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SATURDAY, Aiigust 14, fouiul us at davliyiit uii tliu west side 

 of the Cascade Mountains, after passing tlirougli the long Cas- 

 cade Tunnel. Emerging from the tunnel we went rapidly down 

 grade tlirough miles of snow sheds, past green mountains, clear 

 little falling streams, and out into the fertile valley, reaching 

 Everitl, the Pacific terminal of the (Ireat Xorthern KaiUvay, at 

 7 o'clock. 



Arriving at Seattle ahout S:;iO in the morning we were met 

 by Koland \V. Cotterill, the secretary of the association, and 

 others and hustled into a do/en autos. and in procession passed 

 through the business part of the city and out to Kinnear Park, 

 where some of the beautiful native Jlailrona trees were seen, and 

 Elliott Bay was viewed, but owing to the forest fires we had to 

 take the local citizens' word for the mountains that lay beyond. 

 Passing through the Queen Ann Hill residence section, where 

 the streets are bordered with moiuitain ash, the "rowan tree" 

 of the Scotch, we returned to the roof garden of the Washington 

 Hotel and were served w itli liipiid refri'sluncnts. Woodland Park, 

 with its good drives and /ou, was next visited: thence to the 

 University urounds and ovi'r tlie wiiiiliiig Interlaken Koulevard to 

 Lake Washington. 



Passing tlirough ilovint I'aker. a residential park, and \idun- 

 teer Park we were taken to the .Seattle Commenial Cluli for 

 luncheon, and there, amiil rejoicing, we welcomed the missing 

 Uaible. At luncheon we were welconieil to Seattle by members 

 of the local committee, which were responded to by members of 

 our party. After a short period of rest we boarded tlie steamer 

 Jlinncapolis for Tacoma. On lioard the .steamer we were met 

 by tJeorge A. Hill, Snperintendent of Parks at Taeoma, and Mrs. 

 Hill who, acting as a rece]jtiou committee, escorted us to the city. 

 Arriving there we found autos awaiting us and enjoyed a most 

 interesting ride about the city. Our lirst stop|)ing point was 

 at the magnificent Stadium, where as many as .Ifl.OdO peo])le often 

 assemble. Leaving the Stadium we drove southward about twelve 

 miles to Point Defiance Park, and the drive over the splendid, 

 inexpensive, earth-crowned road, was a revelation. One might 

 almost e-xpect at each turn to be held up by a band of Indians, 

 so awe-inspiring was the density of the fir trees, whose bases 

 would require the out-stretched arms of from eight to ten men 

 to encircle. 



In a grove of firs by the roadside a delightful ])icnic supper, 

 prepared on the concrete stoves, was ser\ed by several ladies. 

 .\fter oiu- appetites were appetised, we enjoyed the interesting 

 speeches, during Avhich ^Ir. Allen, of the Tacoma Park Board, 

 brought out the point that he was not afraid that any park 

 su])erintendeut present might copy the plantings in Point Defiance 

 Park with trees almo-t a thousand years (dd. A ]irivate car of 

 the local street railway carried the party back to tin- Xorthern 

 Pacific depot, wdiere o\ir train and liaggagc awaitcil ns from 

 Seattle. 



( To be concluded in 



SUNDAY, August 1.),— Early in the morning alicjut ten miles, 

 out of Portland we crossed 'the famous Columliia Kiver over 

 trestles two miles in length. Arriving at Portland about 8. 

 o'clock Emil T. Jlische and a committee composed of local park 

 people met us and, entering autos, we started out for another 

 day of sight seeing. Proceeding over the boulevard that over- 

 looks the Willamette River we "drove through Portland Heights, 

 a tine residential section, and visited the "interesting Forestry 

 Building: thciU'C over about ten nules of new roads windinu in, 

 and out (m the mountain side. Crossing the beautif\d Willaniettc 

 Kiver and driving through the St. .lohn's district we next visited 

 Columbia Park, then to Peninsida Park, where the fine sunken 

 rose garden is located. Portland certainly proved her claim to be 

 the "rose cit.v." 



