Teddy Roosevelt: “It is a poor type of school nowadays that has not a good playground…”

On the recordNovember 21, 1902

It is a poor type of school nowadays that has not a good playground attached.

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Republican · New York

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Remarks at the Dedicatory Exercises of the New High School Building in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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Teddy Roosevelt: “It is a poor type of school nowadays that has not a good playground attached.”