. New Boston; a chronicle of progress in developing a greater and finer city--under the auspices of the Boston-1915 movement. helpers will be needed. The largest center in New York hasan average attendance of almost 1,000pupils and the work is carried on by oneprincipal assisted by seven teachers. Asa rule, in the boys and mens centers,the principal is provided with one or twogymnasts, one club director, one teacherfor the game room, and one teacher forthe study room. In the girls centersa pianist is also provided for the folkdancing and athletic drills. When bathsare in use, a bath attendant
. New Boston; a chronicle of progress in developing a greater and finer city--under the auspices of the Boston-1915 movement. helpers will be needed. The largest center in New York hasan average attendance of almost 1,000pupils and the work is carried on by oneprincipal assisted by seven teachers. Asa rule, in the boys and mens centers,the principal is provided with one or twogymnasts, one club director, one teacherfor the game room, and one teacher forthe study room. In the girls centersa pianist is also provided for the folkdancing and athletic drills. When bathsare in use, a bath attendant is provided. Recreation centers, as they are noworganized in New York, include theclubs, gymnastics, game and libraryrooms, mixed dancing classes, and studyrooms. The most vital forces in every success-ful center are the clubs. They not onlygive an esprit de corps to the movement,but they are also the means of attractinglarge numbers of young men and womenwho are interested in forming an organi-zation with some definite aim. Theseclubs may be classified as athletic, social, 12 NEW YORKS E\ENIN(i RE( UEATION (EXTERS v.). DEBATING CLUB literary, philanthropic, and civic. Inall of them the director insists that themembers conduct their meetings accord-ing to the rules of parliamentary pro-cedure, and valuable lessons in practicalcivics and self-government have beenlearned by the members of the 774 clubsorganized during the past year. In all the clubs written minutes of theproceedings have been regularly kept andthe secretarys duties have been made of considerable importance. In most ofthem there has been an attempt to havesome literary work, even though it be ofthe most elementary nature. It mustnot be forgotten, however, that the greatmajority of the club members are hardat work during the day. The clubmeetings must, therefore, be recreativein character, and not so severely mentalas to discourage the attendance of thosewe are striving to reach. Some of the
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