The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-04
GALA DAY ON EAST SIDE.
OPENING OF A NEW GrMNASIrM 1T
SEWARD PIRK.

10 tho Joyousness of the Occasion.
Yesterday was n great day for the crowded
bo,d. WORK ing ropuIacc OF the lower esst side
oor,,lat, outdoor gymnasium VIVA thrown
,,,,r d, it.uso IN n norton ~ tbe onen sroce
,, =, S,,,r1 p,ru u,hi,h ia hornJod 10,
known as "p"aru l",n' "n'tn IL oouhueu ny
n.,,,,'v II ia noyer n diNicult matter ~
collect crowd on tho east side and yesterday
when an event OF such vital Importance was to
,,La ,locc. every man. woman and child in
,S7 ajrnhorhon, ,vnn c"niJ "osSi,, oro -,
into tho Enclosure did So willie thousands Sc
point from which view might be obtained.
I"' a..', So, ,, 49,, N"'
t1"Iou ",ia r.'e.e" Ivy tne , Uu'u"pr neerFa-
,, ni ' hooI,htni we" ooe,"s N
-. a., $500, roa. 60 ~ ,.,,', -
combating 'h' ther'' Oh poor 1000 overcrowd-
,ecJt ostoN,jshcd what il known ,s rho Md.
!, st"a,,eu ,,s rs T.,oWn as .no ,'ul
Eleventh avenue. overlooking the river Tho
seward Park Gymnasium is the second one TO
BE- erected ny inc league
Tho exercises attending tho formal opening
80" az - va w '''"t o',,'S
ti' "' '''e r''aur' ,'E p'9e ana wh'e
.o,,n1 IN, sn,,knrs ma irvited onos,s nd
n,,,,, ,.,,r, ,,tharoI I n'n sot,,+I la. na
h'"N' '"''t s"'"eic" l,''' SCHOOL chlluFeh
from the ueghhoring public schools. Platon
E~,ur. r. the musical director. raised bis ho-
i''''''. .''' Wv ''"'' ""' ,','' i"I9ru h'S VA
IN when AL was ready ana the children sang
THE SlGr-SpAnglra Banner" James T.. Sui
Ivan. tn. President Of the league. Introduced
nN the hi7i speaker seth I. stewart chairman
e the Vacation Schools Fairgrounds Com
hi'e'. Mr. Ht'"art sara mat the memory OF
great man We seward could not be preserved
more hAppiIv than Ivy association with parks
ctr Is-~rycd credit, hc said, for spcnIing this
tr.nt now on playground. would, he thought
e,,o ,,r.,ter "ynsni,nr, fnr nris,,a ~, ,,,
future
r,mntrollerBirl s. CoIer who has loto,v beon
i lark on T th I" S 1~'yy is "r%
a. Couey Island. followed Mr.. stewart. Mr.
C'."r Thought that il the public wanted play
ground" th"y must bestir themselves in tho
Tr''"r orr"al t" the Muni"iral Assembly and
Charles b. stover, the Chairman Of the Seward
tts.1 ths crc'tion oi ths evmnostum a,so
, ,,t, vin'a, o.SI''n r,,rnt.,. US,
Grammar School No. 70. After the chorus OF
cl,llr,n had sung America" ths athlotic Az
hi'i'Ioh ana games began
The gymnasium proper is an Irregular
~ 4'9'.
SEX DIVISION and Norfolk Streets Just inside
the board fence which surrounds it is cinder
rr,ning trook IN tbo Di,,sj,r ,+roo. alta Il,
= bioh ,ron Tron,a-nrt. t.o,s, 49, 10 o'o -
hifn iron framework from which are su',
Iended travelling rings, ladders, q trape7e and
Various other appnratus. On the ground are
parallel bars. vaultinE horses a punching bag
nrI "A Al riur norJ ''rnere ia an nnan sn,r,
%gb twn r"S p"sts for ho ath" a" gnn, space
iarye cnni,s p;yn 90 no 49,; ~. ,h
81 'uCC"Ii 70 ' - ni ~, .t NAV INC
ELI"H'' NLu't 40 Speleu W Ine puuitt WIN
grand athietic ana gymnasttc eXhihiton.'
hal heen stretched across the iron framework
g! the gymnasium. Small ribbon badges had
been distributed to the school children OF the
nAGhhorhood to the number OF 900. and
these entitled the prnud rOssessors to pass
through the patas For eyary ON that had n
badge there were four or hye "hildrsn Tbo
Hadn't however nnI this msinritv hnnt
tI.tns c,lyaS viii 49, ~ a iiGyoitHS ucnS
,sn 80 Mn 1; ,h hHo s'nEetesS o.
tu' Ii9Srrl - V!uNiIE NO lIhu at ,He Rhte or
20 cdlm nPinE pnMer, or oyer or tnroush the
lehec WhlGh bhffsu iheIr way. lhere wore
ABOUT one hundred po,lremen on duty IN charge
ot six ronndsncn and Acting Captain Brown of
the Madison street station. and their lot was
far from happy one. A ring Of surging struG-
Cling children surrounded the entire field and
to the despair aud rage Of the buecoats