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Annual Report 
ployed as play directors. The discipline has been excellent; the 
sports and games have been conducted with spirit and enthusiasm ; 
the interest of the children has been lively and sustained, and 
the watchfulness and protection exercised are proven by the fact 
that no serious accident or disorder has occurred among the hun- 
dred thousand of children cared for. 
The daily routine of amusement and recreation was followed 
as closely as possible to the submitted program, and the various 
appliances were used by squads of children, so divided as to give 
fair proportion of all privileges. 
The urgent demand for play supervision in the evening has 
been complied with. Great difficulty was found in keeping those 
over fourteen years of age out of the playgrounds in the evening. 
I would recommend that wherever the equipment justifies the 
use of the playgrounds by older boys and girls in the evening, 
provision should be made for them. 
The wading pools, of which we had four in operation, offered, 
undoubtedly, the greatest amount of amusement to the children. 
It was a frequent occurrence to meet boys and girls in the pools 
who had to travel a distance of from five to six miles to enjoy 
the pleasure in the water. Since these wading pools are intended 
for the smaller children, and since the older ones have been 
crowding the younger children out of the wading pools, I respect- 
fully recommend the construction of swimming pools for older 
boys and girls. 
The playground demonstrations and athletic contests arranged 
on concert nights and other occasions proved to be very popular 
and valuable, and gave parents and spectators a splendid oppor- 
tunity to familiarize themselves with the work conducted on the 
playgrounds. 
The Sane Fourth of July Celebration on the playground was 
a great success, and the attendance in the different parks on that 
day was estimated from 20,000 to 25,000 people. 
The equipment of the grounds has been carefully looked over, 
and we beg to submit the following recommendations : 
1. To resurface Sinton, Hanna and part of Inwood play- 
grounds. 
