Organised play at home and abroad : physical recreation for elementary school children out of school hours / edited by R.E. Roper ; with a preface by the Bishop of Ripon.

  • Roper, R. E. (Reginald Edward), 1875-
Date:
1911
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Credit: Organised play at home and abroad : physical recreation for elementary school children out of school hours / edited by R.E. Roper ; with a preface by the Bishop of Ripon. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    Voluntary Organisations availing themselves of Facilities. Regulations in force. 1 Financial or other aid. 3. 4. 5. During the present year See Column 2 and pages The necessary appara- there are sixteen centres 16 and 60. tus for the games (enu- under the auspices of the Evening Play Centres Committee held in the Council’s Schools, whilst the Children’s Happy Evenings Association hold meetings in ninety-four schools. In addition, there are eleven recrea- tion classes organised by other committees recog- nised by the Council. The Council has also granted the free use of thirteen of its manual training centres to the merated in Column 2) is supplied by the Council on requisition. Evening Play Centres Committee. During several summers the Boys’ and Girls’ Life Brigades have applied for and received sanction to use two or three of the school playgrounds dur- ing the evening for drill, &c. Organisers of Boys’ and Girls’ Brigades who use the playgrounds must be careful to guard against any damage being done to the school property. In one school where the children are poor, the Education Committee purchased the hockey sticks. I he Local Educa- tion Authority devoted £120 last season to foster- ing the Swimming Classes at the Public Baths. [See also Column 3.] The Committee provide posts and sockets for basket ball, and mark out the playgrounds for this game as well as for tennis.