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

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14 THE HIGH SCHOOL TIMES socxal settlement experxment How they found Hull House and how the work of savlng the masses grew under thelr wnllmg hands has often been told In the words of Mlss Addams themr arm was To provxde a center for a hlgher cxvxc and socxal hfe to mstltute and rnalntam educatlonal and phllanthroplc enter prlses and to mvestxgate and 1mprove the condltlons ln the mdustrmal d1str1cts of Chxcago The good she has accomphshed ln carrymg out these mtentlons and ln rousmg the mterest of other women ID s1m1lar matters has not only benefited Ch1cago but has served as an example to women throughout the land Stlrred by her enthusxsrn women began a campaugn agamst unsamtary condltxons m general A part of th1s campaxgn was to obtaln pure mllk and proper care for the children of the poor Every year over two hundred thousand babnes under one year of age d1e ln the Umted States and xt IS estlmated that over one hundred thousand of these deaths could be prevented by proper care and good pasteurxzed and modlfxed mxlk D1spensar1es were establlshed for tlus purpose The Unnted Charltxes put up hospltal tents m wh1ch to care for the allmg babxes But thls was not enough and finally nurses began gomg 1nto the homes of the poor to mstruct the mothers Chxcago saw the good done by these women and now the nurses have passed from the pay of phxlanthropxc socxetxes mto that of the Cnty Health Department Jane Addams addressed the Chlld Labor Commxttee when Senator Beverldge s b1ll to regulate chxld labor through Interstate Commerce Acts was before Congress and the passage of that b1ll was due m a great measure to her efforts In regard to M1ss Addams recent alhance wlth a pohtxcal party she says In Jommg a polxtxclal party I merely followed the varlous phxlanthroplc undertakmgs whxch th1s party s platform had declared to be matters for pohtlcal actxon The present s1tuat1on m the Juvemle Court of Chxcago IS a good lllustratlon of the result of a of Hull House were much dlstressed over the cond1 txon and treatment of boys and gxrls brought to the pohce statxons for petty offenses One woman who was especlally mterested gradually gave all her txme to helpxng these delmquent chlldren Whenever practxcable the pohce JLISIICCS of two near by statxons paroled chlldren to her care Later when the Juvemle Court was establxshed she was employed as first pro batlon officer wlth twenty one other persons asslstmg her For smx years the officers were pa1d by the vol untary assoclatlon known as the Juvemle Court Com mxttee and a detentlon home was supported through whlch passed yearly twenty slx hundred chxldren who would otherw1se have gone to the pohce statmons along wlth hardened crlmmals In connect1on w1th th1s home . . . , . 1 1 n Ll ' a 4 1 V . . . . . - . , . . 4 w 1 - . . Q a th 1 u 1 . . . Y I . . . . . . ,, . . . . . . . . . . . . ,, ' 1 woman's initiative. Several years ago the residents . ' . . 1 y . y 5 . n I I V - . , H ' I - ' ' 1 . Li 1 ' ' ' 11 - I Y 1

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WCMEN IN PUBLIC AFFAIRS KAIHI- RINI1 EGGLPSTON Rom-RTS VALhD1cToR1AN HE real work 1D publlc affalrs done by women of the present day Blume. though scarcely reallzed IS be g1nn1ng to be much apprec1ated R Judgxng from cartoons and news paper artlcles one m1ght eas1ly xmagme that the present socxal and economlc actxv1ty of woman IS an IHDOVHIIOD But lookmng back about sxx thousand years who fxgured more prom1nently mn the affalrs ofthe day than Mother Eve? You dont hear half as much about Adam A true descendant of Eve was Hypatla the famous Greek phxlosopher and lecturer of the fourth century about whom gathered students from all parts of the East and whose mfluence was so great 1n mould1ng pubhc OPIDIOD that she aroused the jealousy and opposltxon of Cyr1l of Alexandr1a who at length caused her to be murdered In 1429 It was the mxlltary gemus of a mere g1rl .Ioan of Arc spurred on by an 1ntense patrlotmsm that saved France from rum Turn to England that country never had greater prosper1ty than under the re1gn of the brzl llant and capable ueen Ehzabeth a woman who re l1ed entlrely upon her own knowledge of pubhc affa1rs and condxtrons Under Marma Theresa agrlculture manufactures and commerce of Austr1a flourxshed HUAHCIHI reforms were made the natlonal revenue greatly mcreased the burdens of her subjects d1m1n1shed and by treat1es and al11ances much valuable land was added to Austr1as dom1n1ons As a po11t1cxan reformer and promotor of educatlon Catherme II of Russza was pre emment It IS still w1th1n the memory of lmvlng men how the noble work of Florence N1ght1ngale lessened the horrors of the Cr1mean war and la1d the foundatlon of that great charlty the Red Cross Assoc1at1on The C3p3b1l1t16S of the present day woman are excellently exemphfied 1n Jane Addams Aroused from a per1od of absorpt1on and theorxzlng Mlss Addams and her fr1end Mxss Starr began to search for a su1table place 1n Chlcago where they m1ght try the 5, g y , K - 1 gtfngoyiggcq . . E . . .

