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Show REGRHTiWr READY II SUB . f Work to Begin Soon Upo1 Standard Playground at ! Ensign School. Parent-Teachers Units Sup porting Child Welfare Movement. i Salt Lake parent-teacher nschuW are interested hi the establishment uf i standard recrealhm center at Vf. school and It .is believed this dnvKnnm will bo available for the children this simmer, sim-mer, according to plans of the llon'io an School league of which Mrs. Coovl;o's Bacon is president. The Salt l,:ike 0, ganizations of pa reals are wurldu" I harmony with the national recrcatiuiii , idea and the child welfare movement. , "The new recreation center is one b0l j south of the boulevard between Ninth at ; Tenth avenue and K ami F streets" ur, i Huron said. "It commands n magi'iin",. I view of. the valley and is tar disiiint n.' i any of the established playgrounds i assets are ample sj.ace, pure air and U element of safety due to remoteness ho the city's centers of traffic. Tim parch teacher associations inaugural in" th movement are the Fnsign, Lowell Lom fellow, Wasatch and Lafayette. i "Tentative designs ha e been drafti . which call for trees, parking. l(-n;ire'J steps, swimming pool, dressing mom showers, baseball and basketball tiidj tennis and volleyball courts, sand busr shelter house with table ami benrhe horizontal ladders, bars, trapeze. uhirl gigs, slides and other equipment. TI topography of the properly makes p0 sihle some beautiful landscape , f fCen without sacrificing utility to beauty. " Work Starts Soon. ; "The first step in the development 1, these grounds is laying sidewalks on fo''1 sides of the block. A. 11. Crabhe, hoi of the city department uf slreets ami niti', lie improvements, lias given assutan"( that this work will be commenced us w as weather conditions permit, ;r "Mayor Ferry and members of t lie c:' commission deserve the highest credit i the playgrounds they have osihIiIIsIhiii They have given the Fnsign projuct, ef' cou ragem ent and technical assistant! This commission is organized and at mirably equipped, to furnish supun Isli : for playgrounds which may be esiublishf by the board of education. "Members of the board of edunitit.. with the administrative officers, Supo -intendent K. A. Smith and Harare Bin-man, Bin-man, supervisor of buildings and m-oinid have pursued' a broad-minded policy wL reference to t lie educational iden. Tin . are preparing to utilize fully the wonder' educational possibilities of . snontificul: equipped and supervised play centers. J the Washington school, in tiie nurlhws' ern part of the city, much lias hei-achieved hei-achieved along this line. Plans are pa fected !o make it a paradise fur childie Public Support Need. "School officials need the support of oi lightened opinion to further put into c-i'fe. modern ideas of physical education, ma ing such education the basis of moral ai mental growth and wellbeing. The taj payer is the power behind tiie thrune. "School grounds are -the logical pluct for community recreational act hit Naturally, a close relationship exists bi tween tiie home and the school. Tliirt parent-teacher associations, knit togeth.. into the Home and School league to 8L cure strength, unity and solidarily, ma ' this relationship productive of the liieiie good. Playgrounds should have parent chaperonage in addition to supor vision specialists, if they are to achieve t maximum of efficiency. Such ehapero. can be furnished by the parent-teaoh. associations. At the public school grown all creeds and classes will feel free to la part in the activities and mingle logeth; socially, thereby creating a purer col mumty life and a truer democracy.' |