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University of Chicago Library
Guide to the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools Records 1891-1986
© 2006 University of Chicago Library
Descriptive Summary
| Title: | University of Chicago. Laboratory Schools. Records |
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| Dates: | 1891-1986 |
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| Size: | 14 linear ft. (28 boxes) |
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| Repository: |
Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center
University of Chicago Library
1100 East 57th Street
Chicago, Illinois 60637 U.S.A.
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| Abstract: | The Laboratory Schools Records Contain reports, minutes, memoranda, student records, academic calendars, correspondence, alumni questionnaires, publications, tests, and scrapbooks. The collection includes materials related to both the Elementary and the High School. The major topics covered in the records include administration, curriculum, faculty, parents' association, student affairs, and alumni. |
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Access
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Citation
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this collection, the preferred citation is: University of Chicago. Laboratory Schools. Records, [Box #, Folder #], Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library
Scope Note
The Laboratory Schools Records Contain reports, minutes, memoranda, student records, academic calendars, correspondence, alumni questionnaires, publications, tests, and scrapbooks. The collection includes materials related to both the Elementary and the High School. The major topics covered in the records include administration, curriculum, faculty, parents' association, student affairs, and alumni.
The collection is comprised of five series: University Elementary and High School Materials; Series II: University Elementary School Materials; Series III: University High School Materials; Series IV: Miscellaneous; and Series V: Oversize Materials.
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University of Chicago. Laboratory Schools. Addenda
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Subject Headings
- University of Chicago. Laboratory Schools-History
- University of Chicago. Laboratory Schools
- Laboratory schools-Illinois-Chicago
INVENTORY
Series I: University Elementary and High School Materials |
Subseries 1: Administrative Affairs |
| Box 1 Folder 1 | Academic calendars, 1930-1953 |
| Box 1 Folder 2 | Announcements and promotional materials, 1937-1986 |
| Box 1 Folder 3 | Chancellor of the University, report on the Laboratory Schools, May 6, 1952 |
| Box 1 Folder 4 | Committee of the Council of the Laboratory Schools and Clinics, report |
| Box 1 Folder 5 | Education, School of, inventory of material from secretary's office pertaining to the establishment of the School of Education |
| Box 1 Folder 6 | Educational Records Bureau, Educational Records Supplementary Bulletin A, C, and F, "Summary and Selected Bibliography of Research Relating to the Diagnosis and Teaching of Reading, 1930-1937," 1937-1939 |
| Box 1 Folder 7 | Finance Committee, notes |
| Box 1 Folder 8 | 5 to 9'ers, minutes of first meeting, September 16, 1954 |
| Box 1 Folder 9 | Guidance Office, reports, 1959 |
| Box 1 Folder 10-11 | Guidance Office, inventory of Laboratory School and Chicago Manual Training School collections located in office |
