The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-03-23
COMMITTEE SUB.
MlTs GOOD REPORT OF WHAT'S
BEEN DOING DURING THE PAST
TWELVE MONTHS-ELECTIO
OF OFFICERS ALSO OCCURS,
HENRY HYER BEING ELECTED
PRESIDENT.

ed ana plans Tor a large Work were
discussed and adopted.
The annual election resulted as fol
lows:
President-Henry Hyer.
Secretary-treasurer- E. Davis
Yonge.
| General Director of Fairgrounds
John Bradford.
Baseball will be a leading feature
for the young business men this year
and a meeting of all interested will be
called early in April. The league will
begin active work about May 18th.
| The proposed work at Bayview Park
was given a good deal of attention and
it is hoped to make a fine recreation
park for the people at this beautiful
| location.
The report of the director was
then read and was as follows:
Pensacola Fairgrounds Committee,
| City.
Gentlemen: In accordance with my
duties as general director of play
grounds, have the honor to submit to
you herewith my first annual report
for the year ending March 1st, 1910.
| AS many requests have been re-
ceived for information regarding our
work, this report will contain a brief
history of the Pensacola Fairgrounds
movement
In December, 1908, Mayor Goodman,
having been interested for some time
in the development of Fairgrounds in
other cites, determined to inaugurate
a work here.
After a conference with your di-
| rector, careful study of the city was
made and the results charted upon a
map of the city, and report with
recommendations for work advised,
prepared.
AS result of this study and report,
Mayor Goodman appointed the follow
ing committee: President, Mr. Henry
Hyer; secretary-treasurer, Mr.. John
Bradford; Rev. Father Turner, Mr.. G.
G. Goodman, and DR.. Clarence Hutch
ison.
Two sites were selected, one on
North Hill on property kindly offered
by the owner, Mr.. Chris Thiesen, and
| one on East Hill, where the site was
secured through the kindness of Mr.
Max Bear.
Professor c. G. Bull, of the High
School, was secured to take charge oil
the North Hill field after school hours
and Mr.. H. E. Hopper, of the Y. NJ. G.
A, for the East Hill work The for
mer was opened on Feb. 18th and the
latter on Feb. 18th.
Great interest was at once shown
and the North Hill field was used al
the noon recess hour by the students
of school No. l and as training
ground for the teams of the Classical
and High Schools. The High School
boys, under the direction of Professor
Bull, constructed a club house and
graded the field and built such ap
paratus as was needed.
From this noon work at the field
systematic work for all of the boys al
school No. 1 was introduced into the
school yard, the boys competing
against time and space rather than
against each other. The girls could
operation of the School Improvement
the large yard at No. 1 was graded
and equipped and folk dancing and
games, May pole, volley ball and in,
door baseball were introduced. This
work was a success from the start.
At the East Hill field Mr.. Hopper
met with similar success and aided in
introducing work into school No. 40
Schools 20 and so also took up work
suited to their pupils.
AS many children were interested in
the folk dancing and games, the use OF
the armory for a large class Vas re
quested and the request granted by
the county commissioners, and classes
under the direction of Misses Berry
and White were conducted twice a
week in the evening. AS many chill
dren from the East Hill section could
not take the long journey down town
Miss Daisy Spencer of school No. &c
volunteered to conduct a class or
Wednesday afternoons to meet the
need and this class was held in the
school yard.
A Good Attendance.
The attendance figures until the
close of school were as follows:
North Hill held. ...'. IL SOC
East Hill field. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 3,SS:
Armory classes Miss Berry,. $500
Armory classes Miss White)
H. S. Girls. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 55C
School No. l.. =. =. =. ESQ a day
/ 4o.. ..loo
Il ~. 10
Two exhibitions of the play work
were given. one at the armory in con
nection with the Turner art exhibit
and the other at the Y. NJ. c. A.
Early in the season Mr.. Lee F. Han
mer, field secretary of the Playground
Association of America, visited the
city and met members of the commit
tee and gave an illustrated address OF
playground work.
With the close of the schools in ad
dition to the other work being done al
the Fairgrounds, three baseball leagues
were organized under the direction OF
Mr.. V. R. Gilmore, the Junior. Friday
and Twilight Leagues, the latter was
for the young business men and the
games were played after six o'clock.
One hundred and twenty official