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Recreation

Hi Lights

By ALBERT WABAUNSEE

The K.U. recreation program will
close August 5. Dr. F. C. Allen and
his physical education classes have
organized and carried out this pro-
gram, and are well-pleased with its
success. The supervised playground
has been the main branch of this
program.

In order to take advantage of na-
ture’s gift to K.U—a cool, breezy
hill-top, the playground was placed
atop Mt. Oread. It has been open to
the faculty and students and their
families almost every evening
throughout the Summer Session. The
playground has afforded facilities
for badminton, shuffle-board, arch-
ery, ping pong, croquet, organized
games, and folk dancing. The gym
has been open to anyone who cared
to tumble, work on the bars, ete.

Doctor Allen, Mrs. Josephine Sams,
Mrs. Ernie Vanek, Miss Evelyn Har-
riman, Mrs. John Cress, and the ele-
mentary playground and community
recreation classes have worked hard
supervising the various parts of the
playground and were extremely
gratified by the attendance record—
an average of 100 children and 50
adults each evening during the ses-
sions.

Other branches of this recreation
program have been the swimming
hours, supervised by John Cress, in-
tramural softball, officiated by Doc-
tor Elbel and Doctor Bayles, and the
regular weekly dances—one informal
dance in the Memorial Union ball-
room, three, cornmeal cakewalk
dances, and one all-Summer Session
picnic and dance. The attendance at
those events was good and every-
body enjoyed them. :

The recreation program was begun
as a social center for Summer Ses-
‘sion students and the faculty and
| was meant to provide relaxation and
entertainment for them. The leaders
hope that it will give those who take
part in it ideas to take home and use
in their own communities. Doctor

 

 

 

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| ually older children participated in

By BUNNY GREEN
Eight weeks of fun and frolic for,
the youngsters, who came up to the
quadrangle on Mount Oread at.
night are coming to a close on Aug-
ust 5. During these past eight weeks
the children and parents of the com-
munity have come up to the com-
munity center for a grand time every
night. The young children just
waited for the minute when the piano
started playing and then rushed over
to the hand platform to participate in
the folk dances and singing games in
charge of Mrs. John Cress,

joyed watching these rhythmical ac-,
tivities almost as much as the chil-
dren. The mothers relive their own
youth in the dancing of their chil-
dren, and probably hope they will
become a future Ted Shawn or Ruth
St. Dennis. Some of the two and a
half and three year olds furnished
much amusement for the audience
because they trot around up on the
stage, not knowing where they are

| ried couples climbed up in the jungle-

The mothers and grown-ups en-| —

these games. Some of the games
played were: club snatch, three deep,
stealing sticks, dodge ball, bat ball,
hit pin baseball, etc. The children
had some good vigorous play with-
out a hot sun shining down on them
which helped a great deal.

The equipment the children used
were the three different sizes of
jungle-gymns, two turning poles,
teeter-totters, swings, a sand pile,
loop tennis sets, and croquet sets.
Shuffleboard also was popular with
the family; everybody seemed to
like to scoot the little wooden discs
across the sidewalk. The reason
three sizes of jungle-gymns were in-
stalled was because last summer
when the lights went out, two mar-

gymn and were seen sitting there
when the lights flashed back on.
Doctor Allen decided he should get
a larger jungle-gymn to provide for
the adults and also the teen-aged.
children.

There was a good set-up of equip-
‘ment this summer, but Doctor Allen
plans to buy more for next summer.
A slippery slide is almost ready to be
installed now. The community play-
ground was a great success this sum-
mer, and it will be just as good or

tter next summer.

 

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By CHET GIBBENS. -

When Doctor Allen conceived his
idea of the playground here atop the
|cool and breezy Mt. Oread, he saw

 

the need for some competitive sports
to give spice and zest to the program.
There are hopes for additions next
year of which Lawn Bowl or Bowl-

 

going or what they are doing, but |
having a big time in general.

Mrs. Josephine Sams and her ele-
mentary playground class were in
charge of games and sports on an-
other part of the quadrangle. Us-

 

Allen is already looking forward to
next summer and is planning to add
new games to the playground and
more arc lights.

The recreation supervisors and of-
ficials say “Bood-by until next
year!”

ing on the Green is to be the main at-
traction. However, at the present
these sports consist mainly of Loop
Tennis, Badminton, Croquet, and
Goal-Hi.
| Goal-Hi is a game originated by |
} our own Doctor Allen. It consists of |
\one goal placed in a circular court
and play resembles that of basketball. |
However, it has advantages over bas-
ketball since it can be played by the
oldsters and women as well as the
younger generation. The funda-
mentals of basketball can be learned
and practised without the excessive
running and physical exertion that
comes from the two distant goals of
basketball. This excessive exertion
lis not only tiring but might prove
|harmful to unconditioned or unde-
| veloped bodies. Jn this way a com-"—

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