Evening star., 1924-05-24
CULTIVATING TASTE
FOR PLAY is URGED
Z. V. Schrader of Boston Tells Rec
reation Conference Schools
Must Train Youth.
WORLD PARLEY ADVOCATED
w. w. Cory of Canada Would In.
terest All Nations.

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papers containing suggestions for
co-operation of federal state and
private agencies concerned with ont
door activities also were presented
Qualification was expressed gem
| orally by the delegates over the prog
ress of the conference, which was
called by President Coolidge to devise
plans for co-ordinating the countrv,s
recreational resources. Theodore
Roosevelt, assistant secretary of the
Navy and chairman of the conference.
described the reports of the nineteen
committees as containing plans of in
estimable value to the health and ftI-
ture welfare of the nation.
Participate in Farley.
The morning program included ad-
dresses by Chauncey j. Hamlin of
Buffalo NJ Y, representing the
John B. Harkin of Ottawa, comnis-
sioner of Canadian National Parks;
John Barton Payne, chairman of the
American Red Cross; Carl V. Schra-
der of Boston, state superintendent
OF physical education of Massachu-
setts, and delegate from the American
Physical Educational Association:
Lee F. Hammer Of New York. d.
rector of the department of recre-
and Dr.. S. \. Johnson. representing
the National Highways Association.
The function of the public school in
training the rising generation TO
play Wholesomely and healthfully
was emphasized in the paper by Mr.
Schrader.
Must Encourage Youth.
Whatever we may accomplish for
the present generation" he said, will
be insignificant as compared TO the
possibilities which will be opened up
for the generation now in the schools
of our land. In order to make
American nation that plays
the duty to awaken and cultivate
taste and desire for wholesome recre-
alton must be assigned TO these in
stitutions to whom the bulk of the
youth in the land is intrusted, I"
prepare it TO live a full life.
1T is quite possible that we have
in the proper training for proper
recreation. the best medium through
which to counteract the undesirable
tendencies on the part of youth OF
today. Inasmuch as tastes in recre-
alton vary almost as much as do the
finger prints, il behooves US to ac-
quaint the children in the course OF
their eight years of school with as
many worthwhile kinds or recreation
as feasible 50 as TO make possible
an intelligent choice for use or lei
sure hours when entering upon me- :
work"
Fayors world Conference.
w. w. Cory. deputy minister of the
Interior, Ottawa, Canada, VINO az
tended in place of Mr. Harkin, sue,
gested the calling OF an ihterfla 'io'"'
recreational conference.
May / venture to suggest, MI
Cory said, that the United states 90
for the life in the out of doors WniCh
it did in the matter Of conservation
international conference on the SUB
ject in order that all nations may De.
come interested in this sense OF
trusteeship, with respect 10 their
great recreat tional areas.
At the suggestion of Mr.. Roosevelt
the conference adopted a motion ex-
pressing its deep sense or apprecl-
alton" to the Canadian government
for sending Mr.. Cory as its repre-
sentative. a resolution also was
adopted extending to Mr.. Harking
the deep sympathy of the conference
because of the family bereavemnt
which had made it impossible for him
to attend.
Wants Museums in Parks.
Chauncey Hamlin. representing the
| American Association of Museums, of
Buffalo, y. Y. said that such an eff
! fort as is being made by the National
| Outdoor Recreation Conference should
command the attention and applause
of the world. 1t is, he added, a real
effort to make America a land of
wholesome living and perennial glad
ness
Mr.. Hamlin said he would like to
see every American park add to its
attractions a museum, wherein would
be housed a model # the park in min
iature, including all of the species
of birds and beasts that were to he
found in its areas. besides model
showing Its topography.
For instance" the speaker con-
ttnued, consider the wonders of the
Yosemite National Park. How many
persons know the astonishing story
of how it was carved out of the earth
by great glaciers? There should be a
model, demonstrating to the visitors
how that was done.
Sees Recreation LegisIa tion.
Martin G. Brumbaugh. former Gov
ernor of Pennsylvania, told the con-
| ference that if the United States is to
promote a safe and sane citizenship,
1t will in the next thirty years legis-
late more for recreation than for in
dustry.
I'VE shall do this" he said because
the physical fitness and the moral
strength of our people require It.
Then we shall have a citizenry that
will once again hold a wholesome
respect for law and for law admins
etring agencies. We shall no longer
talk of law enforcement, because a
good citizen needs only to have the
law interpreted and promulgated. 1t
is only the lawless who require en-
forcement. Surely we have come to
the day when. we need a new era of
law"
Crfticfzes School Athletics.
Miss Ethel Perrin of the American
Child Health Association wants to
see recreation democratfzed. II is
oh 70 a,n6
college where the picked team has
not been coached at the expense Of
the ordinary student body. Even high
schools, she complained, are follow
| who are already physically fav. .ed.
she declared, lis autocracy in physi-
cal education"
The destruction of Americas game
discussed by T. Gilbert Pearson of
New York City, president Of the Ma
tional Association of Audubon So
cieties. He outlined the effect of the
settlement of America upon the bird
life of the country.
Song Birds Increase.
''The song birds have increased"
said Mr.. Pearson, "and they We're
never seriously threatened except In
the SOS, when the demand for feath-
ers for millinery exceeded any other
time One collector said he had an
order for 1000 warbler wings from
one New York house alone. An in
| wings collected from the waters of
North Carolina alone, with the young
left to die on the sandy islands.
But there was protection for
game birds, although some game-pro-
lection laws had existed for some time.
notably the law protecting the deer of
| Pennsylvania, which. over opposition,
| limited the season to five months in the
| year. Today we have perhaps weeks
| shooting in some states. The protec-
tian Of birds has hean a