The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-04-18
FOR VACATION SCHOOLS
HOARD or EDUCATION TOTES USE
 OF FOUR BUILDINGS
tee-PreparntiOns for Carrying on tho Work of Education and Recren- ton in the POpuIous Sections of the City Funds in Demand.
City-Funds In Demand.

City-Funds in Demand.
 At the last meeting of the Board of
 Education ,on Friday, April Il, the re
 quest of the Vacation School and Play
 ground Committee for the use of the Zunder Eaton and Fair street schools and for the Zunder and Wooster play grounds, for the Summer work, was considered, and it was unanimously voted that the committee be given the use of these schools.
 The committee is already making plans for the summer work, which it is hoped will be more comprehensive and far reaching in it's effects than ever before. The same yards and play grounds which have been so successful in past years are to be opened, and in addition it is hoped that funds may al low of new school being opened in the Fair street school.
 It has been the plan of the committee to start playgrounds and vatcation schools in certain districts which are very densely populated where there are great numbers of children, and where there are no other playgrounds pro vided, than the dirty hot and noisy streets.
 In every case the choice of the com mttee has proved wise one. From the crowded and unsanitary surroundings on Oak, Factory and Commerce streets the children have swarmed to the shel- ter of the Zunder yard which was of fered them through the long hot days of July and August, an open place to play in, the never exhausted joy Of 1ammocks, swings sand-bins bean bags, dolls, and many other toys. Here the little mothers" of seven and eight years old have found al title time for recreation, knowing that the baby was happyin one of the playground baby carriages, under the grateful shade of a large canopy awning. No less gladly have the older boys and girls come for three summers, entirely of their own accord, to the Zunder school rooms, large airy, cool rooms, with growing flowers, and often cut flowers do be dis tributed at the close of the morning) with interesting pictures, and above all with the piano, with all that stands far to these little people who never tire of music. st-@
 Here the morning hou,e We spent, 1 In singing, in reading intel pf ing stor- ies, in sewing and in lessons in taking | care of home. It certainly is not | strange that the children come so gladly when we compare all this with morn- ing spent on the streets and such streets: or in the uncomfortable one or two room home.
 For the same reasons, the children from Grand avenue clamor to be let in to the Eaton school, or Wooster yard and those from Wallace and Franklin streets storm the gates of the Wallace street yard which has so gen erously been loaned to the committee through the kindness of Father Russell and the young men of the T. A. B. so ciety.
 Each year some new school or yard or branch of the work has been open ed, for its Is purposed to show bow many districts of New Haven have provided no breathing spot for its children and have closed the only avail able recreation places, the schools. This year the plan is to open a school similar to that at Eaton and zunder, for the children of Fair street. One need only walk through the street to see how sadly such a. school is need ed It is also planned to enlarge the ( domestic training department in the ( zunder school. Last year bedroom l was furnished, and across the hall a lining room, and each day classes of title girls were taught to air and make he bed, to dust and clean the room, to ;et the table, wait on the table and care l or the dining room. But to do the U most effective work ill this department, | special teacher must be engaged, for | he regular teachers have their hands | lready full. To carry out all these plans, more K honey is needed. and 1t is hoped that U very one who believes in the work will feel that he can contribute at least F small sum. q Contributions may be sent to Mrs. l .eo Herz, 11S Edwards street.