Fort Madison High School - Madisonian Yearbook (Fort Madison, IA)

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C W CRUIKSHANK SUPERINTENDLNT OF SCHOOLS

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THE HIGH SCHOOL TIMES of the nexghborhood were xnspected and improved Through thenr efforts factory leg1slat1on was enforced schools were re paxred and petxtxons were sent ID for a publxc play ground for the chxldren Even the causes of truancy among the school chlldren have been carefully mvestxgated for the purpose of suggestmg remedxes for the ev1l The res1dents are vxtally xn terested ln the welfare of thexr nexghbors and at present are co operatxng wlth state and munlcxpal authorntles 1n securmg all necessary reforms Hull House IS no longer an xnstntuhon of four bunldnngs the growth of nts actlvxtxes and undertakmgs made at neces sary long ago to mcrease 1ts snze Many thxngs have been changed all buxldxngs are provxded wxth modern xmprove ments The furmshmgs are plam but durable and every thmg IS kept scrupulously clean glvmg the whole estabhsh ment a comfortable home lxke appearance Even now the avaxlable space IS not sufliclent to accommodate all who wxsh to come The average attendance for one week IS nme thou sand people men women and chnldren and twenty fxve resldent workers together wxth about seventy five non resn dents are engaged xn provxdmg xnstructnon and amusement for them Madge C Jemson says One person cannot have a settlement a settlement IS the mteractnon of a group of peo ple and a commumty The organzzatlon of all settlements as practxcally the same as that of Hull House By Amerxcanxzxng the forelgn elements and by ransmg the standards of the poorer Amerncans nt IS hoped to make these classes among the most progressxve nn the country Some of the forengn populatxon have formerly belonged to better classes of socxety but have been reduced to poverty by unexpected calamxtnes others have always been poor but they too have good charactenstxcs and are ready to make use of every opportunnty for nmprovement Work among such people cannot be fruxtless They attend the clubs and classes at the settlements learn more of what as go mg on ID the world and finally leave the nenghborhood to be gm lxfe elsewhere on a nobler plane. In thns way they make 1 1 ' 1 . 1 1 . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . ' - ' 1 1 ' , - 1 ' - . . . . 1 1 1 ' . . . ' - - - 1 - et . . , ' - - 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . 1 . . . 1 Y 9 I . . 1 ' - I - 0 n ' 1