The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-22

Guernsey J. BOrst, super1ntenoehN or R<1s=sAa of Danbury, has been in com .nsE6ication with the Bureau of Natu- raIization of the Department of La Ger relative to the nationwide move FiTSnt promulgated and fostered by the bureau having for It's onlecr the Americanization of alien residenf@ o& khis country This movement has been instituted with a view to the instruc- ion oftaliens in the English language and the principles of government, so that when citizenship has been ac-s uuired they will be producing rather than dependent members of the com munity.
 Mr. Borst has expressed his keen in serest in the plan and has signihed his desire cordially to cooperate with the Bureau of Naturalization in the fur sherance of its educatfonaI program In his letter Mf. Borst says: 1T am very glad to report that we are doing dehnite work along this line in our night school. One department tn the night school is devoted entire ty to teaching foreigners to read and write English The average attend ance In khiskclass is Approximately 10 n night and should estimate the Average age of the pupils in the class at about 30 or 32. AS@oon as the stu dents have learned to read and write they are promoted to what we call in the night school the lower grammar nepartment, where they begin to study some arithmetic. English, spell ing, history. and duties of citizenship. A great deal of emphasis is placed up-3 pn this last subject. We have gotten the Daughters of the American Revo- ls1tfon to cooperate with us and they each year give a prize to the student In this department who writes the best essay on some phase of this subject.s One hook to which a, great deal of ref erence is made in the class ise the Lit tie Green Book published by the Daughters of the American Revolu- tionl
 moro advanced work along this same line is continued and we practically cover the work of the eight grades of the day school in this work. In addi- ton to this we talk to the foreigners About natur alization. We encouragei them to take out their papers give them special personal assistance in getting them started correctly and each year we have a local judge who was for some years connected with the Natural aIization Bureau come before these students and talk to them about natnra alization ana it's. desfrabiIity and explain to them the exactaiegal pro cesses through which they must go to secure their papers.''
 E1nphasizing the necessity for edu-s cation of the aliens residing in Fair field county along the lines indicated, the latest statistics available show: i Popllatiop 1 s 10 M Total pbpulatton
 2s.5o2 24s.s22 1.114.75s
 5,sas Tz.441 s2s.7ss
 as.s aa5. .-s7 rotal sopuiatiop
 ll.7ss ls4.as1 sss.s4a
 ll::7s4 lalo7l ss1.1f4'
 1928. Foreign born white
 Male
 l77,ossH
 151.ss1
 'ss 11s.7. Males 2l ,Sld and over STotaI nnnber
 asss7 s4.oss 15s.1ssH
 Per cent. Of total
 atsara4ised 2.
 ss24a fs.22s eO,eos'
 Having first papers
 t5I 2.os5 s,1os
 sss f5,a7s ss.4s1
 UnKnown
 sags s.4ss l4,o2s 1 E c 2 o4 E %,
 Fer cent illiterats'
 Persons 1oyears old and oyer: Tota1 number
 ls' '4es lss.sso so1.o2s
 7sg s,7ss 5a.se5. Foreisnb born white
 s.4o2 7essl2 s1s,7so
 ss7 sooa 4s.2o2
 12s 15.4 Applicants for citizenship. s14-l4s q Petitioners
 xDeclarantsg
 Figures not given.
 Among the approximately IA, 0e0, 900 foreign born residents in the United States, T, 65e.361 forefgn-born whites are classed as ilIiterate. These il1iter-s B&es are the natural prey of the de- signing and scheming foreigners and nartvesE assWe-hs aI every turn They compel them to pay tribute, both in cash and blood. for every service both real and imagined, and in the grati- hcatfons of their desires. however ur- EcruDu1ous or unnatural.
 For years.s this condition has been