Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-04
NEED RECREATION
To MAKE ALIENS
WANT j. 5. IDEALS
Social Activities Found to be Best
Drawing Card in
New York.
OTHER EFFORTS FAILED

That recreation reaches the foreign
born. md has induced hundreds of aliens
in New York City, 10 want to become
Americanized. after all other methods
had failed was a message brought TO the
local Americanization Institute last night.
bv DIR. Nexander AIassell, head OF one
al New York Citv's most progressive
evening schools. His story of the progress
and development of this particular even
ing school, and the important part that
recreation played III its success was a
very interesting recital.
DR. Nasscl told how the Greeks delighted
To dance with American girls, the Russian
and Japnese and Spaniard TO play chess
and checkers together, and how even the
Belgians, French, Italian and Germans
met on an equal footing IN singing classes.
To q .ccesSful teaching OF AmcrCanI-
cation. Tlr NaSsell said there were among
others three things needed cooperating
ncighhorhood, evening school and rec
rration lie described at length the
neighborhood IN which his work lay
The two worst classes of people he had
found to interest III evening schools, were
lazy people who knew OF the school but
who would not attend, and those who dld
not know Of the school Education he
asserted did not appeal TO a majority
During a wonderful campaign OF pub
licitv and propaganda for his school III
which department stores, churches, clvIc
workers Of all classes and all agencies for
the upiift Of the section, he obtained but
l50 new pupils out OF population Of
10000 lie then conceived the idea of
community nights, when all study was
abandoned and the entire time devoted
to social pleasures. Two points he en-
ph;lSizcd III this connection If the foreigner
is to bc interested IN AmerIcsnizatiun
Onc is TO make him feel that he Is on an
equality and wanted by his American
associates The other is to bring him into
the soclcty Of his American fellows, and
make il compulsory on him, that he learn
English IN order to mix socially with Others
SEGREGATION j FAILURE.
Hc condemned the segregation Of races
IN night schools, and said this segregation
was one ii fhc reasons why such ins.itu-
tions have failed 10 meet tho need
DR. Maosell At length described the many
activities OF social or community nights
There was dancing III which all engaged
and instruction fnr those who wanted to
learn American steps ri games, check
errainos chcSS can4e~. basketball. lectures,
band concerts, dancing. athletic sports
ring GENES ana Others All Of these hC
suit all tastes Of the seventeen different
natinnalticS To which his school caters.
In Introducing DIR Nassell, DIR Cliff
ford j Scott. superintendent of schools,
told the audience of i bill now bciorC
Congress. which carried with IL An ap-
preparation for Au.erlcanlzatian work,
and the amount set aside for Delaware, he
stated would he sufficient 10 carry on the
work very successfully here
Beginning tonight Henry II Gold
berger. uf New York City, who is con-
sidered by many people the leading expert
in this country on methods Of tcachlnG
English to foreigners. will give four
lectures on practical methods for the
Delaware tnericanizatlon Institute this
week Up t. this tine the G1ourse has dealt
largely with the general aspects If thc
REORGANIZATION problem The remainder
of the lectures viii he concerened with the
,4ctual methods to be employed hy workers
IN solving this problem
Mir Goldberger has been for some
time principal of the most successful
Of New York Citys evening schools
Hi work has been widely praised by
visiting experts LAST summer, in the
training Institutes held for teachers
throughout New York State, MIR Gold
berger presented most OF the material
on methods Of teaching His lectures
in Wilmington viii be held in the Com
munty Room OF the new High School
Building and all who are interested
IN his subject are free TO attend.
The subjects Of the lectures are as
follows:
Wednesday night Teaching of Eng
lish to Foreigners
Thursday night The Gouin Method
and It's Variations
Friday night Teaching a Text.
cialized Methods
1t has been learned from Mr. William
c. Smith, supervisor Of Immigrant Edu-
cation for New York State, that the
registration in the Wilmington Ameri-
canization Institute Is exceptionally good,
being larger In proportion TO the popu-
alton Of the city, than IN the institutes
held in New York last summer