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10 TEACH BY ASSOCIATION.
lxzs on NEW ToRK,s UNxTERsIrT
sETTLEMENTS

q uemeht society PURPOSES Now to Do.
y When the University Settlement Society wa
OfRanized ON May IA In one OF tho parlors O
3 the Hotel Brunswick. project which q mum
ber OF enthusiastic college men had long con
: esmplsted was brought into definite form
Tho purpose OF the society. as tersaly stated Il
the first article OF its constitution. IL ito brinI
men and women OF education into closer 70
lasions with the laborlng classes in this cit,
! for their mutual benefit" Specifically the 90
= eiety proposes to establish settlements" ir
the tensmsnt-houss districts, where college
I mon. who are interested In the work and are
willing TO take It mp. may live aud mingle with
their neiRhbors on an equal footing Tho cal
( which was sent out BY the organizers Of the
! Asw society gives an excellent idea Of the
\ seops Of the work to be carried on in those
ssttlsmsnta twas ss follows:
ITO most college mon the idea Of work
nnone the Door conducted BY college etAdu-
etss. whether in East London or New York,
has become more or less familiar through the
isucosss Of Toynbes and Oxford Halls In the
I former city. and Of the Nsighborhood Guild in
! tAe latter Both Of the halls were established
/. and have bssn maintained by university mon.
nd university men have made up their work
! eng force. In this country. rs In England.
many have recognized. as Arnold Toynbes
Aid. the fact that vast number of our people
uve In such way a. to make mnterislism and
fanaticism almost inevitable AMONG them
4 AAd. seeing this. have labored to understand
ehe sources Of the evil. In the hope Of success
4 Sally combating It and raising the people to q
HIGHER level Of civilization.
A. field for social and economic study
Z ~ social experiment station. 90 to speak-a
i centre OF work for college men In the tenement
otstticts bears the Same relation to political
y ~ n hat tho 4
4 peare to medicine or field work to the study OF
Nngtnesring. This belief led to the founding Of
SSoxnbaoh HAIL whose buildings and whose At
<1kosphsfe remind one OF Oxford or Cambridge,
yhero the opinion that made Toynbee came
hto being Here men live for study and Inn
Drevement OF themselves and their fellow
men. and while enjoying much that has made
thet college days perhaps the best Of their
Hives, do earnest. practical work under the in.
esntivo Of association with others Of like inter-
0sts Each man has his own rooms and thers
u common room for intercourse and society.
= In the Neighborhood Guild In this city. also
the resident workers have been college, bred
man. In all three institutions the ends sought
10 b attained have been much tho same. viz,
The cultivation Of friendly relations between
the sducAtsd and tho unedueated. and the grad.
nal uplifting Of the latter By the better infiu-
enoes thus brought to bear upon them. Tho
Esighborhood Guild has ondeavored to mako
1ts house at LAT Forsyth street the town hall
ond the club house Of it's particular locality.
the place whore the people Of tho neiehbor-
hood could come together for social purposes.
for lectures. concerts. &o., whore social clubs
and educational classes could meet: and 1t
has 20 far succeeded that about $50 people OF
the nei9hborhood regularly visit tho house,
and 100 moro. not members Of the guild,
attend lsotursa The house has also
served a. . residence for three or four
workers who have regularly visited among
their nslRhbors. performing various friendly
ofacss. and thus making friends among the
people Of the locality. During the past year a
similar work has been carried on In New York
hy graduates Of vsssar. Wellesley and other
Women,s colleges With like success. In every
Instance where tho experiment has been tried,
whether - hall. guild. or settlement. excellent
fesults have been accomplished. and 1t has
been demonstrated that educated men and
women. living and working among the poor.
associAtin9 with them as equals, but intro
AueinG into the tenement house all that trained
,antslliEsnos and friendly sympathy can give.
o psttsrfng and slsvating the mental. moral.
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sstt!ements. each wording 10 q particular 10.
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lsFe ssttlemsnt Society. viii consist Of q eoun-
% r. sbs % hsY
EIeeutivs Committee ,sppointsd bS Ihe Man
Pcssa that coieSe men sSsil Tetsln Il the ee1- Con-
trol Of the society. although It's mem bership
CLANS. The dues Of .undersraduatss shall be
81 per snnuna. and OF graduates and others S.
The council will determine whom and
whore settlements shal! be established; exer-
oise general supervision over them whom in
fssR Settle mont viii be @ under The dirsotion q
On, Executive, COMMITTEES. composed princi- 1
should Be- from three to eight in each settle:
ms,nt: one Of Ehom shSuId DO pSHrmaneEet err
Viii. LIQUID s EpGs IN tas
tSs Of ssfSs a1f de-
ia IS Dor Sest. The h s1psrisnc % Of tie Neigh
borhoed Guild goes to show that there are
there 9 GOOD reason 70 beilsvs tSss s9gns The the
large number OF mon coming to New York to
oand WhSn 'gRHs q
0sment WIN of1er strong attractions as place
ot.. social aud politicai. .p,oblsms.,
wThe e1psrIienee& .,I & Of the gai&ld & and OF ths
Esans OF estimating the probable cost ofmaln-
eei1tnR University Settlement Tho expenses
Of the guild last year were as foloWs: Ront
$1,000: Kindergarten tuition. 5000; housskesp-
4yso wages. $500: miscsllaneo9s. 5000; total
the Board paid by the residents. Tho cost Of
maintaining the College Settlement for its first
Ysar. was about $4,000. Upon these. figures II
ts estimated that the expense Of continuing The
EeiGhborhood Guild. as the frat University
Rettloment In larger house and with the adj
dillon OF a gymnasium, Will be about $4,000
per gnnuln. The guild 10 at present In receipt
Ana donations. some part Of which. ut leasi,
k y believed. will be continued. aud which.
Will 20 far toward meeting The expense. OF
the htst University Settlement. and o! enabling
With them 70. carry out the objects Of the |
society to the best advantage. The sstabllsh-
Q matter Of time. and must depend largely