The sun., 1899-01-29
noosETELr 70 Exsr SIDE Wonnsss.
Praise for the University settIement--Dis-
trusts Radical Social Reformers.


The University Settlement Society was hold
ing It's annual meeting yesterday afternoon
In the new building at RivinRton and Eld.
ridge streets. which was formally opened yes.
terday for the use OF the soceity, when there
was yell from the children in the street out.
side. The yell was:
Hooray for the Governori"
dov, Roosevelt hurried into the room and
up TO the platform. and Seth Low. who was
presiding. said:
Busy men are like locomotives'on the track
they always have steam up. II is because he
is the busiest of men that the Governor had a
chance TO come here. and take great pleas
ure In presenting him"
Gov. Roosevelt said that he had refused al
most every other request OF the sort but he
had been forced TO come TO this meeting.
i accepted for two reasons" he said: "nrst,
because when / was Police Commissioner 1
saw great deal OF the work done by the Uni
Versity settlement, and, second. because this
work is better adapted to civic betterm ent
than any other such work now carried on.
i shall not speak OF your past work see
here many with whom / struck hands long
ago In work Of this sort and with whom ex-
pect to work shoulder to shoulder in the fu-
ture. The cardinal feature OF the University
Settlement work has been that 1t really
worked 1t is approaching the task In the only
spirit that can make the work successful
genuine comradeship. When the man in this
work understands that he must 90 up and ot
down. when he. sees that ne must learn as we'll
as teach. then he will do well.
We must meet facts and conditions as they
OF men or women must realize what IL has to
learn and that nothing can be done without
striking hands together.
=, III Is better TO lie pretty good Sergeant
man 70 try TO be Brigadier General. i
ppean that one must not try TO do too much.
Don refuse to do the work at hand merely be-
cause there is so much of 1t ahead that you
can't see that your little share amounts to
Il have begun to feel distrust OF radical
social reformers which is quite as radical "a
9ch IN This Wepk b have a
and have seen reformers of the radical sort
refuse to do ANYTHING merely, because they
done has been done BY people who were will
lnEo ing to Tranple Win Eart Of the eyi and who
luton is waste of strength
;, This work should be conducted along the
lines of true Americunism and democracy.
not using the terms dcmagogically: True
Americanism knows no difference OF creed,
race or origin, and 1t treats man as a man,
dtsregarding the country from which he or
his fathers came as long as he is seen to be
trying to be a decent citizen.
OF all the mean passions appealed to by
men who seek advancement at the cost OF the
state there is none meaner than the appeal to
religious prejudice. Woe to him who seeks to
double woe to those who seek to protect
criminal in that way!
Il don't preach softness In such matters
Laughter and applause l don't pity those
thar work, because ] have small spect for
those that don't. Success in life-I don't
mean merely material success comes as u re-
suit of strife of repeated effort and failure, but
OF resolute purpose. And / value the rartic-
ular work Of this society because you have not
preached false doctrines. While man must
feel for his fellow man. he must also realize
that nothing good can come but a. the cost OF
painful effort Do your duty because 1t is
your duty"
Mr.. r. r. Bowker Chairman OF the Build
ing Committee. made his report. and said that
tho new building had cost about $4,000 and
the land on which it stood about SH0.OOO. The
new building is n fve-story steel structure
built in colonial style. 1t 10 light and roomy
throupho