# The Survey, volume 30, number 7, May 17, 1913

Author: Various; Kellogg, Paul Underwood, 1879-1958 [Editor]

Genre: Category: History - Modern (1750+)

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/70514

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## Summary

Pittsburgh school affairs are under a cloud but the outside world should understand certain facts, notably that the cloud itself is stirred up, to some extent at least, by interests using it as a cloak for their operations. These interests are two-fold: the first, political, embracing the faction opposed to Senator Oliver; the second, partly political and partly personal, embracing the men from whose hands the school affairs of Pittsburgh were wrested by the Legislature two years ago. Under the old system school buildings and maintenance were in control of petty ward boards; in some districts the schools were excellent but in others waste, mismanagement and graft were rampant. Under the n...

## Chapters

- [Part 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-survey-volume-30-number-7-may-17-1913-70514/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Part 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-survey-volume-30-number-7-may-17-1913-70514/chapters/3/index.md)
- [Part 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-survey-volume-30-number-7-may-17-1913-70514/chapters/4/index.md)
- [Part 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-survey-volume-30-number-7-may-17-1913-70514/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Part 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-survey-volume-30-number-7-may-17-1913-70514/chapters/5/index.md)