Norwich bulletin., 1917-02-20

III .OLueE CtlleS. It QlQ not seem LO tiic executive committee, however. that the time was opportune, and such ac- tion was deferred. For the last four years the city has appropriated money to improve the Lake street site and to assist in carrying on the regular work and the importance of this work would warrant the making of a much larger appropriation for the purchase of the necessary sites and the carrying on of a. larger work.
 It is not necessary for the boys and girls to spend all of the summer time in play. If the playground work could be made a. part of work of the edu- cationaI department and carried on in connection with the manual training department, the work in drawing, and the school garden work. it would in crease it's value to the children very greatly and simplify it's administra- ton.
 The cordial support which has been given to this work of the playsrounds by our citizens is an assurance Of its success in the future. I am confidek ] that the work is to go on increasing in scope and effectiveness until it shall embrace the complete work of recrea- ton.
 Miss McKay's report covers the dA tails of this summers work, which was most successful. In addition to this work, the skating pond at East Great Plain has been a scene of much en- joyment and recreation. Thousands have enjoyed the sport, for which this season has been unusually favorable, and have commended the Fairgrounds association for the success of this part of its work.
 The Shore Line Electric company has contributed to the success of this skating pond by installing electric lights, running extra cars and placing a car at the end of the line for the might choose to use it. At times it 1 was necessary to run three cars to ac- commodate the crowds Several who l have enjoyed the. skating who were not members of the association have contributed to this branch of our work and others will, I am sure, con- | tribute to the regular work because of ! the pleasure which they themselves received from skating or from seeing others skate.
 In closing, I want to express my | appreciation of the work of ali of our supervisors and of our director and l also of the work of the committed of our lady members who were so suc- I cessful in raising the money that ! made this seasons work the very best of all The hearty cooperation of the I board of. directors and of the eNecu- ! tive committee has made the work a pleasure and a privilege and assures | it's ultimate success, to which I shall consider it a privelege to contribute in | the future as I have in the past. The Supervisors Report.
 l The third annual report of the su- 1 pervisor, Mary F. Mckay, was pre- sented and was accepted as read by ! Miss Mckay. The report follows: !! It gives me great pleasure to submit 1 my third annual report as supervisor 1 of the Norwich playgroundS- l The season of 1916 was considered a very successful and enjoyable one. The attendance was very satisfactory in spite O. the bad weather in July and the iI1fantile paralysis scare and some | of the smaller grounds showed an in crease in attendance over the previous year.
 1 The location of the six playgrounds and the average attendance of each
 was as follows: Lake street 123.s. Mt. Thsmeevile si1 FsIs Ssepsx5ie sss and flo Ho
 bart avenue 3s.4. Thirty young ladies l and three young men carried on the work during the. season
 The season opened on July 9th and continued for eight weeks to Aug. 31. | Each playground was equipped with the following apparatus: Large and small swings. large and small seesaws, 1 sand boxes and croquet sets, and at 1 Lake street in addition to the appa- ratus mentioned, slide, baseball and l basketball equipment, a wading pool | a number of benches and a tent. large part of the equipment was re- ! outfits, eight small teeters, one large teeter and 12 hanmocks purchased
 Most of the new apparatus was ready
 for the opening and made the play grounds more enjoyable by accommo- dating larger number of children.
 The hours of supervisored play were from a. m. to 5.30 D. m., including the noon hours. For Ae first part oi
 the season each ground was in charge of two or more supervisors. At Lake
 street there were four, two ladies and
 two men, and at Greeneville two la
 dies and one man. The daily program
 was play upor the apparatus, games \ of all kinds, sewing and folk dancing Tor the girls, and baseball, croquet and | quoits for the boys. ..- At the annual meeting last year ii ! was suggested that a new site be se-
 cured for the Greeneville playground
 and through the courtesy of Mir. Smith of the Shetucket company a very de sirab1e- lot near Hickory street wa.
 obtained. The new location was a very
 pleasant one and easily reached by the
 new street running from Prospect street and by the new Golden stree
 extension The apparatus was in
 stalled there and a baseball diamond
 and two croquet courts laid out. Johr
 Walsh took charge of the athletics and
 for the first time since the formation of the baseball league GreeneyiHe was represented by an enthusiastic team
 which played well throughout, the se-
 r1es- The attendance was greatly i'm proved and altogether this was one od
  l Messrs Lawrence Stanley and liar II old Young took charge of the boys al Lake street, and the baseball league croQuet tournament and other athletic activities were directed by them. The
 baseball league completed the mos
 successful season since it's formation There were more teams in the league and more games were played. Another interesting event for the boys was the croquet tournament introduced las,
 season Every boy on each ground
 had an opportunity to take part and I strict account of the games. was kept
 At the end of the season the champion
 players of each ground met at L43El street for the finals
 Il A new feature at Lake street val
 tho evening playground from 5.5o te 7.3o ?. fn.. in charge of ooe of thu II young men. This gave the boys and
 girls who were employed during tho day an opportunity to enjoy the aA- vantages of the playground, and many took advantage of the opportunity. Fl At dffferer1t fiunes during the Hitu1.