Leisure-Time Activities of Rural Children in Selected Areas of West Virginia
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Baseball and basket ball were the games played most commonly with other schools; football was popular only in the larger towns, partly because of difficulty in getting coaches. Field days and track meets were held in a few places. In Hancock County the annual field days gave the boys and girls an objective to work for as well as an opportunity to meet others in competition. In Brooke County, at the time of the survey, the boys in one district were eagerly anticipating a marble tournament. Field... days had been discontinued in Webster County ; two of the teachers inter- viewed regretted this fact, as they felt that the field days had been of real educational and recreational value to the children. Social and special programs. The literary meetings, special-day programs, socials, and plays given in the rural schools seemed to be important events in some communities. A program was given every month or oftener in some of the schools, while one or two programs a year was the average in others.
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