Passing through a very :ittractive residential section we reached 

 ^It. Taber Park, where we were met by .Mrs, Baker, wife of the 

 Park Commissioner, who became our hostess for the day. Lunch- 

 eon was served on the veranda of the Park Lodge overlooking a 

 beautiful view of tlu' city, river and moiuitains. Luncheon over, 

 we proceeded under tlie direction of Jlessrs. Baker and ^lisclic 

 to visit the dilVerent parks and playgrounds. Again crossing the 

 river, w-e drove through :in interesting ])ark :imiI Miie cemetery, 

 where we recalled the fact that Piutlaiid pc'nnits no Sunday 

 funerals. Ai riving back in the city about .> o'clock, we were taken 

 to the Chamlier of Conunerce rooms, and after a rest were served 

 witli a most delicious dinner. Portland has the largest Chamlier 

 of C<nnnu'rce in the world, iind owns the large ortice liuilding in 

 which the rooms are loiated. Following the dinner there were 

 speeches by Messrs, Baker, Mische, Crost, ilerkle ;ind McEwen, 

 As we left the dining room each lady was presented with an 

 armful of lovely roses, 



MONDAY, August l(i.— I.)ur first important sto|i was at Crant's 

 Pass, We .soon liegan to sharply ascemi grades, and it was not 

 long before we were in the wonderful Siskiyou ilountaius, where 

 we could catch glimpses of the R(uige River valley spread out 

 below us. Early in the :ifternoou we sighted Mount Sliasta anrl 

 about siuiset reached Shasta Springs. It was near here that we 

 began our repeated crossing of the Sacramento Kiver, crossing 

 eighteen times in all. We noted the beautiful Castle Crag, bare 

 rocks that stood on the mountain top like veritable castle towers. 

 While the mountain tops were bare, the railroad itself passed 

 through a wonderfully interesting growth of trees and vild 

 shrubs, a variety of evergreen and deciduous ti'ees and shrubs 

 that we did not know. 



TUESDAY. August 17. — We awoke early to find oursehes 

 skirting the waters of San Pablo and San Francisco liays for a 

 distance of twenty-five miles. rea(diing Oakland about 7 o'clock 

 and San Francisco by ferry a half hour later. A few minutes 

 later we were all comf(u-tably located at the Hotel Stewart, the 

 headquarters of oiu- part,v in .San Francisco. 



Xo-i'cinber issne.) 



The Drift of Modern Recreation 



An address by Edwin B. Dc Groot, Director of Physical Education, San 

 Francisco ; delivered at the \7th annual convention of the American Asso- 

 ciation of Park Snf'erintendenls at San Francisco, August 20. 1915. 



You have heard painted descriptions here on 

 proJilems of several years ; liowever, I doubt if any 

 pro1)lem has awakened as much interest as the mod- 

 ern recreation problem, and ynu find yourselves more 

 and more perplexed with it ; the conseqtience is, if 

 we discuss liriefly the drift of this movement, it may 

 give help to us. 



We have had this mnvenient for about 26 years. 

 It started in Boston about twenty-six years ago. For 

 fifteen years we have had a very intensive develop- 

 ment of it under different groups ; park boards, 

 school boards, playground commissions, etc., and we 

 have seen this intensive development end, and in the 

 last eight years we have had a national propaganda 

 body running over this countrj^ stimulating public 

 education along these lines. Consequently we have 

 spent a vast sum of money, and it means something. 

 We have found a new and easy way to graft, or we 

 are responding to public sentiment. I believe there 

 is a distinct public sentiment fur this recreation 

 movement, and that this large, vast expenditure of 

 money for recreation facilities is nothing more or 

 less titan a response to a public demand. But this is 



a single thing about this movement. We have had it 

 for twenty-five }'ears, and for fifteen years in its in- 

 tensive develo])ment, yet the movement has not been 

 standardized. This is in contrast to the Boy Scnut 

 movement. This movement has a definite ])roblcm 

 with reference to activities, with reference to activity 

 facilities and leadership. 



This playground movement has nothing standard- 

 ized as to what is necessary, or activities, or su])er- 

 vision of activities. We are all treading air in most 

 of these matters. The only things that has been 

 standardized is the Public Schools Athletic League 

 in most cities. That was standardized almost at the 

 outset in New York City. There was had a definite 

 scheme which ajjplied to boys in the upper grades. 

 The difficulties there were that it was not broad 

 enough. 



The Public Schools .Athletic League only reaches 

 boys in the upper grades. We propose to reach girls 

 and boys of all ages. We have, however, reached 

 new phases of this movement in recent years. 



The dictionaries did not include until quite recently, 

 such phrases as organized recreation, and the like. 

 These are distinctly new phrases which have come 

 with this movement. The whole business inav be 



