Show the ultimate value of playgrounds in our large cities depends ent liely upon the the ultimate kind of playgrounds playfellow playfellows play fellows fellom s and I 1 plas upon upon the synthesis of the three new nev 6 nl ili short bort this new trinity in education vr is certainly full of plo inise hut but its glorious E education dues future may not bo be as easily divined as its humble past and since as 08 patrick henry tells us theres no better way may of jud judging 1 I ng of tho the future than by the lie past lot let us lift its by PHILIP DAVIS yell veil for an instant director Direct dire ur ol of 1 bic 68 do hollia V ol 01 a civic service all forms of education of which 1 1 1 health education the blip leme mission of tile i 1 1 1 1 ll 11 1 1 1 ll 11 1 1 pi i ground is tile the latest and most a child of the renaissance of the hie three Bs i p the biry lunging together of the flip boy the lie book and the bench llie hie book as the lie elli embodiment of the word wai the central labile zue in an age when mankind suddenly awoke to the realization that through the sleep of centuries it had almost lost weinor memory of its rich legacy the of antiquity alien 1 I hen came commerce with its ita groi growing mt demands upon education to reading vaa mas lidded added writing and arithmetic and so gla gradually dually the fill ba gave way may to tile tha familiar three its I 1 allidi hn canic camo industry with ith its demands production and distribution into one hand and heal were tot together 0 lir to reading writing and mie addid tri bruning innig and drawing the beut too pressed forNi forwald aid its iti claims music vaa mas added and other culture stu studies diLs and so gradually a new trinity vas mas proclaimed aimed tile the three alls stands today to day for the harmonious working of head liand hand and ana licini he lit g note oto omit lien liow low ca cadi ell step la ja educational hi tor tory y led id to the next what m will ill tho Ps its ultimately lead to no one can tell tina this much la is certain tho the pla ground will prone proe the in tile the history of education it mill belonie incumbent upon the pla teacher to tami engage le its licad lend and and heart and not being lettered fettered by the rulea and routine of tile cla room it may bp be that hat inspiration will como collie to him which will lead up lip to a reconstruction of tho the entile educational program based nut oi traditions but on oil the childs Jill dS true impulse 1 and activities la IS it too much to hope that this thia will prove the alie value of the playground if they can on keep the couldren oft the tract and keep then actively engaged in healthy play the future will take care of itself and tho the juvenile court may eventually go out of bum business nes for after all many bod boa inird meanous are the tha of a cramped city life which works against the boy nature BOS are on the street because they have neither field nor ard to play on boys boya roam over the city dumps because there aro are no other open opeil saava B boya ride on rara cars because bause there are no harracks hayracks hay racks to ride on boya bop pitre pennies because they are not al allowed loed to pitch ball boys shoot craps crapa 1 Ite because causa they caret cant bli bin i it t with a ith or at aall am thing else these and similar inis 4 demeanors will mill disappear in proportion to tile tho playgrounds which will be oll opened up every year herein I 1 take it q lies the file playgrounds highest value im 0 aej a 49 jal ine media diate ate te or ultimate j 7 1 i 1 aim M 5 al I 1 t 4 i s i ati X 4 i n bitte ft |