The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-12-19
VACATION SCHOOL REPORT
FIGURES OF THE aN SUMMER PLACES

sfnk the Months of July and August
 Detailed Account of Manner of Af-
 fording Instruction and Recreation.
 Following is the report of the super- # 3ntendent of vacation schools and play"
 Frounds covering the months of July
 Snd August:
 The heat of the last week of the regu-
 ;.iar school year was intense. Children
 sand teachers looked forward with an- Y Xticfpation to the respite ahead, with &x1tnds filled and visions of the time ksW1en they should be free to enjoy the &Seufhmer, either in their own comfort
 able and appointed homes. or to ex- ESGhange the heat of the city for the cool
 SbTeezes of seashore and country.
 E Perhaps to one-half of the school S children of New Haven these visions $became happy realities. But what of 4 the other half?
 You all know the story so well that it
 S6ems hardly necessary to repeat it.
 EehOols closed, stuffy rooms in crowded
 &fANNment houses unbearabe, no back
 fY4Fds, or worse than none, not even
 NY tiny front lawn to relieve the glare fs136Sxne July and August sun Indoors, &lIx&t; confusion, disorder and often-
 ttyMGe strife; out-of-doors companion %aj33p and certain freedom from re- R0EfRttt which turn the scales in favor of
 sh1 street
 N It Is to these children, or to portion x s5of them, that our vacation schools and ks ksfiaygrounds opened their gates on fqnday morning, July 1, and those who fk1S0w best the conditions under which
 Sheea children are struggling for exist #aetiGe have ceased to wonder that, de-
 lte the heat, this year as last, the \ 1tea were opened to an eager waiting @CroWd of little people whose visions as x 4f0 heated days came on had been not eeashore and country, but of busy f64ppy mornings in the vacation school 0x long bright days in the play grounds. Vacation Schools-Eaton.
 x Only one change was made in the To- x S&9lf fioh and enlargement of the schools Iiln drummer. Last year it was clearly \ N that Wooster was not a
 3l68irable school owing to the fact that { it Waa too far away from the children Tor whom it was intended. Chapel H1treet, like great gulf. divides that ss s1Actton of the city, so it was deemed Y 6&Sk to secure the use of school more
 f&Afiy in the center of the crowded dis 4tftcf Hamilton was desired, but was %i3ota available. Eaton was the next SA8h0ice and it's use was granted by the ffSM Haven City School District. ss syya 5Thes wisdom of the change was evil dSnt from the first. It will be remem- { hHred that last year it was necessary to | 9flH1Se canvass of the streets on the S6p4ning day, but no such effort was
 3i9ceseary this year. While the same
 number of rooms was opened in Eaton { Re In Wooster, the attendance was xd4ubled and could without effort have Shaen trebled had provision been made . -fcFs such an increase. The attendance WY Nc first days was 53, increasing to 13
 tl3e next morning. Average daily att stKidance the first week was 66, second
 {4y third 79, fourth 66, fifth 66 and sixth a&3 The average daily attendance for the entire six weeks was 70. The small s&1t attendance any one day was 59, and tla largest 80, which was reached for Sef:< successive days.
 EA MfgEteen names are recorded for per 5f 91t Attendance for the six weeks and G&Rteen others not entering the first 8a6Y, for perfect attendance after en- 'f0lixnent. The school was in charge of |X1iSs Grace Beecher assisted by Miss
 1inifred E. Atkins. II z The programme was similar to that Followed last year and consisted of gen Hfaf opening exercises, science or nature 'ttlIks, sewing, manual work, singing, &&ii1es and reading Picture study was iilade feature of the opening exercises, the pictures used having been selected from those loaned by the art committee 6f the Womans School Association. Eivep of Longfellow, Washington and 1 Lincoln were also touched upon. Ma 43ire talks which were as far as possi- ' ble, upon specimens which each child Z held in his hand, were exceedingly in- teresting and profitable. After the gen. Aral talk illustrations of these speci- mems were made in color.
 FiOwers studied and drawn were wild rose wild oats, ox-eyed daisy, chicory, t corn flower, popy thistle, clover, pond l nv, milk weed butter and eggs. z Z Trees studied were oak, maple, elm and birch. !
 Eeashore studies-Star fish, sea ur- r chin, horseshoe crab, barnacles and r snails. r blue brd, orlole, Wood- becker and scarlet tanager. q
 The following books were read either I by the children or aloud in their pres i once: "Gulliver's Travels" ''Three S HolIlen Apples "The Miraculous z "Red Riding Hood" "Boston Tea Party" "Stories of American Rev. ', Iution" and "vThe Golden Touch" T
 Seventy-nine finished garments tell :. the story of the popularity of the sew f Ing hour and twenty-five forms of i, manual work each requiring accurate Q and careful handling of o Inc knife, tell no less certainly of the ' pleasure, as well as the profit derived f, rom this occupation. n
 The joys of the game period cannot e De described. Indeed it is difficult to :, convey any kind of a correct impression N if what this half hour of complete re- . axation and real fun means to the F. shildren. One must be not only a vis- tor during the games, but a participa- or in them as well, holding a flower or II waving flag as the magic music" di- Y, 'ects, in order to gain a real apprecia- v ion of their delights V! VI @ The following games were 1sed VI