THE MICHIGAN DAILY MONDATRNE 29, 1939 Foods, Water And Playgrounds Lure Summer Students From Books Variety Marks Local Facilities For Recreation Swimming Chief Pastime; Golf, Tennis, Canoeing, Hiking, Fishing Popular Widespread facilities for almost every type of summer activity are found in or near Ann Arbor, offer- ing the summer student easy oppor- tunities for a recreation program to suit any interest. Swimming is probably the chief] summer recreation. Men students will find the Intramural and Union pools available on the campus, with the pools open to women at certain hours. The Municipal Beach onthe Huron River is also easily and quick- ly reached, as are several "holes," including Barton,. Loch Alpine, Del- hi, Hudson Mills, and others on the river. Public - beaches - are' found within easy driving distance at Port- age, Whitmore and Pleasant Lakes. The University'o f 'Michigan' golf course is one of, the\ best-known. and. most difficult courses in the state and -has been the' 'site of several tournaments. Students can.play for 50 cents. Ann Arbor has six other courses, including' B.rtOni Hills, Hu- ron Hills, .Ann Arbor and Stadium Hills. The Municipal Course, by the river, is also popular with students. Washtenaw Couitry .Club,. five miles. west on the Huron River Drive, are also well-known'aaid popular. courses. Tennis facilities are mainly locat- ed on University property. Men stu- dents have available, to them 34. courts on Ferry Field, while the women have about 20 courts on Pal- mer Field. Men may play on PalmerI Field only with women students.a About.12 public, courts are availalle in the city pTarks, mainly in Burns Park in the southeast' and ;in West. Park in 'the, west pairt-of the city. Numerous private courts in the, east Lakes And Pools Offer Cool Relief From Hot Classes Located on the Huron River and only a few miles southeast of a southeurn Michigan chain of lakes, Ann Arbor offers the students plenty of opportunity for swimming relief from the summer heat. More than 40,000 persons swam last summer at the Municipal path- ing Beach on the Huron RiVer on Long Shore Drive, it has bee'h esti- mated. This is about a mile from the campus. The river also offers good swimming at several unsupervised localities between Ann Arbor and Dexter, including Barton Pond (two miles from the city). Delhi (four miles). Loch Alpine (four miles), and Hudson Mills (14 miles). Otler spots are found to the southeast of the city, including Rawsonville Dam at Ypsilanti, about eight miles from the campus.. Swimming trips to near-by lakes are popular in the summer. Among these, Portage Lake (16 miles from Ann Arbor) and Whitmore Lake (10 miles) draw a large number of sum- mer residents of the city. Newkirk Beach at Portage, and Groomes and Lakeview Beaches at Whitmore are well-known private beaches. Sodts Beach is popular at Pleasant Lake (12 miles). Good public beaches are found at Cavanaugh Lake (20 miles), at Island Lake (18 miles), Walled Lake (30 miles), and at Wamplers Lake in the Irish Hills (35 miles). Numerous resorts are found in the lakes in the Lakeland district, 17 miles north of Ann Arbor, and in the Unadillatdistrict, 20 miles northwest. Development of a vast recreation area is planned by. the Federal gov- ernment in the Waterloo Park ter- ritory, stretching north and west of Chelsea, 15. miles west;of Ann Arbor. Swimming facilitiesare also avail- able to men in, the Intramural Pool from 10:30 a.m. to 12 noon, and from 3 to 6 p.m. daily except Sundays and holidays. The. Union pool will 560 Acres Of Scenic Parks Beckon Pleasurebent Students With 560 acres of park area, Ann Arbor offers the summer student rec- reational facilities far above the maximum standards sets by authori- ties. County parks also offer exten- sive facilities for various outdoor ac- tivities above the standard. Park areas in Ann 'Arbor, in the ration of about one acre of recrea- tional space to every 60 inhabitants, include 15 playgrounds, a golf course, swimming beach, and several tennis courts and softball diamonds. Supervised programs will be carried out at Burns Park, Wines Field, West Park, Waterworks Park, Jones play- ground and the Municipal Beach. Best-known of the parks to the students are the Nichols Arboretum and Island Park. The Arboretum, consisting to 90 acres on Geddes Road, is controlled jointly by the University and the city. It is one of the scenic spots of the city and is the site of extensive floral and plant development. Island Park is the favorite for picnics, consisting of 166 