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Address of General George W. Wingate, President, at the annual meeting of the Public Schools Athletic League

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George W. Wingate
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Publication Date
7 pages

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This booklet presents the address of General George W. Wingate to the annual meeting of the Public Schools Athletic League held on December 7, 1909, in New York City.

GEORGE W. WINGATE was president of the Public Schools Athletic League.

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Amateurism

Author
Luther H. Gulick
Ebook
Publication Date
7 pages

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This booklet reprints an article from the American Physical Education Review, February 1908. It is a report of an address given before the Second Annual Convention of the Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the United States, in New York City, on December 28, 1907. It argues that athletics are important for the values that they instill in those who play sports.

LUTHER H. GULICK was director of the Department of Child Hygiene at the Russell Sage Foundation.

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Retardation: Some Account of a Study Conducted in the New York Public Schools

Authors
William H. Maxwell
Leonard P. Ayres
Luther H. Gulick
Ebook
Publication Date
40 pages

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This booklet discusses the reasons for the slowing of students’ progress in schools. It includes a text reprinted from the tenth annual report of Dr. William H. Maxwell, superintendent of schools of New York City, as well as an investigation by Leonard P. Ayres, with the assistance of Luther Halsey Gulick, into this problem in fifteen schools in Manhattan.

LEONARD P. AYRES was director of the Division of Education at the Russell Sage Foundation.

LUTHER HALSEY GULICK was director of physical training of the New York public schools. 

WILLIAM H. MAXWELL was superintendent of schools of New York City.

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Tuberculosis and the Public Schools

Author
Luther H. Gulick
Ebook
Publication Date
8 pages

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This booklet was reprinted from the Proceedings of the Sixth International Congress of Tuberculosis for the Russell Sage Foundation. It discusses detecting tuberculosis in the public schools and educating students about the disease.

LUTHER HALSEY GULICK was director of physical training of the New York public schools.  

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Cover image of the book Report of the Committee on Folk Dancing for 1908–09
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Report of the Committee on Folk Dancing for 1908–09

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Russell Sage Foundation
Ebook
Publication Date
22 pages

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This booklet is reprinted from Proceedings of the Third Annual Playground Congress, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, May 10–14, 1909, for the Playground Association of America. It provides lists of folk dances and books on folk dancing and contains sections on dances suitable for grass playgrounds, dirt playgrounds, indoor playgrounds, small children, larger boys, larger girls, adults, various occupations, and special occasions.

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"Bibliography on Play" and "Stories for Children"

Authors
George E. Johnson
Maud Summers
Ebook
Publication Date
14 pages

About This Book

This booklet provides a list of works on the topic of play, as well as a list of stories for children.

GEORGE E. JOHNSON was director of the Pittsburgh Playground Association.

MAUD SUMMERS wrote books on reading pedagogy.

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"The Relation of Playgrounds to Social Centers" and "The Playground and Its Place in the Administration of a City"

Authors
George M. Forbes
Hiram H. Edgerton
Ebook
Publication Date
3 pages

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This booklet contains two articles reprinted from The Playground. The first discusses the obstacles to developing playgrounds in social centers—namely, the narrow views of taxpayers, the clash of selfish interests in playgrounds’ location and distribution, and the hostility of immediate neighbors on account of the noise and disturbance of so many children at play. The second discusses the importance of playgrounds in cities generally.

GEORGE M. FORBES was president of the Board of Education in Rochester, New York.

HIRAM H. EDGERTON was mayor of Rochester, New York, from 1908 to 1921.

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"Rochester Parks as Playgrounds" and "Playground and Its Place in the Administration of a City"

Authors
Alexander B. Lamberton
Hiram H. Edgerton
Ebook
Publication Date
3 pages

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This booklet, reprinted from The Playground, includes two articles: one about how the commissioners of Rochester, New York, inaugurated playgrounds in both larger and smaller parks in the city, and one about the value of playgrounds in cities generally.

ALEXANDER B. LAMBERTON was president of the Board of Park Commissioners of Rochester, New York.

HIRAM H. EDGERTON was the mayor of Rochester, New York, from 1908 to 1921.

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Public Schools Athletic League of New York City

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Russell Sage Foundation
Ebook
Publication Date
13 pages

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This booklet provides a general review of the work of the Public Schools Athletic League and discusses the Athletic Badge Test, a test given to boys requiring them to run a certain distance,  jump a certain distance, and pull themselves up to a bar a certain number of times.

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The City and the Child

Author
William H. Maxwell
Ebook
Publication Date
10 pages

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This booklet, reprinted from Proceedings of the Second Annual Playground Congress, discusses what the New York City Board of Education has done to provide facilities for children’s play outside school hours, what additional facilities for recreation might be provided, and some suggestions for the administration of children’s recreation.

WILLIAM H. MAXWELL was the superintendent of schools, New York City.

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