sion sponsors junior civilian defense programs on its play-
grounds. In Charleston, West Virginia, a junior baseball
school offers the attraction of a former big league player as
coach.

The Youth Activities Division of the Council of Social
Agencies in Boston, Massachusetts, together with the United
Settlements of Greater Boston, has expanded summer play
facilities. A series of evening events competes for teen-age
favor with downtown commercial attractions; neighbor-
hood block parties, open air movies, band concerts, and street
dances fill the program. The City-Wide Boys and Girls
Work Conference also holds meetings and dances which bring
together young people from all sections of the city.

In Casper, Wyoming, the Coordinating Council opened a
Campus Canteen. Boys and girls did much of the work, and
raised money for equipment through benefit parties and
donations.

Churches

The war has brought new problems to church leaders,
and in the field of youth recreation these problems are being
met in many communities by offering young people the kind
of entertainment they want.

A Hilton Village, Virginia, minister converted his parish
house into a community youth center modeled on the Stage
Door Canteen.

Twenty Washington, D. C., churches have organized a
committee to provide summer recreation for young people,
with each church responsible for one activity.

One hundred Detroit, Michigan, churches turned waste
land and vacant lots into playgrounds; the plan succeeded so
well that the same group is promoting it throughout the
nation.

More than 5,000 New York City clergymen of all faiths
are opening their churches to recreation for the city’s
million boys and girls.