. The library, the school and the child . IS. ^) TOK V-Ih:l N(. IN A SiMMKU I I A \ (iKl) I N I) IN SllAIlli: granted that schools should close for two months in thesummer to give the children tifrie for outdoor has only recently occurred to us that the throwing ofthousands of voung ]ieo])le out of employment during THE CHILD AXl) TUV. LIIiRARV ?3 July and August is, especially in congested urban dis-tricts, a menace to the child and more of a misfortunethan a benefit. In 1900 the school boards began to copewith the situation by opening the play grounds duringthe vacati
. The library, the school and the child . IS. ^) TOK V-Ih:l N(. IN A SiMMKU I I A \ (iKl) I N I) IN SllAIlli: granted that schools should close for two months in thesummer to give the children tifrie for outdoor has only recently occurred to us that the throwing ofthousands of voung ]ieo])le out of employment during THE CHILD AXl) TUV. LIIiRARV ?3 July and August is, especially in congested urban dis-tricts, a menace to the child and more of a misfortunethan a benefit. In 1900 the school boards began to copewith the situation by opening the play grounds duringthe vacation months, eciuii)ping them with api)aratus forthe entertainment of the children, and appointing asupervisor to direct them in their Fig. 19. Summer Pi,.\YGRorxn, PrrrsBtHon, P.\. To these plav grounds the library sends boxes ofbooks adapted to the number, ages, and attainments ofthe children who frequent them. A librarian visits theplayground at certain times of the day to exchangebooks for home reading and to conduct a story hourunder the shade trees. The stories are freciuently dram-atized, the open air being admirably adajited for adding to the pleasure of the children and in-creasing the attendance of the j)layground. the libraryaims at securing many of the children as i>ermanent bor-rowers. The books sent to the play ground are whollyfor recreation, not for instruction. 7-1 THE LIBRARY. SCHOOL, AXD CHILD TiTF. V>o\ Scouts As iiii,i,fln have been expected the libraries have, fromtlie first, co-operated with tlie Boy Scout organizationsin their efforts to provide wholesome reading for theboys. Quite recently the Library Commission of the BoyScouts of America was formed, sonsisting of four emi
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