The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-12-18
FROM EUROPE TO AMERICA.
Interesting illustrated Lecture on thu
Immigrant Given Last Evening.

| An illustrated lecture ON immigration
older members OF the audience as to the
boy scouts present, was delivered at the
Congregational church last evening by
Rev. III. B. Rankin OF Newport. Mr.. Ran
kin is a prominent member of the state
Y. M. @. A., and very much interested in
the boy scout movement, being the scout
master OF a troop OF 32 scouts in New.
port. He was also the leader of camp
Abnaki, the scout camp at Lake Cham
plain, last season. He remained here
after attending the Baptist conference
to give the talk last night at the invi-
tation of troop No. 2, of the Boy Scouts
of America.
"a Day at Ellis Island" was the
title given by Mr.. Rankin to his story
last evening, for the lecture was really
a description of the things observed by
the speaker while ON that island for a
short time few years ago. The class
OF immigrants who were arriving in such
numbers at that time were chiefly the
southern Europe people about which so
much has been said lately with respect to
the immigrants in their native homes,
some in Italy, and some in Russia. Next
came the families leaving home on the
immigration ships, with views of the
steerage conditions on these ships. The
scene was then shifted to the arrival of
the boats in New York harbor and the
driving of the immigrants, like cattle,
onto the barges which carry them to
Ellis island for examination. The i'm
migrants are divided into groups, let
tered and numbered and are then passed
through the hands of government off
cials who examine them as to their phys
ical, moral and financial fitness for adj
mission to the United States. Interest
ing views of the interior of the inspec
tion and detention rooms were shown at
this point.
If, for any. reason the immigrant fails |
20 pass inspection he is brought before
The immigration commissioner of the |
BORT and more thoroughly examined. |
Failure to qualify at this trial usually |
means deportation, though the person in
question may appeal to the commission
II at Washington and finally to the pres
dent for permission to remain. After
he inspection at Ellis island the alien,
Who has successfully passed the tests,
5 put ashore in New York and left to
hift for himself as far as the govern
nent is concerned, unless he has tick
t for some inland town, when he is put
n board the proper train to keep him
ut of the hands of Sharks" who are
,nk iuu for his uonau
The latter part of the lecture was
AIKEN up with scenes and descriptions
I the life of the aliens on the east side
( New York and in their homes in other
laces. Mr.. Rankin spoke with approval {
the work of missionaries among the
ewly arrived immigrants, and showed \
Jews of mission study and domestic !
rienee schools which are being con-
ucted for their benefit in New York and
ther places. The young immigrant (
nickly acquires ideas Of patriotism, and
most at once discards his nationality l
nd claims himself an American. Re- "a
gious ideas are also subject to change. Ie
ther interesting points were brought 7
ut by the exhibition of charts and
APPS showing the distribution OF i'm {
igration among the states, and the re- l
,eetive land areas of the United States a
I'd the countries from which these i'm o
igrants are coming.