anaheim-gazette 1912-03-07

PUBLIC PLAYGROUNDS University of California Co-operating In Movement (Correspondence of The Gazette) To co-operate with the great popular movement which is seeking to provide public playgrounds for the children in every city and town, the University of California has just announced special courses in playground work and physical education for the next summer session, at Berkeley from June 24 to August 3. The object is to train men and women to take charge of the public playgrounds which are springing up everywhere, to train teachers of physical education, and to acquaint teachers, principals, and school authorities with the best ways of conducting gymnasiums and school playgrounds. In one summer session much inspiration and suggestion can be obtained, and much insight into modern methods in playground work and gymnasium work, while by attendance upon three summer sessions a professional training can be obtained. Similar courses offered last summer by the university were enthusiastically attended. Of the 1950 students in the summer session for 1911, over 600 were enrolled for playground work and physical education. In charge next summer will be Everett C. Beach, M.D., director of physical education in Los Angeles high school. With him will be associated Dr. William H. Anderson of New Haven, Conn., director of the Yale university, gymnasium, Professor Clark W. Hetherington, formerly professor of physical education in the university of Missouri, who now, as director of the Joseph Fels endowment in play and educational athletics, devotes himself to advancing the playground movement and to work for improving the standards of The rapid growth of the movement and the consequent lack of an adequate supply of men and women trained to supervise playground work makes the offering of university-training courses particularly a public demand. In this playground movement the university is co-operating with the playground and recreation association of America, which maintains offices in San Francisco in charge of L. H. Weir, 1058 Phelan building, San Francisco, field secretary for the Pacific coast. The association advises communities, school authorities, etc., as to how to organize and conduct their playground systems to the best advantage, and sends out lecturers, disseminates literature on the subject, etc. One novel feature of this summer session work at Berkeley will be a course in the "Social Center" movement—a movement which recognizes that recreation and opportunities for self-improvement are needed just as much by grown people as by children, and which seeks to bring it about that the country and city schools shall not be locked up and left idle when school is out, but shall be used as club houses, lecture halls, and social centers for the whole community; which seeks to bring it about that lecture courses, and night classes for adults, club meetings, and use of the parks for athletic sports and outdoor games for all ages shall be available for young and old the year aorund, that thus the community may promote its own health, intelligence, and zest of life. BORDER PEOPLE TERRORIZED Farmers Are Moving Away From Boundary Marfa, Tex., March 5.—The first skirmish incidental to the rebel advance on Ojinaga occurred today at San Antonio, Mex., several miles south of the border. The advance Everett C. Beach, M.D., director of physical education in Los Angeles high school. With him will be associated Dr. William H. Anderson of New Haven, Conn., director of the Yale university, gymnasium, Professor Clark W. Hetherington, formerly professor of physical education in the university of Missouri, who now, as director of the Joseph Fels endowment in play and educational athletics, devotes himself to advancing the playground movement and to work for improving the standards of athletic sports and physical education throughout the country, and ten other experts in physical education and playground work. Among the courses offered will be instruction in the organization of the playgrounds, in elementary and advanced gymnastics, in anatomy, physiology, hygiene, physical dianosisg, first aid to the injured; in therapeutic gymnastics, and the health supervision of schools; in track and field athletics, in aesthetic gymnastics,and in folk dancing—the national dances of the European countries, and a course for mothers, in the meaning of play, hygiene of the nursery, and the care of the child in cases of accident. There will be a course in military instruction, courses in gymnasium exercise; a course for those who wish to learn to swim, a course for the training of swimming instructors, and varied courses in the general administration of public playgrounds. In these courses, the students will use as a laboratory a children's playground which will be kept on the university campus throughout the summer. Here many hundreds of Berkeley children will be found playing every day. The sudden rise of the playground movement is one of the most striking and encouraging of recent social phenomena. The country woke up one day to find that with the advanced growth of congested towns and