| Box 2 Folder 1 | Institutional Cooperation, Committee on, material on teacher education programs at University, 1960 |
| Box 2 Folder 2 | "Manual of Procedure for Teachers," 1952 |
| Box 2 Folder 3 | McGuire, M. Ruth, Dr., student medical procedures and forms, 1926 |
| Box 2 Folder 4 | Miscellaneous memoranda and notes, ca. 1955 |
| Box 2 Folder 5 | Physical plant data, 1923 |
| Box 2 Folder 6 | Policy Committee, reports and memoranda, 1953 |
| Box 2 Folder 7 | Policy Committee, reports and memoranda, 1956 |
| Box 2 Folder 8 | Programmed Instruction, Center for, memoranda, 1962 |
| Box 2 Folder 9 | "Present and Projected Physical Facility Requirements of the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools," May 18, 1966 |
| Box 2 Folder 10 | Press releases, 1946-1967 |
| Box 2 Folder 11 | Radiograph records, 1921-1923 |
| Box 2 Folder 12 | Radiograph records, 1940 |
| Box 2 Folder 13 | Records Office, 1940-1941 |
| Box 2 Folder 14 | Records Office, follow-up data on June 1948 graduates, December 12, 1949 |
| Box 3 Folder 1 | Records Office, Hicklin, W. J., "The University of Chicago Laboratory Schools Records and Reporting Procedures," February 28, 1958 |
| Box 3 Folder 2 | Records Office, Iowa Every-Pupil Tests of Basic Skills, 1951-1952 |
| Box 3 Folder 3 | Research data, 1926-1928, 1940-1943 |
| Box 3 Folder 4 | Research data, summary, April 1946 |
| Box 3 Folder 5 | Research and Development Committee, memoranda, 1963 |
| Box 3 Folder 6 | Social Committee, statement, 1955-1956 |
| Box 3 Folder 7 | Special Services Department, meetings, minutes, 195 |
| Box 3 Folder 8 | State aid to non-public schools, constitutional convention, 1969-1970 |
| Box 3 Folder 9 | State aid to non-public schools, Illinois Legislature, 1969-1970 |
| Box 3 Folder 10 | State aid to non-public schools, opponents, 1969-1970 |
| Box 3 Folder 11 | State aid to non-public schools, advocates, 1969-1970 |
| Box 3 Folder 12 | State aid to non-public schools, Schlickman Commission, 1969-1970 |
| Box 3 Folder 13 | State aid to non-public schools, legislatures outside of Illinois, 1969-1970 |
| Box 3 Folder 14 | State aid to non-public schools, newspaper clippings, 1969-1970 |
| Box 3 Folder 15 | State aid to non-public schools, Erickson Study Committee, 1969-1970 |
| Box 4 Folder 1-7 | Student records, ca. 1905 |
| Box 5 Folder 1 | Student regulations and parental indemnity waivers, 1953 |
| Box 5 Folder 2 | Summer sessions, promotional pamphlets, 1906-1980 |
| Box 5 Folder 3 | Summer sessions, reports, 1953-1954 |
| Box 5 Folder 4 | Zook, Dott Earl "A Study in Physical Growth of Boys by Means of Water Displacement, 1926-1931" |
| Box 5 Folder 5 | Cooperative reports, 1949 |
| Box 5 Folder 6 | Curriculum Committee, reports, 1951-1952 |
| Box 5 Folder 7 | Curriculum Committee, reports, 1956-1957 |
| Box 5 Folder 8 | Health Education Curriculum Committee, course of study, 1951-1953 |
| Box 5 Folder 9 | Language instruction, reading, and literature reports, 1936 |
| Box 5 Folder 10 | Non-Verbal Communication, Committee on, correspondence and memoranda, 1953 |
| Box 5 Folder 11 | Physical education staff, meetings, minutes, 1953 |
| Box 5 Folder 12-13 | Placement tests (standardized), ca. 1949 |
| Box 5 Folder 14 | Progress and semester reports forms |
Subseries 3: Faculty Materials |
| Box 6 Folder 1 | Circulars, 1922 |
| Box 6 Folder 2 | Faculty Notes, October 26, 1955 |
| Box 6 Folder 3 | Interviews with Laboratory School faculty, summary of results |
| Box 6 Folder 4 | Little Faculty I, meetings, minutes, 1954-1955 |
