First International Recreation Congress: Proceedings, July 23-29, 1932, Los Angeles, California. Under the Auspices of the National Recreation Association |
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acres adult American Angeles Angeles-Mrs athletic Australia Avenue baseball Board boys and girls Buenos Aires building Calif California camps Carl Diem Carlos Contreras Chairman child city planning clubs College course cricket dancing Director of Physical districts dramatic facilities festival football Germany give grounds gymnastics important individual industrial institutions interest International Olympic Committee International Recreation Congress Japan L.D.S. Church labor Lauri Pihkala leadership leisure living Mexico Mexico City movement municipal National Recreation Association Olympic Committee Olympic Games Opera Nazionale Dopolavoro opportunity organization parks Physical Education Playground and Recreation playgrounds Playing Fields popular President problem Recreation Department Recreation Director recreation leader recreational activities rural Scout singing social Sokol spirit Street Supervisor swimming pools teachers tennis things tion towns University Uruguay Wandervogel women workers young youth
Popular passages
Page 44 - The world stands out on either side No wider than the heart is wide; Above the world is stretched the sky, — No higher than the soul is high. The heart can push the sea and land Farther away on either hand ; The soul can split the sky in two, And let the face of God shine through. But East and West will pinch the heart That cannot keep them pushed apart; And he whose soul is flat — the sky Will cave in on him by and by.
Page 188 - Make no little plans ; they have no magic to stir men's blood and probably themselves will not be realized. Make big plans; aim high in hope and work, remembering that a noble, logical diagram once recorded will never die, but long after we are gone will be a living thing, asserting itself with evergrowing insistency. Remember that our sons and grandsons are going to do things that would stagger us. Let your watchword be order and your beacon beauty.
Page 70 - On the other side of Jordan, In the sweet fields of Eden, Where the tree of life is blooming, There is rest for you.
Page 113 - ... opportunity for service will do more to develop wholesome recreational and civic activities than any other possible agency. They will popularize this training in the rural communities and wipe out the opposition to it. And now we must determine the needs of the boys and girls of the rural schools and of the rural communities. These must necessarily be stated in general terms. In the first place, healthful and attractive surroundings are essential to the physical, mental, social, and moral welfare...
Page 224 - Promote the training and employment of women administrators, leaders and officials who are qualified to assume full responsibility for the physical education and recreation of girls and women. 9. Protect the health of girls and women through the promotion of medical examinations and medical "follow-up...
Page 67 - Happy hearts and happy faces, Happy play in grassy places— That was how in ancient ages, Children grew to kings and sages.
Page 83 - Fiesta of the hamlet of Ixcatepec. Eight days. Very important. One hundred Indians come from the village of Milpa Alta in the State of Mexico carrying their Santo, who is the same as that of Ixcatepec. Apaches. Cock fights. Horse races. Toros.
Page 224 - Protect the health of girls and women through the promotion of medical examinations and medical "follow-up" as a basis for participation in athletic competition, and of a system of supervision that shall assure a reasonable and sane attitude toward participation in activities at times of temporary physical unfitness.
Page 224 - To promote competition that stresses enjoyment of sport and the development of good sportsmanship and character rather than those types that emphasize the making and breaking of records and the winning of championships for the enjoyment of spectators or for the athletic reputation or commercial advantage of institutions and organizations.
Page 10 - The objectives of the congress are: (1) To provide an international exchange of information and experience on play, recreation and the recreational use of leisure; (2) to build interest and support for the movements in all countries; (3) to provide one further means of developing international good will.