cities, full of flats and apartment houses, children no longer had the old-time opportunities for healthy outdoor play but were forced to play in the streets, in cluttered vacant lots, in ways and places where the opportunities for mischief, evil, or harm, were great. Then the movement began for the establishment everywhere of municipal playgrounds. Los Angeles now has eight such public playgrounds, with an additional seven in summer; Seattle has twenty-three; Oakland has seven, Fresno seven, San Francisco lingers behind, with only four supervised playgrounds but with three other supervised play grounds soon to be established, while available for young and old the year around, that thus the community may promote its own health, intelligence, and zest of life. BORDER PEOPLE TERRORIZED Farmers Are Moving Away From Boundary Marfa, Tex., March 5.—The first skirmish incidental to the rebel advance on Ojinaga occurred today at San Antonio, Mex., several miles south of the border. The advance guard of the rebels was defeated,but when the main body of rebel troops under Braulia Hernandez and Emiliano Ramirez came up the 85 rurales and volunteers retreated to Ojinaga. Several are reported killed. Three wounded rurales were brought to the American bank of the Rio Grande. In anticipation of an attack soldiers hastily are rebuilding the trenches around Ojinaga, the scene of a two months' siege last spring. The city is cut off entirely from communication with the interior and supplies are being purchased through Presidio. For a distance of 100 miles on either side of Ojinaga the Texas-Mexican border is in turmoil and many American ranchmen are moving their families to the larger towns away from the boundary. In response to an appeal from the residents of Valentine, Tex., several state rangers have been sent there. A band of armed Mexicans is said to be encamped south of that town. Last night about 50 drink-inflamed Mexicans rode through the town of Polvo, south of Ojinaga, firing their pistols at random. A dozen bullets were fired into the home of William Morgan, a school teacher, the only American resident. No one was hurt according to reports. According to information received here, rumors of possible intervention have enraged Mexicans on both sides of the border. Douglas, Ariz., March 4.—The police along the border are looking for J. Phillips, an American, who posing as an agent of the Vasquista, is alleged to have victimized a number of Mexicans of this city of a sum aggregating about $2000. Phillips, it is said, passed several weeks here among the Mexicans, organizing a band which ultimately was to have gone into Sonora to join the Vasquista cause. Through extravagant promises of land and money, Phillip's alleged victims are said to have contributed $10 each to cover the "organization cost," and in in the streets, in cluttered vacant lots, in ways and places where the opportunities for mischief, evil, or harm, were great. Then the movement began for the establishment everywhere of municipal playgrounds. Los Angeles now has eight such public playgrounds, with an additional seven in summer; Seattle has twenty-three; Oakland has seven, Fresno seven, San Francisco lingers behind, with only four supervised playgrounds but with three other supervised play grounds soon to be established, while Portland is about to vote on a proposed bond issue of $500,000 for the purchase of playgrounds for children. Oakland's first annual appropriation for playground work was $9000, the next year the city provided $12,000, and the community was so delighted with the success of the playgrounds that this year's maintenance budget for playgrounds is $40,000. There is now scarcely a town in California with more than 25,000 population which has not at least one supervised playground. Not only large cities but small towns as well profit by the establishment of playgrounds. Their starting in a community means instantly a marked permanent decline in the number of arrests of children for mischief, petty crime, or other juvenile delinquency. Their establishment means improvement in health, happiness, good scholarship in the schools, and general welfare. It is essential, however, that a playground should be under proper supervision, since the unsupervised playground may prove a source of quite as much harm as good. Moreover, a community of much size needs not one playground but many, since experience shows that a playground is of small service to children who live more than half a mile distant. Phillips, it is said, passed several weeks here among the Mexicans, organizing a band which ultimately was to have gone into Sonora to join the Vasquista cause. Through extravagant promises of land and money, Phillip's alleged victims are said to have contributed $10 each to cover the "organization cost," and in return they were to receive $3 each for every day they were in the revolutionary service and upon the success of the revolution 300 acres of land, a three-room adobe house, two horses and a cow. Working among the illiterate Mexicans, Phillips is reported to have persuaded several hundred to pay the initiation fee. REMNANT OF ESTATE Pomona, March 2.