Handbook of Settlements

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Robert Archey Woods, Albert Joseph Kennedy
Charities Publication Committee, 1911 - Social settlements - 326 pages
 

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Page i - CORRECTION AND PREVENTION. Four volumes prepared for the Eighth International Prison Congress. Edited by Charles Richmond Henderson, Ph.D. 8vo. Price per set, express prepaid, $10; per volume, $2.50 net. PRISON REFORM. By Chas. R. Henderson, FB Sanborn, FH Wines and Others.
Page ii - THE STANDARD OF LIVING AMONG WORKINGMEN'S FAMILIES IN NEW YORK CITY. By Robert Coit Chapin, Ph.D. 8vo. 388 pages. 131 tables.
Page 222 - As outlined in its constitution, this settlement sought to "bring men and women of education into closer relations with the laboring classes in this city, for their mutual benefit.
Page 53 - To provide a center for the higher civic and social life; to institute and maintain educational and philanthropic enterprises, and to investigate and improve the conditions in the industrial districts of Chicago.
Page 69 - We want, therefore, to be true citizens of our great city, and will show our love for her by our works. Chicago does not ask us to die for her welfare; she asks us to live for her, and so to live and so to act that her government may be pure, her officers honest, and every corner of her territory shall be a place fit to grow the best men and women who shall rule over her.
Page 69 - God hath made of one blood all nations of men, and we are his children, brothers and sisters all. We are citizens of these United States, and we believe our flag stands for self-sacrifice for the good of all the people. We want, therefore, to be true citizens of our great city, and we will show our love for her by our works.
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Page 320 - England, gave it over a page review, finding it "a remarkable example of the thoroughness with which the work of economic investigation is carried on in the United States." The second part, studying the Slav in industry and in his home after he has landed in America, is of particular interest to the Spectator. The review sums up with this sentence: "We can warmly recommend Our Slavic Fellow...
Page 53 - Two young women were interested in this work through a knowledge of Toynbee Hall, and opened a home in the belief that the mere foothold of a house, easily accessible, ample in space, hospitable and tolerant in spirit, situated in the midst of the large foreign colonies which so easily isolate themselves in American cities, would in itself be a serviceable thing for a community.
Page 14 - It aims, in a measure, to lead whatever of social life its neighborhood may afford, to focus and give form to that life, to bring to bear upon it the results of cultivation and training; but it receives in exchange for the music of isolated voices the volume and strength of the chorus.

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