Most of this they will get away from the school, but as urban conditions take away proper play opportunities, the loss in large degree has to be made good by systematic community effort in establishing and maintaining playgrounds and playrooms for 12 months in the year.
"What the Schools Teach and Might Teach"
John Franklin Bobbitt
The cook was delighted over her splendid stove and shining tins, copper-bottomed tea kettle and boiler, and warm sleeping room upstairs; the children were delighted with their large playrooms, and madam jubilant with her added comforts and that newborn feeling of independence one has in assuming responsibility.
"Eighty Years And More; Reminiscences 1815-1897"
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
A door close beside the nurseries opened on to the tower stair; some little way up this stair another door leads into the two or three big attics over the nurseries, which the children used as playrooms in the wet weather.
"Nurse Heatherdale's Story"
Mary Louisa Molesworth