TABLE 5.-Cities which reported 90 or more group occasions ranked according to the number of group occasions per 1,000 of population-Continued.

In Table 6 information is presented as to the use of school buildings for election purposes. How general this utilization is appears in the fact that all but 16 of the States are mentioned in the table, and that of the 1,200 or more cities of 5,000 population and over, 143 reported school buildings used for election purposes. The total number of schoolhouses reported used as polling places is 601, and the number used as primaries 517.

TABLE 6.-143 cities which reported school buildings used for election purposes.

TABLE 6.-143 cities which reported school buildings used for election purposes-Contd.

The object sought in submitting this schedule is that of obtaining comparable data upon the amount and kinds of use being given to public schools outside of the regular day-class hours. This information will enable the bureau to furnish school authorities with significant statistics regarding the sweep, rapidity, and character of the extension movement as it develops in the several sections of the country and is influenced by the various State statutes. Facts of this nature will be helpful in determining what kinds of school buildings to construct and what demands are going to be made upon the school's administrative machinery. With a view to facilitating the collection of these data, daily and monthly blank forms have been devised, and these are presented in Bulletin, 1915, No. 41, "Significant School Extension Records, How to Secure Them," issued by the Bureau of Education.

Please fill this schedule and forward it to "The Commissioner of Education, Washington, D. C.,” in the inclosed return penalty envelope.

SCHOOL EXTENSION.

Statistics for the school year ending

1. State in the appropriate spaces below the number of public-school buildings which were open after 6 p. m. during the school year each specified number of times:

2. How many high and elementary school edifices were in use for regular school purposes at the beginning of the school year?

3. State the total number of group occasions, distributed among the following lines of activity, which were held after 6 p. m. in school buildings during the year. (By "group" is meant a class, an audience, a club meeting, a party, or any other collection of individuals who are participating in, or engaged by, the same series of events. A "group occasion" is one meeting of one group.)