Evening journal., 1911-04-11
SETTLEMENT
WORK PROGRESSES
Only $4,000 Needed on $5C,OOO
New Building
Fund
ACTIVITIES OF THE
YEAR ARE REPORTED


move into the new building In the late
spring or early summer. but IL has
been decided not TO hold the dedica-
ton exercises until autumn. The secre-
tary Irving Warner. reported that all
but $4,000 of the building fund had
been raised. The committee have prac-
tioally $45,0 Of the $50, 900 necessary |
to erect and furnish the new building. |
Furnishing plans are now being talked /
over by the committees; II is a matter |
OF satisfaction to them that most Of
the furnishing will be done by VIII |
mington firms.
The following officers were elected
at the meeting yesterday T. Allen
Hilles, president; Miss Mary 5. Ma
lone, first vice-president: Miss Helen
Bye. second vlce-president; Irving
Warner. secretary: Fred y. Stone,
treasurer; Miss Grace Beadenkopf. as
sistant treasurer; Miss Anna Bird,
corresponding secretary; and Miss
Caroline E Golding. clerk. Miss Sara
W. Pyle was again elected head work.
er at the Settlement
The reports showed the Settlement
10 be prospering. The kindergarten
especially has done good work and
much of It during the last year.
! noFh OF tne rear.
Miss Pyle gave the following report
for the year:
II do not know that I can tell you
IN this report anything new about the
! Peoples Settlement II Is today what
II was a year ago, a house that each
day is attempting TO express its friend
ship for and belief In the people who
live all about t.
"The same old condition OF conges-
ton I'm our activities Is constantly
present We have now reached the un-
satisfactory phase of our work where,
ia order TO appease the demand made
on oul cramped quarters. one depart
ment frequently has 10 be dismissed
earlier I'm order to make room for an
other and we are only reconciled and
resigned 10 these conditions In that we
are assured of a broader held and
/ plenty OF room for all IN the spacious
and substantial new building that Is
being prepared for us.
What lot this must mean TO all
the members connected with the Set
tlement,' said some visitors one even
ing last week. The branch OF the VIII
mington Institute Free Library was
open and the Librarian was surround
ed by dozens of eager boys and girls
waiting for their turn The larger room
was occupied by a boys club discuss
ing the merits of their chosen topic,
! 'Airship.' The dining room was filled
) with young men and women who were
r reading or playing games. Are yor
q as busy as this every night2' oul
z friends inquired. Yes. every day Ha,
! they appeared that morning, a glanc
h at the bright happy faces of the thirt.
] mr. IfffIa LInHarrral ~ ~ L.
|. have gladdened their hearts. or on thi
d previous evening they would have seer
I the ever active lads Of the Anti-Ciga.
Z rette League; or had they come the
following evening they would have
l seen the Penny-a-Day Society planning
! it's various ways for increasing their
( share In the building fund-the bank
surrounded by its thrifty depositors,
and the girls clubs with their work in
hand craft
/ I'VE might have revealed many more
departments OF work, yet even then
they would not have seen the days or
weeks activities. For not a day passes
that does not bring to the doors Of the
, Peoples Settlement some individual
visitor who is either seeking. work or
/ aid in alleviating some disheartning
! condition; or asking advice I'm adjust
+ ing family differences; or in need OF
! hospital care or the caller may be a
parent concerned over some action of
r a child. For we are neighbors 10
many people 10 whom the problems
s Of life are ever dinicult
e PrOyldent Fund Work.
y "Sixty-eight OF our members are
weekly contributors 10 the Penny Pro.
8 vident Bank, and have deposited
r ninety-nine dollars and forty-fouI
{ cents during the year. Some Of the
G older members have a total OF throe
hundred and four dollars and fifty
cents IN the Savings Fund, and we are
proud to say that this spirit OF thrift
is growing among our people. The
!, library has had a circulation OF six
hundred and fourteen books during
the past eight months
I'VE have secured employment for a
number Of our young people. the ma
iority Of whom have reflected splendid
credit upon the Settlement
THE Women's improvement Club
. has accepted several invitations dur
ing the year to the New Century Club
to listen to lectures on Child We'll
fare and the Consumers League.
: The points received from the talks
were most helpful and have bee,
practically applied in the neighbor-
hood OF the six members who ar,
taking music, several have made sucl
, rapid progress that they are able L
! asst us in our various departments 0
work
For my own interest I have KEEP
rough outline OF some of the per
sonal activities in the work of tn
Settlement, and only mention them {
K lend an idea of the scope of a resi-
e dents life. One thousand two hun
e dred and eighty-oight personal call
d were made; one thousand four hun
: dred and fifteen telephone calls
!, three hundred and fifty-seven letter
y were written. and over three hundre'
7, house interviews given, besides thu
, many emergency calls for club an'
y class work and numerous little de
20 tails that fall TO the lot of busy resi-
: dent. OF the four hundred or more
= members who come weekly 10 us, they
have made use of the little six-room
!. Settlement over four thousand one
y hundred and sixty-nine times during
- the last three months, and show a
good average attendance at the
20 twenty-six clubs and classes.
n The number of clubs and classes
h held each week, the number Of boys