Show settlement House ouse observes bs erves golden jubilee of founding rio founder under Rent remains ains As lone director for SO 50 year span to the people of cleveland ohio hiram house is synonymous with good citizenship for the past 50 years hiram house and Us its founder george A bellamy have labored to build for cleveland the finest kind of citizens possible now the institution which Is supported by th the e community chest Is celebrating the anniversary of its founding this year also marks the golden anniversary of Bell amys connection with the institution he has the distinction of being not only the founder but also the first and on only ly director Bell amys philosophy was developed in the backwoods of michigan where he was born in bringing his ide ideas as an and d ideals to one of the coun try arys larger cities he bees became me the first of his family to pioneer in a large community all previous pravio u moves by his family had been back to the land founded in 1896 Clev elands first settlement house founded as such grew out of a chance remark made in 1890 in a hiram college classroom south end house was under discussion and someone said why not a hiram house for cleveland that someone was george bellamy A few months after his graduation he went to cleveland and 17 7 q 4 4 I 1 k P Y IN A DA DAYS YS WORK A game 0 of f checkers provides diversion for young fry at hiram house Clev Clet elands settlement house the program all play however opened his first settlement house at orange street the first erst few months were hectic beetle there was very little money the first furniture and for a time the only furniture was a baby crib and table loaned by a neighbor the pur chase of a quarters worth of soap brought half a dozen metal spoons as a premium within a few months the landlord gave noti notice c e to vacate because too many young people were earn coming to the house and he feared for its foundations the struggling little settlement house was moved to another orange street location where it operated lor for two years by 1899 there was enough money to start building a new structure the move to the new quarters at 2723 orange avenue was made in 1900 teaches americanism men women and children came to hiram house in droves from its i 1 5 A GOOD CITIZEN just out of co college liege george bellamy founded house in 1896 1890 F for or half a century he has remained as the first and only director of the institution ution known for its promotion of good food citizenship in cleveland first day ol of operation they came to learn how to be good americans for help in burying their dead marrying the living and co the wayward gradually hiram house began to build a reputation as a model settlement h house ouse ls founder and director a man with extraordinary vision foreign countries began to send their representatives to the cleveland settlement to study its program more than scientists interested te themselves in Bell bellamy amys s seven point program for the growth and development ol of the child when in 1908 1906 hiram house opened progress city a model community with its own boy judges I 1 W p V for children also are taught the rudiments of sewing and other household arts As summertime comes the sewing basket is is discarded when policemen engineers and mayor various cities studied its program with the thought of incorporating its best ideas in their own planning two representatives of the president of czechoslovakia I 1 later ater lived at hiram house lor for months studying progress city A little model cottage was wit on the sand dunes of cairo egypt patterned after the model cottage at hiram house japan 20 years ago studied hiram house with the view of copying its best points hiram house and george bellamy have chalked up many firsts in their 50 year association it was the first settlement in the world having a year round lighted playground with trained workers this settlement inaugurated summer camping for or healthy children wh who 0 had never seen a woods or a farm arm animal it had among the first cooking sewing and manu manual al training classes in cleveland studies made by hiram house workers re resulted su cited in public bath houses for the city and improved improve I standards for or ts public dance halls aids other projects bellamy has become famous for or hl his s association as a c lation with movements designed S ened to make cleveland a better place in which to live he was one of the original committee which organized the babies dispensary and hospital he helped organize the juvenile court the legal aid society citizens bureau and cleveland community chest the first community fund la in the world and since adopted by more than american cities because ol of the early help he received from them bellamy always has cherished a deep affection for country people and small town churches in his struggling early years at hiram house it was the little churches surrounding cleveland whose pennies nickels and dimes helped keep the city settlement houses going the people in the small towns near his camp for or well children at chagrin falls gave him his bis original mal opportunity port unity to introduce poor boys and girls from the cites streets to the joys of country living when hiram house was opened in 1888 1896 Clev elands population was today the city boasts a population ol of a million persons among that million are many thousands whose lives were influenced during their early years by contact with hiram house the these se include some ol of Clev elands outstanding business and professional men more than persons in all have been associated with hiram house clubs and classes during the settlements hall half century many ot of these persons made scores of visits to the house annual registration running as high as to 00 M tie the date arrives for the settlements tle ments annual summer camp at chagrin falls here toys boys and girls joyfully bid farewell to cohorts 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