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D,   EMPLOYEE  RECREATIONAL  FACILITIES  PROVIDED  BY
15  FIRMS  AND  INSTITUTIONS  IN  THE  BOSTON  AREA


Institution  and
Firms  Contacted


The  following  institutions  and  firms  were  contacted: -
Harvard  Medical  School,  Massachusetts  General  Hospital
and  School  of  Nursing,  Boston  University  Medical  Center,
University  Hospital,  Boston  City  Hospital,  Polaroid,
Hewlett  Packard,  H.P.  Hood,  Raytheon,  Arthur  D,  Little,
John  Hancock,  First  National  Bank,  Massachusetts  Insti-
tute of  Technology,  Bio  Dynamics  and  the  Gillette
Safety  Razor  Company


Recreation
Facilities
Available  or
Planned


Of  these  15  institutions  and  firms  only  5  had  extensive
facilities  for  recreation  -  M.I.T.,  John  Hancock,
Harvard  Medical  School,  Massachusetts  General  Hospital,
and  Boston  City  Hospital.   One  other  firm  had  designed
facilities  suitable  for  a  physical  fitness  program  in
connection  with  the  National  Aeronautics  Space  Adminis-
tration.  However,  five  of  the  remaining  firms  recog-
nized the  importance  of  such  facilities  and  had  plans
for  extensive,  improved  facilities.
3.   Employee

Activity
Programs


13  of  the  institutions  and  firms  ran  programs  for
employee  activities  despite  a  lack,  in  most  cases,  of
adequate  facilities  and  space  within  their  own  premises,


4.
Method  of
Organizing
Employee
Activities


Five  of  the  institutions  and  firms  allocated  staff
from  the  personnel  or  other  departments  to  organize
these  employee  activities.   In  eight  institutions  and
firms  the  activities  were  organized  by  the  staff  them-
selves.
The  results  are  tabulated  in  detail  overleaf.
