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design and location of refreshment stands entirely to their general execu- 

 tives, even though the operation of them is through concession. It would 

 be better still if their operation were handled entirely by the executive 

 departments. 



6. Active recreation facilities not previously mentioned. Among types 

 of active recreation which may be introduced into reservations in addition 

 to walking, riding, swimming and boating, may be mentioned golf, ball 

 games, children's playgrounds, skating, tobogganing, skiing and other 

 forms of winter sports. 



(a) Golf. A golf course may be included in the designing of a reserva- 

 tion without doing violence to the general intent and spirit of the reserva- 

 tion. The use for this game of a hundred or even two hundred acres out 

 of perhaps several hundreds or thousands of acres can hardly affect the 

 general character of natural wildness of the reservation. Aside from the 

 interest in the science of the game as a game, it does attract many people 

 to undertake considerable feats of walking who would not be induced to 

 make use of the trails in the reservation for this purpose. A very practical 

 question to be considered in relation to golf courses in reservations is 

 whether the patronage would be large enough to secure an income suffi- 

 cient for maintenance and supervision. If there is no reasonable assurance 

 of this the inclusion of a course might better be deferred. 



(b) Ball grounds. As a general rule these should not be introduced 

 into reservations except as adjuncts to large picnic grounds or in the 

 grounds in the vicinity of inns, especially if a large picnic ground is located 

 in the vicinity. If the topography permits, a ball ground is desirable for 

 each organized camp. 



(c) Tennis courts. These may be deemed necessary or desirable in the 

 vicinity of inns and organized camps. 



(d) Children's playgrounds. Children's playgrounds, or at least some 

 play apparatus, may be found very useful in connection with large picnic 

 centers, tourist camps, inns and organized camps caring for little children. 

 In some reservations it was noted that playground apparatus had been 

 located in open fields near picnic grounds. Apparatus so located is poorly 

 placed from a landscape standpoint and possibly also from the viewpoint 

 of the enjoyment of the children using it. It is better to locate playground 

 apparatus in the woods adjacent to the picnic ground where it will be 

 inconspicuous and the users will have shade. It would seem undesirable to 

 introduce the sort of things that modern city life has made necessary on 

 city playgrounds, into regions where there are trees to climb, woods to 

 roam, streams to wade in, hills to climb and roll down. The superintendent 

 may well use ingenuity in devising pieces of apparatus indigenous to the 