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Tl-IE HIGH HIGH SCHOOL TIMES tl1e Ch1ldrens Hosp1tal Soc1ety supported a med1cal cl1n1c and It wls found that n1nety mne per cent of tl1ese errmg clnldren were 1n need of med1cal atten t1on All th1s work started by women 1S now taken over by the publxc To Ellen H R1chards IS due much of the suc cess of the movement for sc1ent1f1c tra1n1ng1n the schools of EIYIS for home l1fe The efforts of Maude Younger called the Helen Gould of San Franc1sco 1n behalf of workmg g1rls wa1tresses ID part1cular are worthy of the hlgh6Sf P13158 Born and ralsed 1n the Cl'1V1I'OIlIllCIltS of of her less fortunate sxsters To ga1n a practlcal knowledge of cond1t1ons she left her comfortable l1on1e and worked 1s a wa1tress 1n many hotels from New York to San FTZDCISCO a1d1ng and encouraglng those w1th whom she worked Then resummg her own pos1t1on of l1fe she put forth all tl1e strength of her powerful personahty and wealth 1n an endeavor to ga1n leg1slat1on 1n favor of the workmg gxrls of Cal1forn1a Though opposed by many of the pol1t1ca1 bosses of the state she at last succeeded m gammg I11l1Ch of what she des1red Supreme among the chem1sts of today stands Madame Curle who d1scovered the wonderful sub stance rad1un1 not by acc1dent but by expenment and pat1ent reasonmg from cause to effect The aclnevements of the var1ous women s clubs and assoc1at1ons of the Un1ted States are remarkable At the meetmg of the Federat1on of Women s Clubs 1n San Franc1sco last summer twenty four resolut1ons were passed 1nd1cat1ng the d1rect1on 1n whlch then' work IS to be turned 1n the next two years Most of these resolut1ons dealt w1tl1 two subjects wh1ch v1tally affect the welfare of the nat1on pubhc health and the stablhty of home l1fe fhese women mtend to courage medxcal atte 1'1on fox scl1ool Chlldrell and to provlde out door scl1ools for those wl1o 11eed them They also endorsed the Whxte Slave T1 affic Act of out more st11ctly than heretofore 'lhe moral and soc1aleffect of the stage be1ng very great they w1l1 attempt to 1nculcate h1gher 1deals for th1s nat1ona1 ln st1tut1on and w1l1 endeavor to bzmg about a conference wlth the leadlng newspapers suggestmg concerted effort to e1ther d1scont1nue the com1c supflements or altez the1r character by subst1tut1ng really humorous and art1st1c matter All these and many more thmgs for the general good are be1ng accomphshed by women who are tak mg a promment place 1n publnc l1fe Are men accom phshmg a great deal more? The work of the women IS needed for man 1f not g1ven an 1mpetus IS too 1n cl1ned to plod along m the same old road He needs the shmulus of woman for woman IS the consc1ence 15 ln - 1 - ' 11 . . . , ' 1 1 1 ' I 1' . ' . ' 1 ' ' .1 . . . , . . . en- . ,, . . . , . 1 . l . 1 1 - 1 - wealth and luxury, she became interested in the lot June 25, 1910, and urged that its provisions be carried . , H . 3 r , . , V . 1 K 7. X . Q' . . , . Y . . . - 1 1 .I 'r . ' ' , V l Y ' 7 . . - . q 1 . . , V . . - , . , . , . . . . . . . . v . .