Evening star., 1915-06-22
UNITE To OBSERVE
INDEPENDENCE DAY
Movement Started to Promote
"Americanization" in a
National Sense.
COMMITTEE is FORMED
TO BOOST PATRIOTISM
Objects of Organization Outlined by
DR.. P. P. Claxton. U. S. Com
missioner of Education.

The movement to make July
characterization day" in national
sense has crystallized into tiour'shins
organization. with Frank Trumbuil OF
New York city at the head OF com
mittee of men and women VINO are
known around the world. "Americani-
zation day is to be used to drive hone
.ae Importance of assimilatns the for
tigncrs within our shores, to provide
,esier access for the immigrant to the
..rnools, so that the millions of foreign
..akjng men. women and children VIII
,,e able to learn English, "the master
,ev TO American opportunity.
rbe idea is concisely expressed by T.
=. claSton, commissioner Of educatfoh,
IN a recent communication to .o'o'o
zchool superintendent
Mr.. Claxton said:
over fifty mayors of our largest
cities have appointed mayors commit
tees as part of the national movement
to make the Fourth of July, 1912
America nization day.
Characterization day is patrlotlc
call to all citizens, American-born ana
foreign born alike, adults ana chlioreh'
A
and common interests of many people
united into one nation.
Theme of the Speakers.
Among the things the speakers on
This occasion will emphasize are: That
every foreign-spea person IN
America should learn English by at
tending the public schools, because the
English language is the master key
,o American opportunities and life, and
the first step to real citizenship that
every illiterate immigrant shoulo learn
10 read and write, so that ne can reau
American newspapers ana attehd per
sonally to his business matters ana
that adults and children. natlNe ana
foreign born, be given civic training IN
both evening and day schoois, SO Lhde
every one in our countr! VIII unuei
stand the functions of our government
TIC PRINCIPLES of democracy and for
what America stands.
THE schools have an opportunity not
heretofore offered to cooperate with
nat,Iraliza ton officials, mayors COM
mittees and Others and should seek to
place school facilities at their dlsposai
10 make the coming Fourth OF Juls
not only celebration or our moe
pendence but day for strengthening
| the American spirit of natlonanly anu
| uniting all classes, creeds ana races
! into one Intelligent democracy.
Members of National Committee.
! The national committee, as organized
few days ago, with headquarters at
g5 Madison avenue. New York city. is
as follows: Frank Trumbull. chair
man: Mary Antin. Mrs. Vincent Astor.
Robert Bacon. Nicholas Murray But
ler Richard Campbell. ?. r. Clax-
ton. r T. Crane. Sd. Henry p.
Dawson. T. c. du Pont. Thomas A.
Edison. Howard Elliott, John II. Fahey.
John Fl. Finley. David R. Francis, Ell
| bert H. Gary, James Cardinal Gibbons,
/ Myron r. Herrick. John Grier Hibben.
| Henry l.. Higginson Frederic {. howe,
| Charles H. Ingersoll. Abraham Jacob,
| Frances A. kellor Manuel Levine,
| Clarence H. Mackay. c. H. Maris ha m,
| Alfred E. Marling. Wyndam Meredith,
| George L. Meyer. John Mitchell.
| A. j. Montague. William Fello~es Nor
Samuel Rea Julius Rosenwald. w. j.
Sanders, Jacob H. Schiff. Bishop Thomas
! Shahan, William Sproule, Melville E.
| stone, Mrs. William Z. Story, Mrs.
| Edward 7. Stotesbury. Mrs. Cornelius
| Vanderbilt. Rodman Wanamaker, Felix
NJ Warburs $ Davies Warfield, Ben
| jamin Ide Wheeler and Gen. Leonard
Wood.
| AT a meeting of the committee held
June the following officers were
|
| Frank Trumbull of New York. chair
| man; Percy r. Pyne. I'd, of New York,
| vice chairman. Mrs. Edward T. Stotes-
| bury of Philadelphia, vice chairman
| William Sproule. San Francisco, vice
! chairman, and William Fellowes Nor
/ gan, treasurer.
Program of Work.
! The program of work approved in
| cluded the following:
| l. Requesting cities to have citizen
| ship receptions as part of their regu-
| lar Fourth of July exercises, invita- :
| tions 10 be sent to new citizens off,
| cially and through the school children
! Flag daH, upon which occasion the ad-
| vantages Of citizenship, learning Eng
I lish and civics and participate more
| fully in American life will be empha :
| sized.
/ . Neighborhood meetings in the
/ communities where no celebra ton is
| 10 be held. a. which American employ
| ers neighbors will be hosts. This
will be especially helpful in labor col
| onies, camps and other isolated com
| munities remote from cities
! ? A bureau of information for the
| purpose of furnishing programs, in
| formation and assistance to commit
/ tees, speakers and organizations.
e. News service for purposes of gen
/ eral education In CitiZenShip