Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-05-11

GQtA A Insg ars a %shi nons many SSya intelligent tsjnstns
these days. The problem didn't
amount TO much as long as the bulk of immigra-
ton came from western Europe-from Germany.
England, Ireland, France, Norway, Sweden Dem
mark. In fact, America sorely needed these sturdy
Ioik' who came here to be one with us under the
Stars and Stripes.
But OF late years most of the Immigration has
been from Russia, Italy, eastern Austria, European
anu Aslat1c Turkey-and the Lord only knows
Where else. In this country they generally herd in
city settlements, for the most part a dirty ip.
norant burden to city communities. They don't
mix with us. They don't become a part of orr
citizenship. Their traditions and ideals and con.
ceptlons OF the American social order are not ours.
They're a sort OF indigestible lump in our gizzard,
Cities Tackle Job.
Almost with the bravery of despair the larger
citles-New York, Chicago, Cleveland, Pittsburgh.
hocnester, where low-class immigrants are espe-
claily heaVy In numbers-have set out to perform
Inc TASK or making citizens of this unpromising
material. The public schools are the most useful
instruments for the purpose at hand.
Our city schools are becoming great "meItinq
pots for all races and creeds. Our small cities
our towns and our rural stretches do not have tn
race this great problems solution directly. hut the
general welfare OF the nation depends on how we'll
~A~SS ~ lash. we are, and we ShOuld
De, interested, encouraging onlookers.
This is really a story about the work being done
IN one big high school in Chicago, a city with a
very large foreign population. In one grade
school room there are children of seventeen dis.
tlnct natlonal1tles. Just consider the task of max.
Ing good, patriotic Americans of all of them
Japanese, Chinese, Turks and the rest. It's he
ing done, though. And there's a hin in this story
OF what we can do to make our local schools more
useful to us than they are.
Real Melting Pot.
The real melting pot Of Chicago is situated less
than a mile from the city's business center. It is
a melting pot that takes boys and girls, old men
and CRAVING women representing twenty national
tiles and turns them from lonesome, bewildered
strangers into useful, ambitious citizens, It
teaches them everything from trades to dancing,
from Wood-turn1ng to wireless biography. The
melting pot is Lane Technical school, the most
remarkable of all Chicago's public schools and one
OF the most wonderful schools in the world. It has
a teaching staff Of more than a hundred and fifty,
more than eighty classrooms and about eight thou
sand pupils, with the largest nightschool in the
world.
Lane teaches almost every subject Imaginable,
from the sixth grade of grammar school to the
second year Of college. 1t teaches steam and
electrical engineering, carpentry and agriculture.
1t teaches craftsmanship and advertising. It
teaches stenography, bookkeeping and designing.
1t teaches hundreds Of other useful subjects. And,
of course, every subject at Lane Is free. Lane
teaches, too, the love of work, how to make friends
and how to find a place in the world.
Instead of opening at nine and closing at four,
as the majority Of schools do, Lane is open all day
and all evening. 1t opens at eight in the morning.
AT 1880 it starts special training for trades appren-
tees.
Night Student Glasses.
From $3.50 until $780,, the night students take
possession. Nearly all Of the night students are
employed at hundreds of different occupations dur
ing the day, but, though they are tired after their
days work. they seize the opportunities at Lane
to learn new languages, new trades or to fit them
selves for higher wages in the trades at which
they work during the day.
There is a class in metallurgy for foundry fore
men, courses in automobile engineering and re-
enforced concrete. There is a valuable class, too,
to which young men may go If they are in doubt
as to which trade or profession they would be
best suited. The vocational class prevents square
pegs in round holes. Expert psychologists ques-
ton the members of the class and advise them as
to their future.
IF you don't see what you want, ask for It," Is
Lanes advice to seekers for knowledge. If several
men or women want to study some subject that is
not included in the regular courses they sign a
petition and a new class, under expert instruction.
is started. Some of the new classes are Journal
ism, copper work and automobile construction.
Last year, advertising and Spanish were new sub
3ects, but this year they take their places as reg
nlar classes.
Opportunities for Girls.
FOR the girl who works during the day, Lane
proves especially inviting and valuable. 1t is hard
TO get acquainted in a city, A young man can go
cut alone at night. A girl, busy all day, has little
time to make friends. 1t is pretty lonesome to
spend evening after evening alone in a little room.
IT. isn't necessary in Chicago, for Lane is ready to
take care Of lonesome girls, to give them a pleas
ant time and valuable instruction.
Three evenings each week the big gymnasium is
FRENcHMAN OF HIGH MILITARY POSITION.
Gen. Pierre Auguste Roques, the new French
minister OF war, succeeding General Gallieni, was,
until his promotion, commandment Of the army Of
tba Uoevre. which has of late given a good ac-