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

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THL HIGH SCHOOL TIMES room for more people at the settlement and can at the same tnme pass on the benefits whxch they have recexved As a mun1c1pal power settlements have become an xmportant fac tor Whenever the residents complam of condxtlons m then' dlstrlcts reforms are mstxtuted and put mto force throughout the cxty therefore settlements are a benefit to both r1ch and poor They cannot be controlled by one person nor w1ll thelr benefits be confined to one class Such xnstxtutxons are of xnflmte value and nothmg can better show thexr growmg xmportance than the lncrease ln the number of workers or the way m whxch the settlement movement has spread not only nn Amenca and England but ln Contmental Europe Even Japan Indxa and New South Wales are lnterested m the movement and have opened mstxtutxons wxth sxmnlar actnvl t1eS In order to thoroughly reallze the greatness of thns work lt must be remembered that all settlements are purely volun tary undertakmgs People are not hxred to open these homes themselves but xn others thexr a1m IS to put all people on more nearly the same level And IS lt not an msplrxng xde1l7 Do they not deserve praxse for what they are do1ng7 Thelr IS a hfe of self sacrlfice and self denlal for the benefit of the masses It IS an mstance where humble begmnmgs produce great results Llttle g1rl as she knelt to say her prayer Mama my prayer IS so long can I say the one the nurse says ln the morn1ng7 Mama Why does the nurse pray? Lxttle gxrl Yes she says O Lord have I got to get up? Ex Teacher Johnny what IS a hypocr1te7 Johnny A boy wot comes to school w1th a sm1lc on hxs face r . ' - I . Q ' . ' I 2 . . . Y I . . ' . . i Y 1 Y Y . . ' - l . 1 . ' but do so of their own free will. They are not interested in Q . . . . . Q , N T '-' 4 . ' . ' 77 ff 71 ... , I ' ' ff ,Q ... y I ff ' ' TQ ... , A --ff 1 . - 77

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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

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AS IT SHOULD BE T IS UPON the outskirts of Damas Ya! K-PY' cus and near the Pool of Astarkan that there stands a School of the Prophet One June day Aurang zeb the President of the fifth form 1 4 X, gy ,ff-Q called a form meeting after the eloquence he told of the hau ht WJ spirit and unwarranted prxdf ost the sixth formers Let us adopt some means he exhorted of lowering their pride and obnoxious bearing Has anyoneasugges tion? Then up rose Azzarkal the impetuous the undaunted OIIC Mr President quoth he I propose that when each member of the form comes tomorrow morning his head be girt about with an elaborate turban of crimson and orange the symbol of our form Thus shall the sixth formers be Filled with envy and the green monster shall devour their haughty pride But interposed Sohocon the timid they may resent our splendor and cause trouble Then shall the master be displeased Be it so responded Azzarkal if they wish to cause trouble they may attempt it But let it be understood that if they become too over bearing we are able to carry them in a body and e1ect them into the Pool of Astarkan ill Il VP J. A. J., '10 Il V1 an 'Em 5'1 - Tj ist x r t evening dismissal. With glowing Q 1 'Q I I .