pedient points of attack in the campaign for social righteouss-
An aroused public conscience in providing better houses,
ness
places of recreatien, gymnasium, trade schoels, and libraries,
and these are gocd; but these, as well as the neighborhood
activities of the settlements are so inadequate that in making
any report ef settlement work it seems only honest to point
out that however good may be clubs and cl1asses for recreation
and instruction, still they can exert slight influence in com-
parison with the total effect of the environment resulting from
the conditions of
a crowded city life and our
present industri-
We pursue the organized werk of the house with no
al system.
less vigor and enthusiasm, because we realize its limitations.
It cannot re-create the life of its neighborhood, but it offers
to many individuals certain advantages of industrial and in-
tellectual training and opportunities for wholesome amusement
STATISTICS
)men, 0
Number of residents )
women, 14
Number of workers, exclusive of the residents, 43
Total enrolment of clubs and classes, 1,000
Estimated number of people reached by the settlement, 1,500
Estimated percentage of each of the principal nationalities
represented by this larger constituency
Irish 77%
Italians l2%
Americans 4%
Jews 4%
Syrians 3%
