The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-28

zess to the stats. this is a factor of growing importance.
 me recreation centsrs open this winter are fin the cnnrastc1 p1r.s e, or the city and are siways lLieo. Each building is scer,e Sa activity Visit one of the centers tor Doys and several hundred will be tunities offered them. In the rvro- nasium will be found several score under the direction of teachers do- .ne various athletic stunts that will
 it them not only for the spring con- .ests between the centers,s but will fit them for a healthy life. Tn this Ionr room Is a spirited game of basket ball. ln that are quiet games of checkers. cness. authors and ping pong. Tn the hprary are several readers Upstairs TWO class-rooms will be found open ana teacher fin charge. This is not night school, dozens of other buildings are devoted to that specific work. No lessons are being said here. put half-hundred boys are busy stuaying the next days lessons to be recited in this or other schools. This pitiLul fact became too big to be ig- no place to study at night and no one 70 whom they can turn for help. They have been invited to come to these recreation centers where q teacher can give any help that is ask ca. and where they can study in peace.
 Visit . center that has been opened Tor girls and the same conditions win be found prevailing, Tn the gym nasium plano plays a gay melody and half hundred girfs, some from their Homes some direct from their work. are dancing folk dances under the supervision of q pretty young girl. are games. there 6 circle of 103lnS q readers. in the library, and in the study rooms are other groups of students who have no room for study at home. Everywhere Is interest, order. happiness. and a zest that was
 unknown a decade ago when street
 corners were the only meeting places
 for play. and the big world had not
 yet recognised the need for playing
 places and recreation centers.
 New York uses its school buildings
 for lectures too. It was the first city
 in the world to incorporate adult education as an integral part of It's educational system. For nineteen years free lectures have been held
 under the auspices of the department of edncatton for the uplift of the city'a people. The Iirst. year lectures were held in six schools houses in the con gested districts. There. were no il. lustrations, the halls were small, anu
 the guests climbed long flights oi stairs. The six lecture centers have grown into ITO. Last year there were over $500 audiences in ell. with a total attendance of 1s20s,s3e. Ths lectures embraced a wide range oi subjects, many of which were capable
 of illustration by fine stefopticoF
 views. They Were given, many oi them, in school auditoriums specially
 made for lectures and entertainments with seating capacity of severa | thousand
 This lecture department has been in strumental in widening the scope o
 the school buildings uses, and during the twenty years of it's existence | has witnessed a marvellous progress | in New York's vast educational work It has seen the Americanization O | thousands of incoming people and thu establishment of kindergartens and | the sending of kindergarteners al | visitors In homes. It has seen thI
 education budget reach. equal. ant outgrow the great police budget, am | has seen each school house become | the great social center for a group Q | busy, ambitious people. M Copyright, 1908, by Frederic J. Has | kin.)
 TomorrOw--The Great UpIffk. I VI-Neyv World for the Blind.