Judsonia weekly advance., 1916-05-10

NEHoHf34 against the entry of more of them un- ASNY&3aAI til we can digest" into our national IMQ8l{ body those now here?
 isEEhlI These questions are very important. WHRNW They are making many intelligent
 W5V ~ Americans do some hard thinking these days. The problem didn't amount to much as long as the bulk Of mmigra- ton came from western Europe-from Germany, England. Ireland, France Norway Sweden, Den mark. In fact America sorely needed these sturdy folk, 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 and Asiatie Furkey-aud the Lord only knows where else In this country they generally herd in elty settlements, for the most part dirty. ig- noFant burden to city communities They don't mix with US. They don't become part of our clJzens4lp-= Their traditions and ideals and con captions of Che American social order are not ours IAey re a sort oI lndigestbla lump in our gizzard
 Cities Tackle Jo5
 Almost with the bravery of despair the larger cities-NeW York Chicago, Cleveland Pittsburgh Rochester. where IoW-eIass immigrants are espe. claIiy heavy in numbers-haYe set out to perform the task of making citizens of this u1promising haterial. The public schools are the Iaost. useful instruments for the purpose at hand,
 Our city schools are becoming great melting pots for al races and creeds. Our small cities our towns and our rural stretches do hot have to lace this great problems solution directly out the general welfare of the nation depends on now well tAe cities meet the task Me are and We should be- interested encouEag giHg= =8Gl00kaEs
 his is really a story about the gafl1 being done in one big high school in Chicago, city with 2 very large foreign population. Iu one grade school room there are children of seventeen dis tlnct nalonalities. Just consider the task of mai ing good, patriotic Americans Ci al of them Japanese, Chinese, Turks and the rest It's be. ing done though. And there's hint 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 eitys business center. 1t is a melting pot that takes boys and girls. old men and graying women representing twenty national ities and turns them from lonesome bewilaered strangers into useful, ambitious citizens. It teaches them everything from trades te dancing, rom Wood-tufning to wireless telegraphy 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 ciassroois 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. It teaches steam and electrical engineering, carpentry and agriculture It teaches salesmanship and advertising. It teaches stenography bookkeeping and designing It teaches hundreds Of other useful subjects. And of course, every subject at Lane is free Lane teaehes too, the love of work how make friends and how to find place n 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. It opens at eight in the morning. At 3:30 it starts special training fer trades appren tices.
 Night Student Classes.
 From 5:30 until 9:30 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 tired after their days work. they seize the opportunities at Lane to learp 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 concrte. There is a valuable class, too to which young 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 nettion and 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 jects but this year they take their places as reg ular classes.
 Opportunities for Girls.
 For the girl who works during the day, Lane proves especially inviting and valuable It is hard to get acquainted in city. young man can go out alone at night girl, busy all day, has little time to make friends. It is pretty lonesome to spend evening after evening alone in little room. It isn't necessary in Chicago, for Lane is ready to take care of lonesome girls, to give them pleas ant time and valuable instruction.
 Three evenings each week the big gymnasium is