| Box 6 Folder 5 | Memoranda, 1956 |
| Box 6 Folder 6 | Personnel policy, ca. 1955 |
| Box 6 Folder 7 | Plan for Staff Study, 1949 |
| Box 6 Folder 8 | Thurston, Mildred and Richard Congreve, correspondence with faculty, 1961-1962 |
Subseries 4: Parent-Teacher Association |
| Box 6 Folder 9 | Executive Committee, minutes, 1904 |
| Box 6 Folder 10 | Executive Committee, minutes, 1904-1926 |
Subseries 5: Parents' Association |
| Box 6 Folder 11 | Blaine, Anita McCormick, "The Founding of the School of Education," address delivered to meeting of the Association on June 5, 1911 |
| Box 6 Folder 12 | Handbook of the Parents' Association, correspondence, 1901-1927 |
| Box 6 Folder 13 | Manual, 1969-1970 |
| Box 6 Folder 14 | Meetings, minutes, October 1909-April 1920 |
| Box 6 Folder 15 | Meetings, minutes, 1915-1921 |
| Box 7 Folder 1 | Meetings, minutes, 1924-1927 |
| Box 7 Folder 2-3 | Meetings, minutes, 1930-1934 |
| Box 7 Folder 4 | Meetings, minutes, November 16, 1955 |
Subseries 6: Student Affairs |
| Box 7 Folder 5 | Participation Study, 1948 |
Subseries 7: University Nursery Schools |
| Box 7 Folder 6 | Handbook, 1982-1985 |
| Box 7 Folder 7 | Programs and pamphlets, 1937-1946 |
Series II: University Elementary School |
Subseries 1: Administrative Affairs |
| Box 7 Folder 8-9 | Announcements, 1905-1909 |
| Box 7 Folder 10 | Class lists, kindergarten, 1955-1956 |
| Box 7 Folder 11-12 | Evans, Charles Clayton, "Illness and the Cause of Absence among Elementary Children," reports, 1928 |
| Box 8 Folder 1 | Guides for parents, 1907-1947 |
| Box 8 Folder 2 | Pamphlets and flyers, 1901-1944 |
| Box 8 Folder 3-4 | Programs, 1912-1930 |
| Box 8 Folder 5 | Supervisors' meetings, minutes, 1909-1912 |
| Box 8 Folder 6 | Weiner, Nella, "Report on Middle School Health Survey," April 1982 |
| Box 8 Folder 7 | Social studies program, kindergarten, first, and second grades, memoranda, ca. 1955 |
| Box 8 Folder 8 | Music book, 1903 |
| Box 8 Folder 9 | Newman, Robert, "Rapid Test of Children's Favorite Recreational Reading Books," December 1962 |
| Box 8 Folder 10 | "A Preliminary Draft of an Experimental Scale for Evaluating Handwriting" |
| Box 8 Folder 11 | Progressive Achievement Test, grade VI |
| Box 9 Folder 1 | Studebaker Economy Practice Exercises in Arithmetic, Scott, Foresman, & Company, exercise cards |
| Box 10 Folder 1 | Test scores (aggregate), analysis, 1925-1929 |
Subseries 3: Faculty Materials |
| Box 10 Folder 2 | Correspondence and committee reports, 1911-1912 |
| Box 10 Folder 3-4 | Meetings of faculty, minutes, 1912-1924 |
| Box 10 Folder 5 | Teacher Training Project, report, October 31, 1954 |
Subseries 4: Student Affairs |
| Box 10 Folder 6 | Christmas program, 1904 |
| Box 10 Folder 7 | Class publications, 1907-1977 |
| Box 10 Folder 8 | Photographs of student activities and art projects, inventory |
| Box 10 Folder 9 | Photographs of student activities and art projects, number 27 |
| Box 10 Folder 10 | Photographs of student activities and art projects, number 111, 134-139, 152, 154 |
| Box 10 Folder 11 | Photographs of student activities and art projects, numbers 204-206 |
| Box 10 Folder 12 | Photographs of student activities and art projects, numbers 180-180a |
| Box 10 Folder 13 | Photographs of student activities and art projects, number 281 |
| Box 10 Folder 14 | Photographs of student activities and art projects, numbers 282-282d |
| Box 10 Folder 15 | Photographs of student activities and art projects, numbers 283-283a |
