Identifier: redemptionofcity00sear (find matches)
Title: The redemption of the city, by Charles Hatch Sears
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: Sears, Charles Hatch, 1870-1943
Subjects: Social problems Cities and towns Sociology, Christian City churches
Publisher: Philadelphia, Griffith & Rowland Press
Contributing Library: Princeton Theological Seminary Library
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n are denied its privi-leges. The work of the public school is supple-mented by the New York Kindergarten Association,and by churches and settlements.Roof Garden, As the tenement-house evil came to be recognized^Vacarioii ^^^ ^^^^ rights of the children to play were conceded,Schools school roof-gardens and playgrounds were intro-duced (1896). At about the same time (1898)vacation schools were started. In the case of vaca-tion schools and playgrounds, the city followed thelead of private associations. The New York As-sociation for Improving the Condition of the Poorhad maintained vacation schools in public schoolRecreation buildings for four years prior to 1898. The Out-door Recreation League was a pioneer in the devel-opment of playgrounds. Later the Board of Edu-cation opened in public-school buildings recreationcenters, equipped with gymnasium, recreation andclub rooms for the older boys and girls and for noo D c CD m -nO?o n c nX in H m CO n X c ?D o X n> H OZ CD n oo r
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The MumcipaUty as a Redemptive Agent 35 adults. The method is essentially the same as thatof the settlement clubs—athletic, social, literary,philanthropic, and civic—under trained leadership. The work of physicians and nurses in connection Nurses andwith the public school has been most beneficent. y«^»* Dull or vicious children have become normalupon the removal of adenoid growths. The back-ward child has been found to be defective onlyin sight; the sickly child to be suffering frombad teeth or other physical defect easily remedied. One of the prime objects of public education,says Superintendent Maxwell, is to develop eachchild, fit or unfit, to his highest capacity, as far asconditions will permit, for the work and enjoymentof life. (13) Anemic children are taught (since Schools for1909) in the open air, and are given nourishing Xu^ofursfood; open-air camps are provided for tubercularchildren; crippled children receive special care, someof them being transported by the Associa

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