South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-12-31
Col c. Seymour Bullock Out.
lines Program for South
Bend Youths.
eY CAL L. SEYMOUR BULLOCK.


BY CAL L. SEYMOUR BULLOCK.
The forward-look is the hopeful
look No matter how far short one
may have come Of realizing ones
ideals the future offers new cppor-
tunities Each now dav is a new
beginning
With this in view tho nuulclpai
, recreation committee enters gladly
upon the new year, hoping that be-
fore IL shall have come 20 its close
something more of the ideal may
have become real"
The first numbers of the program
provide for the reopcning Of all the
recreation Centers under the sched-
uies that were under way when the
schools were closed for tho holidays.
The Studebaker Center, which was
| closed on account of the necessar rs
changes that We're being made in the
gymnasium, will be opened on
THURSDAY evening Jan. s. with
/ classes for young men from 20 3
o'clock and for adults from 10 g
| o'clock. Provision cannot be made
at present for any special work
1 amongst Junior boys. The age limit
/ cf from 10 years UP viii be ricidly
followed. ON Tuesday. Jan. 10. a
recreational class for women VIII be
/ organized
Class Schedule.
/ The schedule for classes iu the
| Muessel school will be changed and.
| commencing Friday. Jan. 8. the
/ mems classes will change evenings
with the women's class. which will
meet on Wednesday nights. begin
ming Jan. IL. The first meeting Of
the women's class for the new year
viii be held on Thursday. Jan. ;.
for registration and reorganization.
The second Friday evening OF each
month will be Boy Scouts night.
when the sym will be given 20
them exclusively.
get-together-d dinner is planned
for Wednesday, Jan. II, when a
representative of the National Play
ground association will be the
speaker OF the evening. This meet
ing will be attended by the mayor
and his cabinet. Ladies are to be
invited 10 attend Tables Will be
spread 10 receive one hundred per
sons.
The free-movies for boys and
girls. made possible by the generous
cooperation Of the Palace TheateI
corporation. will be featured or
Saturday mornings, beginning Jan
e, at $3.50 O'Clock. Tickets will be
distributed by principals of schools
not on the basis Of proficiency In
studies, but upon general schoo
conduct attendance. punctuality, dc.
pertinent, Reatness, etc, things pos.
sible to every boy and girl
Keep CLasses to Front.
characterization classes will b,
kept we'll 10 the front in the plan.
for the new year a special Wash.
ingtOn Birthday Party" will be held
for citizens of foreign birth. Cos
tunes as worn in Washington's tim,
viii be featured and the whole gath
erins OF people will be asked Il
dance The minuet The Schuvlel
Colfax chapter of the Daughters o
the American Revolution. who 81
successfully presided as hostess fo1
the last Americaniza Ion party. vii
have full charge Of the program.
There is usually gap between
the closing of the school term and
the opening up of the out-of- d oort
recreation program This gap vii
be bridged over this year by the an
pointment OF part-time supervisor
whose duty 1t Will be 10 organic,
seasonal games.
For the summers work the sam,
Fairgrounds that were used last yea,
viii be again used but more tennil
courts will he provided and add
tional play-facilities will be offered
I'm certain sections Of the city. Tn,
shower baths. which were so popula,
last SIMMER. VIII be arranged To-
d hot and cold water and. If possible
{ a "shower-bath- on wheels" will h,
, provided for certain parts OF the cit,
: where the opportunities for pla,
, are limited. The GYPSY story TelIe