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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"Young Men's Christian Association"”.
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Prediction of maximum oxygen uptake from a modified Ymca 3-minute step test
… using a height specific bench with a modified Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) 3-Minute Step Test was investigated. Sixty apparently healthy males and females between the ages of 18 and 55 years stepped on a height specific bench for 3 minutes in order to obtain their 1-minute and …
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Race Reform in the Early Twentieth Century South: The Life and Work of Willis Duke Weatherford.
… Southern race reform, argued that the ethics of Christianity obligated Southerners to address the social and economic problems faced by blacks in the early twentieth century. His strategy for improving race relations centred on educating Southerners and promoting economic uplift for blacks. …
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A survey of the Boy Scout movement in its relation to the development of character
… Boy Scouts of America, The Camp Fire Girls, The Young Men's' Christian Association and the Young Women's Christian Association.</p><p>In the scouting program all activities are of a voluntary process. There is an age requirement connected with the scouting program so that a youngster can look …
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Factors that Motivate YMCA Volunteers
<p>The Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) is a not-for-profit organization that depends heavily on volunteers. As one of many such organizations, the YMCA must continually strive to find the best methods of recruiting and retaining volunteers. Although the field of psychology has done …
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The Effects of an ActiPed Pedometer Intervention Program on Body Composition and Aerobic Capacity of Youth in a School System in East Tennessee.
… of students in a school setting.</p><p>The local Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) composed and received a grant from Wellmont Health System to help Activate Bristol and get students moving. The YMCA partnered with the Bristol Tennessee City School System in the fight against inactivity and …
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A secret history of volleyball
Item marked as restricted to the 'Administrator' Group (id=1) by Seth Robbins (srobbins@illinois.edu) on 2013-08-22T16:57:27Z Item is restricted until 2015-08-22T16:57:26Z
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Apprentices to power: the cultivation of American youth nationalism, 1935-1970
… Girls State/Nation; YMCA Youth and Government; the Junior Statesmen of America; and the Society for Ethical Culture’s Encampment for Citizenship (EFC), as well as smaller, likeminded initiatives. From small pilot projects, the programs grew into quasi-official youth movements for the …