"Chapter I presents the setting, background, purposes and procedures for this paper. Certain facts concerning the nature of the school-community population in the Chaires area are regarded as pertinent for understanding the problem. The philosophy underlying the development of this paper has been the 'community-school.' A survey was made to see what improvements or changes need to be made at Chaires in order that it may become a more functional community-school"--Introduction. / "August, 1953." / Typescript. / "Submitted to the Graduate Council of Florida State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts." / Advisor: W. Edwards, Professor Directing Paper. / Includes bibliographical references (leaf 38).