New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-20
Hebrew Sheltering Guardian
Society Has Thirty Build
ings on Big Tract at
Pleasantville.

The president and the board Of directors
Of the Hebrew Sheltering Guarulah So
ciety have issued Invitations for the LOT
nal dedication Of their new home Which
will take place at Pleasantvine ~ J." 70
dav. Thirty new buildings have been
erected to take the place Of the society
city home, at Broadway and l5Oth street
In it's day the old plant was considered
model institution, but the demands on us
work for the care and education OF nome
less children, fitting them for the struggle
Of life and making them good citizens was
so great that the city accommodations pe-
came inadequate. When ii was determine"
10 abandon the property and seek new
home many available plots in the immedl-
ate vicinity of New York were considered
and finally the Plea santville site was ac-
ouired and plans were made for the cree
ton there of an orphans home when
should be all that the word implies and
TO have none of the institution atmosphere
which is thought by many 10 stand in the
way Of the best results where il is allowed
TO exist. This policy was emphasized by
the president Adolph Lewisohn, In his adj
dress at the biannual meeting which
marked the completion of the society's
thirty-third year of existence, when he
said
This institution has taken care of near
~ seven thousand children during its COR
'porate existence, covering a period OF
thirty-three years. II maintains and
educates orphan, half-orphan and other
dependent children committed TO its care.
1--WE are now entering upon the great
est educational enterprise ever under
taken by any Jewish child-caring institu-
ton in the world
1--WE are moving from crowded congre-
gate or barrack plant in the city to large
cottage home plant in the country, and
purpose to give TO each child the best pos
si5le equipment for life, both In education
and home training
A 2oo-AcRE TRACT.
The Pleasantville property is 200 acres
in extent, and it's healthful and pictu-
rescue situation was the strongest argu-
ment in favor of its acquisition. High
grounds good water, natural drainage and
a broad view all about on pictures %
natural beauty, uhdimmed by the CRIME
and smoke Of the city and far from its
noise and din, made 1t an ideal place for
the erection of the imposing group OF
buildings in which the six hundred
wards Of the society are now being housed
and educated. Two hundred children are
being cared for in city homes. In his
address on the occasion of the opening
OF the first home, in 1879, the president
said that il was 10 be "a home for
Jewish children who otherwise would
be unprotected or to be found In insu-
tutions Of other denominations The
object is to-day what II was at that
time. but il those who do the most work
for the welfare of the organization and
devote the most time TO its interests were
asked they would add that to make Of
its charges men and women who will be
useful members OF the community is an
object Of equal Importance and that the
work which is being done has that as It's
ultimate end Co. ""'.'
Those fr. IDS Of the institution who
have accepted the invitation to be pres
ent at the formal dedication will, on en-
tering the ground, become the guests of
the Republic Of the Sheltering Guardian
Society, and will have an opportunity OF
seeing some Of the results OF making de-
pendent children independent and vest
ing them with authority; for although the
people who maintain the society have
done all that close study Of the subject
could do TO provide for the physical
comfort and the happiness Of the chill
dren, these in turn have an organiza-
ton on the lines Of republic, a govern
ment for order and the maintenance Of
discipline, making the stern schoolmas-
ter a useless functionary, and the rod