Judsonia weekly advance., 1915-09-15

been more candidates admitted to cltlzenshp III given localities than is represented by the entfe number of registered voters. In many places they represent a majority of those of voting age. goodly percentage of the candidates for hrst pa pers come from the early arriving immigrants. Many who are admitted to citizenship are unable to inscribe their names in the English language but do in foreign characters unintell1glbe to the American born. Many who are admitted to citizenship have only the most meager ability to speak tongue and have but slight ability to comprehend it.
 Some of the school authorities have agreed to furnish descriptive matter printed in various tongues for further facilitating the foreigner in the selection of school Where the conditions justify it, school authorities have signifed their willingness not only to open the night schools for foreigners, but special day schools for the for eigners whose vacations require them to work during the night. The bureau expects to prevail upon many of the school authorities to open schools for the education of the foreigners where none have been established.
 As illustrative of the enthusiasm with which the cooperation of the school authorities is being offered, superintendent of schools in of the great metropolitan centers has stated:
 You will find the board of education and school officials ready to do everything within their power to make this splendid movement, au- thorized by your bureau, success in this com- munity. and we you in advance that
 
 officers to the limit of ability. We thusiastc over the plan which you propose and hope that the work that will be done in this city the coming year will be such as to meet with your hearty approval"
 Others. expressive of like interest have been received. All have agreed to give their heartiest endeavors towards the realization of the desires of the bureau of naturalization and to get the chambers of commerce and other civic organza- tions and the press behind the movement locally so as to arouse public sentiment and start the wheels into operation to secure the appropriation of the necessary funds for opening the public schools or extending their activities where they have been open to foreigners. Others have volun- teered to give to the bureau of naturalization the information it desires to enable it to show annually the number of foreigners responding to the appeals of the bureau and the school authort- ties to attend the public schools: The number of 1lliterates the number who have entered the pub 1c schools before taking out their first papers. the number who are naturazed citizens before entering upon the public schools; the number of males; the number of females those having ability only to speak their native tongue. those able to read in their native language; those able to write thelr native language; and such other information as will enable the bureau to picture graphically the practical results in the annual reports or the bureau of naturalization and the department of labor and other channels of nub licity.
 individuals interested in social work patriotic ana other public activities have also most en couragingly expressed their willingness to coon crate towards the advancement of the work of tba bureau in every possible way