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PARK AND CEMETERY. 
At present I maintain three campuses of 
35 acres each, separated by a block of city 
property. Considering that these grounds 
are used by approximately 3,000 people 
daily the cost of upkeep is remarkably 
low. 
Our greatest problem in the near future 
is that of walks. I am desirous of find- 
ing a material to replace cement and yet 
one which is readily cleaned and main- 
tained. Our climate here is extremely 
warm and the reflection of heat and light 
from the cement walks is unbearable in 
summer. We have no native flag which 
can be used and brick is hardly in keeping 
with our white stone buildings. I have 
considered a macadam with a Tarvia coat- 
ing. I shall be very glad of any sugges- 
tions which may come from various mem- 
bers of the Association regarding their 
experience along this line. 
In addition to the work at the University 
I handle an outside practice, mostly of a 
• civic advisory nature. Some of these 
problems include Normal school grounds, 
state fair grounds, a 22,000-acre drainage 
proposition in Florida and extensive city 
developments in the south, along with other 
state and local problems. 
I will say for the benefit of other super- 
intendents that we have been very much 
pleased with our rotary park sprays pur- 
chased from the Spray-Nozzle Co. I re- 
ceived a suggestion of their equipment 
when I attended the Superintendents’ Con- 
vention held in Boston. They have proved 
extremely satisfactory for our work and 
have saved me a considerable sum in the 
matter of maintenance. 
H. M. Major, 
Asst. Prof, and Landscape Architect; 
Superintendent of Grounds, University 
of Missouri. 
Columbia, Mo. 
TYPES OF SMALL PARK AND PLAYGROUND PLANS 
The rapid development of playground 
work in every well-rounded park system 
makes it important to study the plans and 
equipment of the most modern play parks. 
Ideas as to the features of service to be 
included in the efficiently conducted play- 
ground, and as to the arrangement and 
placing of the various divisions of the 
playground are constantly changing as ex- 
perience in playground building is de- 
veloped. and it is only by constant study 
of the best examples that the most con- 
venient arrangements may be devised for 
the tract to be developed. 
The two typical playground plans illus- 
trated here offer suggestions for the treat- 
ment of small playground tracts under dif- 
ferent conditions and for areas of different 
shapes and locations. 
The Logan Fark Field House in Min- 
neapolis *is the first neighborhood center 
erected in any of the parks of that city, 
and it is the first and only Minneapolis 
J lj= playground where playground work can be 
carried on during the entire year. It is 
extensively used by neighborhood organi- 
"I F- zations for lectures, public meetings, so- 
1 1 cials, dances and gymnastics. Some gym- 
nastic equipment, consisting of one buck, 
two mats, three stall bars, thirty pairs 
dumb bells, one pair jumping standards 
and one set of boxing gloves, was pur- 
chased at a cost of $196.44, and is much 
used by young men and boys of the vi- 
cinity, under supervision. 
The new field house is well patronized 
by the people of that section of the city 
and is filling a long- felt want in that resi- 
dential district. The assembly room has 
been furnished with 300 easy opera chairs 
and the Logan Park Improvement Asso- 
ciation has furnished a piano, which is at 
the disposition of all gatherings that make 
proper application for the use of the room. 
The shower baths have been used to a 
much greater extent than expected. The 
frequenters were mostly working-men. who 
utilized the offered facilities on their way 
home from work. Some indoor play- 
ground apparatus has been installed in the 
basement which is much appreciated and 
used by the children under direction and 
supervision of 1''. C. Berry, Supervisor of 
Playgrounds. The bandstand on the south 
side of the building has proven a great 
success, and the concerts given were much 
enjOved by large audiences. The sur- 
rounding grounds have been graded and 
while not quite finished, help to give the 
building a good appearance. The Library 
Board took possession of the library room 
in July and this branch is one of the best 
attended in the city. The trees in the park 
were properly trimmed during the summer 
and the park was in good condition the 
year around. The warming and check 
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PLAN OF LOGAN PARK, MINNEAPOLIS. 
Showing Rearrangement of Playground. 
