Show HERE IS CHANCE FOR CITI TO GET ITS play GROUNDS harmon foundation offers fifty playgrounds 1109 rounds to growing cities more than five hundred preliminary applications have been received by the harmon foundation of new york N Y in connection with its offer to give fifty play fields to growing communities during the present year this represents approximately one fourth of the incorporated corp orated places tn n the united states which show a growth of thirty per cent or more since 1900 and which have a resident population of at least according to the last united states census richfield Is in this class inquiries have come from every state in the union and applications have been received from all but four one application has also been received from alaska indicating a nationwide nation wide interest in the question of securing play land the offer of the division of playgrounds of the harmon foundation is open until july 1 1924 when all formal applications must be received at the foundation offices nassau street new york N Y 2000 will be available for each site and not less than two acres will be considered for a playground this qualification eliminates from consideration for this gift many valuable and much needed play places in larger communities but it is the desire of the foundation to use the which has been set aside for this purpose to assist as many smaller rapidly growing towns as possible to acquire suitable permanent recreation centers before real detate e state values make its purchase prohibitive hibi tive for remunerative non activities tivi ties the harmon foundation has limited its activities to cooperation in the purchase of tha ground only not ot oc equipment but will use its funds in those communities where the play site Is not only a a desirable I 1 one but where the greatest local energy and responsibility is assured in future development land jand direction of 0 the field as a recreation center while most cities and towns make provision for play space today there ana am few places as yet which set aside sufficient areas of centrally located land for outdoor sports and recreation especially with reference to future growth the increasing I 1 death rate among children run down by motor vehicles while playing in in the street more and more points to the far reaching need for definite places where children may engage in normal health developing games without danger from traffic it is 19 the nature of children to play they need wholesome outdoor recreation as part of their training for adult life as good american citizens to make insufficient or no provision for play while forbidding games in the streets is not only unfair and tyrannical I 1 to the children themselves but results are invariably detrimental to society itself if the richfield city council and the sevier district school board want vant to apply for a the conditions can be had in our office |