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NATIONAL RECREATION ASSOCIATION

JOHN G. WINANT, FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT
ROBERT GARRETT, SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT a
MRS. OGDEN L. MILLS, THIRD VICE-PRESIDENT oe :

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS

  

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F. W. H. ADAMS
NEW YORK, N. Y.

F. GREGG BEMIS
BOSTON, MASS.

MRS. EDWARD W. BIDDLE
CARLISLE, PA.

MRS. ROBERT WOODS BLISS
WASHINGTON, D. C,

MRS. WILLIAM BUTTERWORTH
MOLINE, ILL.

HENRY L. CORBETT
PORTLAND, ORE.

MRS. ARTHUR G. CUMMER
JACKSONVILLE, FLA,

F, TRUBEE DAVISON
LOCUST VALLEY, N. Y.

HARRY P. DAVISON
NEW YORK, N. Y.

ROBERT GARRETT
BALTIMORE, MD.

ROBERT GRANT, 3RD
JERICHO, L. I., N. Y.

AUSTIN E. GRIFFITHS
SEATTLE, WASH.

MRS. NORMAN HARROWER
FITCHBURG, MASS,

MRS. MELVILLE H. HASKELL
TUCSON, ARIZ.

MRS. CHARLES V. HICKOX
MICHIGAN CITY, IND,

MRS. MINA M. EDISON HUGHES
WEST ORANGE, N. J.

MRS. JOHN D. JAMESON
SUGAR HILL, N. H.

GUSTAVUS T. KIRBY
NEW YORK, N. Y.

HUGH Mc K. LANDON
INDIANAPOLIS, IND.

MRS. CHARLES D. LANIER
GREENWICH, CONN,

ROBERT LASSITER
CHARLOTTE, N. C.

SUSAN M. LEE
BOSTON, MASS.

J. H. Mc GURDY
SPRINGFIELD, MASS.

OTTO T. MALLERY
PHILADELPHIA, PA.

WALTER A. MAY
PITTSBURGH, PA.

CARL E. MILLIKEN
AUGUSTA, ME.

MRS. OGDEN L. MILLS
WOODBURY, N. Y.
MRS. J. W. WADSWORTH
WASHINGTON, D. C.

J.C. WALSH
NEW YORK, N. Y.
FREDERICK M. WARBURG
NEW YORK, N. Y.
JOHN G. WINANT
CONCORD, N. H.
STANLEY WOODWARD
WASHINGTON, D. C.

_ TWENTY-FIFTH NATIONAL RECREATION CONGRESS—CLEVELAND, OHIO, SEPTEMBER 30-OCTOBER 4, 1940

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(FORMERLY NAMED PLAYGROUND AND RECREATION ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA)

GUSTAVUS T. KIRBY, TREASURER

315 FOURTH AVENUE HOWARD BRAUCHER, SECRETARY

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to play.
That everybody in America, young or old, shall
have an opportunity to find the best and most
satisfying use of leisure time.

June 10, 1940

Mr, Deane W. Malott
University of Kansas
Lawrence, Kansas

Dear Mr. Malott

I write you at this time because the Association
has just prepared a book, after more than two years of work,
which I think has value for you and for all other leaders in
our colleges and universities.

Most of the staff members of the National Recreation
Association have had some part in the production of this book.
So much time has been given that we do not expect ever to re-
ceive enough money from the sale of the book to meet the cost
of its preparation. The book has been prepared, rather, as a
service to the country. The name of this book is INTRODUCTION
TO COMMUNITY RECREATION.

Recreation has taken its place as a main division of
human effort side by side with education and labor. It is es-
timated that the present investment in land, buildings, and
facilities in the United States used for recreation is about
Thousands of volunteers in one way or another
are helping in this great recreation movement, serving as mem-
bers of recreation boards, park boards, as club leaders, as
leaders in music, drama, arts and crafts, nature, gardening,
and many, many other special forms of human activity.

Even in the rural field in the last thirteen years,
the National Recreation Association has given a measure of
training to more than 50,000 volunteers who are helping as
recreation leaders.

It is true that the number of employed, trained, pro-
fessional workers in community recreation is still very small,
only about 3,000 employed full-time, year-round workers. It
is true that the opportunities for employment of new workers
each year are relatively small.