The Task Of Youth Is Not Only

Young People Need Pleasure As Truly As They Need Food And Air.

With All The Efforts Made By Modern Society To Nurture And Educate The Young, How Stupid It Is To Permit The Mothers Of Young Children To Spend Themselves In The Coarser Work Of The World!

Much Of The Insensibility And Hardness Of The World Is Due To The Lack Of Imagination Which Prevents A Realization Of The Experiences Of Other People.

If The Settlement Seeks Its Expression Through Social Activity, It Must Learn The Difference Between Mere Social Unrest And Spiritual Impulse.

The Settlement ... Is An Experimental Effort To Aid In The Solution Of The Social And Industrial Problems Which Are Engendered By The Modern Conditions Of Life In A Great City. It Insists That These Problems Are Not Confined To Any One Portion Of The City. It Is An Attempt To Relieve, At The Same Time, The Overaccumulation At One End Of Society And The Destitution At The Other.