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position and avoid all side movements of 
the hips and shoulders. 
(3) The music played by the musical 
organizations for dances must conform to 
the rules thereupon, adopted by the Ameri- 
can Federation of Adusicians and other 
similar organizations. 
Note. — Extract from constitution, by- 
laws and standing resolutions of the Amer- 
ican Federation of Alusicians : 
“Resolved, that this convention condemns 
the publication, use and circulation of all 
so-called popular songs of immoral and 
suggestive sentiment and title, which have 
only a degrading effect on musical art, and 
especially upon the morals of the younger 
generation.” 
These dances are municipal dances in the 
best sense. Although not open for anyone 
who wishes to stroll in, they serve the 
neighborhood and do away with promis- 
cuity which is one evil of the open public 
dance. 
'I'he recreation centers provide programs 
that offer opportunities and service for 
the three distinct problems in public rec- 
reational service. These problems deal 
with children, adolescent bo}S and girls, 
and adults. 
Aside from the provisions for the physi- 
cal needs of childhood, such as the gym- 
nasiums, playgrounds, pools, at each park 
center there is a carefully administered 
program designed to meet the needs of the 
child's whole nature. The Library Board 
has established children’s departments at 
all the branch libraries, so that books, mag- 
azines and pictures adapted to needs of the 
children of the neighborhood are provided. 
A story hour each week is conducted by 
a trained story teller sent out by the pub- 
lic library directors. Celebrations of spe- 
cial days and holidays are arranged for the 
children, and festivals and pageants for 
the seasons are produced at each park. 
Christmas celebrations are annual events at 
the park. At some parks there are savings 
banks, for the purpose of encouraging 
thrift. The Camp Fire Girls and Boy 
Scouts have organizations all over the city 
and appeal to the children, twelve years 
or over. 
During the summer, excursions are con- 
ducted by the instructors for the children 
of the playgrounds to nearby woods, 
beaches and pools, and at other times 
lunches are brought to the park and a pic- 
nic is enjoyed at home. Many of Chica- 
go’s playgrounds are in parks large enough 
to allow this wdiolesome pastime to be en- 
joyed under ideal conditions. 
Contests of various kinds are made a 
part of the appeal to childhood, and kite- 
flying, boating with toy boats, home-made 
flying machines, and sand-pile construction 
are some of the activities promoted in 
these exhibitions and contests. 
A badge or button is given all boys and 
girls in the Chicago playgrounds who pass 
one of the graded tests prescribed. These 
PARK AND 
tests are progressive and a bronze button 
is given for the first, a silver for the sec- 
ond, apd a gold for the third. These tests 
are a means for developing practice and 
good form in healthful exercise. During 
the summer of 1915 over three thousand 
children passed one or more of these tests 
in the South Park playgrounds alone. 
The singing games, ring games, and sense 
games taught at the playgrounds contain 
material designed to fit the needs of the 
children when they are away from the play- 
grounds and thus compensate for the lack 
of a social inheritance in our Chicago 
neighborhoods. 
All the above work is followed more or 
less systematically at the- Chicago play- 
grounds, particularly at the playgrounds 
operated by the West, Lincoln and South 
Parks. The Special Park playgrounds are 
working towards this plan of teaching play 
at children’s playgrounds. 
Women instructors are used for the chil- 
dren. Both sexes are together up to the 
age of ten or twelve years. After these 
ages they are segregated. 
Adolescence calls for a different pro- 
gram than does childhood. The recreation 
centers try to meet this by adding activities 
to those provided by the playfields, outdoor 
and indoor gymnasiums. 
Clubs are organized for the purpose of 
giving expression to dramatic, musical and 
social needs. Organizations aiming to offer 
developmental opportunities in the indus- 
trial w’orld are promoted. Vocational clubs, 
debating societies and study groups e.xist 
in all parts of the city. Boys and girls 
using the parks are organized into many 
social groups and dances and social even- 
ings are enjoyed under the most wholesome 
conditions. 
Co-operation with many local agencies 
for helping boys and girls is practiced at 
all the recreation centers. The College 
Alumni .Association for Volunteers, Big 
Brother Movement, Y. M. C. A. and Thrifty 
Clubs are offered every co-operation in their 
work to make better men and women. 
The adult program has developed very 
fast during the last few years in the or- 
ganization and participation of all the 
neighborhood. Civic activities, the last di- 
rection of growth, have developed by leaps 
and bounds in the past months. The activ- 
ities that may be classed as adult are com- 
ing to include pretty much everything that 
touches the collective life of the people liv- 
ing in the neighborhood. Lectures, civic 
meetings, study groups, English classes for 
foreigners, domestic science classes, art ex- 
hibits and welfare exhibits are the events 
of such a program. The active participa- 
tion of the neighl)orhood is secured by the 
council organization. 
Spocitic of Hamilton Park, Seventy-sec- 
ond and Normal Poulevard: 
IlECULAU AFTERNOON ACTIVITIES. 
Monday. 
Gymnasium: Girls. 9-10 years, 3:30: 13 years and 
older, 4:30. Boys, 9-10 yeai*s, 3:30; high school 
boys, 4:30. 
