Boston 1915 Exposition

Author : Boston Exposition
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780428293420
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (934 download)

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Download or read book "1915" Boston Exposition written by Boston Exposition and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-03 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from "1915" Boston Exposition: Official Catalogue and the Boston 1915 Year Book Although Boston - 1915 came into being only at the end of last March, there are already two or three things that illustrate the function which this new movement is intended to perform, and the way in which its work will be done. These are the establishment of a series of athletic games for the boys of Boston who could not leave the city during the vacation season'; the introduction of a vocational bureau into the school system, so that the boy or girl who has to go to work shall make a start at bread-and-butter earn ing in the direction that will lead to the greatest success in life; the testing out of a theory that much of the contagious sickness among children can be prevented by careful inspection on the opening day of the schools, and the reservation of benches on the Common for the use of women during the noon-day hours. Boston - 1915 raised the funds and gave the prizes for the athletic games in order that the boys might learn by experience the importance of taking care of their health; that the gang spirit might be diverted from mischief to useful channels; that the value of playgrounds and their true purpose might be better appreciated; that a wholesome district rivalry might be started; and that healthful recreation might take the place of harmful idleness. It secured the co - operation of thirty of the best physicians in the city to make the medical examinations of would-be entries. Then it turned over the entire management of the games to the Playground Association. The size of the undertaking appears in the statistics of the games 1775 entries altogether for the 24 meets; 450 entries in the final meet; spectators at the last contest alone. This illustrates how Boston - 1915 proposes to carry out work which it initiates - by putting it into the hands of whatever organizations already exist and are expert in doing it. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.