Village ImprovementSturgis & Walton Company, 1913 - 360 páginas |
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Página 234 - To strive for harmony and good will among all mankind and brotherly love among ourselves. To garner the tears of the distressed, the blood of the martyrs, the laugh of innocent childhood, the sweat of honest labor, and the virtue of a happy home as the brightest jewels known.
Página 333 - The by-laws may be amended at any regular meeting by a two-thirds vote of members present providing a copy of such amendment has been sent to all members at least 30 days prior to the meeting.
Página 343 - Or 8-pound shot put 28 feet. It has been found that boys of 12 years of age should be able to qualify for the badge under the first test, elementary school boys of 13 years and over for the second test, and high school boys for the third test. It does not seem, however, that the different standards should be limited to these age groups. Accordingly, no age or even weight limit is fixed. Any boy may enter any test at any time.
Página 312 - Upon the development of country life rests ultimately our ability, by methods of farming requiring the highest intelligence, to continue to feed and clothe the hungry nations; to supply the city with fresh blood, clean bodies, and clear brains that can endure the terrific strain of modern life; we need the development of men in the open country, who will be in the future, as in the past, the stay and strength of the Nation in time of war, and its guiding and controlling spirit in time of peace.
Página 342 - FOR BOYS The Playground and Recreation Association of America has adopted the following as standards which every boy ought to be able to attain: First Test Pull Up (Chinning) 4 times Standing Broad Jump 5 ft.
Página 56 - ... surroundings of\ its towns and cities too good a thing for its own deserts.' For we deserve what in such realms we can learn how to create or to enjoy, or to make sacrifices for. And no provincialism will become dangerously narrow so long as it is constantly accompanied by a willingness to sacrifice much in order to put in the form of great institutions, ofl noble architecture, and of beautiful surroundings an expression of the worth that the community attaches to its own ideals.
Página 342 - Dash 8 3-5 seconds Second Test Pull Up (Chinning) 6 times Standing Broad Jump 6 ft. 6 in. 60 Yards Dash 8 seconds or 100 Yards Dash 14 seconds Third Test Pull Up (Chinning) 9 times Running High Jump 4 ft. 4 in. 220 Yards Run 28 seconds...
Página 236 - However, I tried my best to do as he said, and at the end of the year I had a bale and a half to the acre on the two acres worked his way, and a little over a third of a bale on the land worked my way. You could have knocked me down with a feather.
Página 332 - ARTICLE III— OFFICERS Section 1. The officers of this Society shall be a president, a vicepresident, and a secretary-treasurer and three trustees.