The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1911-11-21
PUBLIC PLAYGROUND
HELPS YOUNGSTERS
Public School Children Ben8-
fitted by HeaIthfuI Exercise.

superintendent Arthur G n. Fair
lamb. of the public playground. pre-
sents the 70 lowing reroft Of the
vork of the playground for the month
OF october:-
Several contests We're brought to
close, as weil as a number Of other
events within tie confines. OF this
month, of which the TO lowing is
synopsis. Games of baseball, basket
ball, fie d hockey tug-o-war, Indian club
hustle, French wrestling, French foot,
three deep pursuit race, tether bali,
croquet, slugi and pyramids were en-
Joyed by boys aid cir S OF all ages.
athletic and gymnastic work received
an impetus, which was shown in the
closeness of the final contest.
The public school fled day on
Thursday, October 26th, all the c-asse
i'll grades three, four, five, SIN, seven
and eight, attended the playground
and took part in mass drill, the
sections being led by high school
girls and boys, who very kindly gave
their assistance, as wei as Thomas
Campbell, who came all the way from
New York City to give us his able
: assistance in handling the drill
The sight was certainly an imposing
one as the entire space was packed
and the lines worked out into gigan-
tic spiral winding and unwinding again
and finally marching back to their
original positions again, then taken
in charge by their respective teachers
and marched back to the several
schools to which they belonged with
out the slightest disorder, the entire
time taken from the moment that
the first class arrived to the final
class leaving took just fifty-three
minutes.
Superintendent |. w. Travel, of the
Morristown public schools. was pres
ent and Henry M. Smith, vice-presi-
dent of the Morristown Playground
society, both were very much pleased
with the demonstration, many parents
came forward and congratulated those
} in charge, and hoped that the splen-
did work wou be continued.
1t was extremely gratifying to have
so many parents and friends present
to witness this splendid display, the
} attendance figures speak for them
selves, 1,512, including the children,
this Is more than one-tenth of the
, entire population of Morristown.
The immeasurable amount of good
S healthy exercise which has been
given the children in al of the grades
q from the first to the eighth, inclus-
i've, of the public schools of this town
during the hour spent in the play
ground once in every eight or ten
days, certainly compensates for the
time taken from other subjects in the
curriculum. That this is so is attested
to by every teacher, principal and the
r superintendent of these schools, letters
having been received from every one
II of them indicating their unanimous
approval of this work.
The foremost doctors of Norris
S town after visiting the playground
+ have given their entire approval and
:, endorsement of this school work as
well as the general worth of it to
, the community, giving a signed state
ment to this effect. The signers are:
= the two doctors of the school board
l. Dr. Anna l.. Allaben and DR.. Becker;
/, the others are: DR.. H. A. Henriques
DR.. Francis H. G4azebrook, DR.. James
= B. Griswold, DIR. Samuel C. Haven
t, DR.. George H. Lathrope and DR.. James
f. Douglas.
The total attendance to the play
ground of the school chi i.dren is as
d follows: girls, 1885, boys, 1864;
n teachers, 10S, making total of 2611
for the month of October.
The gymnastic contest that was to
have been held on Saturday, October
2lst, had to be postponed to the fol
" lowing Saturday October 2Sth The
or sfS.I nf 1n rfp or
:, until noon and then continued in the
l. afternoon. The exercises opened il
the morning with a fox dance by the
Of little tots, 70 lowed by pole drill by
"a the girls and a folk dance by the
same girls in the dIi followed by {
competitive wand drill by the little
q, ones for which the fol owing were
;e awarded prizes --Rosina Mantle, agt
al three years; Amelia Falgiona, five
years; Beatrice Eddy. eight years
Eleanor Follis, eight years.; Perlit
IN Smith, eight years.
A. Mrs. Vasta's little girl assisted he
m in drilling the little ones. The las
!, number of this part of the program
- was folk dance, Rich Rach,' b,
the gir.s.
e, The all-round gymnastic contes
re- then proceeded with the following re
is su t, after running well into the at
10 ternoon-
I'd Girls-The following is the orde
lg and the scores of the first four
Clementine Ciancio ........... 3SH
Bridget Antonaccio and
Florence Williams, tie ...... S6f
Kate Verrilli ................. 35A
Sc Boys contest:
IN Samuel Scott Observation-Disclosures. 30
ay Frank Brennan ................ 31R
=. T. Stone ................... 55h
10 A. Mansfield Observation-Disclosures. 54$
IN These scores show how remarkabl,
er close the contest was, but do no
ad convey the ful facts, as most OF th'
80 contestants especially so amongst th'
Nv boys can duplicate each others exer
IS cises.
The attendance for the day was 50
lv An exciting game of baseball be
tween the o'ored Giants and tn
White Stars ending in tie beini
the finale of the days program.
The round robin tether ball contes
he was a tie between Bridget Antonaeci
=. and Rose Denunzio. the latter winnin
" in the play-off in three straight set
rd winning the prize.
'e The attendance for the month i
TO- herewith given in detail:-
- AM PM Tota
Boys ........... 954 $3.50 Ala