South Bend news-times., 1915-08-25
ALL FAIRGROUNDS
WILL TAKE PART
Results of Work Will be Shown
in Play Festival at Oliver
Grounds.

fitting climax TO the close OF the
South Bend Fairgrounds will be
brought about next Saturday with the
exhibitions TO be given at the various
Fairgrounds throughout the city at
that time. and the playground festival
TO be held at the J. ID. oliver grounds
on Sept 4. In this last. all OF the
Fairgrounds Will have an equal part
each contributing a dance or game to
the big Joint exhibition.
The exhibitions to be given at the
Fairgrounds next Saturday Will be on
a less elaborate scale than the big
festival the following week. They
Will consist of drills and dances and
playground games. and from among
the best Will be chosen the stunts that
are TO compose the festival the first
ever held in South Bend. Nearly 1900
boys and girls will take part.
The playground exhibition for the
oliver grounds will be held next sun
day the exhibitions for the other play
grounds being held the preceding day.
An average of 200 boys and girls from
each OF the five Fairgrounds Will take
part in the exhibitions.
VIII show Results.
Some Of the most novel features in
trOduced in the exhibitions which are
designed to show the work accom-
plished by the recreation committee
during the last year will be the folk
dances from the Sample st. grounds,
dumbIell and wand drills and folk
dances from the Coquillard grounds,
the highland fling and sailors horn
pipe and games by the smaller chill
dren from the Laurel school. OF the
hundreds of boys and girls that use
the Sample st. grounds all are of for
eign birth or descent. and the folk
dances as done in the old country,
reproduced as exactly as possible with
the costumes used there, Will be an
attractive feature. The balance of the
program at the Sample playground
will consist mainly Of athletic events.
An elaborate program for the Lau-
rel exhibition consisting of many ath-
letic games and competitive track
events, interspersed with dances that
have been taught by the playground
directors, has been prepared.
All OF the programs have not as
as yet been announced in full. The
Oliver program for next Sunday will
be ready tomorrow as will the kaley.
The individual programs for the
Sample St and Coquillard have already
been announced, while the Laurel
program will be found below.
VIII Mark the Close.
Municipal Recreation Director +. 3.
Barnes is making big preparation for
the playground festival a week from
Saturday. This year marks the close
of the first season of Fairgrounds, and
the festival is given to show South
Bend people what has been accom-
plished." he said "All of the play
grounds. except the Oliver, and pos
sibly the Sample St, will be closed for
the year, the festival marking the last
day"
The various civic clubs and associ-
ations will assist in the presentation
Of the playground exhibitions. How
ever, the festival will be in the hands
of the recreation committee which
consists of MIR. Barnes, director. and
l.. NJ Hamm eTschmidt, chairman: L.
G.. Manning, William Glenn, Richard
Elbel. Judge Herbert ID. Warner, Mrs.
Homer Miller and Mrs elem SmOger.
Invitations for the exhibitions are
now being mailed to people living in
the neighborhoOd OF the Fairgrounds.
The biggest crowd of the year is eX-
pecIed at the festival, and prepara-
tions are being made for accommo-
dating 10000 visitors and spectators,
besides the 1900 children who will
participate.
Following is the program for the
Laurel exhibition:
The Prog am.
Grand marCh and nag salute by all.
Highland fling, intermediate girls.
Poor Roger, singing game, kinder
garten girls.
Sailors HOrnpipe. junior boys.
Play. King of the BarbaTees." chill
dren.
Walking relay. intermediate girls vs..
intermediate boys.
Games.-voHey ball. sack race. po-
tatO race.
LOBBY Loo" singing game. by the
windergartners
Bat ball intermediate girls; 6O-yard
relay. intermediate boys; basket ball
hustle. intermediate boys vs.. junior
boys; 60-yard relay. junior boys.
Athletic events-High jump. pole
vault. senior boys; 60-yard relay. in
termediate girls; volley ball interme-
diate girls.
Motion dance with song. Washing
Their Clothes. junior girls.
Athletic events-High jump. inter
mediate boys; broad jump, senior
boys
Indoor baseball seniors.