Evening Star Newspaper, August 19, 1925, Page 5

— THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19, 1925, CITY PLAYGROUNDS | BENEFITS MARRED B BY HOODLUM BOYS| I3 o With resultunt damag ows and danger to Flavarounds should b elds, ~o that all 4 | bvnumr sport, Mrs. Susie Kool Thodes ®f playgrounds, s s with ord that I 3 men om to me (Continued from First Page.) to store win or limb. supervisor Mr. San has a prob- | th older boys Yous prangs on she gave what ution, namely: laygrounds, on which ample room to provide | ecreation these older | have said her directors fre- | to put older boys off Ql‘-— maller playgrounds because they futerfere with (he play of the younsger Ehildrer "Such oceasions oce continued is there ur,” the super- | “because on the small no fullsize base facilities for When they means of sames that naturally ap ) them. they get into mischief, ceasions we ourselves have are other “If we playgrounds large Bnough to let these older boys play base ball and ot sports in keeping | awitl e they would not inter problem of the unrul playgrounds would be »d Larger Area Vital. ‘ Tn support of this theory, Mrs. | Rhodes said that on the Rosedale, Georgtown and Cordoza. which are yuueh larger than the other play rounds, she does not have this diffi ceeping the older boys out inds, she said, | in size, af-| n for base | hile some of | ynly one-fourth in said the supervis heen given to the in Washington Shenever we have had to decide be- | fween the older wnd the chil- | aren on a smallsized playground we | Nuve decided in fi of the children It is my hope that the new play grounds bought in future will be of | ®uch an area that we can take care of those bovs, who, when deprived of | ¥oom on the playgrounds, get into trouble PLAYGROUNDS DEFENDED. and other the other gr or o preference has boys, but here ? The question of the municipal play- | :rmmri'a usefulness in curing chiid | elinquency was discussed from var- | fed points of view today by the three | Washington agencles concerned with the juvenile problem following publi cation in The Star last Monday of sta.ements of Joseph W. Sanford, chief probation officer of the Juvenile Court, which showed that the play- gr?‘unds are not a panacea for the evil. While Mrs. Susie Root Rhodes, di- rector of the playgrounds, belleves |, there is another side to the question. | and Mrs. Katherine F. Lenroot, acting | chief of the Children's Bureau of the |/ | Department of Labor, sought to cor- ! on the | " rect “some misunderstanding” | question, Mr. Sanford himself pre sented further figures to substantiate lis previous assertion Mr. Sanford added, however, Le did not wish to be misunder: a5 objecting to the pre: of play bunds, or attempting to prove that they increase the danger of juvenile delinquency. *I mean,” he declared, “that as now distributed, playgrounds do not offer i the child problem. If we | four or five times as many, well man | aged, there Is no doubt that would help wipe out child quency ad_about | delin “Figures Jiggled.” Mrs. Rhodes, in a publi deelared that to assert pla not reduce juvenile delinque YI\ atement, do nds “is jiggling figure es added that it was bes sresence of delinquent children ir in_neighborhoods that the recre: | were created there, “put’| Iy to combat r\l.wlmp. law lessness. | In\u‘-dd of saying that delinquency it_should be | follow delin ¢ m the piay grounds she continued | time the playground movement start ed here, more than 20 vears ago, we have located playgrounds where they | were needed most—where child de-! linquency seemed to demand them. | “If we had unlimited resources, we could place playgrounds in section: where child delinquency is Hyl]\lvl!\lv Until then we will so place a age them as to do. the most \., ».»w‘ | the greatest number of our city’s chil dren.” Misunderstood, She Says. Lenroot, in a letter to r. pointed out at t Stiates Children’s Bureau is in every phase of child we therefore in the attempt being mad: by The Evening Star to present to th public the fact about juvenile linquency hington.” ““The bureau she said. clally interested in yesterday in which reference was n study during 1921 by the Bureau on ‘Playground the District of Columbia erence Indicated some misunderstand ing about the figures study and thelr significance. “The sentence quoted dren’s Bureau report those having the poo ties also had the gres delinquency.’ The | ‘In genera) play facili t amount of | This sentence does not | ATV T N VoL i\ JALA 0[ T\\”' VFM'} \‘ refer cincts where the rate was high.” delinquency rate i ance than the number of delinquent |chilaren in that aistriet she said, found that in districts hav- | fou |ot that | €inct 10, out near pod | hud least that police figu Washington | be cure for |rep, One | cused « they | counted | Mr is brought i linquent cases coming into the court missed “Often we | brought in just b {some to individual children but facili propor: not! in Miss Lenroot continued that the [cinct of greater slgnifi- [ pr The bureau, | 1 v facilities the delinguency ¢ high. In Washington, she d. the downtown districts ‘were 1 to have the highest percent uge wenile -hhlvlqvll-m'\ while Creel Park, | few p Many Arrests Unjust. do Mr. Sanford, however, pointed out could not possibly they do not but chars . might be ie would be ‘urthermore. erted. every boy that the Juvenile Court or 1ceused of 3 ta de- At least 40 pe t of the as without foundation recepted sent ind boys. Sanfor huve a poor youngster ause he annoyed | inz cranky mneighbor.” the chief 1 are 1, rinet 1y TNl eat every one. Then, when it de 8 per hildren here between the to | probation officer said police precincts, and means mu the | that boy a delinquent? police precincts in which pla ties were least adequate There is absolutely in Washington for children between tion to the population were the pre- | the ages of 7 and 1 child delinquency |dren’s Bureau simpl the number of children in each pre- there | have more than two bats and two |at the time. imd unoflictal cases not represent the proved Br Opposses Use by ‘I do no want to appear sition of driving out the playgrounds. | 1 believe in them; | shoula ve tennis courts should not we to adults in the cool of the eve. | during the ind think afternoon ‘Shall we call I should say no census need have sons “The Chil- told they say white children in the first | balls alone. If there are that|keep v instance, 1e to figuring the | they arrived at |into ba linquency, ent on the ages of 7 | grou matter of fact there | that n that number of chil. | the d_in the public schools | the Their Unofficial cases | delinquents They ases where charges have roundless. \dnlu the po- |=— T belleve th nderful work bout every fo e children alone. ' | be turned | given to the children only blistering hours of morn- | those in charge of playgrounds should have in mind the grounds and none was found to be | watching for child delinquency. One “Playgrounds and work together. Instructors should go 65,000 | ter months Building activity in Canada is ex- ceeding lieving there. Studebaketl Pu er Durability- Finish | Rebekahs to Give Lawn Party. ' Special Dispateh to The Star. HYATTSVILLE, Md., August 19 —A lawn party and dance will be | held Saturday " evening by Esther Rebekah Lodge, No. 20, 1. 0. O. F.,| on the lawn adjoining Odd Fellows' | Temple. A heauty contest and a | altz will be featured of fighting child delinquency. We interviewed a number of the per- of different play. in charge us she could not let her boys at a time because she could not track of them. schools should during the Win on their pliy s my opinfon | ation work of | in charge of | the classroor nd c d programs cither the schools should Real Bargain re. . s sc | municipal playgrounds or the | . figures from the | playgrounds should be in charge of | Beautl u‘ | Juvenile Court included both officlal | the schools.” [ Suburban Home New ;9 rooms; bath; porches; hot-water heat ; open fireplace : electric lights; gas range; oak floors; large corner lot with shade. Worth investigating. all expectations, and is re the unemployment situation guuilquuqufrafifur Conveyance to See Property By Calling West 911 Potomac Savings Bank Wis. Ave. and M St. N.W. 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