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Show JUS SALT LAKE CITY SHOULD HAVE TWENTY-FIV PUBLIC PLAYGROUNDS Dr. Hnrr S. Curtis, .loudr .and vice preaidant of tha Playground A aoeiatioa ot A marie a, who ia to bo com,-oaeted com,-oaeted with tha . university summer school at the University of TJtah this summer, arrived ia Salt Lake City last night. In addition to Riving a course of lectures at the summer school he will make a. careful study of the city with a view to advising the park and playgrounds commiwaion in tneeatah- lishraeat ef parka and playgrounds. He ia a nan of wide attainment ia bis chosen ield ef endeavor. He has speat the last twelve years in atudying the needa and conditions of the congested con-gested districts of the eastern cities and of Europe, and has been instrumental instru-mental ia establishing many new playgrounds play-grounds and parks in tha eastern eitiea. Dr. Curtia highly commended the action, of the park and play grounds committee of Halt Lake, with w. A. North as president, assisted by Professor Jakob Bolin of the univer sitv as vice president. "As a rule." explained Dr. turtle, "every city should be provided with a neighborhood neighbor-hood park and playground for every square mile of ita territory. In every case ia eaietenee where playgrounds and parka have been established, the increased in-creased value of the real estate of the neighborhood haa more than paid for the park. Salt Lake with an area of about twenty-five aquare milee should have as many parka provided with adjoining ad-joining playgrounds for the children. "No playground should be reas than two aeree in area and should preferably prefer-ably be not less than five acres, and if ten in available in one piece of ground, the moot economical park that can be built ia to nse half of the tea acres for playgrounds and afive for a community com-munity park for the grown up people of the section. "Of the five acres of playground area three acrea ahould be arranged for the use of the boys. The boys should he provided with grounds for basebalK football, basketball, volleyball, a running run-ning track, a giant stride and aa outdoor out-door gymnasium. "The girls' field should be similsrly equipped wltB possibly tne"irept1nn of the football field. A wading pool for the little children ahould he arranged ia the girls' playground and a large swimming pool between the .boys' and girls' playground which could be used ia common. In this way the greatest efficiency of the ground could be obtained.1' |