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"One of the functions of the volunteer recreation leader is to help
young people turn their energies into the right channels," says Anne Livingston, Poh

Training Specialist of the National Recreation Association, who will arrive on

 

to conduct a Recreation Leadership Training Institute sponsored

jointly by the Association and the local

 

"Don't try to tshush' adolescents at parties or they will make more noise
than you ever heard in your life. Remember they are suffering from war jitters too,

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and their way to relax is to make noise," says Mrs. Livingstone "Give them a chance
to gather around the piano, sing the songs they want to sing, or arouse their interest
with a challenging game om the first two or three arrive. Then get ous into a very
active musical mixer accompanied by a popular tune ac oh is played faster and faster
until the young folks are breathless and willing to stand still or sit down to ‘

quiet games They recuperate quickly, however, so a wise leader will have a number

of such games available for use at fifteen minute intervals so that the group will
never get out of hand but will thoroughly enjoy the party."

‘Training youth seatoee. both profosetunal and vo baatedy: to lead stamping
and clapping games , partner snatching mixers, and musical marching games to the latest
hit parade tunes so what’ tis newest adolescent and the soldier to whom gemes may be
a new experience will have "the time of his vice une Sean Mrse Livingston's eee
and play for yearse For over seven years she has conducted institutes in which
many hundreds of volunteers have been trained. “A skilled sma ohen and song leader

herself, she has led thousands of young people and servicemen in recreation activi-

ties and has supervised many hundreds of volunteers before joining the staff of the