Collect from your locals and from individuals forms of recreation popular and suc-
cessful at parent-teacher meetings and in the home. Use these and other materials
in making your own state recreation bulletin.

There is scarcely a committee of the state board that has not a stake in adequate
and wholesome recreation. See that the importance of recreation is considered
by your state board as a whole. The entire state organization should be behind
doing something effective about it.

Study the existing state legislation enabling counties and local communities to
establish programs and support them. If none exists, consult with the National
Recreation Association (315 Fourth Avenue, New York City) on securing adequate

state-enabling legislation.

Cooperate with all state agencies concerned with the recreational use of leisure
time such as the state library commission, extension service of the state univer-
sity, the farm bureau, departments of public instruction, parks, conservation
development, and others. Use their resources.

The state chairman in some states has found it helpful to have a small unofficial
advisory committee made up of representatives from public and private agencies
concerned with the question of recreation.

Cooperate with the Safety committee and other agencies in state-wide "Learn to
Swim" and water safety programs,

Cooperate with the state committees on Music, Art, Reading and Library Service,
and others in furthering the recreational use of leisure time,

SUGGESTED RECOMMENDATIONS FROM STATE CHAIRMEN TO LOCAL CHAIRMEN

Local chairmen will find many of the above suggestions useful. In addition here
are some others;

Get your local library to catalogue all recreation material available in the
library and set up a recreation shelf,

A properties and costume loan closet will prove a big aid for dramatic stunts at
the play periods of the associations and other groups.

Tie the men of your associations closely into the recreation program. Place upon
their shoulders a major responsibility for taking the lead in meeting recreation
problems.

Join with other parent-teacher committees and outside agencies in suppression of
degrading and unwholesome leisure-time activities. These are usually of a com-
mercial, exploitive nature.

SUGGESTIONS FOR WORK IN GENERAL

 

I. Work fo ermanency in_t} le recreation prozram,

Strengthen and expand existing municipal and county programs by helping obtain
adequate financial support. Cooperate with other related committees and or-
ganizations and with recreation departments, park departments, and boards of