New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-08-03
YOU And YOUR MONEY.
Nezc Settlement Idea No Longer
CHngs TO personal Service.

TO deprecate money. to fail to recognize money
q part OF the equipment OF Settlement. is
something 1c BE apoiOgized for folly OF youth
said J. H. Hamilton. head worker at the Univer
sity Settlement yesterday. in the OF ad-
dress before tie Summer School Of Philanthropy.
Mr. Eauiltcn's remarks dealt with some OF the
changes that have taken place IN the ideas and
ideals OF Settlement workers and among other
things he emphasized the desirabIity enlisting
the interests OF those who could and would give.
and OF drawing workers from outside the neigh
oorhood IN which the Settlement situated.
'' 'Yoursef-not your money was the idea OF
the early Settlement worker" said Mr. Hamilton
7 would amend that yourself and your money.
and Il you can't give yourself. then give your
money. Such q policy would quicken power that
could scarcely be reached in any other way. and
would tend TO bring people OF wealth into feel
ing % kinsnip with the poor"
Mr.. Hamilton said he found that IN Settlement
clubs the influence Of outside workers bene-
fetal The members themselves seem 20 feel
greater interest when the workers not people
taken from the neighborhood." he said. While
something may be lost by taking in workers from
outside the Settlement or the immediate aeighbor-
hood, there IS great gain. forces being developed
that could be developed IN no other way. Il would
be deplorabIe should the tine ever come when
the workers IN E Settlement should be all from the
neighborhood. or all from outside the neighbo~-
hood
The University Settlement" he Went on is
not charitable institution. but culture institu-
ton II was founded not 10 remedy physical suffer
Ing, bur 70 give inspiration and impulse To the
heart and -uint- Without going into politics the
settlement should seek 10 develop spirit OF the
solidarity Of the city, and should work for the
universal good. tie best welfare Of the whole and
OF the parts"
In the discussion that followed Miss Mary White
oF1ngton who was for seven years head worker
a The Gre7npoint Settlement SAID the chief value
in Settlement Of funds from outside was To carry
on experimental work. If the work turns out
successfully. the municipality will eventually adopt
II The kindergarten began in this way. and man
ual training"
Miss OYington contrasjed the noblesse obIige
spirit OF English settlements with the democratic
spirit Of the Settlement in this country. Those
English Settlement workers work from a very
noble and nigh motive" she said. but their atti-
tde IS Cne Of superiority and they lack the ability
10 meet people not Of ones own class which is a
part q the American tradition. Robert Browning
Hall IS democratic in spirit but then that sup
ported cy Nonconforrnists who have not the So
clal position q Church Of England people. In all
ne Settlements that under the auspices Of the
colleges you encounter ne attitude Of nobIesse
oelige. Of conscious superiority. ! have spoken Of
Know the Women's Settlement I live in the
women never got beyond the Office in the pretty
craving room behind
y think the aim Of the Settlement should be TO
bring out the things that Unite US snd sink the
things thar separate US
But I wonder if can or ought to get rid OF
ne idea OF noblesse Oblige." queried the Rev
uel H Bishop DR.. Abbott is responsible for the
statement that there no Settlements in France.
ne ulra-democratic spirit there Iorbids the as
sumption OF superiority by any l don't see
Why there isn't a genuine arIStocracy Of culture
aad morality. and why good york is founded
on me acknowledgement OF il, expressed through
lln4illon- do Hot see how DO good work
Ihiess We bring 10 bear ourselves the spirit OF
-lpAiesse obhg-- Why can't have the arstoc-
a. OF culture and OF morality combined with the
democracy which 4ccords equality Of opportunity,
81 privilege and OF possible power 10 all
4 an Iot or the school that regards the l.
S.5eF as an intruder" said DR.. Blaustein, OF the
EDUCATIONAL Alliance. for the poor are so alb
S1Io eo IN material questions they are helpless
zen II comes 10 their communal interests The
nave no time TO think Of their political duties
Ia - why they need outsiders TO watch that
IN pSSIa .eilEoogh works OF public IMPROVEMENT
b ~ +plsaanthropes, the contrary the work ia
sisted bv t5ls people Of the neighborhood as
- IaeIFy OF Baltimore. having rsisad the cras
@.-e 70 agencies were work m "a ye tbe to,9e
- = 80 zoo iate. DR. Blaustein said ba tho,,oi,
-, ta,-tt among the East Side cbiI6ren -
49, oloIstt pefore the chldren's C-o,,-- -, ~
sHIaiL proportion had ever covne 49, 10y q
lt.el4ce o. tne Settlements prnyAd ~, Ell
"S.e an agency mat deferred from crsr,e 4''ei
(tleL sPS 5tsrs were Mrs. Harry C,amn.o, q,
o.uhIetf Flsllor OF the Newark E,iro.,' d
~ Mno SPOKE on Delinquent HIsbs nSs -
Ars Mary Z David, the librarian ~ ~ p. ana
and his philanthropic experiments Ii Nha4hle-s