| Box 10 Folder 16 | Photographs of student activities and art projects, number 284 |
| Box 10 Folder 17 | Photographs of student activities and art projects, number 285 |
| Box 11 Folder 1 | Photographs of student activities and art projects, numbers 286-286d |
| Box 11 Folder 2 | Photographs of student activities and art projects, number 287 |
| Box 11 Folder 3 | Photographs of student activities and art projects, number 293 |
| Box 11 Folder 4 | Photographs of student activities and art projects, numbers 294-294g |
| Box 11 Folder 5 | Photographs of student activities and art projects, numbers 313-313b |
| Box 11 Folder 6 | Photographs of student activities and art projects, numbers 314-314b |
| Box 11 Folder 7 | Photographs of student activities and art projects, numbers 315-315c |
| Box 11 Folder 8 | Photographs of student activities and art projects, number 325 |
| Box 11 Folder 9 | Photographs of student activities and art projects, numbers 326-326b |
| Box 11 Folder 10 | Photographs of student activities and art projects, numbers 344-344a |
| Box 11 Folder 11 | Photographs of student activities and art projects, numbers 395-395a |
| Box 11 Folder 12 | Photographs of student activities and art projects, numbers 402-402c |
Series III: University High School Materials |
Subseries 1: Administrative Affairs |
| Box 11 Folder 13 | Accounts, 1912-1919 |
| Box 11 Folder 14 | Accounts, 1919-1920 |
| Box 12 Folder 1 | Administrative report, 1922-1923 |
| Box 12 Folder 2 | Administrative report, 1925-1926 |
| Box 12 Folder 3 | Chicago Manual Training School, correspondence, 1967-1968 |
| Box 12 Folder 4 | Convocations, programs and miscellaneous materials, 1903-1980 |
| Box 12 Folder 5 | Class lists, 1935-1938 |
| Box 12 Folder 6 | General Committee of the University High School, minutes, 1903-1908 |
| Box 12 Folder 7-8 | The Midway, account ledger, 1925-1932 |
| Box 13 Folder 1 | Monilaw, W. J., medal, programs and correspondence, 1947-1970 |
| Box 13 Folder 2 | National Scholastic Press Association, 1929 |
| Box 13 Folder 3 | Pamphlets, 1917-1952 |
| Box 13 Folder 4 | Programs, correspondence, 1907-1972 |
| Box 13 Folder 5-9 | Programs and announcements, scrapbook, 1911-1919 |
| Box 13 Folder 10 | Requisitions, 1910-1911 |
| Box 13 Folder 11 | Requisitions, 1911-1912 |
| Box 14 Folder 1 | Requisition receipts for expenditures, volume 1, 1925-1928 |
| Box 15 Folder 1 | Requisition receipts for expenditures, volume 2, 1925-1928 |
| Box 16 Folder 1 | Scholarships, Crerar, correspondence, 1947-1969 |
| Box 16 Folder 2 | Scholarships, McBirney, LaVerne Noyes, 1939-1949 |
| Box 16 Folder 3 | Campbell, Gladys, "Four-Week Study of Moving Pictures by a Senior-High-School English Class" |
| Box 16 Folder 4 | Course publications |
| Box 16 Folder 5 | Experimental course, "Correct Usage in Speaking and Writing," 1922-1923 |
| Box 16 Folder 6 | Experimental course, "How Men Live Together," 1922-1923 |
| Box 16 Folder 7 | Experimental course, "How We Live Together," 1922-1923 |
| Box 17 Folder 1 | "Innovations in the Program of Studies and Kinds of Information That Can Be Reported to the Colleges, 1935" |
| Box 17 Folder 2 | "Introduction to Essays," course material, 1938-1939 |
| Box 17 Folder 3 | "Mythology," course material, 1930-1935 |
| Box 17 Folder 4-5 | Rorschach Tests, data, spring 1946 |
| Box 17 Folder 6 | Science Department, report, 1926-1927 |
| Box 18 Folder 1 | "Study of Extra-Curricular Activity in Dramatics" |
| Box 18 Folder 2 | "Study of Periodical Literature," course material |
Subseries 3: Faculty Materials |
