The Mankato free press., 1922-01-13

, men and boys of the city are given
every possible means for some SOFT OF
place for amusement.
Lets consider the girls and women
for minute. The girls outnumber the
boys five TO one in the student popu-
iation OF the city alone, In the busi-
ness population the number of women
far outnumber the men. Recreation
for girls is carried on at the high
| school, Teachers college and Loyola
TO very small ertent as the boys
have preference because Of the out
side games, and demand the gymnasi-
ums. There are for girle OF high school
age three girl scout troops and i've
campfire troops, which take in about
thirty girls each. There Is one Busi-
ness Girls Athletic club and the Blue
MINI Rivers Canoe club. the only
clubs of their bind In the city which
provide definite program OF recrea-
tion for girls, and not one tenth OF the
girls and young women in the city
have q chance ct them.
there are too mapy girls on Front
street. Has there been place pro-
vided the girls to keep them on Front
street, as there has been for boys and
men? Is there q club In town for the
girls to so to in the evenings, to tine
good wholesome clean recreation.
Through the league Of women voters
plans are under way for community
house, 1t Is a splendid thing, but II
number of girls In the city who are
and would be interested In Outdoor
and indoor recreaions.
What do girls wantf They want q
place to hang out so TO speak, Just
like Ine fellows have at the Y. M @.
A. and the Loyola. They want basket
ball teams. Kitten ball !eagDe.,| q
clean bowling alley, and at sast one
more skating pond. They yant an
outdoor sports club that wou include
sin. skiing. .saii sastiins, s;,ss sliding INNING
Another remark has be4n made
that girls and women are lot good
sports. They are not good winners or
sports. They are not good winners or
losers. They don't have chance TO
learn how to be good winners or los
ers because they don't have the
chance TO compete like the average
boy and man have, I'll.
"Men and women of Manksto should
the L. OF w. and carry " much far
ther, 90 every girl and woman as well
as every man and boy has some def
mite place and time for good whole
some recreation. The efforts~ made to
better the mental and physical condi-
tions of men and boys is excellent but
why have 1t one sided, To keep UP the
whole moral tone of the community
both boys and girls as well as men
opportunity for wholesomN amuse-
ments. How can this be broug ht about
Through community dtfsctor for
girls and women, who have lcharge OF
their activities and clubs"
Mrs. G. Fl. Trsften. chairrfan OF the
League of Wemen Voters: The great
need OF Mankate Is the |pmmunity
center. and 10 tisst end. tbes women
are now putting>their efoF1A This Is
being done for the welfare q lhe girls.
and to bring about better tcCnditions
socially, In the city. This will be a
place where all the girls Of the city
viii be welcome to come and be hap
Another thing which the city coun-
oil or organizations might do, Is TO
provide better lighting on roads lead
ing out of the city thar are not travel
ed much as the main thoroughfares.
The silver rayine road leading, to
Highland park, and the park itself.
ought to be lighted better during the
coming year.
Moving pictures should be super
vised more than they have been, Some
Of the serial shows at the theaters in
the city have been mediocre and are
dangerous for the young people TO
see"
Miss Sophia. LAmmers. public Ii
brarian: THE community center Is
by all means the most important i'm
provement which could be made in
Mankato during the coming year.
More family reading in the homes
would do much toward helping the
young people. This custom has nearly
been eliminated, and It is one thing
that would uplift young and old. More
of the old classics of Dickens, Shake
speare, Hardy, Howell, and others
should be taken OF the shelf, busted,
and made TO become a part OF the
life of. the home. This win aid to es-
tablish higher ideal of citizenship.
MISS Eva Squires, school librarian:
''To do away with the hero worship or
the movies, which often is q danger
GUS thing, the children should be en-
eouraged to read hero books Have
them get q copy OF the books Of Ulys-
ses, Siegfried, Dom QuixOte, Haw-
thorne's book and TanglewOod, and
others, will be fascinating to the chill
dren If they are interested in them.
This Is the work OF the parents, TO in
terest children In the right books.