The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-06
WANT GREEN SPOT
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with Fairgrounds and recreation
centres and how to provide them eco
nomically.
Six national playground conventions
have been held. The seventh is staged
In Richmond. the first Southern city
to be accorded that honor. The con
Sress was first held in Chicago i'm 1905
in response to national call issued
by President Roosevelt. who will go
down in playground history as one of
the big men of the nation who stood
by the movement in Its early and un-
certain. days. Last year the play
ground folk met in Cleveland.
Crowded with Features.
Beginning with the address OF well
come by Mayor Ainslie this afternoon.
the sessions of the convention will be
crowded with features which will be
| interesting to the professional play
ground worker and to the laymen Like
all meetings devoted TO a work the
| benefits of which can be perceived only
In the future and in indirect ways,
the present Recreation Congress en-
braces In Its list of speakers men who
are known the length and breadth of
the country for their broad vision, and
whose presence could not be secured
in any other cause
At convention Headquarters in the
Jefferson Hotel yesterday n half-dozen
stcnographers and secretaries worked
under high pressure to wind up the
preliminaries of the big meeting A
registration bureau has been opened in
the room TO the right of the audito-
rum lobby. where secretaries will pro-
vide visitors with the information nee
essary to make their stay in the city
as enjoyable and free of Inconvenience
as possible An increasing stream of
| delegates poured into the city last
night, but no data On arrivals will be
available until the opening of the reg
istration books o-day
Big Local Attendance.
A big local attendance at the daily
sessions is assured. The movement
for complete system of Fairgrounds
in Richmond has been brought promi-
nently In the foreground by the news
| papers and the civic organizations OF
the city. and the favor with which ii is
| generally regarded is evidenced by
the recent act of the Administrative
| Board authorizing the establishments
of model playground at Chimbo-
razo Park. Citizens In large numbers;
are deeply Interested in the whole re-
creation problem and will be on hand
] to hear the testimony OF its ablest
| opponents.
Behind the Recreation Congress. and
! IN sympathy with 1t. is arraycd the
Chamber of Commerce with more than
l400 members. the City Council, and
practically every education and civic
organization in the city. Many have
Endorsed 1t in formal resolutions The
officers of others have issued appeals
! to members In its support The teach
ers OF the entire public school system
form specially interested body.
| Call to Real Estate Men.
! President o. II. Funston, OF the Real
| Estate Exchange, mailed to each mem
Der OF the organization yesterday a
letter urging them TO attend the con-
vention and TO Cooperate In every
| possible way In the great work the
| congress Is doing.
| Three Sessions Daily.
The congress, as 4 rule, will held
| two sessions daily-one in the morn
ing and another in the evening. All
meetings will be held in the Jefferson
| Hotel unless otherwise stated. The
| scope OF the recreation movement and
| the many phases pressing for recog
milton in the limited time at the con-
vcntion's command viii. for the pur-
| poses of the morning meetings only
/ necessitate a division of the congress
| into three sections which will hold
| Simultaneous sessions. The places OF
| meeting as vel! rs the hour will be
| announced daily at convention head
| quarters and through the newspapers
| Delegates as we'll rs visitors from the
! city are urged to acqualnt themselves
| with the programs of the separate
| sections in order that they may at
! tend the meetings which will take up