DOCUMENT RESUME ED 324 312 SP 032 676 AUTHOR Gray, Howard R., Comp.; And Others TITLE J.B. Nash Lecture Series. INSTITUTION American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, Reston, V. American Association for Leisure and Recreation. PUB DATE Oct 90 NCTE 236p. PUB TYPE Collected Works - General (020) EDRS PRICE MF01/PC10 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS Futures (of Society); Individual Development; *Leisure Time; *Life Satisfaction; *Life Style; Mental Health; *Quality of Life; *Recreation; Well Being ABSTRACT The following lectures are presented in this publication: (1) "The Dynamics of Recreation" (Betty Van der Smissen);(2) "Recreation Prospects" (Edith L. Ball); (3) "A View of the Past--A Bridge to the Future" (Allen V. Sapora);(4) "Coming to Grips with the New Leisure" (Richard G. Kraus); (5) "The Mild Blue Yonder--Changing Lifestyles and Leisure" (Janet R. MacLean); (6) "Visions" (H. Douglas Sessoms); (7) "The Great Simplicities" (David E. Gray);(8) "Leisure and Recreation: Time To Reconceptualize!" (Tony Mobley);(9) "Creating Interfaces and Synergies" (Diana R. Dunn); (10) "Dreaming of the Future" (Joseph J. Bannon); (11) "Leisure Trilogy I: The Future" (Max Kaplan); (12) "A Leisure Society: Idle Dream or Viable Alternative, Encroaching Menace or Golden Opportunity" (John Neulinger); and (13) "Moral Leisure: The Promise and Wonder" (Gerald S. Fain). Part two of the monograph includes biographical information on James Bryan Nash and some quotations from )lis works. (JD) ***************************w******************************************* * Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made * * from the original document. * *********************************************************************** J.B. NASH LECTURE SERIES Compiled by: Howard R. Gray Larry. L. Neal S. Harold Smith U S DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Office ot Educatonal Research and Immvernent EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATIO4 CENTER 1ERIC) I' This doCument haS been ,ewoduced as teCemad from the Pawn or otgana atm', or9nattng d C &fists, changes have been made to rrnbrorre reProduCtron Qoality Pornts or veu, or ecuetons Stated inthIS doCu men? do not neCesSariry represent officai OERI pos,tronCO DOlicy October, 1990 AmericanAssociation for Leisure and Recreation An Association of: AmericanAlliance of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance 2 ....WIL i Purposes of the American Alliance For Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance The A merican Alliance is an educational organization, structuredfor the purposes of supporting, encouraging, and providingassistance to member groups and their personnel throughoutthe nation as they seek to initiate, develop, and conductprograms in health, leisure, and movement- related activities for the enrichment of humanlife. Alliance objectives include: 1. Professional growth and development--tosupport, encourage, and provide guidance in the development and conductof programs in health, leisure, and movement-related activitieswhich are based on the needs, interests, and inherent capacities of theindividual in today's society. 2. Communication--to facilitate public andprofessional understanding and appreciation of the importance and value ofhealth, leisure, and movement-related activitiesas they contribute toward human well- being. 3. Research--to encourage and facilitateresearch which will enrich the depth and scope of health, leisure, andmovement-related activities; and to disseminate the findings to the profession andother interested and concerned publics. 4. Standards and guidelines--to furtherthe continuous development and evaluation of standards within the professionfor personnel and programs inhealth,leisure, and movement-related activities. 5. Public affairs--to coordinate andadminister a planned program of professional, public, and governmentalrelations that will improve education in areas of health, leisure, andmovement-reiated activities. 6. To conduct such other activitiesas shall be approved by the Board of Governors and the Alliance Assembly, providedthat the Alliance shall not engage in any activity which would beinconsistent with the status of an educational and charitable organizationas defined in Section 501 (c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Codeof 1954 or any successor provision thereto, and none of the saidpurposes shall at any time be deemed or construed to be purposes other than thepublic benefit purposes and objectives consistent with such educationaland charitable status. Bylaws, Article Ill ii Contents PART I:Lectures 1. THE DYNAMES OF RECREATION 1 1 Betty Van der Smissen 2. RECREATION FROSPECIS 18 Edith L. Ball 3. A VIEW OF THE PAST--A BRIDGE TO THE FUIURE 31 Allen V. Sapora 4. COMING TO GRIPS WITH THE NEW LEISURE 46 Richard G. Kraus 5. THE MILD BLUE YONDER--CHANGING UFESTYLES AND IZISURE 55 Janet R. MacLean 6. VISIONS 70 H. Douglas Sessoms 7. 