South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-05-20
FAIRGROUNDS AND SCHOOLS As
AGENCIES OF ANTI-HYPHEN
MOVEMENT

OtlhEI Hetu TOT FL CITY playground,
bids fair TO finally succeed. The mi
tial negotiations undertaken by Mr.
Barnes. finally taken up by the mu-
nicipal recreation committee and the
Rotary club. have finally gone before
the council with a request for an ap-
preparation Of $500 To be used in
putting the held in such shape as Mr..
Barnes and Mr. Oliver talked early in
the winter. This is the affair over
which the park board and recreation
committee are reputed TO have come
10 a semi-clash in the mayors office
recently. and upon which friction the
lid" was, at least temporarily, clamp
ed
The need of such a playfeld in that
part Of the city is self-evident; like
wise the Woods-Turner tract Of land
out Division ST. beyond the Singer
plant. recommended by Mayor Keller.
TO be used for recreation grounds and
eventually for a school site. If there
is anything 10 the value of schools
and Fairgrounds. no section of South
Bend needs 10 be served more imme-
diately than the vicinities OF oliver
field and this Woods-Turner tract.
They have been quite wantonly neg
lected. In fact, in line with the earliest
possible Americanization of the people
in those sections, they should have
had first attention rather than atten-
ton so long delayed. Mr.. d i. Gull
foyle hit the nail squarely on the
head, when. addressing the council
committee Tuesday night he said:
In the sixth ward there is not
even a public school house In
fact there are no public buildings
Of any sort There has been no
public money spent except for
sewers, sidewalks and other com
pulsory civic improvements. If
the people of this ward knew
what they were entitled to. we
speaking for the ROtarians)
would not have to speak for
them The foreigners are a re-
sponsibility 10 south Bend and
one that should receive the citys
gravest consideration.
A responsibility. indeed, we should
say, and the demand for a graver
consideration, is upon u.s. We refer
red TO this responsibility quite extern
sively Monday, in this column, COM
menting upon the undertaking of the
federal bureau of immigration and
labor. TO extend TO our new Americans
E. larger opportunity for amalgama-
ton, and a greater desire to Ameri-
canize. by association and educational
methods 1t is time for Us 10 take up
the correction of our past neglect. We
must extend TO these newcomers
from other shores, and as well, those
who have already been with us for n
season, a new welcome. aside from our
demands upon them at election time.
We must make them feel that we are
not afraid Of being contaminated by
contact, save in the election booth,
and by our presence and the dissem-
nation OF certain knowledge, inspire
them with a desire TO absorb and help
maintain our American ideals.
Playfields in the vicinity are a good
start. Interest the youngsters and
you have interested the future good
citizen. Schools are the next requi-
site They lie at the very foundation
of our American Institutions The
declaration Of independence in faith
ering a government founded upon the
consent of the governed" presumed
an intelligent consent. 1t is no dis
respectful commentary upon the in
teIhgence of cur foreign born TO say
they stand in need Of more intellectual
training. when we stop 10 consider that
none OF US not even the wisest Amer |
leans. know so very much. We do. |
however. know more about America |
and American ideals. and that is one
essential factor in desirable American |
citizenship.
The common council should have no !
companctiOns with regard TO the APP
propriations for either oliver field or
the wuods-Turner property. 1t is all
in the right direction. We have our
splendid parks in the center and east
end OF the city. and all right and /
proper. Let US move out now into the /
neglected regions and give children In !
those parts OF the city a little boost. /
They have il coming We cannot /
eliminate the hyphens from the
Polish America and the Hungarian (
America. etc. of those sections over
night. but we can plant the seeds in
a season and start them growing. 1t |
ia an evolutionary process 10 be sure, |
and bound 10 be more or less slow in |
working out but it has to start some |
where.
The good work OF the KaIey civic /
center the past winter might be
counted as the start. but II SO. by all |
means the council should see that IL !
doesn't stop. and again. Supt Barnes. |
the Rotary club and the recreation
committee. deserve 20 be compliment |
ed on their efforts 20 keep 10 moving. |
\ PEACE FABLE.
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