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 \nNew York  \n[1925]  \n# COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY LIBRARIESPRESERVATION DIVISIONBIBLIOGRAPHIC MICROFORM TARGET\n\nORIGINAL MATERIAL AS FILMED-EXISTING BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD  \nReproductions may not be made without pemlsslon from Columbia Universlty Libraries.              \nRESTRICTIONS ON USE:  \nTECHNICAL MICROFORM DATA  \nREDUCTION RATIO:            9:/  \nMAGE PLACEMENT:IA  \nDATE FILMED:                    -30-97INITIALS:           6  \nTRACKING\\#:                                                                                              sH 23559  \nFILMED BY PRESERVATION RESOURCES,BETHLEHEM,PA.  \n308二③0x212  \n## Can Money BuyHappiness?\n\nTTIS important to support organiza-Iioe for oial bettermenttions for social betterment.  \nIt is almost equally important toknow how money so contributed isspent.  \nA Report for I925  \nThe activities of the national socialbetterment organizations ultimatelyaffect every man,woman and child inAmerica.  \nIt should be the practice of eachcitizen to keep himself informed as tothese efforts to make our communi-ties better places to live in.  \nPlayground and RecreationAssociation of America  \n3I5 FOURTH AVENUB  \nNEW YORK CITY  \nINTENTIONAL SECOND EXPOSURE  \nCan Money BuyHappiness?  \nTTIS important to support organiza-I         o      ilb         ntions for sOCial betterment.  \nIt is almost equally important toknow how money so contributed isspent.  \nA Report for I925  \nThe activities of the national socialbetterment organizations ultimatelyaffect every man,woman and child inAmerica.  \nIt should be the practice of each  \ncitizen to keep himself informed as to  \nthese efforts to make our comrnuni-  \nties better places to live in.  \nPlayground and RecreationAssociation of America  \n3I5 FOURTH AVENUE  \nNEW YORK CITY  \n e.7-8  \nINVESTMENT IN HAPPINESS  \nDURING I925 over IS,o∞0 people together invested$3I7,533 in the Playground and Recreation Asso-ciation of America to provide happiness in the lives ofboys,girls and citizens of America.  \nThe total returns cannot be estimated.You cannotmeasure the moment ofjoy in the heart of a child,muchless the sum of happiness brought to the children whoselives were daily made glad on the playgrounds of Amer-ican cities and towns in I925.  \nNor can we know with what renewed hope and energythousands of citizens returned to thei tasks in factory,office and store because of well spent leisure in the pur-suit of games,music,art and drama.  \nThe following pages will tell you bow the funds entrusted totbhe Playground and Recreation Association of America lastyear were wsed to serve the movement for more bappiness inAmerican cities and indicate,tbougb inadequately,wbat isbeing accomplisbed in tbe lives of men,women and cbildrentbrough the medium of community recreation.  \n## Public Recognition of aPurveyor of Happiness\n\nDISINTERESTED committee in a large southern cityhas recently nominated the superintendent of recrea-tion as the most valuable citizen during I924 and I925.In describing the service rendered to the children and adults ofthe city through recreation activities,the superintendent said:  \n\"Alarge amount of the credit for our development here isdue to the help received from the Playground and Recrea-tion Association of America.Without the contact hadwith national workers,the opportunity to exchange ideasand experiences,the information and tried methods foundin the bulletins and publications,the inspiration andfellowship received at national and district meetings,theanswers found to practical problems,we could not carryon as we do.\"  \nThis public recognition of a director of recreation gives ussome indication of the importance and value of a recreationprogram for a single city.What shall we say of the value to thenation at large of a movement not only reaching into more than700 cities and towns in America where recreation programshave been started but also extending to smalltowns and ruraldistricts and even begi","cbCaiu5xPEafedls","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiu5xPEafedls","pdf",974522,"English","# Can Money BuyHappiness?\n## Public Recognition of aPurveyor of Happiness","[{\"question\":\"What central question does the report address?\",\"answer\":\"The report addresses whether money can buy happiness.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the report describe the impact of community recreation?\",\"answer\":\"It describes how well spent leisure through play, music, art, and drama benefits children and contributes to renewed hope and energy for adults.\"},{\"question\":\"What is said about how the association uses funds in 1925?\",\"answer\":\"The report states that the following pages explain how the entrusted funds were used to serve the movement for happiness in American cities.\"}]","Can Money BuyHappiness? 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