1937 Yearbook

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Excerpt from 1937 Yearbook: Park and Recreation ProgressFederal and state cooperation as an effective working device for the achievement Of N ation-wide Objectives has never been better demonstrated than in the progress of park and recreational planning and development carried on since 1933. Apart from the immediate results of work accomplished by the CCC and other means, the greatest effect of this cooperative arrangement has been to produce a definite park and recreation program for the Nation.It is well known to those in park work that the effect of extend ing and developing areas to meet the existing need is to increase the demand. The American people are quick to recognize and appreciate public recreational services made available to them. The widespread park development activities launched suddenly in all parts of the country under the Federal emergency program caused an immediate and unprecedented quickening of interest in park recreation. Picnic areas are no sooner opened than put to capacity use. Lakes created by the building of dams are immediately dotted with boats and swimmers. Bridle and foot trails are quickly utilized by riders and hikers. In short, park attendance and use have increased tremendously, growing as rapidly as facilities and accommodations can be provided.Because the demand has expanded to the point Of setting the pace for public recreational service, it is obvious that only through Federal and State cooperation on a permanent basis as already authorized by Congress can that demand be adequately met. The efficiency of a system, based on such cooperation, with centralized direction of national action, has already been well demonstrated in uniformly high standards of construction and design, and master planning of areas to insure proper treatment for future as well as present use.The emergency period is passing, and our attention must be given to organizing permanently the system of Federal and State cooperation. The groundwork for it is already being laid, principally through the Park, Parkway, and recreational-area Study now under way.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.