SCHOOL, CHURCH, AND HOME GAMES***
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SCHOOL, CHURCH, AND HOME GAMES
Compiled by
GEORGE O. DRAPER
Secretary for Health and Recreation County Work Department of the International Committee of Young Men's Christian Associations
COMMUNITY RECREATION Rural Edition
Association Press New York: 347 Madison Avenue
1923
DEDICATED TO MY FATHER
HERBERT EDWARD DRAPER
_whose happy contact with the folks of the country, through his duties as a County official, won for him their esteem; who found recreation in the open country, where the birds, the flowers, and all wild life were his friends and reflected their charm in the life he lived--simple, happy, friendly--true to himself, his family, his neighbors, and his God._
CONTENTS
PART I. GAMES FOR SCHOOLS
CHAPTER PAGE
FOREWORD vii
I. SCHOOL ROOM GAMES for Primary Pupils 1
II. SCHOOL ROOM GAMES for Intermediate Pupils 8
III. SCHOOL ROOM GAMES for Advanced and High School Pupils 16
IV. SCHOOL YARD GAMES for Primary Pupils 24
V. SCHOOL YARD GAMES for Intermediate Pupils 27
VI. SCHOOL YARD GAMES for Advanced and High School Pupils 37
PART II. SOCIABLE GAMES FOR HOME, CHURCH, CLUBS, ETC.
I. GAMES FOR THE HOME 44
II. ICE BREAKERS FOR SOCIABLES 55
III. SOCIABLE GAMES FOR GROWN-UPS 59
IV. SOCIABLE GAMES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE 67
V. TRICK GAMES FOR SOCIABLES 73
VI. STUNT ATHLETIC MEET 83
VII. COMPETITIVE STUNTS 88
PART III. OUTDOOR GAMES
I. OUTDOOR GAMES FOR OLDER BOYS AND YOUNG MEN 94
II. OUTDOOR GAMES FOR BOYS 103
III. GAMES OF STRENGTH 110
PART IV. GAMES FOR SPECIAL OCCASIONS
I. GAMES AT DINING TABLE 113
II. A COUNTY FAIR PLAY FESTIVAL 119
III. GAMES FOR A STORY PLAY HOUR 123
IV. AN INDOOR SPORTS FAIR 127
V. RACING GAMES FOR PICNICS 132
FOREWORD
We should all be prospectors of happiness. There are those who discover it in the solitudes of the mountains where freedom is breathed in the air that touches the lofty peaks. Others find it in the depths of the forest in the songs of the birds, of the brook, of the trees. Most of us must find it in the daily walks of life where the seeking is oft-times difficult. Nevertheless, there it is in the manufactured glory of the city, in the voices of children, and in the hearts and faces of men.
