. Ohio rural life survey. "Southeastern Ohio" .. . to inquire into the desirability of havinga club of similar character as one of its regular organizations. 5. Recreation and Morals. The problem of recreation is one of difficulty in villages, and ofextreme difficulty in the country communities. Many district schoolsdo not have an attendance large enough for organized play of anysort. Baseball is the most popular game, yet few regular baseballteams are maintained. For instance, in all Morgan County, only twoteams are kept going with other than a very tentative this same county
. Ohio rural life survey. "Southeastern Ohio" .. . to inquire into the desirability of havinga club of similar character as one of its regular organizations. 5. Recreation and Morals. The problem of recreation is one of difficulty in villages, and ofextreme difficulty in the country communities. Many district schoolsdo not have an attendance large enough for organized play of anysort. Baseball is the most popular game, yet few regular baseballteams are maintained. For instance, in all Morgan County, only twoteams are kept going with other than a very tentative this same county there is no gymnasium or public play ground,and it may be said that there is no investment whatever in any playapparatus. As a result, the country boys seek their recreation in thetowns. Conditions of this sort prevail throughout the six consequence of the neglect on the part of the churches and schoolsto provide wholesome recreation, it generally falls into the hands ofirresponsible interests and becomes degenerate. The cheap and im-. TllE HOME OF A POOR FARMER 22 moral show, furnished by commercial agencies, filches the nickels fromthe country boys and girls. The motion picture shows are too fre-quently immoral in their appeal, although it should be said that in agrowing number of cases the\- are in the hands of men who allowonly high grade films, and that the moral tone of the average movingpicture show is generally good. In West Union, Adams County, thebusiness men furnish free motion picture shows on Saturday after-noons and evenings for the country people. Washington and Athens are the only counties of the six that havelicensed saloons. But in neither of these counties can the presenceof the saloon be charged to the people of the farming communities,who, for the most part, returned decided majorities against them inthe recent I^ocal Option elections. This is a reason for viewing thetemperance situation in the district in an encouraging light. The moral conditi
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