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Band concert benches loaded on wagon. One load will seat from 1,000 to 1,200 persons

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Octagon seat about trees or groups of bushes, as easily and cheaply made as straight seats

East St. Louis, Illinois

BATH HOUSE. BATHING BEACH. SWIMMING POOL

Bath house, cost $5,000. Accommodates 376 men and boys and 190 women and girls.
Beach three acres. Swimming pool, shallow water 78,000 square feet of area,
deep water 450 feet long, 120 feet wide and eight feet deep

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Cost $17,000. Lower floor, toilet rooms, drinking fountains, facilities for the accommodation of skaters in the winter time. Upper floor, electric lighted, band stand, chairs and settees for the accommodation and comfort

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Cost $10,000. Built of concrete. Seating capacity 1,000. Room beneath grand stand contains shower baths, lockers, facilities for athletes

of both sexes

THE WORLD AT PLAY

A Great Community Chorus.-The Rochester Community Chorus leading the singing of some 150,000 citizens gathered on the shore to watch the annual regatta at the opening of Genesee Valley Park, alternating with the Park Band and the church choirs floating up and down stream as they sang, marked a remarkable growth since the organization of the chorus with thirty-eight members, in 1914. From the beginning the organization has been on the basis that anybody who wanted to could sing. There were no dues, no trying of voices. Anybody who wanted to join was invited to put his name down and "sing for Rochester." The first public appearance was after two months of rehearsal-a success, artistically and recreatively. Since then no civic occasion is complete without the community chorusand private invitations to these lovers of song have poured in.

Fifth Annual Report from Bennington.-The Fifth Annual Report from the Bennington, Vermont, Civic League, a pioneer among small towns in recreation, shows an expenditure for recreation during the past year of $2,463.34, including $1,100 for a new pavilion.

Library Hall will be rented

for the coming year to provide increased space for the community work and for the classes for school children. Through an arrangement with the Young Women's Club last winter, a gymnasium class was held for its members in return for the use of the club rooms for dancing one night each week. After Christmas this class was continued at the Y. M. C. A. as a basket ball club. A total attendance of 2,274 at the women's winter athletic classes is reported and an enrollment of 510 for the three series of community classes in social dancing. This series was especially valuable for the fine community social spirit it developed among all ages.

A Prize Essay Contest was conducted with a prize of ten dollars for the best essay by a high school student on The Educational Value of Play and a prize of five dollars for the best essay by a grade school child on Why I Like Supervised Play. The subject was made one of the required exercises in English in the high

school.

A Hallowe'en Carnival began with a parade in which two hundred and eighty-five took part. A mounted cavalcade of headless horsemen led the procession, and a ghostly band came next, followed by the children in sec

tions. There were goblins, witches, spooks, Indians, sprites, marshalled by heralds and the kings and queens of Hallowe'en. The band stopped at the village square, which had been appropriately decorated, and gave a concert, after which all of the children were invited to the Y. M. C. A. for games and popcorn. A crowd of 4,000, the largest in the history of Bennington, viewed the parade.

The Community Christmas Tree, the Christmas Cotillion, the Community Sleigh Ride, the Spring Festival, Fourth of July Celebration, the Dedication of the Pavilion, and the Labor Day Celebration were other community play-days.

Yonkers, N.Y.-As a part of the plan of providing adequate recreation for Yonkers, a fine new playground in Glen Park was opened in October. Fully 5,000 people gathered upon the field and in the natural amphitheatre surrounding, to witness a program of dances and games arranged by Elliot G. Kingsbury, Recreation Superintendent. A doll carriage parade with nearly one hundred participants evoked much applause.

Yonkers has recently added three year-round workers to the recreation staff; public school athletic leagues, community dances and lectures are being promoted. It is said that the

opening of playgrounds in certain sections of the city has resulted in many demands from other sections: "Why don't we have a playground?" And the Mayor and Council hope to meet that demand in every case with a new playground.

Pittsburgh Motion Picture Film-Pittsburgh has arranged for a 1,600 foot film showing the local playground work. At the beginning of the film are shown the pictures of the members of the city government whose appropriation has made the playground work possible. The cost of the film was $750.

The Bureau of Recreation, W. F. Ashe, Supt., will lend this to other cities if desired for extension purposes. The titles are mostly taken from chapter headings in Mr. Joseph Lee's new book, "Play in Education."

Sarah Heinz House, Pittsburgh, Pa.-Howard J. Heinz upon formally opening the Sarah Heinz House at Pittsburg, built as a memorial to his wife and a tribute to his son, dedicated it to youth, recreation, character and service. He stated that his first interest in this kind of work started with the newsboys while he was at Yale. Upon his return from college fourteen years ago he commenced with three boys a self-government club. The membership has now grown to 400. In their club activi

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