Official Publication of the ILLINOIS PARK AND RECREATION SOCIETY ILLINOIS ASSOCIATION OF PARK DISTRICTS OFFICERS OFFICERS President: THEODORE M. KAVADAS Springfield President: MRS. SPENCER (BETTY) IRONS Commissioner, Homewood-Flossmoor President-Elect: DR. TONY A. MOBLEY Macomb President-Elect: MICHAEL CASSIDY Commissioner, Freeport Past President: JOHN E. LINDBERG Skokie Vice-Presidents: KENNETH R. MILLER Commissioner, Carbondale Secretary: K. ROSS RICKS Addison ROBERT S. NICHOLS Commissioner, Bensenville ALLAN A. WEISSBURG Commissioner, Skokie Treasurer: JACK D. WHITE Champaign Treasurer: HAROLD C. HAWKINS Trustee, Springfield BOARD MEMBERS BOARD OF DIRECTORS Administrative Section: EUGENE C. POMERANCE Commissioner, Elmhurst ROBERT KUNKEL Des Plaines EDWARD R. HAUSER Commissioner, Elk Grove Village Supervisory Section: GEORGE KOSTOPOULOS Commissioner, Carol Stream JANET MERUTKA Park Ridge RAYMOND J. LINDBLAD Commissioner, Joliet Leadership Section: BARBARA ALTWIES Skokie BARRY LOMAN Commissioner, Granite City Board Members at Large: GLEN D. STEWART Commissioner, Oak Park ROBERT P. HUMKE Peoria TIM G. SOLDWEDEL Commissioner, Pekin MICHAEL S. POPE Homewood WEBSTER WILEY Commissioner, Kewanee Therapeutic Branch: STUART B. SWITZER Harrisburg MRS. CHARLES (BARBARA) WILLIAMS Commissioner, Olympia Fields EXECUTIVE STAFF Eugene Berghoff, Executive Vice President, IAPD and Managing Editor Robert A. Stuart, Legal Counsel and Legislative Representative Richard R. Doering, Executive Director, IPRS, Dir. of Communications, IAPD and Editor Marilyn Walters, Office Services Specialist Judy Jahr, Secretary

COVER Beautiful Marriot Hotel, site of the 1972 Conference. SEPT./OCT. 1972 VOL. III NO. 5 Richard R. Doering, Editor CONTENTS FEATURES Brightbill Banquet ........ 5 Memory Gardens ....... 6 Park District Analysis ........... 10 A Quiet Reform ......... 12 Master's Program ......... 25 Social Rehabilitation ..... 28 Connelly Memorial Park .................... 34 DEPARTMENTS Editorial ........... 2 Profile ........ 4 legislative Report ............ 8 IPRS Sports .........14 Rec. Area Licensing Act ........................15 The Big Race ............... 16 1972 Conference ....... 17-24 New Position ....... 26 People & News ....... 32 Position Referrals ............... 33 Congress for Recreation and Parks ............... 36 Associate Members .......... 37 ASSOCIATION AND SOCIETY HEADQUARTERS First National Bank Building Suite 503-7 Fifth and Adams Streets Springfield, Illinois 62701 Association phone (217) 523-4554 Society phone (217) 523-4556 EDITORIAL COMMITTEE Ted Kavadas, Chairman Mrs. Spencer Irons Eugene C. Pomerance Dr. Tony A. Mobley ILLINOIS PARKS & RECREATION is published bimonthly at Springfield, Illinois by the Illinois Association of Park Districts. Editorial and Executive Offices, 503-7 First National Bank Building, Springfield, Ill. 62701. Subscription per year: Domestic $5.00; Foreign, $6.00. Single copies, $1.00 each. Second Class Postage Paid at Springfield, Illinois.