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"Skills or particular activities are not important to the kids," Byrnes maintains. "If a leader is willing to come down once or twice a week just to be with his group, it's sufficient. When the leader comes, the kids feel they have something of their own, something nobody else...
The "group-system" Byrnes mentions is in turn the key to a successful settlement House. Each boy and girl is placed in a small group of from eight to ten other children and given a leader. The group then works and plays together along definite planned lines.
"Leaders never realize how important they are to the kids in their group," says Byrnes. "PBH workers come down and soon every kid in their groups here-worships them; copy every move and step they make. That's why it's important that they set a good example."
One of the most disastrous things to the morale of a settlement house, according to Byrnes, is a leader unwilling to spend the few hours a week necessary to command his group's respect. "If a leader shows little interest, fails to meet his group on the appointed dates, or...
Byrnes is quick to point out the importance of the PBH worker. "Without them, it would be virtually impossible to operate. Two Harvard students specialize in sports, two in arts and crafts, and a fifth works on special skills. Each of these boys has a tightly-knit group that has...