DEPARTMENT OF LABOR-Continued. NATURALIZATION BUREAU-Continued. Suggestions for Financing classes (until public-school funds are available). Work among foreign-born women. Work by women's organizations. Programs for graduation and for welcoming new citizens (with sample programs). Syllabus of the naturalization law. Information as to execution of naturalization forms. WOMEN'S BUREAU Exhibits. The exhibits of the Women's Bureau are lent free of charge for limited periods to organizations or individuals who indicate that they can use them to advantage. Borrowers of the motion picture, the large exhibit, the model factory, and the theater exhibit are required to pay all express charges. Special exhibits are prepared for use in localities where the standard exhibits are not applicable. 1. The large exhibit. This exhibit is for general display purposes and emphasizes the subject of wages and hours of work. It is 9 feet high and 6 feet deep and its width can be adjusted from 10 to 20 feet. Because the Women's Bureau has only one of these displays, applications for it should be made, if possible, several months in advance. 2. The model factory.-Ideal working conditions are illustrated in the model factory, which is a small exhibit, in one unit, 4 feet long by 3 feet high. Standards are shown both by the actual models and by illustrated captions, so that no one can fail to see the different items. Lighted by a single attachment from one electric-light socket, this model is a very simple one to set up, as it stands in its own box and is complete in one piece. It is a graphic and attractive presentation of actual factory conditions, and as such will be useful to give a concrete illustration of the factors included in any program for the improvement of working conditions. The original model of this factory is part of the permanent health exhibit in the Smithsonian Museum in Washington. 3. The theater exhibit.-The six miniature theaters which comprise this exhibit illustrate standards of hours, wages, and working conditions for women in industry. Looking at these displays, which are about 41 inches long and 31 inches high, one seems to look into a factory room with a vista of belts and machines. Standing out in the foreground are figures of women at work, posed so as to illustrate the standards which are described in short captions printed on the frame which goes around the little stage. Lighting arrangements are supplied so that each theater can be illuminated, the whole connection coming from one electric-light socket. The subjects illustrated are: (1) The living wage and the items it must cover; (2) the 8-hour day and the activities which should go to fill up the 24 hours of a woman's day; (3) seating, with models of women using two good types of factory chairs; (4) lighting, with models of women at machines which are well and poorly lighted; (5) sanitation, with models of women using sanitary drinking and washing facilities; (6) comfort, with models of girls eating lunch and resting in a well-planned rest room. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR-Continued. WOMEN'S BUREAU-Continued. These theaters are decorated in bright colors, with miniature drop curtains, and when lighted are particularly attractive. They are simple to set up, require no apparatus, and pack flat so that shipping expense is minimized. 4. Motion picture-"When women work." - Two-reel film-takes one-half hour to show. The picture shows actual industrial conditions in different factories, and the story of the two girls who work in them. It is loaned free for a limited period. Applicants for the use of this film should state the type and probable size of their audience, the period for which use is desired, and whether licensed operator will be employed to show the film. 5. Poster" When women work."-A large poster in three colors, printed with a space left at the bottom of the poster for the insertion of the local time, place, and date of showing the film. It is furnished in limited numbers for use in connection with the film, and need not be returned. 6. Folder.-A small three-page folder containing sketches illustrating industrial standards for women. The sketches are reproduced in the motion picture. These folders can be supplied free in sufficient numbers so that one can be given to each person attending the meeting at which the film is shown. 7. Poster "America will be as strong as her women."-A small poster, 24 by 17 inches-in black and white-showing a woman tossing a baby. This poster can be used in connection with any campaign to improve working conditions for women, and will be supplied free in limited quantities. 8. Maps and charts.-Five colored maps, 24 by 39 inches, showing the standing of different States in regard to legislation for women— daily hours, weekly hours, minimum wage commissions, and the status of women as State labor officials. Colored charts, 35 by 37 inches, based on Census figures and the investigations of the Women's Bureau, showing the occupational distribution of wage earning women and their hours and earnings in 10 States. Address, Women's Bureau. Department of Labor, Washington, D. C. THE PANAMA CANAL: General information pamphlet; 16 pages with illustrations. Map of the Canal Zone, 12 by 14 inches. Set of 60 views of the canal during construction and after completion. Loaned free to responsible parties bearing the cost of transportation. Address, Chief of Office, The Panama Canal, Washington, D. C. UNITED STATES GEOGRAPHIC BOARD: Reports and decisions on geographic nomenclature. Address the United States