NRTHWEST BRN UNIVERSITY SETTLEMENT
Noble and Augusta Streets
Chicago
"The house with trees."
Founded in 1891 by members of the faculty and stu-
dents of Northwestern Univer sity.
Present house erected, 1901.
wwithin a mile radius from the settlement sixteen languages
Immediately north and west, centers the great Polish
are spoken.
All
community of Chicago--the second Polish city in the world.
about us the problem of the Americanization of foreign peoples is
being slowly worked out, and "Americans in process" is the order
In the nearby streets and tenements Pole and
of the day.
Bohemian, Russian and Italian, Jew and German with Scandinavian and
Amer ican children contend for mastery in the struggle of the a-
To bring these divided peop1es together, to soften the
tions.
asperities of national, religious, race and political prejudices,
and to aid in the development from these diverse types and habits
ed American citizen-
of thought to a common standard of enligh
ship--sur ely this is a task worthy of the most persistent zeal
and the highest courage."
