Games

Bean Bags
This game is known to every one by name and yet its simple ru...

Call Ball
_10 to 30 or more players._ _Playground; gymnasium._ ...

Squash
This game is similar to racquets, but is less violent or seve...

The Traveler And The Bicyclist
"The Traveler" is a favorite variety of the "Family Coach." I...

Black And White
_10 to 100 players._ _Gymnasium; playground; parlor; sch...

Forfeits
Many of the things described in the previous section of ...

Indian Club Wrestle
Players come up in files not more than eight in a file. Each ...

Circus Game
A leader is chosen who stands before class and says "I went t...

SUGGESTION FOR CONDUCTING PLAY LEADERS' TRAINING CLASS

Relay Spelling Race
This game is particularly interesting if the men and women of the party compete. For each team a pronouncer is chosen who takes his place directly to the right of the blackboard immediately in front of his team, wh...

The Purpose
The purpose of play leaders' training classes is to develop volunteer leaders who will carry on recreational program in various schools, churches and industrial plants, and later on who will organize play groups on...

Procedure
Before starting the class, confer with superintendents of schools, churches, and industrial leaders, and send to all institutions in the city, which are likely to be interested, invitations to send delegates to the...

The Course
Experience shows that ten lessons of one hour's duration each will be sufficient in which to present a total of thirty games with such directions and general suggestions as will enable the leaders to take the games...

Recognition For Attendance
If the instructor deems it advisable, a certificate of attendance testifying to the interest shown by the student may be presented at the end of the course. It should, however, be made plain that this certificate d...