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This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1919. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... SUGGESTIONS FOR A COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION LIBRARY The office of the Community Young Men's Christian Association in many instances may be the headquarters for a bureau of information and a clearing-house for those agencies and individuals working for the building of Christian manhood and the moral uplift of the community. This necessity means that the best and latest material obtainable, abroad and in this country, which has to do with the educational, social, economic, civic, and religious life of a community, must be secured, classified, and catalogued, and the information made accessible to those desiring it. A clearing-house of this character will also have a carefully chosen library for Community leaders. The following books are suggested as a nucleus around which such a library may be built. A few of these have been classified under the Home, the Church, the School, the Municipality, and Industries. Other helpful books are listed which have a direct or indirect bearing upon the Community Association program. The Home The Family, Mrs. Helen Bosanquet The Family: An Historical And Social Study, C. F. Thwing The Family And Social Work, E. T. Devine The Family And Its Sociological Aspects, J. G. Dealey Heredity In Relation To Eugenics, C. B. Davenport The Peril And The Preservation Of The Home, Jacob A. Riis Training Of Parents, E. H. Abbott The Delinquent Child And The Home, Breckinridge and Abbott The Church The Boy And The Church, Eugene C. Foster The Boy And The Sunday School, John L. Alexander Efficiency In The Sunday School, H. F. Cope The Challenge Of The City, Josiah Strong Christianizing The Social Order, Walter Rauschenbusch The Churches And The Wage Earners, C. B. Thompson The Country Church And The Rural Problem, Kenyon L. Butterfield Jesus C...
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