New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-16
$4,000 GIFT TO SCHOOLS
Settlement Association Starts
Campaign to Build New Home.


The School settlement Association nc
gan campaign last "Wednesday 10 col
lcct 5000 for it buildiug fund. several
months ago a friend hearing of tho dc
sire Of the organization To erect a - M
na,ium r IT. roar yarI. AZ 80 - Jack
son street. offered TO give '""" toward
tho fund If the association raised a Ike
sum by Noycmbcr J. Tho association &C
ccutod the offer and determined 20 erect
"a nov building I" take tho place of th"
present structure which II has outsrown
The settlement i- maintained largely ny
tho girls If tho big private and puric
high schools Of tho borough and their
friends Representative of tho various
chapters mot ~ Packer Institute. iu 10
ralcmon street Wednesday. and report
al u,on tie outlook FOR the collection OF
funds Thc results were considered high
~ encouraging Mss Roundss School 70
ported $40 pledged; Berkeley institute.
S9ol. tho Training School for Teacher.
$50. the Girls High School. ,po Tho
Adolphi Chapter i- to raise -" and tho
Packer chapter loon These schools arc
preparing for tho campaign. TIN settle
mont house is expected 10 raise N"' y
festival is To- be hcd there on May ana
10 for the benefit Of the fund
Tho committee ~ charge of tho cam
paign consists of Mrs T. s. Ncstbrook.
chairman Miss Ethel Han. Miss Ruth
linn Miss Helen Wing. Mis- Janet Pit
kin Miss Marguerite tasu dy Miss Ndele
Marckwald president 81 tho association.
Miss Elyis /ahriski' Miss Straurhen.
Miss Payne. Miss Jennie Jcnncss and
Mrs Marie CARPENTER.
While # has Mt Yet decided where TO
build the ucN house. site VIII b" found
near the old building IN tho Grconpoilt
section The present building came into
tho possession Of the association three
wears ago. II is a Two story structure.
with a basement on q plot p feet wide
and IN feet deep. Tenement houses shut
u in on both sides. n is not thought
that the old site would be available for
the now building. unless it. could be-
adjoining buildings II j. thought that
q better way would be TO purchase a suit
able plot somewhere ~ the n"ighborhood
and 10 dispose of the old structure. While
no definite plans for the new building
have been developed. n win contain a
gymnasium and auditorium, rooms for
classes and special rooms and quarters
for the resident workers
The association was formed thirteen
years ago under tho name Of tho Ridge
''oOd Household club After the Open
iug Of the Williamsburg Bridge the char
actor of the population in the neighbour
hood Of the clubs headquarters changed
so much for the better that the organ-
zation determined Ia move from Ridge
wood 10 Greenpolnt. where there was
great need for settlement workers II
consequently changed it's name. II took
up its home at No. 1iS Jackson street
seven or eight years ago There are now
two resident workers at the building
Miss Maud Taylor Dobie and Miss Viz
gina Olcott. Miss Stella Healy who is
maintained by the District Nurses AS
sociation. has an office in the building.
IL
ment milk depot i'm the building. but IL
has moved to Jackson street and Man
haitian avenue, where it is managed by
Mrs. William Olds. who co-operates with
the association in its efforts for the poor
The Babies Aid club, which is made up
% girls between the ages of eight and
thirteen and is subs idiary organization
Of the association. has been holding en-.
Treatments for the babies of the neigh
borhood. SO far it has raised So. which
il has turned over 10 Mrs. Odds to paw
for milk for poor babies This little
club Is now working 10 raise money for
the building fund The association has
been handicapped in several ways by its
limited space. II has been compelled to
maintain its gymnasium i'm "A building
several blocks away from its headquar-
ters: its parlors are too small for sue
cessful entertainments and its yard is
too small for playground purposes. The
proposed new home, IL is expected will
meet these difficulties