The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1914-06-23
FUNDS NEEDED
FOR FAIRGROUNDS
SUCCESS OF THE MOVEMENT THIS
YEAR WILL DEPEND ON
CONTRIBUTIONS.
Plans for the Present Year Must be
Curtailed 0therwise-0n Club Has
Already Donated Sum.

If the present excellent plans of the
playground committee of the Women's
"City Beautiful" Auxiliary of the Mos.
COW Chamber of Commerce do moi
miscarry sufficient funds will be on
hand within the next fortnight to pro-
vide for hiring competent play
ground supervisor who, in conjunction
with Miss Zumhof, the recipient of the
Home Economics Playground Scholar
ship will, during the summer months,
direct play, teach games, and carry on
all the preparations for a delightful
Harvest Festival to be given in the
park in September, under the direction
of Miss Isabel Stephens of the univer-
sity when the Club women meet here
for the district federation.
Personnel of Committee.
The personnel of the playground
committee is almost the same as that
appointed three summers ago when
the auxiliary was organized, and the
members have ever since been work
ing enthusiastically and enerSetically
to provide Moscow children not only
with 4 place to play and apparatus to
director. Up to this time the commit
tee has expended all funds placed at
its disposal in the purchase of ap-
paratus, but from now on doubtless,
following the recommendations of
those who are experts in this great
the committee will see to
it that salaries for supervisors will
take precedence over the acquisition
of new equipment. Hitherto what sup
ervision there has been has been vol |
untary, and the great benefits derived |
from this direction have clearly dem |
onStrated, the committee feels, the |
value of teaching children how to play |
and how to use public property. Abuse
1f playground apparatus has clearly
shown that the investment in directors
'ather than apparatus is the sound
course to pursue.
Want Public Donations.
For the sum of fifty dollars the
playground committee can hire a
voung woman trained in the university
courses to carry on the
work in the park during the next three
months. AS there are no funds in
he treasury, and as the constitution
f the Auxiliary forbids its asking fcl
ny assistance or for soliciting funds,
he only way in which the desired
mount can be raised is by the vol
he movement The Hi Yu Club has
lready generously donated five dol :.
ars towards the necessary fifty. The
dues of new members
ill be devoted to that purpose; and it
, hoped that the publicity given to
le work will be the means of inspir-
lg women to join the Auxiliary,
pay their dues and also of inducing :
utsiders to make voluntary con-
'ibutions.
Has Accomplished Much.
A brief sketch of what has been !,
one in the park by this committee .
ay be of interest to those not al ;,
lady familiar with the attractive ap- !,
iratus installed. During the first n,
lmmer the Auxiliary purchased and g
1T in place three swings, three see A,
.ws, two sand boxes, and two GRO T,
let SETS There was no supervisor 7,
at summer IN
Time Was Given. a.
During the second summer Miss j.,
abel Stephens, head of the depart
ent of physical education for women
the university, took her Summer
hool classes in playground work to ?.
e park and invited the children to
me for instruction in games. Miss -
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