The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-05-07
WILL FURTHER
PLAY GROUNDS
FIFTH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE
ASSOCIATION Is TO BE HELD IN
WASHINGTON, D. c, MAY 10TH
AND 18TH.

Efficiency in play is the Keynote Of
the fifth annual meeting of the Play
ground Association of America, which
is to be held at the New Willard no
tel in Washington, D. c., May 10 to
18th, 1911.
The practical questions confronting
those interested in public recreation
will be discussed by experts. This year
the Playground Association of America
has held four playground Institutes in
various parts of the country. The an
nual meeting this year is in the nature
of an institute of institutes. There will
be no exhibitions" but children and
grown people will actually play the va
rious playground games. There viii be
one set of games for children under
ten; another for girls from ten to four
teen. The games for boys from ten
to fourteen will be played by dele
gates.
Experts Themselves to Play.
Beorge E. Johnson, of Pittsburg, who
has done so much to maintain high
standards of playground work in his
city, and E. B. De Groot, who has
directed development of the wonderful
South Park playground system of
Chicago, will be captains of the oppos-
ing teams which will play volley ball,
playground ball and soccer football.
Many prominent playground workers
have signed" for various teams.
Young women delegates will play vol
ley ball. There will also be folk dane
ing by delegates under the direction of
the chairman Of the committee on folk
dancing, Mrs. James ]. Storrow, of
Boston.
WHAT is going to happen when the
playground workers actually begin TO
play--to practice what they preach!
hiss Edna ". Fisher, who has been
successful in dramatic work in Pitts
burg, will conduct a rehearsal before
the delegates so that those present can
see the aims of the work and under
stand the method.
The playground workers on the clos
ing day Of the conference will practice
various Boy Scout activities.
Street Play.
How street play can be made more
wholesome and satisfactory will be
shown by Madeline L. Stevens, who
has had charge of street play in New
York. Much of the time at the meet
ings will be given up to discussions in
which many prominent workers will
participate.
Mrs. Chas. H. Israel will speak on
Social Dancing.
Fairgrounds in the Country.
Play as an Antidote to Civilization is
the subject of an address by Jos. Lee,
the president of the Playground Asso-
citation Of America Fairgrounds have
often been considered city question.
Now the Playground Association Of
America announces the topic Rural
Recreation, with no less a speaker than
Prof. L. H. Bailey, Of Cornell Univer-
sity.
How to Secure the Most Play With
the Least Expenditure.
The slogan of efficiency in work
seems to be giving place somewhat to
the cry Efficiency in Life and this ac-
counts for the interest which leads
men and women from all parts of the
country to come together to consider
how they can secure the most play
and the most happiness for the epople
Of their communities with the least
expenditure.
Some of the sessions of the last an
nual meeting Of the Playground Asso-
citation Of America, held at Rochester,
N. Y, were attended by over four thou
sand people.