Indianapolis Times, Volume 41, Number 101, Indianapolis, Marion County, 6 September 1929 — Page 20

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ATTENDANCE AT PLAYGROUNDS IN CITY INCREASES Thousands More Attend This Year, With Willard ParV Leader. Several thousand more children attended city playgrounds this summer than last season, according to attendance figures announced today by Jesse P. McClure, recreation director. A total of 899,665 children, of all ages, took advantage of recreation on Indianapolis’ forty-six playgrounds since their opening last spring until the first of last week. This does not include those who attended the final week. Willard Has Record Honors for record-breaking attendance go to Willard park playground, State avenue and East Washington street, where 73,680 attended during the summer. Matrons there provided games, contests of all kinds, and many other features to entertain the children. Leaders who helped build up the large attendance at Willard were Mrs. Agnes Davey and Mrs, Delea A. O’Connor, matrons; Miss Margaret E. Jordan. Miss Gertrude Kelly, John Sexton and Thomas Markey, instructors. Douglas playground with a season's attendance of 60,566 ranks second, according to the report. Garfield is third with 45,631; Camp Sullivan, white, fourth with 45,598; Brightwood fifth with 39,002; and Riley sixth with 34,038. All figures were compiled from the d-iily attendance reports, which were sent into recreation offices by the matrons. The reports show that more children attended the grounds in the late evening and at night than during any other part of the day. Lowest attendance was registered during the mornings. Fewer on Streets Police officials and safety leaders of the city favorably noted the large increase in use of playgrounds, because it shows fewer children are playing in the streets. Traffic problems are made easier and the danger of juvenile accidents is lessened by organized recreation opportunities, officials said. Fall Creek, Negro playground, with an attendance of 47,688. was first among the Negro grounds. Other playground attendance figures are; Fall Creek, white, 32,645; Highland, 2.806; Spades, 20.440; J. T. V. Hill, Negro, 15,381; Hawthorne 12,065; Greer street, 12,655; South Side Turners. 13,287; Kingans. 13,510; Morris square, 15.746; Oak Hill. 13,101; Finch. 27,019; Indianola. 27,201; Kansas and Meridian; 17,590; Meikel and Wyoming, white, 5.647; Meikel and Wyoming, Negro, 6,218; Municipal gardens, 6,180; Golden Hill, 6.055; Shepard street, 8,168; School No. 2. 3,712; School No. 28. 4.112; School No. 44, 7,410; School No. 20, 4.214; School No. 16, 1,420; Broadway, 6,757; Brookside, 23,913; Dearborn. 7.880; Christian, 31,055; Camp Sullivan, Negro, 20,879; Christamore, 8,474; Ellenberger, 33,072; Ringgold, 31,712; Rhodius, 24,883; Riverside, 13,024; St. Clair, 12,404; Shelby street, 7,052; Rader and Udell, 12,817; Orchard, 10,812 and Norwood, 4,315.

FREE NET GAMES ARE ON SCHEDULE City Recreation Department Plans Winter Basketball Program. Plans for free Saturday night basketball games throughout the coming season are included in arrangements for the city program of winter recreation. These games will be played at community houses by the girls’ and boys’ junior and senior teams, according to directors. Three games will be played each Saturday starting at 6:30 p. m. Various city teams will participate, and at Rhodius, the church league of that district will play. Last year hundreds of people attended these free games. Art Instructor Returns Miss Florence H. Fitch, art director in city schools, has returned from her vacation in Los Angeles and is busy outlining the art work program for public schools this year.

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Park t loat Wins Prize in Parade

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The park and recreation department float pictured above took fourth place in the state fair parade this week. Children on the float are: Keith Reeves from Brookside park, the boy holding the bat, and Verna

INDOOR PLAY STARTS OCT 1 Community Houses to Open at 3 P. M. in Winter. Recreation work in city community houses will start Oct. 1, it was announced today by M‘ss Lola Pfeifer, supervisor. The houses will be open throughout the winter months for public school children at 3 p. m. every day when classes in physical training and games will be held. Centers where the recreation activities will be conducted are Brookside, Brightwood, Greer street, Municipal gardens and Rhodius. Evening classes are scheduled for boys and girls of high school age, and will be conducted from 6-30 to 9. Floor work, including basketball. volleyball and indoor baseball, will feature the class hours. Instruction in apparatus work, tumbling and organized games also will be given. Basketball leagues are to be organized at each community center, and will include junior and senior teams. Special instruction in rhythmic dancing, song games, tumbling and other activities is to be provided for girls. Recreation directors for the girls will be Miss Lola Pfeifer and Mrs. Norma Koster. Bruce Hunter will have charge of boys’ activities.

