The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-05-11
BIG PLAY CONGRESS
COMES TO AN END
ADJOURNs AFTER BRIEF MORNING
SESSION IN THE JEFTERsoS
AUDITORIUM.
MOST DELEGATES GONE
ATTENDANCE SLIM AT YEsTER-
DAYS MEETINGS-TiME AND
PLACE OF NEXT CONGRESS
LEFT To DIRECTORS.
MOST DELEGATES GONE

The seventh annual meeting Of the
Playground and Recreation Congress
Of America. which has been in session
in Richmond since Tuesday. came to
an end yesterday morning with the
brief general session in the Jefferson
hotel auditorium. which was proceeded
by several OF the usual sectional
meetingM
Many Of the delegates departed for
their homes Friday night after the
finai big evening session. and many
others left yesterday on morning
trains. 30 that the attendance yester-
day was slim. though the few meet
ings held proved replete with inter-
est to the few philosophers Of the
science of play who remained to par
ttcipate in them.
Boy Scout Activities.
In section l Of the boy scout activi-
ties formed the general subject.
Isaac c. Sutton, of Philadelphia, tell
ing the audience something of the
organization in the rural and subur-
ban districts; and Ludwig s. Dale,
field secretary of the scouts. outlined
the work in the cities.
Thomas S.~6ettle. field secretary Of
the organization. repeated his illus
trated lecture on the country fair.
in point of interest with the similar
lecture Of J. r. Spingarn. OF Armenia.
NJ r. on the Armenia play festival.
and in section 8, Miss Julia Schoen-
field, also & field secretary OF the
organization, outlined a program for
constructive commercial recreation.
and she was followed In an hour OF
inimitable storytelling by Seumas
MacManus. OF Ireland. and Richard
r. Wyche, president Of the National
Storytelle-s' league. both OF whom
have added immensely to the general
enjoyment OF the weeks congress.
Play for Profit.
Mrs. Mary e. Mcdowell. the noted
Chicago settlement worker, who was
the drawing card at the general SEES
sion Friday night. presented more OF
her sane, conservative views and in
teresting experiences with the un-
fortunate at the closing session yes
terday morning, while Secretary Bert
Ball. Of the Chicago, grain exchange,
was introduced. whose subject was
Rural Recreation and the High Cost
Of Living" was introduced as the
closing. feature of the congress.
Mr.. Ball advanced the idea that
successful work Is only systematized
play and the most successful are
those who do not take themselves too
seriously. A saving sense of humor.
he said. ID essential to make we'll
balance man. and tho successful bhsi-
ness 10 never drudgcry-the spirit OF
play must permeate everything we do.
Il represent the national organixa-
tioA Of the grain exchanges ana our
ultimate end 10 larger yield OF
grAln." he said. Tn our zeal to ac-
complish immediate results we organ
ized seed improvement committee
and attempted to conduct . nation
wide campaign all by ourselves. We
soon found that there were literally
hundreds Of organisations looking
sitter the betterment OF rural condi-
tions. 20 we have made n survey OF
the field and have tried to become ac-
quainted with the activities Of all OF
these organizations.
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