Show Coalville Schools I IAre Are Progressive In tn speaking of of ot tho th North Summit schools a correspondent says The North Summit school district now has one of ot the best equipped school playgrounds playgrounds play play- I grounds of any district In the state according to C C. C N N. Jensen state superintendent of public Instruction i The board of ot education which con cone alder Its expenditure In this line one ono of ot tho the b boat best st st. investments of ot public money this fall mashed finished equipping the grounds of ot ov every ovy r school under Its Ita jurisdiction n with first class playground play play- ground apparatus This apparatus II fa of ot galvanized Iron and set in bases of concrete Sufficient units unite are arc employed so that every child In every school may ay play to his life hearts heart's con con- tent On the grounds of ot tho Coalville building there there are fifteen iron swings with steel link ropes and seats tour four giant strides ten Ice see saws with iron ironpipe ironpipe pipe bases two slides elides two two horizontal ladders one flexible ladder two pairs pain of at f lying six gix traveling rings two climbing poles poles' a trapeze and a horizontal bar In addition there arc basketball and volleyball courts available a basket ball ball and a number number number num num- ber of Indoor baseballs and bats This does not Include the facilities for tor high school students who have a three- three acre athletic field and a 66 by 88 88 I foot gymnasium including all tho the accoutrements for tor basketball football foot toot ball and baseball All the other nine school grounds in tho the district are arc provided with like equipment proportionate to their size although winter overtook the laborers before they could finish installing Installing in In- st stalling In two of ot the smaller school yards The movement which has resulted In these grounds had Its inception Inthe In Inthe Inthe the school boards board's consenting to a recommendation of ot Superintendent D. D II If Fowler that 75 76 In playground equipment b be offered the two schools that should score highest in the so- so called ca clean school contest and Inthe in inthe the efforts of ot Principal P. P A. A Powell of the tho Coalville building to raise ralsa money for tor this purpose through scho School l entertainments This was wan neatly nearly three years ago So pleased was the board with the value of ot the clean school contest that prizes in a like Ike amount of equipment have been awarded every year ear since to La two schools About was spent this tall fall In providing liberally grounds for tor school com come Th Tho board of ot education consists of ot P. P H. H Neeley president recently reelected reelected reelected re- re elected for a four tour year term and T J. J Lewis of Coalville George Fowler Fowl Fowl- er r of at Henefer A. A J. J Farrell of Hoy s- s rille and Joshua Bates Dates of ot Wanship 1 |