Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-14
SUPERVISED PLAY
IN WEST END PARK
Success at Long View Prompts
Civic Department to In
clude Denkmann Park.
NEW EQUIPMENT PROMISED
Miss HuIda Jansen of Davenport En-
Work on the Hill.

so succeSS1ul mas Deen tne play
ground project at Long View park that
the Fairgrounds committee OF the civic
department of the Woman's club has
decided to install similar grounds at
Denkmann park in the western part Of
the city. The exact day for the open
ing of the play grounds at this park
has not been set but will be in the
very near future. There will be ten
mis- courts, volley ball, baseball and
other games and sports. NJ. A. Clevett
of the Y. NJ. C. A. will be the super
visor in charge of the grounds and
play, but what hours will be inaugural
ed is not settled at this time. This
will undoubtedly prove popular move
with the children and young people in
the western part of the city and there
is no doubt but that the grounds will
be occupied during the entire time
they are open to them.
The committee has also secured an
experienced supervisor for Long View
park grounds, Miss Hulda Jansen of
Davenport, who will take up her work
Aug. 3. She will instruct in folk dances
and drills and provide other forms of
amusement that are not now given the
children.
Miss Jansen comes highly recon-
mended for the position of supervisor.
She attended and graduated from the
Davenport city and high schools and
then took a course in kindergarten
work at Gertrude House in Chicago.
During the past year she has been
teaching in the manual training school
in Moline and is at present in Ithaca,
N Y, studying. She will visit in New
York city before taking up her work
here.
The Fairgrounds at the park are
open each day from to Il and from 2
to $50 and during this time the aver
age attendance has been 100, the chill
dren ranging in age from babies in
baby coaches to Is and 16 years. Many
mothers come during the day with
their babies and with them enjoy
watching the games of sports.
Try Molding Clay.
Yesterday the children were intro
duced to molding clay and they took to
it like a duck takes to water and show
ed wonderful proficiency in the mold
ing of animals, pottery, etc. They had
never before had any experience in
working in the clay and were pleased
immensely with the results they OBJ
tanned. The advent of a volunteer
story teller is hailed with shouts of
delight and the closest attention is
given, the younger children enjoying
stories of animals and the older of
gallant knights and others. The games
as conducted by the present
supervisor, Miss Whitney. includes all
the circle games, drop the handker-
chief. three deep, Red Rover, etc. Gro
quet and quoits are the most popular
games and there is always a waiting
list for the privilege of using the
courts. With the addition of tennis
courts now in progress of construc-
ton many young people will be at
tracted to the park. The majority of
the children attending are boys and
they display a great amount of interest
in all the sports.
At the close of the Fairgrounds sea-
son, which will be about the last week !
in August, festival will be given at !
which time the children will give their |
dances and drills and invite the public |
to witness them. The success of the |
Fairgrounds at Long View has met |
with the highest expectations of the |
promoters and they feel that the first |
years work will bring really wonder |
full results.