Complex sentence: Donations to the school declined during the World War I (1917-18) period, but Ritchie traveled to Boston, Massachusetts, and New York City to solicit funding, with a unique plan for expansion and development called the Farm Family Settlement Program.
Split into simpler sentences: Donations to the school declined during the World War I (1917-18) period, but Ritchie traveled to Boston, Massachusetts, and New York City to solicit funding. He had a unique plan for expansion and development called the Farm Family Settlement Program.