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Title: Our little men and women; modern methods of character building;
Year: 1912 (1910s)
Authors: Russell, Thomas Herbert, 1862-1947 Everett, Marshall, 1863-1939
Subjects: Boy scouts. (from old catalog)
Publisher: (Chicago, Printed by Homewood press)
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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lay by the use of funds raised by taxa-tion came only when the economic interests of the city demandedit. Thousands of children were found to be growing up in thestreets, coming into conflict with the police, and their hope ofuseful manhood and womanhood being destroyed. Employersfound boys and girls unreliable when they came to work. Theneglect of their early youth was discovered to be the cause andsteps were taken to remedy this defect in the citys equipment. Chicagos problem is colossal. Its millions of people, manyof them speaking only foreign languages, make the demands sogreat and the cost so large that only the most progressive andfar-seeing men could have attempted to solve it. But the solu-tion is well under way and other cities are making rapid strides.There is no town or city, or rural neighborhood, in Americawhich cannot profitably take up the organized play idea. Unorganized play often degenerates and the ethical ad-vantages are lost. When boys and young men are directed,
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2 ffl CH O O «n o ft02 244 PLAY—THE ELIXIR OF LIFE however, in their play, on half-holidays when they are not atschool or at work, surprising and even amazing results have beenattained. Tough gang leaders (sometimes with court andprison records) have been transformed into forces for good, asbaseball captains or other leaders,—their superior ability andenergy working into desirable channels. Young men employed in factories who play baseball onChicagos municipal diamonds at first practise all sorts of ques-tionable tricks, indulge in profanity, and gamble on the result.This is not permitted by the rules. Leaders are on hand toshow them a better way, and a policeman, often a sort of step-father to the youth of the neighborhood, is there to enforcethe rules. Play on vacant lots without supervision has a ten-dency in city or country to degenerate into fights and quarrels,into foul language and gambling. On municipal diamondsonly the good remains and the entire community is benefited.

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