South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-09-01
FESTIVAL PLANS
ARE COMPLETED
Oliver Field Will be Busy Place
Saturday-WiII Award
Trophies.

An elaborate program for the first
annual playground festival. TO be held
Saturday at the j. d. Oliver playiield,
has been arranged by the playground
directors and Municipal Recreation
Director +. Is. Barnes. The program
includes the presentation of trophies
10 winners of inter playground cham
pionships by l. NJ. Hammerchmldt,
chairman Of the municipal recreation
committee, and the awarding of the
medals to the winners of the all
larOund track and field championships
by \. II. Heller, president OF the
Amateur Athletic federation.
The formal program for the day m
cludes besides this. playground games
and contests, folk dances and athletic
drills. each of the five Fairgrounds III
the city contributing various features.
The selections of the best features put
on at the playground exhibitions given
| last Saturday at the individual recre-
alton centers and at the Oliver grounds
on last Sunday. has been made by
various members of the municipal
recreation committee.
Will show Work Done.
The exhibitions given last Saturday
were for mothers and visitors in the
neighborhoods in which the play
grOuns were located. The festival this
coming Saturday is to demonstrate the
/ work of the Fairgrounds during the
/ first year under organized supervision.
! No pains have been spared in getting
uD the program which marks the cul-
minatiOn of the first year OF organ
| lied play. Rehearsals of the stunts
which the children are to take part
/ in, are being conducted this week, and
| the drills and dances and games are
/ 10 be brought up to a higher standard
/ of perfection than they were at the
individual playground exhibitions.
A wide variety of entertainment Is
offered the playground visitors, the
] festival opening with a grand march
around the field in which all the par
Elephants take part. and closing with
/ a wild west Indian and L. $. cavalry
exhibition by the Oliver boys. The
grand march will be headed by the
| Polish Falcons l. b, No. 1, band.
| and next in line will come the recre-
alton committee and prominent city
officials.
Expect Large Crowd.
A crowd larger than attended any
Of the individual playground exhibit
tions is expected 10 be present at the
festival Ample seatinp accOmmoda-
tiOns for all are 10 be provided, and
one section will be reserved for the
recreation committee and city officials
and the press. The seating accOmmO-
at the oliver field last Sunday were
found TO be insufficient 10 care for the
large crowd that attended. and in
preparation for the many visitors eX-
pected Gext Saturday, additional
bleachers and seats are to be erected
One of the big features of the pro
gram viii be the presentations of the
children's declaration. representing
the children of all the Fairgrounds, 10y
the boys and girls OF the Haley school
This even will be staged i'm connection
with the grand march. Mayor Fred
W. Keller Will accept the declaration
in behalf Of South Bends grown
ups"
Directors To Assist.
Each Of the directors of the differ
ent playfelds viii be on hand at the
, festival Saturday. and will assist in
staging the events II is planned tC
keep the playground filled with {
dance or drill or some athletic game
during the entire festival after the for
/ nal program is begun.
In several features the children Of
! he playground will unite and vii
= present solid front Of girls and boys
Various playground activities between
the representatives OF the recreation
$ centers will also be stage Games o
svolley ball. tennis, indoor basee9ll