South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-04-27
Is DIRECTORS TO
SUPERVISE PLAY
Experienced Workers Are
Placed in Charge of
Various Grounds.


Fifteen directors. among whom Is
( X h Rocknc, track and assistant
football coach at Notre Dame, viii
supervise the play at South Bend 5
seven Fairgrounds this summer.
Three Of the playfields, Haley, sam
/ pie and oliver, Will begin the sum-
lmer's work next Monday afternoon
and all of them will be opened June
IL. The last of the appointments Of
| Irregular supervisors were made at
/ Wednesday afternoons meeting OF
/ the municipal recreation commit
/ tee.
Following are the directors who
have been named:
Leeper Park. X. Rockne Of
Notre Dame; Miss Frances Pearson.
director OF physical training in the
Michigan City schools. and Miss
Frances Mitchell. graduate Of Mrs
/ A. Q. Wares training school.
]. d. Oiver-M. c. Knapp, direc-
tor of physical training in the Niles
/ O., high school; Miss Alice Swain
of indianapolis. and Miss Ellnor
Gaik Of South Bend.
Studebaker Park-C. r. Root, di-
| rector Of physical training in the
Northeast high school, Kansas City.
Kan; Miss Mary Eastman of South
Bend, a junior in the department Of
physical training Of the University
| of Wisconsin, and Miss Margaret
ISchreyer of South Bend.
Howard Park-Miss Olga Rosen-
Grams Of South Bend. who was di-
rector OF Coquillard playground last
summer. and Miss Louise Weld Of
South Bend.
+ Sample Street-Miss Rosa Krause
/ of South Bend, last years super
visor at Sample St, and assistant
( in the recreation department dur
/ ing the past winter.
Laurel-Miss Gladys Hamilton of
Detroit, last years director at L2u-
rel and at present a student at the
/ University Of Michigan.
Kaley-AIiss Eleanor Mueller and
Miss Irene Thompson, both Of South
/ Bend.
Experienced Directors.
Coach Rockne has had two years
| experience in playground work in
Chicago. At Leeper park he Will
have charge of the boys who play
/ there and probably will give special
attention TO drilling them in track
work. c. b. Root, the director at
/ Studebaker park, is graduate of
| the University Of Kansas and was
later assistant physical training di-
/ ector there. The Northeast high
/ school Of Kansas City, Kan, where
I lie is in charge Of the physical train
! ing. is one of the largest high
! schools in the country. NJ c. Knapp
/ was in charge of the oliver play
ground last summer and had cnnsid-
cradle experience before coming
here.
Besides the regular directors that
have already been appointed, it IS
probable that two more special su-
/ pervisors viii be named to do some
work this summer. Miss Ann Du
Shane probably vii be appointed TO
/ take up special phases OF play
ground work, such as story telling.
basket weaving, domestic science
and the organizing of girls clubs.
! The appointment Of a man to sup
! plement the work at Laurel, sample.
Haley and Howard Fairgrounds,
where no men are employed as
supervisors probably Will be made at
next weeks meeting of the recre-
alton committee.
Three New Grounds.
Three new Fairgrounds, Leeper,
Howard and Studebaker park, have
been put under the supervision OF
the municipal recreation depar.
Iuent through an agreement with
the park board, while the one that
was IN operation at COquillard school
last summer has been discontinued.
The apparatus that was used at Co
2uillard school last year will be LETT
There for the use Of the children
Of that district, but the regular
playground activities Of the east side
have been transferred 10 Howard
park.
The playfields at the three parks
/ will be placed in good condition by
the park board and turned over TO
the recreation department as soon
as possible. AT Leeper park there
will be two baseball diamonds, four
tennis courts and the usual appa-
ratus such as swings. slides. teeter-
I boards and sand bins The play
ground paraphernalia at Howard
park will be relocated and places
arranged for playing baseball and
other games Four tennis courts
have already been installed there.
Supervised play at Studebaker
park has been a4gitated by the people
OF that district ever since the recre-
alton system was eSr ablished In
south Bend. There has been a few
( pieces Of apparatus there for some
time but under the new arrange
ment, two baseball diamonds and
some additional apparatus Will be
! Installed.
! Contracts for the new apparatus
that is 20 be installed at the play
( grounds probably viii be allowed