alf time in shop, half time in school" system, says of
his activity in co-operating with the school authorities: "As a citizen
of Cincinnati, I am interested in the schools for two reasons: first,
because good schools will bring under their influence the maximum number
of pupils and parents, and it is the best agency I can conceive of for
producing a high quality of citizenship; second, as a manufacturer I
feel that the material prosperity of a community is directly related to
the mental and manual equipment of its people." Showing his faith by his
works, Mr. Geier has labored in season and out of season to make the
schools of Cincinnati the most progressive in the country.

Speaking as "a woman and mother," Mrs. Isabella C. Pendleton, of the
Civic League, which has played an active part in building up school
sentiment, says: "I consider that the most important features of our
school system are the manual training for boys and the domestic science
for girls. I am happy to say that to-day a girl on graduating from our
schools is capable of taking care of a home." As public schools go, that
is not an insignificant achievement. No wonder Mrs. Pendleton, a woman
and mother, is interested in schools which accomplish such vital
results.

From what extraordinary sources do the schools in Cincinnati secure
their support! "All of the local dentists have been brought into close
contact with the school system by the efforts of the Dental Society to
introduce mouth hygiene into the schools," says Dr. Sidney G. Rauh. "We
dentists," adds Dr. Rauh, "are firm believers in general co-operation."
No less cordial is the Board of Health in its endorsement of the
schools, and in its efforts to raise the health standard of school
children.

"I do not believe there is any city in the United States which offers as
good an example of the spirit of co-operation as Cincinnati does,"
affirms Carl Dehoney, of the Chamber of Commerce. "Why are we so active
in co-operating with the schools? Simply because we realize that good
schools, and especially practical schools, which will fit young men and
women for their real life work, have a tremendous bearing upon the
efficiency of the people of the city." Mr. W. C. Cauldius, also of the
Chamber of Commerce, says: "Our school development is the result of a
few years of public support and sympathy." In similar enthusiastic words
the leaders of every phase of Cincinnati life express their interest in
educ