11-1E GREAT SIMPUCIIIES 84 David E. Gray 8. LEISURE AND RECREATION: TIME TO RECONCENUAIIZEI 94 Tony Mobley 9. CREATING INTERFACES AND SYNERGLES 107 Diana R. Dunn 10. DREAMING OF THE FUIURE 124 Joseph J. Bannon 11. LEISURE TRILOGY I: 11-1E FIJIURE 143 Max Kaplan 4 iii 12. A LEISURE SOCIETY: mix DREAM OR VIABLE ALTERNATIVE, ENCROACHIP-G MENACE OR GOIDEN OPPORIUNIN 16 1 John Neu linger 13. MORAL LEISURE: THE PROMISE AND WON1DER 174 Gerald S. Fain PART II:Bibliography and Quotes 1. SELECT BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: JAMES BRIAN NASH 197 Harvey M. Jessup 2. NASH'S PHILOSOPHY, ADVICE AND WITICISMS...218 PART I: Lectures 1 THE DYNAMICS OF RECREATION J. B. Nash ScholP., Lecture Kansas City, Kansas April 7, 1978 BETTY VAN DER SMISSEN Education: University of Kansas A.B., J.D. 1952 Indiana University M.S., Re.D. 1952 7 2 THE DYNAMICS OF RECREATION Betty Van der Smissen Itis of particular significance that the scholar/lecturer award honors J. B.Nash, because he certainly was a leader in the recreation field,a leader who philosophically set the direction formany.And, itis partly because of his philosophical coittribution that the title for this firstlecture was selectedThe Dynamics of Recreation.Today and looking ahead to the decade of the 80s, itis critical to again think deeply aboutour philosophy. Emphasizing the criticalness has recently been several peoplementioning that perhaps we have forgottenour philosophy in our educational institutions and with the studentsare focusing on recreation as primarily a job.Too often today our students andyoung professionals are saying: "I am confused about recreation as a profession.Where isit going? What does it mean? What does it stand for? What is recreation, anyway?"While jobs are important, one must also havea philosophical base, a premise of beliefand the old stereotypes do not fit.This presentation will not answer all the questions, but perhaps it can stimulate us to think again about the dynamics of recreation for today's society. ConceptualFramework What is recreation? Recreation is not activityitis the result of activity.It is a sensation of well-being, of feeling goodabout oneself and about others. When we feel good about ourselves and others,we also feel good about the world.We talk about recreation being voluntary, that inorder for a pursuit to be recreation we must voluntarilyengage in it.This is inaccurate.There are many constraints and motivations relatedto participation.But, given totally free choice, selected will be onlythose pursuits which make you feel good, not in the superficialtemporary "drug- high" sense, but in the deep experience ofa sense of personal well-being. An activity is recreational when it givesa sense of well-being; it is recreation (re-creation) when one experiencesa sense of well-being. Recreation is innately good; and, the questionto be asked is not "What is recreation good for and whyare we doing it?" but rather "What is the good *J. B. Nash Lecture, Kansas City, Kansas, April7th, 1978, AAHPERD/AALR convention. 3 in recreation?" To ask the question "What is recreation good for?," weplace a utilitarian purpose or value onrecreation.We place the onus on participants for having to justify their participation and to do so degrades participation.How many times have you heard the "guilt" of participationwhether it be from an elderly person with the Puritan ethic " of work, or yourself saying to another, "I shouldn't take time, but. .. You (or others) feel there must be an explanation or reason for permitting yourself to engage in recreational activity.And, how many times in surveys do we ask, "Why do you participate?" and get the response"Just because, it'3 fun, I enjoy it?"--andwe are not with such responses! Why not? We want a utilitarian reason for participation.The participants are getting a sense of well-being.Why must they introspectively analyze their participation? There is good in recreation why do we have to force people to justify their participation by stating what recreation is good for? However, do not confuse justification and reason for participation with motivation to participate or with the use of activity to achieve certain results.There are utilitarian uses for activity and professionals must understand scientifically (not only emotionally) the function and nature of activity in order to program both to achieve utilitarian objectives and to enhance the likelihood of individuals to attain a sense of well-being. Recreatior. must be viewed in a framework of individual meaning, rather than traditional time units! activity types, and age groups.A common working definition of recreation is derived from the discretionary time concept of leisure, which