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Handbook of Settlements (The Rise of urban America)
Handbook of Settlements - The Rise of urban America Author:Robert A. Woods, Albert J. Kennedy Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CALIFORNIA KENTFIELD. MARIN COUNTY Tamalpais Center Established May, 19o9, by board of twenty-one trustees on the foundation of a gift by Mrs. A. E. Kent ... more »and her son, William Kent, for the "application of the best civic and social ideals to the normal life of suburban and country communities." Neighborhood. Kentfield is one of several small communities hardly large enough to be called "villages." As is usual, these communities offer very little in the way of education or recreation and it is this that Tamalpais Center hopes to supply. Activities. The equipment consists of twenty-nine acres of level land, a beautiful club house, with spacious rooms and cozy fireplaces, a well equipped children's playground, half mile speedway for horses, baseball field, running tracks, tennis courts, etc. A gymnasium and an outdoor swimming pool are to be erected in the near future. The grounds are centrally located in respect to the towns of southern Marin, while the wooded hills surrounding the center, with Mount Tamalpais towering above everything, give a charm to the undertaking which can hardly be duplicated in California. Maintains for adults a Stadium association; women's club; driving association; literary club (men and women); friendly circle (working men and women); civil government class (working men); class for study of religions; school teachers' playground class; woman's gymnasium class; classes in drawing, dancing. Work for young people consists of youths'athletic society; two baseball clubs; five gymnasium classes for little children; sewing class; story hour; Sunday school; and Knights of King Arthur. Workers. Rev. Ernest Bradley, Dean. Literature. Authorized Statements. The Bulletin. See also: Tamalpais Center for Community Life. Survey, xxii : 569 (July 24, ...« less