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 MUNICIPAL PLAYGROUNDS IN CHICAGO

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board. The number of attendants should be proportioned to the number of children, but relatively fewer will be necessary when the children become accustomed to the use of the yards. The necessity will be rather to provide more skilled attendants or introduce play into the educational system.

LYMAN TRUMBULL PLAYGROUND

Some of the school yards, as can be seen in the illustrations, are already well provided with trees. It would not be difficult to beautify all the yards in this simple way. In at least one case in Chicago, that of the Hyde Park High School, an attract- ive flower bed adorns the front yard. Window boxes in the school buildings, after the manner of the vacation schools, would furnish a great attraction.

The great raison d'etre for playgrounds in connection with school buildings is because they are always accessible, being near the homes of the children. An additional reason of impor- tance is that of making the school as attractive as possible. There