PURDUE FROSH REPORT SEPT, 7 Spend First Four Days Learning Campus. Fjy Times Special LAFAYETTE, Ind., Sept. 6.—The orientation period for freshmen at Purdue university is set for Sept. 7 to 11. During these four days freshmen will meet for lectures on university regulations and customs, and will be made acquainted with the campus and buildings. The work is to be conducted by a faculty-student committee with M. L. Fisher, dean of men. as chairman. An address by President Edward C. Elliott will open the period Saturday morning. Upper classmen will register beginning Sept. 11. the opening of the fifty-sixth year at the university. Many campus changes and improvements will greet returning students this year. Three new buildings, the mechanical engineering, pharmacy and chemistry buildings are now being constructed. The most important part of orientation week will be tests devised to help students choose proper educational programs. Instructions in methods of study will be given to new students during the first’ three weeks after the opening of school. They also will be given opportunity to review the fundamental processes of English and mathematics.

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Dixon, from Fall Creek playground, who is sitting on one of the recreation department’s slides. Baseball and slide activities depicted by the float are two of the most important activities indulged in by playground children.

Park Custodian Declares Work Is Success Secret

Julius Kitzing on Job for 26 Years; Content With His Reward. Thousands of visitors to Riverside park know Julius Kitzing, smiling custodian, who has worked at the park for twenty-six years. Under his care are 1,100 acres, on which are ten horseshoe courts and as many baseball diamonds. The glamor of easy money and soft jobs never has appealed to Kitzing, for although the position he holds is one of hard work, he has stuck to it. For him success is “donig what you enjoy, as well as you can.” He sat on a park bench resting and told his life story. In his eye was the gleam of contentment. The expression on his face told that he was pleased with his job and happy for the friends it had brought to him. His philosophy of living is, that the road to success and more money lies in hard work, which for him has been a long, slow road. ‘‘The pay check can indicate only so much money. What it can not show is the reward of friendships and joys that go with every job,” he said. Kitzing started working for the city in 1895, and his first job was to shovel muck out of the lake where Garfield park is located. Tom Taggart was mayor in 1898, when he became custodian and Riverside park was a truck garden with wheat and corn fields. , . ‘‘lf I were giving advice to young men,” Kitzing says, “It would be: ‘When you pick a job, look at the size of the man above you and not at the size of the pay check. If he is doing something you would like to do, take off your coat and wade in, and you will move upward.’”

Final Week On Playground Activities Cease as 75,000 Hear Call of School.

This week marks the closing of activities on city playgrounds, and soon 75,000 school children will gather up their books and pencils and turn from play to school work. The fact that play must cease is evidenced on all sides. Spots that two weeks ago were bustling centers of play and fun now are quiet and calm. Men with trucks are taking away the slides and swings, and the gleeful shouts of children are no longer heard. The fifty-five city playgrounds soon will be reduced to barren patches of ground to await the opening of the next recreation season. Playgrounds closed by supervisors Saturday were Ringgold, Willard, Douglas and Warfleigh. McClure, Rhodius and Ellenberger are still open. Recreation officials are keeping Fall Creek, White, open during fair week, for benefit of thousands of children, who are visiting the city, and who may desire relaxation from the crowded fairground. Four recreation centers will remain open during the winter months. Those to remain open this vear will be Brightwood, Greer Rhodius and J. V. T. Hill, (Negro'. During the winter months, beginning Oct. 1. night classes in recreation activities will be conducted in these places. Instruction will be given to public school children daily from 3 to 5:30 p. m., and to older boys and girls from 6:30 to 9 p. m. PICK ECHO STAFF SOON Fire Will R, Chosen When Shortridge Opens. Editors for the Daily Echo, Shortridge high school publication, will be chosen immediately after the opening of school. Miss Grace Shoup of the English department announced today. Five teachers direct publication of the Echo. Actual work of publication is done by the students under direction of five student editors, one • for each school day in the week. The first edition of the Echo will come out next Wednesday. William N. Otto, head of the English department, has general supervision of the paper, while the teachers serve as censors of material published. Would Wed at 12 Bu Unit'd Pres* FT. WORTH, Tex. Sept. 6.—“l’m tired of running around and I think I’ll get married and settle town,” a 12-year-old hitch-hiker who is in the fifth grade at school, told C. E. Baker, county juvenile officer, after he had received a lecture for running away from his home ir. Benton, Ark.