Geographic Board, Washington, D. C. FEDERAL BOARD FOR VOCATIONAL EDUCATION: Yearbook, 1923. General survey of outstanding developments and summary of progress by States. Lists of publications available for free distribution. Address, Publication Section, Federal Board for Vocational Education, EDUCATIONAL SERVICE OF THE AMERICAN RED CROSS THE HE American Red Cross is a semigovernmental agency. In the pursuit of the objectives prescribed by congressional charter it bas established close relations with the schools. The work of the American Red Cross in the school is designed: (A) To help in making school children more fit for service in order that they may live richer and more useful lives. This is done through (1) Courses in home hygiene and care of the sick; (2) Courses in food selection; assistance of Red Cross nutrition workers; (3) Swimming and life saving campaigns and demonstrations; (4) Courses in first aid; (5) Assistance of Red Cross public health nurse; (6) Fitness for service activities of Junior Red Cross. (B) To help in teaching school children that the richest and most useful life is a life of service to others, including members of their immediate community, of their nation, and of the world. This is done through the Junior Red Cross, which helps to afford school children opportunities to engage in service activities now, so that the habit of service, and ability to serve practically, may be developed in them from youth up. As a by-product of these service activities, and by reason of the world-wide contacts of the Red Cross, live materials and information of value in classroom instruction come into the school. This statement was furnished by Dr. A. W. Dunn, Director American Junior Red Cross. The publications named are not listed nor sold by the Superintendent of Documents and applications for them should be addressed to American Red Cross, Washington, D. C. MATERIAL AVAILABLE Health Education Food selection. (A Red Cross textbook on the study of foods and the factors which must be considered in selecting an adequate diet. 50 cents.) Food: Why-what-how. (A pamphlet presenting information in simple form.) Nutrition bibliography. (A pamphlet bibliography giving titles, authors, publishers, and annotations as to special value of each in general health work. 25 cents.) Rural school nursing. (A pamphlet designed for Red Cross public health nurses but containing valuable suggestion for teachers especially on health educational activities, school sanitation, and reference material. 35 cents.) 29 Home hygiene and care of the sick. (A Red Cross textbook on personal and home hygiene, the care of small children, and simple nursing procedures. 70 cents.) American Red Cross textbook on first aid. 40 cents. Teachers handbook of first-aid instruction. (A pamphlet giving a method of teaching first aid to be used in connection with the American Red Cross textbook on first aid. Free.) Life saving methods. (A handbook containing life-saving methods, water safety information and a system of teaching beginners to swim. Free.) Illustrative panels on child welfare. (Eighteen panels designed to emphasize and stimulate desirable health practices. These panels (price $4.50 each) may be borrowed. A folder containing reproductions of these panels may be obtained free of charge.) Junior Red Cross calendar. (Under the heading" Fitness for service," a section is devoted each month to activities designed to improve personal health habits of school children. Free to all schoolrooms subscribing to the Junior Red Cross news.) Project Method of Instruction Junior Red Cross calendar. (A wall calendar for schoolrooms, with monthby-month suggestions for service activities-personal, community, national, and world-wide-illustrated with color reproductions of drawings of child life by the Junior Red Cross staff artist. Free to all schoolrooms subscribing to the Junior Red Cross news.) Junior Red Cross news. (An illustrated monthly magazine for children adapted for use in the classroom. 50 cents a year; nine issues, September to May.) Teachers' supplement to the Junior Red Cross news. (Contains suggestions for teachers as to the use of the contents of the News and of Junior activities in educational projects. Free with the News.) International school correspondence. (Pamphlet and leaflet supplied on request. The Junior Red Cross plan of international school correspondence is distinguished by the fact that it is group correspondence. Entire classes and even entire schools cooperate in the preparation of "portfolios" for foreign schools. The preparation of such portfolios in itself affords a rich project, and suggests innumerable subsidiary projects involving language work, geography, history, art, handwork of primary grades, and other phases of school activity.) Social Studies Civic training through service. (Prepared by the American Junior Red Cross and published as Teachers' leaflet no. 8, U. S. Bureau of Education.) Lessons in civics for the six elementary grades. By Hannah Margaret Harris, with the cooperation of the American Junior Red Cross. (Published as Bulletin, 1920, no. 18, U. S. Bureau of Education. Price, 15 cents.) Junior Red Cross calendar. (The varied activities suggested month by month are of value in social education, first, because they provide definite social motives; second, because for the most part they represent organized group activities; and third, because they have definite social objectives, local, national, and world-wide. The calendar is furnished free to all schoolrooms subscribing for the Junior Red Cross news.) |