—When fire Sunday afternoon destroyed the tworoom home of Mrs. J. S. Garcia, 930 West First street, the last vestige of a once great estate was wiped out, and an aged and feeble woman was left destitute in a world which at one time acknowledged her prestige as the social leader of the Spanish residents of Southern California. The Garcia family twenty-five years ago owned large tracts of land in Pomona valley and was reputed to be worth more than $2,000,000. With the death of Jose Garcia, 15 years ago, the vast estate gradually disintegrated until merely a humble sustenance was left for the aged widow. The home she occupied contained all her belongings, including many rare pieces of Spanish lace and pictures. Nothing was saved. Frederick J. Y. accepted the appointment in-chief of foreign participation, s a member of honor and has a score of foreign Skiff has taken work and is giving officials the benefit in matters national world's f Gustavus T. I. the amateur athlete United States, express that the stadium is ideal for the local championships in San Francisco valuable suggesting the stadium to have requirements of a big fair. The information en and is well suerature pertaining be held in San Fran this literature can quest. Thomas Hastings of the members of commission, and at states: "Archimedea-Pacific inter should be superior ever held in this lumbian exposition buted largely to tectural ideals of since that time, tremendous progress GROWERS MUST BE ALERT Professor Powell Urges Constant Vigilance Washington, March 4.—G. Harold Powell, secretary and manager of the Citrus Protective League, left Washington for home yesterday via New York. While here he attended the hearing before the Interstate Commerce Commission in connection with the northwestern lemon rate case and presented a number of matters which affect the California citrus fruit interests before different governmental departments. As a result of the efforts of Powell and others interested in the industry a number of important investigations will be undertaken. They have an important bearing on the progress of the citrus fruit industry. Powell was particularly interested in the frost-protection investigation, the frozen-fruit question, the citrus nutrition investigation and the citrus by-product laboratory. He will probably have announcements to make regarding some or all of these on his return. Regarding the situation here, he said: "It does not look as though citrus fruit will be included in the tariff legislation during the present session unless the orange and lemon items are separated from the agricultural schedule and attached to some germane bill. Whether or not this will be done depends upon the value of the lemon as a political asset. If the lemon has enough political value that was not developed by the effort to put it on the free list during the special session, then California interests may look to see the item reintroduced suddenly at some future time. The present lemon tariff is an increasing revenue producer and protects an American industry. It cannot be revised in accordance with the tariff this country. All of the architects in the east are interested in this exposition, and we may expect very best work and the co-operation of the leading American sculptors in the development of the plans." The architectural commission composed of Willis Polk, Clarence R. Ward, W. B. Faville, L. C. Mulgard, Geo. W. Kelham Thomas Hastings, Henry Bacon and W. C. Richardson, by unanimous vote adopted the general plan for the fair. It calls for an esplanade on the waterfront, a great avenue and garden, a main court of honor facing the water and running from north to south, with a dome at the southern end of it and with a series of interior courts. The interior courts will be the original note of the exposition and unlike anything heretofore planned. These courts will be of similar size, four in number, each court being treated by different architects on the commission, and they will represent the continents of the earth. Director-in-Chief Frederick J. V. Skiff in an interview stated that he does not recall the exact comparative dates, "but it is a fact, I feel quite sure, that the work on the exposition is from eight months to one year in advance, on broad lines, of any one of the three expositions—Columbian at Chicago, Louisiana Purchase at St. Louis, and Paris." FULLERTON The Fullerton high school debating team, composed of Henry Maller and Miss Jessie Crow, won the Davis challenge cup from Huntington Beach in a debate held at that city. The question debated was, "Resolved, That the State of California should control all of the irrigation supplies originating from surface services." Dr. Lloyd W. Wells will give up his practice and will go to Colton on the first of the month, where he will SAN FRANCISCO FAIR Notes of Progress of International Exposition (Correspondence of The Gazette) San Francisco, March 3.