Identifier: playmovementitss00curt (find matches)
Title: The play movement and its significance
Year: 1917 (1910s)
Authors: Curtis, Henry S. (Henry Stoddard), b. 1870
Subjects: Play Playgrounds
Publisher: New York : The Macmillan company
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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as to furnish them at a consid-erably lower price than that now paid, to the children of thestate and still return a reasonable profit to the penitentiary,that the penitentiary is hereby instructed to secure thenecessary equipment for the making of these supplies, andthat these supplies shall be furnished to the followingspecified parties; First, to the State Orphanage, the School for the Deaf,School for the Blind, Schools for Feeble-minded, coloniesfor epileptics. State Reform School for Girls, State ReformSchool for Boys, State Penitentiaries, and asylums for the 244 Play Movement and its Significance insane, in accordance with the actual needs of these in-stitutions. Second: That they shall be furnished directly to the cityand county school systems in this state in accordance withdemand. Third: That any supplies in excess of those required tofurnish the above-mentioned institutions may be sold to anydealers within or without the state, or may be sent by parcelpost to any customer.
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Boy Scout Activities CHAPTER X THE BOY SCOUTS For nearly a generation there has been a feeling in certaineducational circles that there was need that every boyshould have an opportunity to live through the race Ufe, pur-sue the primitive industries and occupations, and finally cometo the civilization of the twentieth century by much thesame stages that the race has followed. Certain schools, asthe Dewey School in Chicago, have tried to follow more orless closely the stages and processes of racial evolution intheir teaching. There has been a more or less general feel-ing that most of the delinquency of our cities was merelythe breaking out of the normal savagery which lies at thebasis of the character of every normal boy, but which wasfinding no expression under the unnatural conditions of thecity. While the first beginnings of the Boy Scouts werenot due to this idea, its rapid development undoubtedlytends to strengthen the theory. It came at a time when theworld was ready. The Origin

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