The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-02-11
LIKE HULL HOUSE.
San Francisco May Have
Such a Work.
The Association of Collegiate Alum.
mae Consider the ACCESSIBILITY
of a Settlement.

"The time may be ripe for the develop
| ment Of such work in San Francisco as
that of Hull House. Chicago" said Mrs
John Vance Cheney, in her Introductory
address to the Association of Collegiate
Alumn8" yesterday afternoon. as she In
troduced Miss Jane Adams, who was to
lecture ON the subject of ''SOcial Settle
| ments."
The "alumn@" had not only assembled
for the purpose of hearing an interesting
account Of the settlements Of refined and
cultured men and women in darkest Lon
don. and the wretched slums of our over
crowded Eastern cities, by means of which
the settlers had been enabled to hold out
the hand of friendship and sympathy to
their disiDherited brothers and sisters. 1t
was also the object of the meeting to con-
slider ways and means for establishing a
settlement similar to Hull House, in our
own city.
Miss Adams opened her address by
sketching the rise of the movement in
England. saying that ii bad originated
with Charles Kingsley and others of the
same stamp among English writers.
Arnold TOynbee, aroused by these teach
ings. and seeing the young men at Oxford
ready TO write. to fight or to die for univer-
sal bro herhood, anything but to 60 and
i've among he humble working people,
| gave practical turn to the movement by
establishing TOynbee Hall in the slums of
| the east end of London. In this work he
had received knights service from Rev. S.
| A. Barnett. vicar of st. Jude's, and now
warden of the hall.
"The idea is philnsophic, rather than
sentimental" said Miss Adams. ut is
10 build upon the pie idea of good citi-
Zenshlp ana not to intensity class feeling.
There are times. such as those of sickness
ana death. when the differences of rank
lall away. We build upon this fact in our
intercourse with the working people who
live around us, and In return We get from
them the result of living working life.
The working people have powers and
possibilities IN their natures that spriDg to
light when they have group of cultured
| people In their midst. The settlement,
TOO, brings you in contact with all the
| forces OF your city and you by no means
bury yourself in the midst of number of
| Ignorant people; In fact, we very soon
| did not know enough for the wOrk-lan-
| gnages, political science. many other varl-
| etles OF information that we never ex-
pected to have to use. were required"
| MISS Addams then gave an interesting
account of the working of Hull House.
which has already been described In the
columns of The CALL. Members of the
audience then asked variety of ques-
| tons relative 10 the institution, and the
answers given by Miss Adams brought
| forward prominently the fact that the
work Is so interesting that those who pur-
sue it consider that no self-sacrifce is in
volved.
The question as to whether a poor fam
| lily, on rising little in the world, should
| be encouraged to desert the sums and
move to better neighborhOod was also
| discussed, Miss Adams stating that some
educated and cultivated families in Lon
don lived in the slums to better the neigh
| bOrhood. MANY man will say. 1 could
never take my family to poor district for
| fear of scarlet fever or diphtheria'-and it
is simply because his children are not
there that he does not care whether the
| people have diDhtheria or not"
Al the conclusion of the questions and
| answers the association went into open
| meeting. A motion was carried unani-
| mously that Mrs. John Vance Cheney
| should remain in the chair and appoint a
committee of eight, who could confer
together and nves igate the possibilities of
founding settlement similar to Hull
House In San Francisco.
The following ladies and gentlemen
were appointed: Miss Bette Asbe, Miss
Virginia Fitch. Mrs. Kincaid. f. G. Bur
CESS, sMr. Derby, Miss Anita Whitney,
Miss Germany and DR.. Philip Brown.