Public recreation facilitiesAmerican academy of political and social science, 1910 - Počet stran: 266 |
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Strana 217
... means ordained for the promotion of health and cheerfulness and morality . As one of our modern philosophers has said , " Vice must be fought by welfare , not by restraint ; and society is not safe until to - day's pleasures are ...
... means ordained for the promotion of health and cheerfulness and morality . As one of our modern philosophers has said , " Vice must be fought by welfare , not by restraint ; and society is not safe until to - day's pleasures are ...
Strana 223
... means complete failure . State parks must be unmistakably beautiful ; they must present to the enjoyment of all some consistent unspoiled type of landscape . Corresponding in some respects with state parks and in other respects with ...
... means complete failure . State parks must be unmistakably beautiful ; they must present to the enjoyment of all some consistent unspoiled type of landscape . Corresponding in some respects with state parks and in other respects with ...
Strana 225
... means of access to parks from the various parts of the city or from one park to another . A park- way is apt to include more breadth of turf or ground planted with trees and shrubbery than a boulevard , giving it a more park - like ...
... means of access to parks from the various parts of the city or from one park to another . A park- way is apt to include more breadth of turf or ground planted with trees and shrubbery than a boulevard , giving it a more park - like ...
Strana 239
... means of transportation will ultimately be provided . The bridges are more lofty and have greater spans than any other natural bridges known to exist . Besides them the Natural Bridge of Virginia , which is associated in every child's ...
... means of transportation will ultimately be provided . The bridges are more lofty and have greater spans than any other natural bridges known to exist . Besides them the Natural Bridge of Virginia , which is associated in every child's ...
Strana 246
... means employed for their solution . In this way the value of the work is brought home to them ; they get an insight into it which only observation under skilled guidance can give . As a result , the general attitude of visitors is one ...
... means employed for their solution . In this way the value of the work is brought home to them ; they get an insight into it which only observation under skilled guidance can give . As a result , the general attitude of visitors is one ...
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Strana 251 - The lands of the State, now owned or hereafter acquired, constituting the forest preserve as now fixed by law, shall be forever kept as wild forest lands. They shall not be leased, sold or exchanged, or be taken by any corporation, public or private, nor shall the timber thereon be sold, removed or destroyed.
Strana 346 - Uphold us, cherish, and have power to make Our noisy years seem moments in the being Of the eternal Silence: truths that wake, To perish never; Which neither listlessness, nor mad endeavour, Nor Man nor Boy, Nor all that is at enmity with joy, Can utterly abolish or destroy!
Strana 420 - To explore, enjoy and render accessible the mountain regions of the Pacific Coast; to publish authentic information concerning them; to enlist the support and cooperation of the people and the Government in preserving the forests and other natural features of the Sierra Nevada Mountains.
Strana 267 - ... consider the advisability of laying out ample open spaces for the use of the public * * * in such county," with "authority to make maps and plans of such spaces and to collect such other information in relation thereto as the said board may deem expedient;" and "as soon as conveniently may be," to "make a report in writing of a comprehensive plan for laying out, acquiring and maintaining such open spaces.
Strana 255 - The separation, for purposes of taxation, of the timber from the land on which it grows, so that the forest crop shall be taxed only when it is harvested, while the land shall be taxed every year.
Strana 231 - ... in his discretion, to declare by public proclamation historic landmarks, historic and prehistoric structures, and other objects of historic or scientific interest that are situated upon the lands owned or controlled by the Government of the United States to be national monuments, and may reserve as a part...
Strana 328 - sturdy beggar" or a vermin-infested tramp than a desiccated toiler who works twelve hours a day, seven days in the week, fifty-two weeks in the year.
Strana 224 - The Boston Metro2-45 politan Park Commission was organized in 1 892 with powers granted to it by some thirty-seven different local governments. Through the activity of this commission, Boston's park system came to contain 10,000 acres of parks and public reservations, 30 miles of river banks, 8 miles of seashore, and 27 miles of boulevards and parkways.101 Kansas City soon established a similar planning body on a smaller scale. George E. Kessler, a local landscape architect who directed the enterprise,...
Strana 217 - Exclusive devotion to work has the result that amusements cease to please; and when relaxation becomes imperative, life becomes dreary from lack of its sole interest — the interest in business.
Strana 236 - Glacier National Park, west of the summit of the Rocky Mountains and south of the Canadian boundary line in Montana.