in the heart of every american boy is the feeling that he needs a lot more time for play one bottle is need for more actors to play for in most cities throughout the united states today playground exposed to danger even in localities where parks and playgrounds have been established that are still far too few facilities to meet the demand and players often find it necessary to waste many hours just waiting for their turn on the court supervision they may quickly acquire the free and easy habits which all too often lead to delinquency instead of the team spirit of the playing field they may develop the marauding habit it is only a short step to outright crime community during world war two some three and a half million young men who might have been healthier and stronger as they've been provided with adequate recreation areas on their childhood well rejected as on fit for service in the armed the taxpayer's expense today public spirited groups of every kind of jealous way working to make up for the omissions of the past by promoting and even helping to finance more and better playground and throughout the country progressive municipalities are coming to realize that recreation is an essential part of community life ranking in importance with public health and education civic leaders under like to the officials of cities and towns of average size today reappraising the outdoor recreational needs of their people and in many cases taking the necessary action to meet them but though some progress is being made the job ahead is still a big one the more than sixteen thousand u s municipalities only a scant twenty five hundred have organized recreation services and though playgrounds require trained leaders just as schools need qualified teachers only wanted to the nation's recreational workers are employed full time the around chance to play is essential to the well being of all regardless of age for most people young or old no form of recreation as great repealed on a relaxing swim on a summer afternoon but the facilities of the community play areas must be diverse supplied to accommodate the preferences of all and they must be made available at the least possible cost the players sunday equipment for play are conveniently at hand even the less popular sports will attract people who never before thought of taking part in  i thanks to the advancements of medical science men and women on the autumn of life enjoy better health and going to expect to live longer than those of past generations with more than eleven percent of the us population already over sixty critical though the recreational problem is for all other groups among the us population it is particularly acute for the great mass of people who cannot play during the day time the nation's many millions of working men and women very few jobs holders are able to take advantage of the facilities which most recreation centers  nightfall the community recreational problem becomes more acute a private playground that can give them hope some amusement teenagers inevitably find that they have nothing better to do than to pass their evenings loafing on the street and sooner or later in their search for diversion they are likely to return to the same pattern of nighttime existence as that followed by so many of the older members of the community working toward a solution to their problem and although such leaders all approve well the progressive program in principle many considerations involved architects of completed plans for memorial park have submitted this model for approval and designing it they've had the advice of recreation experts and of the equipment manufacturers it's as you can see it provides facilities for many different kinds of sports charge you're wrong in terms of community living alone this park will be worth many times our investment it costs in dollars and cents it's a sound proposition too by charging admission a rental fees on certain occasions can help meet the operating costs of the park we don't have to build it all at once just part of it now and part of it later on and gradually we'll get it all in the meantime the park will help to increase the value of the neighboring realistic what's the need for all this bloodletting steen well all you've got to remember that night time is the only time during the week that many folks complain studies made in twelve communities about the same size only for those who like to participate in sports but also for those who like to watch the fact which big league baseball clubs like the brooklyn dodgers have long recognized pro more important than gate receipts the dividends outdoor recreation payson health happiness and increased efficiency many large industrial companies realize that no matter what his job the american worker who has a chance in some sections of the country where summer temperatures soar to one bearable heights during the day night time is playtime in recent years spectator sports events have been held more and more during the evening hours bar most people find that it is already dark when their day's work is done and that is not the forty hours they have available for recreation throughout the week more than half hour in the evening recreation can serve no better purpose on the life community than in helping to keep the american family together as a unit but very few families are fortunate enough to have within easy reach of home the outdoor sports centers they need to enable all members of the household to get out together even on the most progressive communities there are still not enough nighttime recreational facilities available problem of recreational america must be shown not by any single group alone but through the active participation