Show 7 writer believed that the problems presented in the preceding paragraphs were suffiently important to warrant a careful study to determine just what was being done to supply recreational needs to the citizens of the State The of Utah This investigation involved three steps namely: (l) a library study of recreational programs (2) the selection of the criteria for evaluating Method of procedure (3) the choosing of the cities to be studied and (4) the collection and evaluation of the data such a program 1 Library s tudy A review was made of all the lit- erature available in this field The most recent books magazines pamphlets bulletins theses annual reports surveys served as a background for the study The list and was made up from bibliographies in various surveys card catalogues publications lists furnished by the National Recreational Association and original articles listed in the vised by the Readers Guide This list was re- elimination of all data not related to the problem o- - Selecting criteria The second step was to evolve criteria for evaluating the recreational set-u- p in the various communities and in Utah as a whole In 2 criteria four were divisions setting considered (1) organization and administration (2) areas up these main |