So they are shifting their emphasis from curfew to can-
teen. They are opening school buildings and social centers
and municipal playfields, and keeping them open through
winter evenings and summer vacations. They’re putting
their weight behind a wholesome well-rounded recreation
program.

Not all the communities that are doing a job of youth
recreation are mentioned in these pages, nor could they be.
There are too many. Though many familiar names are
missing, the common experience is there. It is presented in
the hope that it may furnish some practical clues to the
solution of problems that are baffling the boys and girls of
America as well as their elders.

Marck Q We Clee heey

Director,
Community War Services
March 1, 1944.

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