New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-07-13
THE DAYAT CHAUTAU QOA.
COLLEGE WOMEN AND THEIR VIEWS VI
LIFE.
THE UNIVERSITY SETTLEMENTS CoNr
CONTINU ED-OTHEH FEATURES VI
THE PROGRAMME

THE UNIVERSITY SETTLEMENTS CoNFhhi
CoyrINrED-oTHER FEATURES OF
THE PROGRAMME.
chantououa. y. Y. July IL fSlieclal..-A INV ~
MavvilIe by a gay party OF students III 'h' " prs
OF physical culture, meeting OF the C''"'""i norl
Climb 10 arrange an evening ouiine and pm rh
inr match were incidents OF last evening h"r'' a.
priyo spelling contest was conducted by i1",S,'
u McClintcr md proved highly interesting
nine women and thirteen men entered
przc OF $40 went to Professor F. = ihorP"' =, ~
town y. y and the second prize ol - =" =,
Jordan Chinicothe. Ohio. Tn" second i'r'"'
profo, sor Walter /. lIervcy. president 81
College while pcda gogical and technlc'l III r., -
was sttenfvcly listened to by a large audience
development ana training "i 'ie vi" W."
subject. - y rr,Jjc
rr Eliza NJ Mosher Of Brooklyn. gave Il pun
lecture on habits OF posture I'm College nan '"''
noon Correct and Incorrect positions "'.' D
rroted BIZ means Of posture model d''e"'" ~ '
Noshcr for this work. Three fundamental S''""''.
no,tnrcs were shown standing evenly on WV
ri,h one foot in advance Of the other rs in "aNlhE
and one foot with the other thrown ont ~ NV -,
The advantage Of the second position was 'i', H.,
shown the first soon causing fat7i" ana nv '''
being harmful to the body In all it, paris
The University settlements conference to-day was
a meeting OF groat interest, and conlihu'o i've ~
hours, Miss Jane Adams, In thonghtful auu''H,
IN the old idea OF a daughter being family po'S''o"
rather than part of society at large VIII u"'',
and responsibilities outside the home. Her growth -
= mart OF the larger sweep OF progress she "''
impulses beyond the duties OF daughter "'N VI
nolitc society," to act her part as clu|'h Vi IN
world and child OF the race, to reSPohu !" 80"
claim Of humanity. The modern woman Is sun, -
10 a universal claim. The educated eirl u"uc'
nresent conditions is in constant conflict between
ola m
tho family claim demands acknowledgment ana the
universal claim Is Ignored. Whilo there mas o''"
the ethical teaching Of universal brotherhood 'ro"s
the colleges the real training has been LOT ''c j"
dIvldual and for personal distinction ana a"N""'
mcnt. The ambition for social service Is S"onso'
In the young than the desire for mental "c4"Si''o"'
but these desires are dlsirusted and rcpressea pN
words Of caution and forms Of convention
Education at present falls 10 take account vi ,"'
onotional needs 10 cultivate and guide generous I'm
pulses Young men more quickly ABSORBED INTO
NE For most women there is no possible expression
Of her broader social instinct. The many years ol
school training lead 10 no active work for humanity
Bonnd by delicate and tender family ties she Is help
loss 10 express herself in wholesome activity The
settlement movement Is form OF response to this
call and the final form OF the Settlement VIII DE-
colonies OF families.
The Rvlngton street University Settlement work
In New.York was sketcicd In All informal way 10y
Miss Jane Elizabeth Robbins.
Miss Robbins said the only difference
between the children IN the NeelporHood
ee,,lement and children brought up IN
better parts OF the city Is that the former are uh
comfortable bedfellows because they are used 10
close sleeping but they are more unselhsh ana
little better all around because OF their wide e1-
pericnce.
Practical suggestions made were training school
for housekcepcrs. similar to nurses schools 10 pro
vide paving employment while learning +" make good
bousceepcrs and thus relieve the pressure In other
trades Miss Robbins gave an Interesting account OF
the family life In Rivngton't, whe'e the NeishDor-
hood guests number about 600 n week.
The Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle had
n round table" at O'Clock. An open-sr concert
hv Rogers band, ve,per service and an illustrated
lecture on Paris. by Mrs Josephine Il. Nichols FOL
lowed by fifty Views Of the Columbian Exposition
closed the day.