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Show How large is your school playground! Henry 9. Curtis, in a bullotin just issued is-sued by tho United States Bureau of Education, declares that every city school building should have at least one full block of ground, whether the block is the usual city block of two or throo acres, or ono of ton acres, as in 8alt Lake City, Utah. Tho high school uccdB at loast ten acres, ho asserts. As for the country school, it ought novor to have less than thrco acres of play space, and could profitably make uso of ten acres, provided the grass is kept mowed. Mr. Curtis shows that our schools have, in general, had very inadequate yards. During tho past ton years, how-over, how-over, with the development of the play movement, there has come an increased demand for ground space around school buildings. Tho state boards of education educa-tion in Pennsylvania and Virginia will not approve plans for now sohool buildings build-ings that do not provide for adequate playgrounds. In Little Kock, Ark., tho standard of ono full block to a school has been carried out with overy one of tho schools for white children. All but ono or two of tho schools in Pueblo, Colo., havo a full block. In San An-golo, An-golo, Tex., every school but one has two blocks at least, and two have ten acres of play space. The first school built in Gary, IndM had two acrcB of playground, play-ground, the second had four, tho third eleven, and a lot recently purchased contains twenty acres. |