Salt Lake Telegram | 1926-01-03 | Page 14 | Play Program City's Pride

PlAY PROGRAM CITY'S PRIDE The closing of ot the year will mark the end of the most successful and ad fruitful year of the city recreation department With a very limited budget and a crying need for service ser vice it has endeavored to make every dollar expended of maximum value Salt Lakes Lake's department has but three-tenths three of ot a cent for each dollar while the Los Angeles de department department department de- de has 5 cents and San Francisco has 7 cents from each tax dollar The activities of the city recreation a- a tion department were largely concentrated concentrated concentrated con con- In the slimmer s months when children are net busy at school and when the per capita cost of ot pa participation is so eo O much less that more can pan be served However Salt Lake can well weIl be included in the cities cities' operating a year round recreation recreation program with a rather at attenuated attenuated attenuated at- at winter program and a concentrated summer p program The fall faU program consisted mostly of a a. cooperative effort erfort with the physical directors of the city schools in the development of ot after school activities such as hiking clubs swimming clubs leaders and recreation atlon clubs In the winter the Christmas Cheer week and its at attendant attendant attendant at- at festivities included the ac actual actual actual ac- ac performance o 0 about half a thousand and participation of at least people With Winter Winter- comes the promotion of ot winter sports skating shinny and sleigh riding New areas have been put in shape for flooding In four sections sections sec see of the city this year WINTER PROGRAM In the winter also the Community Community Community Com Com- orchestra met regularly and prepared a program for Christmas and Music week included during the past year A citywIde marble tournament May Day festival was wall in conformity with the regular Child Health da day and operative co-operative participation participation par par- in Salt Lakes Lake's very ery successful successful suc sue Music week In the summer an extensive program program pro pro- gram with a full corps of directors is carried on at each of thirteen centers Liberty park parle Pioneer pa park k Central recreation center park parle Riverside park Lindsay's gardens and the following school centers Washington Ensign Jackson Jackson Jackson Jack Jack- son Riverside Lafayette and IrvIng Irving Irving Irv Irv- ing and at the orphans' orphans home Twenty-five Twenty trained leaders conducted conducted conducted con con- ducted the activities at these centers centers centers cen cen- to approximately children and adults daily dally The activities Included in included In- In eluded play kindergarten classes in handiwork music dancing dramatics dramatics dra dra- matics hours for reading story storytelling storytelling telling singing g and swimming Periods Periods Pe Pe- nods were scheduled for track and andfIeld andfield field work and for athletic and so socIal social social so- so cial games Regular l league ague scheduled scheduled scheduled sched sched- games were played In base base- ball bali Outdoor moving pictures pictures' were shown nightly at some recreation centers to about people in all WORK AT CENTERS Each center included in its Jis program program program pro pro- gram weekly or monthly bi-monthly sp special cial programs circuses lantern parades Come and See days dramas operettas oper- oper ettas song festivals etc drawing to the center thousands people The season was WD e ci good for swimming 2000 children actually ing to swim The record Yo I mers for any anyone one day wa Liberty park with a I Two of ot the strikingly su features of the summer jW vi y I second season of civic opera t ley icy park and regular w we programs at the same pl pa f most twenty thousand p peo o the most admirable present presents the Sullivan Gilbert com comi I The Gondoliers a most mos t I opera company of local talent r rEach Each Friday night 2000 assembled at the water th the enjoy the program of ot ram drama and dance presented byl clubs schools