| Box 18 Folder 3 | DePencier, Ida, interviews with faculty members, 1958-1975 |
| Box 18 Folder 4 | Faculty Committee on Athletics, minutes, 1906-1913 |
| Box 18 Folder 5 | Meetings of faculty, minutes, October 1913-June 1919 |
| Box 18 Folder 6 | Meetings of faculty, minutes, 1908-1913 |
Subseries 4: Student Affairs |
| Box 18 Folder 7 | Boys' Club, history, 1907-1910 |
| Box 18 Folder 8 | Boys' Club, Guests Fiftieth Anniversary Mother, Father, Son Party, 1953 |
| Box 18 Folder 9 | Boys' Club, list of members, 1909-1910 |
| Box 19 Folder 1 | Boys' Club, minutes, 1907-1910 |
| Box 19 Folder 2 | Class of 1907, minutes of class meetings, 1903-1907 |
| Box 19 Folder 3 | Class of 1912, minutes of class meetings, 1909-1912 |
| Box 19 Folder 4 | Class of 1913, minutes of class meetings, 1909-1913 |
| Box 19 Folder 5 | Class of 1917, minutes of junior and senior class meetings, 1915-1917 |
| Box 19 Folder 6 | Class of 1917, senior class accounts, Paul Randall, treasurer |
| Box 20 Folder 1 | Engineering Club, scrapbook, 1916-1922 |
| Box 20 Folder 2 | Entertainment Committee, minutes, 1917-1920 |
| Box 20 Folder 3 | Girls' Club, minutes, 1911-1912 |
| Box 20 Folder 4 | Girls' Club, minutes, 1955 |
| Box 20 Folder 5 | Henry Clay Club, minutes, 1912-1917 |
| Box 20 Folder 6 | Kanyaratna, Girls' Honor Society, constitution and minutes, 1908-1918 |
| Box 20 Folder 7 | Publications & pamphlets for student activities, 1920-1962 |
| Box 21 Folder 1 | Pupil Responsibility Study, 1940 |
| Box 21 Folder 2 | Sophomore class of 1913, accounts kept by class treasurer, 1912-1913 |
| Box 21 Folder 3 | Sophomore Debating Club, constitution and minutes, January-March 1905 |
| Box 21 Folder 4 | Student Council, constitution and minutes, 1919-1921 |
| Box 21 Folder 5 | Student Council, minutes, 1905 |
| Box 21 Folder 6 | Student Council, minutes, 1916-1919 |
| Box 21 Folder 7 | Student Council, minutes, 1955 |
| Box 21 Folder 8 | Student treasurers, instructions |
Subseries 5: University High School Alumni Association |
| Box 21 Folder 9 | Alumni questionnaires, class of 1902 |
| Box 21 Folder 10 | Alumni questionnaires, class of 1903 |
| Box 21 Folder 11 | Alumni questionnaires, class of 1904 |
| Box 21 Folder 12 | Alumni questionnaires, class of 1905 |
| Box 22 Folder 1 | Alumni questionnaires, class of 1907 |
| Box 22 Folder 2 | Alumni questionnaires, class of 1908 |
| Box 22 Folder 3 | Alumni questionnaires, class of 1909 |
| Box 22 Folder 4 | Alumni questionnaires, class of 1910 |
| Box 22 Folder 5 | Alumni questionnaires, class of 1911 |
| Box 22 Folder 6 | Alumni questionnaires, class of 1912 |
| Box 22 Folder 7 | Alumni questionnaires, class of 1913 |
| Box 22 Folder 8 | Alumni questionnaires, class of 1914 |
| Box 22 Folder 9 | Alumni questionnaires, class of 1915 |
| Box 22 Folder 10 | Alumni questionnaires, class of 1916 |
| Box 22 Folder 11 | Alumni questionnaires, class of 1917 |
| Box 22 Folder 12 | Alumni questionnaires, class of 1918 |
| Box 22 Folder 13 | Alumni questionnaires, class of 1919 |
| Box 22 Folder 14 | Alumni questionnaires, class of 1920 |
| Box 22 Folder 15 | Alumni questionnaires, class of 1921 |
| Box 22 Folder 16 | Alumni questionnaires, class of 1922 |
| Box 22 Folder 17 | Alumni questionnaires, class of 1923 |
| Box 22 Folder 18 | Alumni questionnaires, class of 1924 |
| Box 22 Folder 19 | Alumni questionnaires, class of 1925 |
| Box 22 Folder 20 | Alumni questionnaires, class of 1926 |
| Box 22 Folder 21 | Alumni questionnaires, class of 1927 |