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DRILY PHYSICAL EXERCISEURCED Free Classes Are Planned for Weight Watchers. For fat people who desire to become thin and for thin people who desire to gain weight, city recreation department officials advise daily exercises. The department seeks to help unsuccessful eighteen-day dieters, and others whose tonnage is worrying them, by giving free classes in physical training at community centers. A few hours of tumbling, rolling, somersaulting and other exercises daily will cut off pounds in a surprising short time, directors say. Classes held at Brookside, Rhodius, and Municipal gardens have proven very popular. As many as seventyseven reducing enthusiasts have taken advantage of the exercises in one day. During the summer months, swimming w r as suggested as the best means of getting rid of surplus weight, and city pools and beaches were frequented by many. Volleyball, the favorite reducing medium for men, also is used by many as a means of regaining health and muscle. Bruce Hunter supervises the evening classes in volleyball for men. Miss Lola Pfeifer and Mrs. Norma Koster have had charge of the reducing classes for women since their introduction a few months ago. They will continue to direct the classes twice each week during the winter months.

ENROLLMENT MARK AT VALPARAISO LOOMING Additions and Changes in Faculty Are Announced. B-u Times Special VALPARAISO, Sept. 6.—Enrollment at Valparaiso university, which opens Sept. 23, is expected to break all records since the school came under its present management three years ago, according to Dean F. W. Droenecke. The college recently has been accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges, and the law department of the school has been approved by the American Bar Association. Additions to the faculty for the coming year include Dr. Joseph John Weber, formerly of Kansas, who will be acting head of the department of education and psychology, and Frederick Valentine Lofgren, acting head of the college of pharmacy. Carl W. Laritzen, who has been on leave of absence, will return as instructor in the engineering department. TEAMS TO USE GYMS Special Permission Granted Independent City Basket Fives. By special permission of the city recreation department, independent basketball teams will be allowed to use gym floors at Brookside and Rhodius community houses this winter. The hours will be from 9 to 11 p. n.—after smaller boys are through. Permits will be issued at recreation ofaces, city hall, or at the community houses.

CITY SCHOOLS TO USE VISUAL TEACMAGAIN Method Seen Particularly Adapted to History and Geography. Teaching geography and history by the visualization method is becoming an important factor in the Indianapolis public schools and will be used again this fall, R. H. Rae, visual education director in city schools, declared today, i For three years Rae has been collecting slides of maps and phases l of life in European countries, to be used in teaching geography. Especially selected classroom motion picture machines are used to present views to the students. The visualization program is based on the principle that the child learns more by observation tnan reading. However, texts are used along with slides. It is possible for a teacher who knows very little about the countries she is teaching about, to present very satisfactory and helpful lessons to children by means of the visualization process, Rae says. Rae is completing a series of illustrated stories to be used in public schools this year. Films on music and art also are being tried out.

I. U. CO-EDS TO REPORTjEPT. 11 Speaker List Is Announced for Freshman Meet. E.'j Times Special BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Sept. 6. Freshman week at Indiana university for new co-eds will open Wednesday, Sept. 11, it was announced today by Dr. Agnes E. Wells, dearn of women. Registration for both men and women for the first semester will be conducted in the university gymnasium Friday, Sept. 13, and Monday, Sept. 16, will be the last day for students to register and pay fees, according to Dean Wells. Regular classes will commence Tuesday, Sept. 17, at 8 a. m. Speakers for freshmen week have been announced as folows: President William L. Bryan, Lean S. E. Stout, of the college of fine arts and sciences; Professor Lillian Gay Berry of the Latin department; Dean Wells; Dr. A. L. Kohlmeier of the history department; Professor H. T. Davis of the mathematics department; Dr. H. H. Carter, head of the English department, and Dr. Cora Hennel of the mathematics department. The first meet for freshmen girls will be held Wednesday morning under auspices of the physical education department. Required appointments for instruction on how to use the library and physical examinations, will fill the first day's program. NEW GAME INTRODUCED Hockey Sticks, Small Balls to Be Used in Indoor Contest. Anew game is to be used at community houses this winter, according to Jesse P. McClure, city playground director. Hockey sticks and small balls are used in the game, in which contestants vie in knocking the ball through holes in the ends of a large box. The game recently was introduced at McClure beach.

