Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1909-06-12
Two Chicago Women Are
Mentioned For ProSi-
denCy of the Ma.
tlondl Society
DEVELOPMENT OF
THE NIGHT SCHOOL
Thousands Of Immigrants Who
Are Ignorant of English
Are Taught the Ian
gudge BY This
method.

Buffalo, \. Y. June IA woman
viii probably Le the next presidebt
of the National Conference of Chari-
ties and Corrections. Ind,ca!11s
pohtt to the election of Julia Lathrr?,
of HUI House, Chicago, who has b.
a charity worker for years ami WbJ
is one of, the leaders in the pToscut
movement. Another possible candi-
date is Jane Adams, also of HUI
House
1cday's session of the confe 'ence
was devoted to children" DefeS-
tives" and Families and Neighbor-
hoods"
Most of the habitual truancy of
school children was charged UP to
the kind of home life those children
have. by Miss May Boyle O'Rielly.
in an address before the National
Conference of Charities and Correc-
ton, here this morning.
Few habitual truants have nor
NAL homes" said Miss O'Rielly. "Out
of ore hundred family histories stu
died one-fifth came from degenerat-
| ing or pauper families; of one-third
the father or mother was dead, and
| of more than one-half, the father or
| mother was Incorporate. out of the
nundred. ons-fourth of the so-called
| truants, at the expiration OF their
term in the parental school. had to
be boarded out or indentured, hav-
ing no home to which they could re-
turn"
The speaker said that her expert
ence in Boston showed that the
great majority of truants were the
children of immigrant parents.
Machine Test of Insane.
The use of the Ergograph and the
| Psychometer was demonstrated be-
fore the conference this morning, by
Henry H. Goddard Ph. D., director
Jersey School for Feeble Minded Girls
and Boys, of Nineland, y. j. The
state of New Jersey is doing some
Thing for its defective citizens that no
other state has attempted. 1t not only
provides an institution to house It's
feeble minded youth but it has made
that institution a laboratory where
feeble -mindedness and other mental
defects may be studied, and where
casual relations may be worked out
The Ergograph is a new instrument
designed to measure the fatigue and
Iattention of children. while the psy-
lchometer enables the investigator 10
measure the strength and variability
OF the emotions.
Or. Goddard, i'm explaining this new
work for humanity which is being
lcarried On at his institution, said by
careful observation and experiment
We are learning and recording the
exact mental state of each child. hie
abilities and his limitations When
death occurs,and an autopsy is al
lowed, we examine the organs of the
body and careful comparison OF
lonough cases will then show us what
lmental manifestations are correlated
with certain physical conditions. This
work is being done by psychological
neurological and anatomical experts
Night school For Adults.
The development by the public
school system of night classes fol
iadults as solution of many of the
problems of the assimilation of i'm.
migrants, was proposed by Dr. Petel
! Roberts, secretary OF the Industria
department Of the International com
mittee of the Y NJ. c. A. of New
York city, this afternoon
THE first decade of the twentieth
century" said Dr.. Roberts, "will add
more than six and onc-half million
to our population by immigration
iThe last decade OF the nineteenth cen-
Hurry added more than 100000. Less
THAN fourteen per cent of this nine
IWilliOn Increase, Is familiar with the
English language. If they are tC
take part i'm the life of America, some
agency must teach them the Eng
lish language. which IS the rccog
lnizcd medium of communication IN
Jour industrial social and political life
1.-THE public school does admirable
work for the child-immi grant VIII,
Icomos within its influence. Less thar
lfCurteen per cent of the immigrant'
lsre under fourteen years of age
however. Night schools are open I,
the SO per cent, but not one I'm
thousand goes TO the few that AR,
lopcn.
The work of educating the imml
lgrauts cannot be done by the dollar
land-cents standards Perfuctory per
formance in night schools will ncyeI
solve the problem Personal toual
of the best American manhood mus
do it,