acres centered about the "Island" in the Huron River. The city has two baseball and 13 softball diamonds, with organized softball proving very popular in the summer. Competition is held at 11 of the parks which are furnished with bleachers, scoreboards and also be open to the men, and open to the women at certain hours. Excellent swimming is to be had in any of the great lakes or in any of MichigaA's famed northern lakes for students wishing to take a day's or a week-end's trip. Students at the Biological Station are in the center of the resort country and have an excellent beach on Douglas Lake at their front door step. Foresters have their own private lake as well as the cold Lake Superior, while students at Camp Davis can dip in. a mountain river at their camp in Jackson'. Hole, Wyoming. lights. A new park', Sportsman Park, on Liberty Road will hold more than 2,000 fans. More than 40 men's teams and 5 girls' teams competed last year. Two dramatic presentations and 13 concerts have been scheduled for the orchestra shell in West Park. Among concerts will be two given by the University Summer Session orches- tra, on July 6 and Aug. 3. Washtenaw County has three main parks, two along the Huron River, which I offer extensive recrea- tion facilities. Dexter-Huron Park, about eight miles west of Ann Arbor on the River, is the best-known and largest of these parks. This park contains facilities for bathing and wading, has a baseball field, two 60- foot banquet tables, 80' small picnic tables, camp stoves and swings. It was developed at a cost of $50,000. Delhi Park, about four miles west of Ann Arbor on the river, has bath- ing facilities, swings, and about 10 picnic tables. Numerous small picnic stoves and clearings are to be found along the river bank. Cavanaugh Lake Park covers two acres and has a public bathouse. Picnic facilities are also available in the county at 48 roadside tables maintained by the state highway department. A project to develop a giant recrea- tion area along the Huron and Clin- ton Rivers received a boost this spring when the legislature passed the Huron-Clinton Metropolitan Au- thority Act, authorizing the voters of southeastern Michigan to estab- lish an Authority to develop the recreation facilities -of the two river valleys circling Detroit. No 'Fireworks' Says Chief Acting Police Chief Norman E. Cook asked the cooperation of Ann Arbor residents in seeing that the law prohibiting the sale or use of fire- works is upheld to prevent ipjuries. TYPICAL SUMMER SCENE: Torrid days find Summer Session students gathering at spots like this to soak up the ultra-violet "tanning" rays of the sun in the cooling water. The diving float pictured above is located on the Municipal Bathing' Beach on the shores of the Huron River. part .of .town' increase the available tennis facilities. Ann Arbor has two riding, acade- .mies, Mullison's on Jackson Road at the fairgrounds, and Golfside, on -Huron River Drive just. northeast of the city limits. Several miles of bridal paths are .available; as well as narrow country roads.. Both stables offer instruction in riding as .,well as'.rent 'horses., Crop and Sad- dle, women students' riding club, is 'the only- organized riding group,, al- though organized supper rides are provided on certain, night by the aca- demies. Boating and fishing are available on allof the lakes mentioned above. The fishing season opened yesterday, with good angling predicted by state conservation officials. Chief fish in the small lakes and rivers of this dis- trict include bluegills, sunfish, perch, catfish and carp. Bass, trout, wall- eyes and pike are to be found in the lakes and streams of the north. Or- ganized boating is to be found at the Barton Boat Club at Barton Pond and in the Michigan Sailing Club. The Sailing Club is open to students in general and has its fa- 'cilities on Whitmore Lake. Prof. 0. W. Blackett is head of the -Bar- ton Club. Canoeing on the Huron River is a! favorite summer recreation. Canoes can be rented at the Saunders Canoe Livery on Long Shore Drive. Motor- boat rides are available at Portage, Island and Walled Lakes among oth- ers. Cycling and hiking are other popu- lar 'summer activities. Bicycles can be rented near the campus. Observatory To Be Open Angell Hall Observatory will be open to students and:faculty of the Sumimer Session at 8 'p.m. Friday, July 7, on the top. floor of Angell Hall. This is the first of a series. of vistors' nights for the Summer Session members. 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