The Public Playground, an Interesting Development in Education (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from The Public Playground, an Interesting Development in Education This circular is to call the particular attention of the people of California to a great social movement that has spread over our whole country almost in a day, so quickly that we hardly realize it, or understand it - the Playground Movement. This country is so strong, so young, so full of lusty strength, that it has not had as yet much thought of the future. It has never stopped to worry about the kind of human beings who are coming on. It has been so eager in developing its resources, so swift in its pursuit of dollars, so engrossed in spending money, that little thought has been given to preserving the sane and wholesome human life that is necessary to the real prosperity of any land. Opportunity for relaxation and play are necessary, just as food and drink are necessary. Without them, man is a morose, dissatisfied and dangerous demon. Those who own the country now and run it now must give thought and time and money to the play of the young people who are coming on. They withhold it at their peril and at the peril of the land. We are herding incredible numbers of artisans and laborers into congested cities, with no opportunity for relaxation and exercise in the open air. We have been building huge schoolhouses on the crowded streets, and filling them full of thousands upon thousands of children without opportunity at home or at school for natural play in the sunshine and the open air. We drive the little boys and their games of ball away from the vacant lots in order to cover the lots with buildings - and give the boys nothing instead. We make grand parks and till them with flowers and grass and shrubs - not for the poor people and the children to use, but for the rich people in good cloth admire and point to with pride. We give our school grounds to the janitor rather than to the children. The youngsters are penalized if they come early or stay late. The school hours are arranged for the convenience of the teachers rather than for the good of the children. The whole school plant is used less than half of the time. All these things and many others of similar import constitute a peril to our nation that good citizens must face. The Playground Movement is directed against it. Therefore, I venture to send this little message to the good people of the Golden State, asking them to read it and think about it. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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