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borhood house, associated charities, etc. University of Kansas: Study of rural communities, state and private institutions. Uni- versity of Pennsylvania: Co-operation with several charitable agencies in the city. University of the South: Mission work by theological students. William Jewell : Visit state and federal institutions in Kansas City, Leavenworth, etc. ; work with insti- tutional church, Kansas City. Columbia University: Sage Foundation, C.O.S., State Charities Aid Association, Greenwich House Investigation Committee, social settlements, and many others. Normal College, New York: Normal College Settle- ment House, numerous investigations, and other practical work. Smith : Home-culture clubs in Northampton. Adelphi : Two graduate research fellowships, in immigration and in employ- ment ; also work for city organizations. University of Chicago : University Settlement, other settlement and institutional work in the city of Chicago. Numerous opportunities to do investigat- ing work for commissions and in connection with members of the faculty. Some practical work required of every candidate for the Doctor's degree. University of Maine: With foreign population of Bangor, Penobscot River, and lumber camps of Maine. Washington University: Affiliated with St. Louis School of Social Economy. Co-operation with charities, juvenile court, settlements.

The following paragraphs comprise a number of extracts from the various answers given to Question 15 of the question- naire. It seems advisable to let the different professors, officials, etc., tell their own story in their own words. No attempt is made to doctor the evidence one way or another, but absolute fidelity in the quotation of the opinions of these different men is aimed at. The quotations are arranged alphabetically according to the institutions represented so as to give full force to each individual expression. The department of each individual reply- ing is appended to his name so as to give some collective insight into the attitudes. The coloring that one's departmental interests may give to one's opinion has been an interesting study to the