Word: settlement
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...secretary, in outlining the work carried on through his department, brought out the fact that after a man had been secured to fill a position, the question of whether he was successful or not depended both on his own qualifications and on the way he was received by the settlement...
...failures of nearly all the Harvard volunteers in settlement work are found to take the form of irregular attendance, the causes for which were either poor adjustment of the man to his position or the fact that he intended to work only in an abstract sense, and therefore lacked the enthusiasm necessary to carry him through the practical sacrifices demanded by his work. Failure on the part of the settlement was often traced to a deficiency in giving the volunteer definite work to carry on and in not explaining to him how this work was to be done...
...this evening at 8 o'clock. D. P. Ranney '12, chairman of the social service committee, will preside and E. D. Smith '12, social service secretary will outline the work which has been accomplished this year. The conference will be attended by the professional workers of most of the settlements of greater Boston, by professors that are interested in social work, and by students, especially those who have been engaged in settlement work this year. The conference will take the form of an informal discussion of the settlement work of the past year, and aims to develop the points wherein...
...social workers. The successes and failures will be discussed by the College men with a group of successful professional social workers. This discussion should lead to a better understanding on the part of our men of the essentials of effective betterment work, and on the part of the settlement workers to a closer personal relation with present and future undergraduate enthusiasts. By the criticism developed in the discussion it should be possible for next year's workers to advance very materially their efficiency. To men who have not already taken part in some work and who are interested...
...been found that in many of the cases of Social Service work done under the direction of the Brooks House Association neither the settlements nor the Harvard volunteers quite understand each other's point of view. The conference is being held in hope of remedying this evil and large number of settlement workers and members of the Faculty have volunteered to be present...