The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-06
SLOWER JABS SETTLEMENT
" ants " NOT TO ma roo SET.
TLED. BIT TO GET 4 MOVE on.

l.eaNem the Haai side aAmsi sees int
Sp~rtneatlan Head WOsker Gilman
Thinka o. o. Doing Pretty well.
who was scheduled TO speak on little parks
| in the Fast Side at the annual meeting %
the University Settlement Society. held
Yesterday afternoon IN the settlement
house at isI Eldridge street. did not say
anything at all about little parks on the
Fast Side hut devoted his speech to
criticism Of the settlements work and
suggestion a. "a what might he done
The Commissioner us$d Co 10 head Of the
settlement when it was known the
Neighborhood Guild. and hs said yesssr-
day that he was not wholly In accord with
the method and form oI iis present day
work
The institution said he. should pay
more attention TO outside Affairs. u 10
too modest considering the expense Of
its vast plant. How many people who
pass by its doors care anything about its
Aud yet the University Settlement should
he the most hOnored institution on the
East Side. a. Il 10 not to-day. The Neigh
borboOd Guild OF twenty years ago had a.
much influence a. the settlement has to-
day
The Commissioner has been riding a
good deal lately upon the Second avenue
elevated and people have bumped into
him on his way up and down stairs Ac-
corViing tn Mr.. Slower. the settlement
ought TO make the authorities provide
wider stairways.
Il hope co plant 2sO Lombardy poplars
ON Delancey street he continued, but
how long will they live II people are al.
Il. .ya.A AssAa. a NnaW Tfnp
The settlement ought TO address itself
"a the children and their parents and
teach them To respect growing things.
The proper construction u ash wagons
and the flushing Of streets in 81 miner by
the ,I~e Of the salt water plants were two
other topics in which the settlement
should be Interested. according ca Mr.. |
Slower He also advocated the e=tab- \
lshhmsnt Of an Fast Side museum and art
gallery
You should be more militant. Mr. !
Gilman said he speaking directly To |
Head Worker Robbins Gilman. who was
an attentive listener
When the COnmissioner vas through 1
and the applause had died down Mr.. |
Gilman arose 60 give an account OF the |
work done at the settlement. He said
that the matter 81 the SScond avenue
elevated trains had alreedy been taken |
up by the settlement and wis now before /
the Public Service Commission. lie I
stousl absolutely for broadening the scope I
of the institutions work, said he. and |
prophesied greet advance along the lines
I3O.OOO baths had been sold at the settle 1
meni house in the past year and that IN 1
January. 1910. $500 children had been in !
regular attendance AZ the meetings of the 1
clubs formed by the settlement. The |
settlements penny provident bank sys- !
tern IL the largest in the United states
and Canada.
I'm January last n OoO people came into
and maintain that there must have been !
some influence Tor good exerted by the
settlements work. he concluded.
James Speyer. whose resignation as
treasurer ~ the settlement had been ac-
cepted eariv IN the meeting with resolu-
tions OF regret. came up to the platform
for the second time in the twenty years
thai he mas bs-en connected with the
settlement. as he said himself.
III ~ not due to the remarks OF Mr.. ,
Slower thar ! have resigned said he.
III had known that he was TO attack the
settlement I would have remained ~
treasurer lie praised the work OF Mr.. I
Gilman and said that good had been done
NV the work inside the four walls Of the
~~ttlefnsnt. Also he hoped thar in the
future the Commissioner would ne able
to walk up To the s-iey ated and return 20
earth unsrathed He trusted thar MIR.
Showers trees would hear many leaves
10 shade the Commissioners head
The Commissioner seemed TO think that
he had spoken sonewha too hastily, Tor
he closed the meeting by saying that he
believed that such work a. the University
Settlement Sas doing waS worth what u
cost. baIt ina-Tnurh a. u - the first settle
m.nt house In America q should be the
greatest in the country; which, accord
ing 10 the common opinion ~ not the 1
case SAID he
The nesting was presided over by
Nicholas Murray Butler. Commissioner
of Immigration " illiAms the first speaker.
sad that a. present immigration was very
heavy and What 5.CsD p~rople passed
through Ellis Island yesterday
In addition to the resignation Of Mr.
Speyer. Seymour l.. Cromwell resigned A.
SECRETARY Mr.. Sp~yer will con'inue to
serve on the council and Pierre Jay will
taxi" his rlace a. treasurer. Robert q.
Mead ~ the new SECRETARY. New nem-
hers 81 the council to serve for three
vears are v. Everit Macy. Edward u
peasies Thomas NJ DebevOise and James
u Reynolds Nicholas Murray Butler
IN president
Emmel Gelelsratton I'm RrooASlNR