The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-07-30
a STRONG BACKING.

When the army and navy, the Amer
lean Legion and organized labor ger
together and give their endorsement to
any movement, then that movement IS
bound to win, for such an endorsement
has as it's bass the fact that the
movement is worthy of public support.
The business men who are canvass
ing Pensacola in behalf of the COM
munity service are meeting with much
success, but the committee wishes to
finish the work this week, for the sue
cess of the canvass will decide definite
ly the fate of community service here;
and the fate of community service will
decide the fate Of Pensacola as a navel
base, to a very large degree.
1t is useless to recapitulate here the
points that have been stressed in The
Journal so many times. The officials
of the navy have openly declared that
Pensacola will never become naval
base unless the men of the service find
here a port that is friendly and whole
some in its atmosphere.
But there is another point. which we
must not forget. Before the war the
people of the United States had a
Playground Association, and Pensacola
was one of the cities which greatly
When hostilities were declared by the
United States the Playground Associa-
ton was taken over by the Fosdick
commission, and became the War
Camp Community Service. Since the
war this has been changed to Com
munity Service, Incorporated.
Had it not been for this association,
which. as we have said was at first
the old Playground Association, today
we should not have Bayview as a re-
creation center. We should not have
the Pensacola Twilight League, and the
| many Fairgrounds of Pensacola.
We do not want to forget this. We
want to remember that we owe much
| to community service, both under the
| old and new names, and we also want
| to remember that if we do not main
tain community service here, we shall
not only fall behind in what we are
| today; but we shall fall behind what
we were ten years ago, when organized
play first was introduced to Pensa-
cola by the Playground Association.
Organized play is something deeper
and beyond mere play. 1t is teaching
children how to live as well as how to
play.
A case in point was recently given by
a member of the Business and Profess
sional Womans Club of Pensacola,
which has aligned itself solidly with
the movement for happier and better
Pensacola, through community SER
vice.
The young woman who told OF the
little incident makes her home neal
Seville Square. She says that it is
remarkable to see the difference in the
games of the children since community
service has inaugurated its program
and has instilled into the young mind:
the principles of fair play.
The boys and girls not only pla!
more amicably, but they play will
greater zest. And they will not stant
for anything that is not square il
their games. This is the spirit tina
counts. 1t is the spirit that communft!
: service is, seeking to inject into thu
; playtime of life--whch, after all, il
not any special season.
Can we give up community servic'
for Pensacola? Ask the army ant
navy. Ask the American Legion. Asl
i organized labor. Ask the children
! And then make your decision.
These give community service
Z strong backing.