Free Time Activities: Indoor Games--Play Mates
Figure 1.--This prep school had a magnificent classic billiards table. These two boys are enjouing a game of billiards on a classic table left in the old manor house which is the school's main building.
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One of the nice things about a boarding school is that playmates are always readily at hand. From the boys' point bof view, this was one of the best advatages to attending a boarding school. The children at boarding schools never have problems finding a friend to play games with. This was more complicated fir children at home. Getting together with friends is more complicated at home, especially groups. And all about the same age with the same interests. And the children all had their free time at about the same time. Thus just about whatever game a boy wanted to play, he was sure to have an easy time to find a friend or small group to play the game. And the schools tended to have a good supply of the games for the boys to play. The boys thus at different points in the schoolday when allowed free time pulled out games that they could enjoy with their friends, Some games this meant just one friend for a came like chess. Other times a small group of three to five or so were needed. This of course at a prep school was easy to put together.