—On his return from Washington, President Chas. C. Moore stated that Secretary of State Knox had issued invitations to foreign governments to participate in the Panama-Pacific international exposition; that Secretary of the Interior Fisher had promised us that the Yosemite and other national parks in the west would be improved and rendered as attractive as possible by 1915; that the treasury department will issue government gold and silver coins commemorative of the exposition; and that the post office department will issue special stamps before the exposition opens. Frederick J. V. Skiff, who has accepted the appointment of director-in-chief of foreign and domestic participation, s a member of the legion of honor and has been decorated by a score of foreign governments. Mr. FULLERTON The Fullerton high school debating team, composed of Henry Maller and Miss Jessie Crow, won the Davis chalenge cup from Huntington Beach in a debate held at that city. The question debated was, "Resolved, That the State of California should control all of the irrigation supplies originating from surface services." Dr. Lloyd W. Wells will give up his practice and will go to Colton on the first of the month, where he will open an office. A force of men have been working on the Santa Fe crossing on Spadra street, and are putting in a much-needed improvement which will now make it more comfortable for machines and vehicles which cross there. Since Feb. 21 there have been 9 carloads of oranges shipped by local packers. Besides these there have been six shipped by C. C. Chapman. The oranges have begun to move more rapidly than formerly. R. H. Wilson leaves for Kansas City this week, to make that city his future home. Dryer & Thompson are unloading a carload of autos, which have just arrived from the east. The highway commission has appointed Engineer Finch of Los Angeles to take charge of the good roads improvement in this city. Mrs. Jas. Harrison of Santa Ana visited with C. W. Finch and family. ORANGE SHOW A SUCCESS Management Preparing for Larger Exhibit Next Year Editor Gazette.—The second national orange show was a great success. It brought together splendid exhibits from almost every citrus fruit growing section of the entire state. Thousands came to see and admire. The fruit men were pleased with the show and their treatment by the exposition management, and already plans are under way for the building of a larger and better show in 1913. We feel that in a great degree the success of the show has been due to the liberal co-operation of the newspapers in their news columns, and for this generous treatment the management of the show wishes to extend to you and all others of the press of California and adjoining states, its most grateful appreciation and thanks. One of the foremost objects of the national orange show is the up-building of the citrus industry in all its phases, and the cementing more possible by 1915; that the treasury department will issue government gold and silver coins commemorative of the exposition; and that the post office department will issue special stamps before the exposition opens. Frederick J. Y. Skiff, who has accepted the appointment of director-in-chief of foreign and domestic participation, is a member of the legion of honor and has been decorated by a score of foreign governments. Mr. Skiff has taken up his important work and is giving the exposition officials the benefit of his wide knowledge in matters pertaining to international world's fairs. Gustavus T. Kirby, president of the amateur athletic union of the United States, expressed the opinion that the stadium in Golden Gate park is ideal for the holding of the national championships during 1915. While in San Francisco recently, he made valuable suggestions for improving the stadium to have it meet the requirements of athletics during the big fair. The information bureau is now open and is well supplied with all literature pertaining to the big show to be held in San Francisco in 1915, and this literature can be had upon request. Thomas Hastings of New York, one of the members of the architectural commission, and an eminent authority states: "Architecturally, the Panama-Pacific international exposition should be superior to any exposition ever held in this country. The Columbian exposition at Chicago contributed largely to forming the architectural ideals of this country, and, since that time, there has been tremendous progress in architecture in We feel that in a great degree the success of the show has been due to the liberal co-operation of the newspapers in their news columns, and for this generous treatment the management of the show wishes to extend to you and all others of the press of California and adjoining states, its most grateful appreciation and thanks. One of the foremost objects of the national orange show is the upbuilding of the citrus industry in all its phases, and the cementing more closely the several citrus fruit growing districts of the state. Along these lines it has already accomplished much. No profits accrue to anyone from the national orange show. If there is any surplus remaining after the cost of the exposition is paid, it goes to a permanent fund for the financing of future expositions of the same kind. 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