| Box 22 Folder 22 | Alumni questionnaires, class of 1928 |
| Box 22 Folder 23 | Alumni questionnaires, class of 1931 |
| Box 22 Folder 24 | Alumni questionnaires, class of 1932 |
| Box 22 Folder 25 | Alumni questionnaires, class of 1933 |
| Box 22 Folder 26 | Alumni questionnaires, class of 1934 |
| Box 22 Folder 27 | Alumni questionnaires, class of 1935 |
| Box 22 Folder 28 | Alumni questionnaires, class of 1936 |
| Box 22 Folder 29 | Alumni questionnaires, class of 1937 |
| Box 22 Folder 30 | Alumni questionnaires, class of 1938 |
| Box 23 Folder 1 | Alumni questionnaires, class of 1939 |
| Box 23 Folder 2 | Alumni questionnaires, class of 1940 |
| Box 23 Folder 3 | Alumni questionnaires, class of 1941 |
| Box 23 Folder 4 | Alumni questionnaires, class of 1942 |
| Box 23 Folder 5 | Alumni questionnaires, class of 1943 |
| Box 23 Folder 6 | Alumni questionnaires, class of 1944 |
| Box 23 Folder 7 | Alumni questionnaires, class of 1945 |
| Box 23 Folder 8 | Alumni questionnaires, class of 1946 |
| Box 23 Folder 9 | Alumni questionnaires, class of 1947 |
| Box 23 Folder 10 | Alumni questionnaires, class of 1948 |
| Box 23 Folder 11 | Alumni questionnaires, class of 1950 |
| Box 23 Folder 12 | Alumni questionnaires, class of 1951 |
| Box 23 Folder 13 | Alumni questionnaires, class of 1952 |
| Box 23 Folder 14 | Alumni questionnaires, class of 1953 |
| Box 23 Folder 15 | Alumni questionnaires, class of 1956 |
| Box 23 Folder 16 | Alumni questionnaires, class of 1957 |
| Box 23 Folder 17 | Alumni questionnaires, class of 1958 |
| Box 23 Folder 18 | Alumni questionnaires, class of 1959 |
| Box 23 Folder 19 | Alumni questionnaires, class of 1960 |
| Box 24 Folder 1 | Alumni questionnaires, class of 1961 |
| Box 24 Folder 2 | Alumni questionnaires, class of 1962 |
| Box 24 Folder 3 | Alumni questionnaires, class of 1963 |
| Box 24 Folder 4 | Alumni questionnaires, class of 1964 |
| Box 24 Folder 5 | Alumni questionnaires, class of 1965 |
| Box 24 Folder 6 | Alumni questionnaires, class of 1966 |
| Box 24 Folder 7 | Alumni questionnaires, class of 1967 |
| Box 24 Folder 8 | Alumni questionnaires, class of 1968 |
| Box 24 Folder 9 | Financial reports, 1911-1920 |
| Box 24 Folder 10 | Publications, 1959 |
| Box 24 Folder 11 | Adams, Olga, "My Adams Family Story, 1849-1969" |
| Box 24 Folder 12 | Allin, Josephine Turner
- "My Valedictory," Kirkland School, 1911
- Sauveur College of Languages and the Amherst Summer School, admittance card, 1895
- Irving School, graduating exercises, class of 1891, program
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| Box 24 Folder 13 | Chave, Margaret and Goodman, Jean, "School Days, 1927-1934" |
| Box 25 | Benjamin Casey Allin Materials |
| Box 25 | Allin, Benjamin Casey, University High School, diploma, 1904 |
| Box 25 | Allin, ink drawing (torn in half) |
| Box 25 | Allin, Josephine Turner, Kirkland School, diploma, 1895 |
| Box 25 | Allin, Camp Kirkland, military promotion certificates, 1893-1894 |
| Box 25 | "Old Glory's Call," musical score, published by J. E. Armstrong, |
| Box 25 | Englewood High School, Chicago Visitors' register, 1900-1911 |
| Box 26 | Scrapbook, samples of printed forms, 1922-1928 |
| Box 27 | Financial ledger, 1903-1906 |
| Box 27 | Scrapbook compiled by Wilbur Jackman, 1904-1906 |
| Box 27 | Scrapbook containing Chicago Institute materials, 1900-1901, School of Education materials, 1901-1904, and Elementary and High School materials, 1903-1904 |
| Box 28 | Forms for correlation coefficient and ratios |
| Box 28 | Parents' Association, award scrolls |