Club Room: Table games, girls and boys, 4:00- 
5:00, 
Tuesday. 
Gymnasium: Girls, 7-S years, 3:30; 11-12 years,. 
4:30. Boys, 7-9 years, 3:30; 12-13 years, 4:30. 
Assembly Hall : 'Children’s chorus, boys and girls^ 
3:30-4:30. 
Club Room: Boys and girls kindergarten, 4:00- 
5:00; Mineiwa women’s club (fii’st and third Tues- 
days), 2:00. 
Gymnasium: Women’s class, 2:00-3:00. 
Wednesday. 
Gymnasium: Children under 7 years, 3:30. Girls*" 
team: game practice and rehearsals, 4:30-0:00; 
boys. 10-12 years, 3:30; matched games, 4:30-5:00. 
Club Room: Table games, l>oys and girls, 4:00. 
Assembly Hall: Dramatics: junior section “A’^ 
and “B” 4:00. 
Thursday. 
Gymnasium: Girls. 9-10 years, 3:30; 13 years 
and over, 4:30. Boys, 9 10 years, 3:30; high 
school boys, 4:30. 
Assembly Hall: Story Hour. Children under 10 
years, 4:00 and 4:30. 
Friday. 
Gymnasium: Girls, 7-8 years, 3:30; 11-12 years, 
4:30. Boys, 7-9 years, 3:30; 10-12 years, 4;,30. 
Assembly Hall: Oliildren’s chorus: bovs and girls, 
4:30-5:30. 
Saturday. 
Gymnasium: Girls* play and games, 1:30-3:00. 
Girls' Glass, 3:00-4:00. Boys’ S5-lh. team practice, 
1:30-2:30; boys' team organization, 2:30-3:30 Park 
gym. team, 4:15-5:30. 
Assembly Hall: Grammar school social dancing 
class, 2:00-3:00. 
Club Room: Doll club: Children, 2:00-3:00; table 
games, boys and girls, 3:00-.5:00. 
Gymnasium: Interpretative dancing, 2:00-3:00. 
Sunday. 
Gymnasium: Girls, directed plays and games, 
1:30*0:00. Roys under 15 years, 1:30-3:00; over 
15 years, 3:30-4:30: hoys' matched games, 4:00-6:00. 
Assembly Hall: Pleasant hour. October and De- 
cember, March and April. 3:30. Civic music 
concerts: January and February, 3.;.30. 
REGULAR EVENING ACTIVITIES. 
Monday. 
Assembly Hall; Colonial class^ folk dances (al- 
ternate Mondays), $:30: dancing class, section “A*' 
(alternate Mondays), S:.30-10:30: civic music chorus, 
8:15-10:00: Boy Scouts’ drill, 7;.30-S:.30. 
Gymnasium: Women beginners, 7:30: advanced, 
8:30: l>oys: employed. 7:30; business men, 8:30; 
l)oys, wrestling. 8:00-10:00. 
Tuesday. 
Assemldy Hall: Hamilton Park Neighborhood 
Council (second Tuesday), 8:00: Gresham Treble 
Clef Club (first and third Tuesday). 8:00. 
Gymnasium: Women’s advanced class, 7:30-8:30 
and 8:.3O-9:.30; young men’s clas.s, 7:.30-9:30. 
Club Room: Ladies’ modern social dancing class, 
8:00-9:00. 
Wednesday. 
Club Room: Adults’ social dancing class: 7:30- 
9:30. 
Gymnasium: Advanced girls. 7:30-9:30; men'# 
matched games, 7:30-10:00. 
Thursday, 
Club Room: Ladies’ modern dancing class, 7:30- 
8:. 30. 
Assembly Hall: Community dancing class (alter- 
nate Thursdnys). 8:30. 
Gymnasium: Women beginning. 7;.30-8:30: »<!- 
vnneed, 8:.30-9:30. 
Club Room: High school modern social dancing 
class (alternate Thursdays), 8:30. 
Friday. 
Club Room: Boy Scout meeting, 7:30-9:30. 
Assembly Hall: Pnient-Teaclier Assn, (second Fri- 
day). 8:00-10:00. 
Gymnasium: Advanced women’s class. Sect. “A'^ 
7:30 Sect. “B”. 8:30-9:30: young men’s class, 7:30- 
9:30. 
Club Room: Young people’s dramatic club, 8:00- 
10:00. 
Satu rda.v. 
Club Room: Young people's modern social danc- 
ing class, 7:30-8:.30. 
Gymnasium: Matched games for men, 7:30-10:00. 
Women’s advanced class, 7:30-9:30. 
This program does not include the regular meet- 
ings of private clubs, classes, dances, parties, re- 
ceptions. concerts, and recitals, that are held daily 
in the fieldhoiise. The follownig facilities should 
also be added; The library, a branch of the Chicago 
Public Library, open on week days from 1:00-9:00 
p. m. and on Sundays from 1:00-6:00. The shower 
baths are open daily from 12:00 to 9:30 p. m. 
