



REPORT OF THE SETTLEMENT COMMITTEE OF THE 

 COLLEGE WOMAN'S CLUB 



The Settlement Committee of the College Woman's Club, early 

 in the year, found accurate information about social conditions 

 in San Diego difficult and, in some instances, impossible to ob- 

 tain. It, therefore, recommended to the Club that a Social Sur- 

 vey be made. By vote of the Club, the Committee was directed 

 to find a trained worker competent to make such a survey and 

 was fortunate enough to secure Mr. and Mrs. Fred A. King, rec- 

 ommended both by Mr. Paul U. Kellogg, editor of "The Survey," 

 and by Mr. Shelby M. Harrison, head of the Department of Sur- 

 veys and Exhibits, Russell Sage Foundation, 



The substance of the Pathfinder Survey herewith reported has 

 been obtained in about three weeks' time, and under rather uni- 

 que circumstances. The work has been done upon a co-operative 

 basis. The special committee, members of the College Woman's 

 Club, and interested friends, have aided in gathering material, 

 either by arranging interviews for Mr. and Mrs. King with lead- 

 ers in social work, or by contributing to the discussion at general 

 meetings held to consider particular topics, such as recreation or 

 delinquency. In addition, in the report on housing conditions, 

 club members and their friends covered certain districts in the 

 city and secured general information as to rents, types of houses, 

 and the like. This information would have been difficult to ob- 

 tain in any other way in so short a time. Thanks are due all 

 those who have given their services. Whatever value the report 

 may have as a rapid review of the city's social resources and 

 needs should be credited largely to such co-operation. 



Special thanks are due Miss Miriam A. Besley, who prepared 

 the report on education ; Mr. James L. Chapman, who furnished 

 material for the statement as to civic improvement; Mr. R. E, 

 Chadwick, who rendered a similar service in regard to taxation ; 

 the Y. M, C. A., which placed at the disposal of the Committee 

 its survey of conditions concerning boys. Thanks are due also to 

 the organizations, civic and social, which contributed financial 

 aid to the publication of this survey. Further investigation of a 

 thorough nature should be made along the lines indicated in the 

 report, with a view to definite constructive effort on the part of 

 the community toward social betterment. 



Respectfully submitted, 



(Signed) MARY A. HILL. 



