About This Book
This booklet is a reprint of chapter 10 of Clarence Arthur Perry’s The Wider Use of the School Plant. It recounts the formation of the Public Schools Athletic League of New York City and discusses the athletic badge competition, class athletics, athletic courtesy, cooperation of school officials, folk dancing, and the girls’ branch of the league.
CLARENCE A. PERRY worked in the Department of Child Hygiene at the Russell Sage Foundation.