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 MUNICIPAL PLAYGROUNDS IN CHICAGO

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no question as to the need of playgrounds in these sections of the city.

Each of the playgrounds was supplied with a sand bin, wood paving blocks for building, swings, see-saws, and parallel bars. In addition, some of them had ladders, climbing ropes, ring-

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toss, and other games and apparatus, in accordance with the needs of the children and the capacities of the attendants. Various organized games were introduced by both the men and the women, the various helpers being able to suggest, in addi- tion to well-known American and English games, some of the national sports of the Germans, Russians, Scandinavians, and Japanese. No pains were spared to interest the children and educate them in rational play. Every fortnight a meeting was held of the playground committee and all the attendants, so that each yard had the benefit of the experience of every other.