ABSTRACT
The life of a community is not sharply divided into separate parts, such as business, education, religion, and leisure. This chapter discusses some elements of community life which for the sake of convenience are treated in relation to each other. Interest in community development should not be confined to a few chief issues, even if they include the important interests of business, education, the church, health, and recreation. The physicians of the community may have little interest beyond their particular patients. The difficulties of their patients may be largely the outcome of a prevailing way of life in the community. The principle of economy and unity of experience should run through the whole design of community life, and can be a powerful cultural influence. Social life for sheer relaxation is desirable to the extent that it is necessary, but to make passing the time away a chief end of leisure implies mental and spiritual bankruptcy.
