Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-29

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That have ever been formed Is the or.
Kanizafion Of the Parent Teacher Asso-
S-11lon " mas become q country wide
movement and has evervwkere engaged
nle Championship Of the best nsirlds
I give this to you because / want
% emphasize the fact that the Parent
Ie9cher Association Is not a mothers
quo, as many still insist upon calling
u Is not only a zreaf nation wide
forward educational movement. but a
Ecrlo-wide movement, since q COIN
u1es are now merged into an interna-
tlof1al organization, demanding the best
tnouSht Of the wisest minds of ali
these great nations.
have come back from this great
conciaFe more fully convinced than
ever flor I have long since been con- con-.
Vanceob that recreation is the biggest
and most important Of the newly found
and undeyeioped ideas.
recreation IN IT'S entirety covers
sucn large field that / can touch
onlY the more important phases. Music.
which rs such an important factor In
recreation, VIII not touch upon. as
- VIII be covered By another member
Of the delegation
There stood out paramount ali
through the convention the big idea
81 education for leisure; wise provision
Tor leisure hours: the question Of what
are you doing With your leisure time.
and Of what IL your boy or girl doing
With those hours not required for
schooi work.
Here let me inject a few facts. A
boy goes TO school ] 900 hours a year.
eats $50 hours year, sleeps 3.O00
hours and has $500 activity hours.
How wisely are these free hours pro-
vided for? How much of that time is
taken up by commercial recreation. and
Is that form of recreation what 1t
should be? II Is our responsibility to
zee that II Is, for, as one speaker
said: Every time a boy goes wrong q
good man dies Another said. In
streSsing the need Of Fairgrounds and
recreation: Every one has RESPONSIBLE.
ity for public standards in his city.
his state and his nation and my child
Is not safe until every child Is safe >
1T is shocking 10 learn that 70 per
cent Of our criminals today In penal
institutions are under II wears of age.
with the greatest criminal age placed
81 II 70 81. and growing younger With
1900 suicides last year and ] 900 900
drug sdd1cts 10 our credit. Is IL not
eerted action7
And what are we doing? We are
spending $4,000 000, 900 year 10 pun
ikia these youths and only $1,000 900 for
recreation In an effort 20 stop crime.
II is serious indictment
In our great industrial cities they
forget how to play, yet the playground
is where children learn To play the
game Of life fairly: all the wars Eng
land ever fought have been won on the
Fairgrounds at Eton and oxford, one
speaker declared, while another asked
for a reduction Of the war budget and
ar increase Of the recreation budget as
a peace measure.
Recreation also has great spiritual
value: when we are given some.
thing N Do together we understand
each other and acquire q better sense
Of values, and this Is where recreation
has its great value, for when we have
played together few moments we have
aoei1lized our group. and are ready for
united action. And we must play more
Only q few days } q noted scientist
made this statement that II We lost our
senEe Of tun1or and did not have any
fun IN our lives, We would become I'M
sane.
we are driving too hard IN America
we must relax. Education for life means
education for leisure eisuFe time Il
when q man can do the finer things IL
life This brings 10 my mind what 0fis
sneaker told Of the reaction OF children
10 art. The .AnEeisls. that beautiful