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shore, with its outer island and lagoon, would provide admirable boating and bathing facilities in summer, and excellent skating in winter. Part of the space in the parks should be devoted to the construction of good tennis courts.
A very important item in the provision of entertainment for adults is the development of neighborhood public buildings, where lectures, concerts and dances' could be held. Already we have neighborhood public buildings which could, and should, be developed to serve this purpose; namely, the schools. It is a thousand pities that these large and very expensive plants should be used only five hours a day and five days a week. A proper development and extension of their facilities to serve the purposes already mentioned, as well as for gymnasiums and swimming pools, is the logical and inevitable next step.
There remains one more important play need for our youthful and adult population-a need not met by any of the foregoing recommendations: This is for a municipal golf course. The committee recommends the purchase of a tract suitable for this purpose, near the western limits of the city. This would be of vast benefit to the health and happiness of young and old. There are a large number of people who cannot afford to join a private golf club and who would derive great benefit from a municipal course. At present there are many of our young people using the municipal golf links of the surrounding towns, thus being exposed to temptations in going and coming which would not occur if Evanston had golf links of its own. Such a tract of land might also include a recreation field and a large swimming pool, and wading pool for the children, to give relief from the summer's heat to those who could not readily reach the lake.
Last, and most difficult to solve, is the problem of providing play space for little children. Little children, for very obvious reasons, cannot venture any distance from the home door-step. They get into trouble easily, are imposed upon and bullied by older children; they don't well know how to
