An address given by B. F. Hunsicker, President of the school board of Reading, Pa., to the Young Men's Christian Association lecture course on February 5, 1903. Included is a chronology of the Reading Public Schools, the annual report of the Superintendent to the school board regarding the school policy revised for school year 1902-1903, Reading school statistics from January 19, 1904 and budget figures for an unknown year.