The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-01
Plan to Raise Another $1,000
Toward Maintenance of
Southern Offices
GEORGE A. BELLAMY
SPEAKS AT LUNCH
Many Interested in Movement Hear
Him-SettIe Will Come Here
About April 1-Exum In
dOrses the Movement

Birmingham will furnish $1,000 toward the
maintenance of the southern headauar-
ters of The National Playground associa-
ton here. according to action taken at l
o'clock yesterday afternoon, at which an
address was delivered by George a. Bel
lamy, representative of the association,
ters
The luncheon yesterday was held in the
annex of the Gold Lion tea rooms in the
Brown-Ma building, and was attended
by over 80 men and women of the city
who are interested in this line of work.
Mr.. Bellamy was the principal speaker,
dealing with the general activity of play
ground work such as will be done by
George Settle, the playground expert of
New York city, who will be placed in
charge of the southern headquarters to be
established here. He stressed the increased
efficiency of the work when done under
the guidance of an expert, told of the
benefits of the gang spirit among all
children as it is fostered and developed
by proper playground systems
Need New r. sidence Section
I'VE need Fairgrounds as much in the
residence sections of city as we do in
the congested districts exclaimed Mr..
Bellamy. There absolutely must be an
outlet for the surplus energy and life of a
growing boy or girl whether he Is rich
poor, and if it is not given under
proper conditions and circumstances the
evil which exists in so many citiesy will
soon arise in Birmingham But Brming-
ham is now in the building stage, and she
has no really good nor bad habits. By
establishing this work here at this time
the work will grow as the city grows
and both will be benefited
Mr.. Bellamy then stated that $1,000 had
been promised by Birmingham if the
headquarters were established here, and
he asked the citizens of the city to raise
the other $1,000, the Chamber of Commerce
having given $1,000 Thursday. Hill Fer
guson, chairman of the civic improvement
committe of the chamber, and who was
presiding at the luncheon, then named a
committee of 10 to raise this $1,000, each
member of the committee to raise $10o
This committee was composed of Mr.. Fer
guson, chairman; Robert Jemison, Jr
j. ID. Moore, c. Exum, Willard j. Wheeler
C. B. Glenn, Mrs. Joseph McLester, Mrs
Mabeiie s. Cecil, Mrs. c. p. Orr Mrs. W.
d. Nesbitt and William M. McGrath
Among the citizens who made short re-
marks were Culpepper Exum, president of
the city commission. who said he spoke
from the standpoint of citizen and not
as an official of the city when he said
that he was heartily in favor of the es-
tablishment of the southern headquarters
OF the playground association here, and
that he believed that it would be of an in
different ways.
Jemis0n Speaks
AS a member of the park commission
Robert Jemson, Jr., spoke few words
strongly indorsing the project and stat
ing that the park commission had been
waiting to do something in this line of
work until some such organizing was ef-
fected here. He stated that between $500
and $500 was now in the hands of the
park commission for playground purposes
but had never been placed to any use be-
cause there was no organization of any
hihu IN birmingham. This money, he
said, would now be turned over to the man
sent here, to be used on playground work
in Birmingham.
Mr.. Bellamy, who is head worker of
Hiram House, Cleveland, o. is one of
the foremost playground experts and So
cial workers of the country. He left last
night for Atlanta, thence to Memphis and
points north.
AS Mr.. Belamy announced in yester-
day mornings Age-Herald, George Settle
will be the man sent here, and is expected
to arrive about April ]. The territory to
be covered by Mr.. Settle with headquar-
ters here will extend from Richmond. Va.
to New Orleans, and from the Mississippi
river east between these two boundres.
Other cities of the district will raise
money to help support the headquarters,
Richmond already having appropriated
$1,000.