| Show recreation on oil the worlds greatest ship bv claude C CornN cornwall NalI 1 I nult go 0 o down dmn to VIC fie s 1 again to the ionel sea ea anil and the sav and all I 1 ask ak a k is a tall shin anil and i a tai stai to steer her hei bv iceie 1 here used to he be a great lure in the ea SOT for thole who bo went nent down to the ei ea in ship but thit that lure luie i is being fur enhanced now non a davs in the added corillo comtois it and aid luuis 1 of modem liners but after all the laicer la icet t element n ent in making pleasurable rable an oce ocean coage is the human element all evern even trip of the great Lei leviathan athan bun bull died of people housed together toge for six it das dans confined to the limits of the promenade decks and compelled to live ile with each other practically alk all of them feie eie strangers and unless chance contacts brought them toge therl ther man main would remain strangers anti and isol idol cited throughout the entire journe to socialize this group Ro somewhat ind and to add pleasures which such companionship panion ship would P 0 ide was in as the task of the recreational director on the leviathan Lei athan this thi r I 1 used three lileth methods there were ere games on the leek deck which included baseball golf tennis tenni S all of modified to meet the I 1 milbon limitation of space pace and such physical contests and mass mas games as cage cag e ball arabit punch and guard group athletics folk dancing clog lancing dancing and arious relas then in the evening we ue hall had community ibis as a great unified we ile b have e hid had amann as many a as 1200 voices all singing together informal dramatics was the third method and many an original drar arami n a was as v latten ind and enacted buring tair iniz the journey journel the activities ties bere iere TV ere all additional to the ships ship program of informal games ring toss shuffle board deck quoits etc and also the ships concerts and dancing panties F es which are traditional activities tl tivi itle ties of tile the mccan lincis how do lou plan pla baseball on a do the people respond 7 9 how hon do you get them intern ted I 1 all these thee and arian more questions question haxe have been answered led in practical demonstrations during the si t cn crossings cro inas of till this umers tourist anson well ill anak er theme thee and possibly Po bibly some other questions ions b bv reviewing a da davs kofl work of the IM 13 man mail early earl mi lining finds him in the thud cla pla int with ith the emigrants their plan i primitive almost childish in I 1 h dl li i lector ector comes come anong the croin crowd d of men I 1 and women men who nho cannot speak peak engl sh illen are curious about tile the great c go gf ball which he has brought makes them try to catch it chev i vv ant to see ho hov heava it 1 is and ire surprised cd that it is 0 o light one mail throws it at another anil and knocks his h it off all kluch uh the ice 1 is brck brello ln nr tile the person jut hit revenges with nith a throw and soon qoon the ball i is beng being thrown about in a game of target practice the director rushes rushe to the rescue and then indicates a circle formation an I 1 soon starts a game of grabot all of the games which lie he u uses in ill thud thild class must be funne sf the 1 e people 0 ie laugh and enjoy the run fun spectators ct to r and participant alike arc caught chught in t tho il wave a e 0 0 int interest orest the delector ili lector laughs too ile he pans harder than all ane rest chev lile him and wint him back agun tomorrow morning student tourist class provides a field for nall organized competition vill a leider nil nd do 10 as a he saas but bath Airen cans the trick is to make them think that they the ire are the tha leaders so th clowd is divided into two trams the and the tha wh alas Capt suns ae a e selet select t eil d for oi the anous games and each tall I 1 is ci edited credited to the t he team furnish ing the irinner so the spirit of competition is proven pressied ed throughout the entire oage there ae a e contests in eiers form of filim a cooks cook tour race lace to foll folk dance colip competition at t eleen a ill ba abill is announced for first class the game is blaed uth knitli in an IS 18 inch cre case bill ball in a spice pace 35 6 45 feet anc no bat ball is bitted batted aith ith the foot ami and all if other rules arp are as in baseball those who ho come out for th tb first fira ua aas R g same game arc lii ded i ito beans as a nus leu leus for vie fie lea leaggo gli rou to eight teams team are formed depending upon alpo n the number of pla pliers ers anti and uch such names a crabs clams lobsters etc ale aie glen gien to tile the teams the capt captains aim recruit their teams among the passengers and soon aern aNai available lable plan has ha s been cannassa cani can asel d for foi his support up to one of the teams midat mid at antic championship medals stimulate interest for the ictor golf in fust first class goes on all dan da A putting game engages interest of the adults and all to improve mpr their atrol strokes s for the tournament which A aich are held during the afternoons afternoon there is match pla medal plan pla and 1 an occa occasional ional to ball fore fo reome orne all plan blaed ed on the putting greens of elet I 1 carpet there is a great interest among spectators and the scene of the final elimination tournament desemo les a ell championship football stadium scene at an american college an hour eich each lay day in each class isi iq given to supervised for the children cage ball vault is their favorite but bean bags hop scotch cotch follow the leader anti ant various rhythmic 2 saws am s of childhood fill up lip the bill bil until the 1 last t div dav tien then the chil drens ten party is a great scene cene of happy hilarity and noisemaker bal balloons balkoom loom and lots of ice cream make it a real day and aid so the program goes group 0 of f strangers play to together zether on the same team they are strangers stranger no more stran strangers 9 are on the same dramatic in abic c lub club or the same lame musical chorus then they find out v nho ho each other is groups of strangers sins in to together g in tile the community song fet fp t and they soon fegin to find out each other there is an old adage chich which reads get acquainted with inith lour our neighbor you mav anav like him No nowhere here Ls is tile the truth of this adaze adae so 0 manifest maTil fet the i das dans hae baie parsed pa ed three thousand miles of water nater hae been covered and the hundreds of stringers tr angers nho ho s set t sail ail in a strange bolt boat less than a week before grip gnp hands in real 11 friendships parti partine nir as they go their several vas into europe or america as the case cafe may be then han have e learned to like each other because they have ha e placed together to ather |
