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The Colonial TO 1790: Period
The Colonial TO 1790: Period
CHAPTER XV
I. COLONIAL OUTDOOR GAMES
B. Secondary Schools
1. Provide by the grammar schools
2. Located in large towns and supported by tuition and by subsidy from the local
government
3. Curriculum
a. Latin, Greek, Hebrew
b. Led to the career of doctor, lawyer, or minister
4. Method- hostile to the ideas of physical education or even play
C. Drummer School at Springfield, Massachusets, Managed
by Samuel Hoody
1. Encouraged the boys in their sports, and participated in them
2. Had modern ideas on the need and value of play and recreation
3. It’s influence led to the establishment of the Philips and Luiceater
Academies