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...speaker next Monday afternoon will be Mrs. Florence Kelley, author of "Some Ethical Gains Through Legislation." Mrs. Kelley is at present a resident of the Henry street settlement of New York and she is also secretary of the National Consumers' League which has done so mush in the past year for the establishment of open markets. At times in her career as a social worker she has been a lawyer and a factory inspector in the middle West and New York...
Officers of the Bureau have been elected, and an office established in Lowell House. Through this settlement house and its workers, it is expected to reach many who need legal advice...
...Before the opening of the College College year, in September, a letter was sent to every social service settlement in Boston. With this a blank was inclosed, asking for the detailed needs of the settlement. In this way we knew by the first of October about how many men would be needed for boys' clubs, athletic groups, debating, etc. The work of recruiting men began at once, and was practically continuous until Christmas...
...work of investigating the settlements, reporting their needs, and the progress or failure of our men was most efficiently taken care of by the committee of superintendents. Excellent reports were handed in, covering every settlement with which we deal. These reports gave not only the list of men whom we had enlisted at the settlements, but also all others doing social service in any way connected with the University. In most cases a very helpful criticism of the way in which the work of the club was administered was given also...
...true causes for the present war and the means of averting similar conflicts in the future. Working on these premises, under the leadership of such sound thinkers as have, agreed to attend the meetings, some progress at least should be made toward the discovery of means for the peaceful settlement of international disputes. Of hardly secondary importance to agreement upon the form which the promotion of international justice and world organization should take, is the necessity for educating public opinion at large in a truer understanding of the basis of international relationship. The discussion of effective methods and tactics...