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All Fun!No School Days

Although playground sliding days for this season are almost ever, Norma Lee Wiseman, 2-year-old daughter of Mrs. Pearl Wiseman, 316 Agnes street, is taking it all in fun. Perhaps, she is happy because there will be no teachers, books or lessons to bother her next week,

Recreation Department Will Conduct Classes

Winter Training Course Is Planned to Promote Physical Education. Training classes for volunteer workers in recreation activities will be conducted by the city recreation department this winter, according to plans now being prepared by Jesse P. McClure, director. These classes, which are to be a new feature in recreation w'ork, will be open to everyone interested in learning to direct such activities. The classes are to be given for benefit of leaders and older boys and girls connected with city churches. McClure is asking support from city pastors in the movement, and made the following statement in that connection: “We desire the co-operation of every pastor, who feels the need of trained leaders in physical education. In order that we may get in touch with young men and women who might attend our classes for volunteer workers, w r e are asking pastors to send us names of persons, belonging to their churches, who might spend one night each week during the winter season in such training.” Training classes will meet for a three-hour period one evening each week. Butler university students who attend the classes will be given one hour credit in physical education. Classes probably will be conducted at the Brookside community house under direction of Bruce Hunter and Miss Lola Pfeifer, supervisor of city recreation. The plans also include a program of recreation in connection with city churches during the winter months. “We hope,” McClure said, “to bring children in touch with churches by aiding the churches in supervising gymnastic classes, basketball, and in giving exercise to young and old.” A large staff of supervisors and

for she is too young to attend school. Hundreds of Normas friends are sad because they must now leave the playgrounds, gather their books under their arms and saunter to school next Monday. Norma will find other places to play, after her daily attendance at Camp Sullivan playground this summer.

instructors will conduct the work according to plans. Students trained in the volunteer classes will be prepared to go back to the churches and direct systematic recreation activities. Organized activities will be carried on in the churches in late afternoons and evenings, so that school children may take advantage of the training.

EXPECTS BOOST IN ENROLLMENT De Pauw Prepares for Annual Influx Sept. 11. Bj: Times Special GREENCASTLE, Ind., Sept. 6. The annual influx of students to De Pauw campus will begin Wednesday, Sept. 11, with a special two days’ program for freshmen. Registration for upper classmen begins Friday, Sept 13, and classes meet for the first time Monday, Sept. 16, according to Dean Louis H. Dirks. Registration figures are expected to pass the high mark set last year. An enrollment of approximately 700 new students in the liberal arts college is expected. A total of 253 Rector scholarship awards have been made this year, according to Dr. Henry B. Longden, vice-president. This breaks all previous records for scholarships awarded by the university.

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PREPARATIONS ARE MADE FOR 1 FALL SPORTS City Recreation Chiefs tot Lay Plans Again for Grid League. Arrangements for fall and winter sport activities are being prepared by the city recreation department ~ this week, and will start following the closing of playgrounds. Recreation officials plan to proI vide games and entertainment for boys and girls of the city, which, will keep them busy and off the i streets during the hours they are | out of school Football is the most favored fan sport, and this year leagues again.. I will be organized. Four elevens played under the recreation depart- ! ment’s supervision last year, in ad- | dition to numerous independent I teams ! Other outdoor sports included on ! the program are ice-skating, and ! coasting. Sections along the rivers i this winter will be marked off for \ ice-skating, and will be watched and ! guarded by park police who will take | special precautions for the safety of skaters. Another feature of the coming winter s recreation program will be coasting for children and adults. Provisions for enjoyment of this j sport will be the same as in the 1 past. Certain city streets will be I blocked off for coasting, and ex- A tensive measures taken to safe % guard children. Most of the indoor recreation work during the winter months will be carried on in community houses, and will include classes in physical training. These classes are to be open to the public. Community buildings at Ellenberger, Rhodius and Brookside parks will be open during the coasting season to coasters, who may use the hills near these parks. At the close of the basketball season last year a free throw contest open to all city boys and girls was held, at which special awards wore given the winners. This contest will be staged again this year, it was announced. The annual indoor girl’s volley ball tournament also is to be held again this year. TESTS SHOW MENTAL DISPARITY IN AGES 69.2 Per Cent Among 1,998 Found to Be Above Average. Results of a recent survey of the intelligence of children, who entered school at the second semester, 1928, in Indianapolis, show many interesting facts regarding the chronological and mental ages of the pupils, according to Byron K. Williams, city schools research director. In a survey of 14,998 children 6 years of age and over, results show that 69.2 per cent were above the average mental age. Only 8.1 per cent were at the normal mental age at the time of entering school. These figures indicate there are wide differences in the chronogloical ages and mental ages of children. Just how to deal with these children of different mental ages is one- - the big problems confronting educators today, according to Williams. vr,.