included.

In selecting places for the "intensive" or detailed investigation, the aim was to secure information from distinctive localities, with numbers large enough to be of significance, yet not too large to be easily handled. In each of the seven cities, and also in the selected schools in each of the five cities last named, some one race is largely distinctive of the foreign element. The distinctive race in Bay City and New Britain is the Polish, in Cedar Rapids the Bohemian, in Chelsea the Russian Hebrew, in Haverhill the French Canadian and also the Portuguese, and in Johnstown various Slavic races.

This "intensive" or detailed study of school children in various localities was made with a view to estimating some of the factors which impede school progress and the relation of the different races to these factors. This minute or intensive inquiry is intended as a study of the influence of environment on school progress. It deals largely with the facts of home life which may be supposed to place impediments in the way of school progress and shows to what extent such impediments are characteristic of the different races. The purpose of the intensive investigation may be described as an effort to ascertain some of the causes of retardation or backwardness and the relation of the races to these ascertained causes.

In this investigation the Commission sought to secure for each pupil present on a given day in the schools selected rather detailed information. The personal information was furnished by the pupil or his parents, and the school record of the pupil by the teacher. The enumeration was made in January and February, 1909. A copy of the form used is shown on pp. 684-685.

3. Public schools-Teachers in elementary grades and kindergarten.In the general school investigation all kindergarten and elementary teachers were requested to report certain facts relative to themselves, as follows:

Grade taught.

Sex.

Place of birth.

Years in United States, if born abroad.

Country of birth of father.
Race of father.

Years engaged in teaching.

A copy of the form used is shown on page 686.

4. Parochial schools-General investigation. This investigation was conducted in the parochial schools of 24 cities, as follows:

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These cities are also all included in the investigation of public schools and the same schedule was used in the two types of schools. For the investigation of the parochial schools, permission was first obtained from the school authorities in each diocese and then the blanks were secured from each school by correspondence. The enumeration of pupils was made during the early months of the year

1909.

5. Students in higher educational institutions.—In this investigation the Commission sought to secure for all students enrolling during the fall of 1908 information concerning race, age, course of study, year of course in which enrolled, and, if foreign-born, the number of years in the United States. Blank forms upon which the desired information could be entered were placed in the hands of the registrars of the various institutions selected at the beginning of the school year 1908-9, and the cooperation of these officials was solicited in securing from all students the data requested on the blank form. A copy of the form is shown on page 686.

Information was secured from students in the following institu

tions:

Adelphi College, Brooklyn, N. Y.

American Medical Missionary College, Battle Creek, Mich.

Armour Institute of Technology, Chicago, Ill.

Atlantic Medical College, Baltimore, Md.

Baldwin University, Berea, Ohio.

Baltimore Medical College, Baltimore, Md.

Benton College of Law, St. Louis, Mo.

Boston College, Boston, Mass.

Boston University, Boston, Mass.

Brooklyn College of Pharmacy, Brooklyn, N. Y.

Brooklyn Law College, Brooklyn, N. Y.

Brown University, Providence, R. I.

Case School of Applied Science, Cleveland, Ohio.

Cincinnati College of Dental Surgery, Cincinnati, Ohio.

Clark University, Worcester, Mass.

Cleveland School of Pharmacy, Cleveland, Ohio.
College of City of New York, New York, N. Y.
Columbia University, New York, N. Y.

Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, Mo.

Cooper Medical College, San Francisco, Cal.

Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y. (Medical in New York.)

Detroit College of Medicine, Detroit, Mich.

Eden College, St. Louis, Mo.

Flint Medical School, New Orleans, La.

Fordham University, Fordham, N. Y.

General Theological Seminary, New York, N. Y.

Goucher College, Baltimore, Md.

Hamline University, St. Paul, Minn.

Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.

Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pa.

Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md.
Kenrick Seminary, St. Louis, Mo.

Lane Theological Seminary, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Macalester College, St. Paul, Minn.

McKellip Veterinary College, Chicago, Ill.

Massachusetts College of Pharmacy, Boston, Mass.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, Mass.

Miami Medical College, Cincinnati, Ohio.

New Orleans University, New Orleans, La.

New York College and Hospital for Women, New York, N. Y.
New York Homeopathic Medical College, New York, N. Y.
New York Law School, New York, N. Y.

New York University, New York, N. Y.
Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill.
Packer Collegiate Institute, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Pennsylvania College for Women, Pittsburg, Pa.

Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery, Philadelphia, Pa.
Pittsburg College of Pharmacy, Pittsburg, Pa.
Pittsburg College of the Holy Ghost, Pittsburg, Pa.
Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Radcliffe College, Cambridge, Mass.

St. Louis University, St. Louis, Mo.

St. Mary's Seminary, Baltimore, Md.

St. Mary's Theological Seminary, Cleveland, Ohio.

St. Paul College of Law, St. Paul, Minn.

St. Vincent's Seminary, Germantown, Pa.

Simmons College, Boston, Mass.

Temple College, Philadelphia, Pa.

Theological Seminary of Evangelical Lutheran Church, Chicago, Ill. Tufts College, Medford, Mass.

United Norwegian Lutheran Seminary, Minneapolis, Minn.

University of Buffalo, Buffalo, N. Y.

University of California, Berkeley, Cal.

University of Chicago, Chicago, Ill.

University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio.

University of Illinois, Urbana, Ill.

University of Kansas, Rosedale, Kans.

University of Maryland, Baltimore, Md.

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn.

University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa.

University of Pittsburg, Pittsburg, Pa.

Washington University, St. Louis, Mo.

Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio.

Western Theological Seminary, Chicago, Ill.

Wisconsin College of Physicians and Surgeons, Milwaukee, Wis.

Women's Medical College of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa.
Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, Mass.

PUBLIC SCHOOL PUPILS-THE GENERAL INVESTIGATION.

The summary table on the pages following shows for each of the 37 cities included in the public-school study the number of pupils of each race, or people, for whom information was secured. The tabulation is by general nativity and race of father of pupil. This summary includes the primary facts for the 30 cities enumerated on page 5, and the first 7 of the cities enumerated on page 6.

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TABLE 1.-Number of public school pupils for whom information was secured in each city, by general nativity and race of father of pupil.

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