New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-12
The University Settlement
Holds First Reunion
i'm Is Years.
FAT HOME" NIGHT
BRINGS OUT CROWD
Lawyers, Doctors, Educators,
PlayWrights and Business
Men Come Back"

The old boys came back 70 the Uni
versity Settlement last night In all the
glory OF pleated silk shirts or tortoise
shell glasses, according TO the way
their talent flowers. Il was AT Home"
night, the first attempt at a reunion
since the settlement was founded TWEEN
ty-eight years ago in a forlorn tene-
ment house at 20 Delaney Street.
Other festivities the settlement has
conducted, balls and bazAsrs in uptown
armories, but never a formal reunion
in the settlement itself. The old boys
responded to the number Of 1000. They
came back TO tell the youngsters OF
to-day what the old East Side wa,
without a University Settlement, ar
to give a friendly whack on the shCLi-
ders and a word of advice to the lead
ers Of the clubs OF to-day.
Most gorgeous in silk raiment and
most eloquent was J. Abram Voice,
treasurer of the reunion committee.
He ted with pardonable pride the
story of his rise from an East Side
okittk ufNI4U.
From Gang to College.
81 belonger TO the Forsyth Street
gang" he said. I'VE were kids about ten
years old, chasing one another bare
footed around the block, and getting
into all kinds of mischief | remember
distinctly how blas6 we were when my
sister tried 10 interest US in the whole
some amusements of the settlement
We thought il meant putting on col
lars and shoes and singing hymns.
However, we decided TO go Jus.
once TO see what IL was like, and we
found gymnasiums instead OF hymn
books. Instead Of spending our time
in pool parlors, which is the natural
amusement resort of the East Side boy
we came to the settlement clubs. The
result was that we went to college"
Old Boys Come Back.
Lawyers, playwrights, doctors, pro-
fessors and business men Of all kinds
were represented in the crowds that
filed the building last night. Park
Commissioner Slower came back; he
whose mysterious disappearance from
the settlement two years ago stirred
the whole city. Others seen above the
ItdhS u lHt Last DlNt Dtilts III LIo
dance halls were James Bronson Reyn-
olds. the first head worker; James H.
Hamilton, Henry Moskowitz, Emil +.
Fuchs, Samuel Rosensohn, Assistant
Corporation Counsel, and Elmer L.
Reizenstein, author Of "On Trial." who,
although not an "old" settlement boy,
is now at the head Of tho Guild Play
ers.
Mrs. Reizensteln was one OF the COM
mittee In charge Of the bazaar. The
Dolly Madison Club conducted the re-
freshment room and the Lassies Of the
Silver Sword acted rs guides to those
who were not familiar with the geogra-
ply Of the building. The Ralph Waldo
Emersons forgot philosophy for an
hour to manage the dancing. There
was a woman fortune teller, too, for
the relief OF highbrows, and a quick
sketch artist who guaranteed to get a
likeness OF any girl, no matter how
pretty she was.
Max Graf was chairman OF the COM
mittee and J. Abram Voice secretary.
More than 80 per cent Of those pres
ent, Mr.. Voice stated In best East Side
English. were college graduates. and
the others we're all members Of
groups pursuing definite specialized
interests"