DIRECTOR'S
REPORT ON SUMMER PLAYGROUND

1943

Total. enrollment -554 | Pre~school 117

Number of leaders 6 Primary 215

Number of Asst. 16 Inter, _ 223

; 3 554
The playgrounds and their leaders
Woodlavn - Irene Lafeyette , McAllaster - Sue Todd
Lincoln - Essie Anderson New York - LaVone Jacobson
_ Pinckney - Mable Maliory Cordley  - Ruth Wood

ENROLLIMENT:-—
Total of 6 playgrounds first week - 347
. = * n second week ~ 400
" " t ft third week - 1,65
it = = " fourth week 504
m n ow " fifth week ~ 526
| it fn n

sixth week - 554

For the first four weeks the enrollment increased about fifty
children on the six playgrounds each week, For the fifth and sixth
week, enrollmentsgains were’ smaller, Playground enrollment during
this war time was not as large as it has been in the past two
summers, ‘The reason for this is largely due to the fact that so
many intermediate age children are working either part of full time.

The surprising trend in enrollment on the playground this year was
the increase in the pre-school age, (117) At two schools we had fine volunteer
adult help with this age, Mrs. Dryden at Pinckney, and Mrs, Hagen at
Woodlawn, I agree with the recommendation of the playground staff that,
unless the Council can afford to pay trained pre-school leaders, the
lower age*limit should be four years old

3%
= playground had at least the following: One tether ball and
cover; two wooden paddles; two long jumping ropes; two softballs; two
bats; two rubber balls; two tennis balls; one net; one deck tennis ring;
one croquet set; one kickball; one volleyball; six boxes of crayons}
and construction paper as needed. Leaders had a K.U. recreation=—
manuels and two American Songs Books, -

Inventory of Playground Equipments (July 17, 1943)
2 croquet sets ;

3 big rubber balls
: aa are inna 7 tether balls with covers
2 long jumping ropes 3 tennis balls
2 short jumping ropes 2 wands
5 bats 4 pennants
5 softballs 3 cans of paint
4, volleyballs 2 brushes 7
2 basketballs 1 pkg. of scrap paper for drawing

2 kickballs 2 footballs