Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-10-12
ENGLISH PROPOSED
FOR EVERY CITIZEN
Akron, O., Starts Movement for
Americanizstion Of People.
Speak Our Language
or Get Out

Akron. o. u cubarking ou au snbi-
tiOus Amcnc1niIailOn program, be ann
If which D. ~ have every person 90 tbe
city abie ~ speaR and write Lngiieh ~
1921
Akron has about 5000 alien residents
among i'e 10000 people, according ~
reliable estimate ~ these lJ.V)O n3n-
MOI speak English The .o-t rfDetrahoa
Df men for army -cfYioc Disclosed thc fact
that 1900 81 thr-e frgistrants wrr's sti.!
citizens ~ other cpun'yirs thsu the lDl'ed
State. and had made no ehor' toward
naturalization and that 1000 more had
stopped after taking oul first papor
The Board U{ Education, however. 3l-
though faced Wi'h - growing oporatiaR
cost and q half-mllion-dollsrd dc6rt hi
year ha- appropriated 10000 to .arf
the AmcreaHjz3tipn work ~ Is war ro-
cessiiy and has employed Jr Ernosf J
Wilcs ss director giving him 'ltIe a7 as-
yletaut superintendent nf schoos
Or W.lcs Says that the $50. 100 o1ls
q beginning and ttat hc viii probably
need 500 900 before he is weii undrr way.
fic is planning nat puiy fp hoeo night
school rIasec- he public .rnao build
ings. hut tp c.ttbleh other oa~=fs ~ AT
hours Ds he day and u2t' wherever and
whenever BE- can find group pf r. pr
more people aho Tanf nfrrt.or
Charchce. lodge rooms tctor.c- Ind rr-
Yate residence @rr fs ID utilized I)~
Wllce SSH ask ,e 1ix ~tar.rr p 81 9r
class rooms iu fly aoYa and to si'ov troir
emplGvoa p 7ttsnd o'Isr+ Urn -na rao-
panv fnlrz
srrtg gfe.at -Har
1Ife uv asking ae sGers nor
II icarn Engi-h Dr Nle a.s
believe. however a'i aa arl matter
of finc lntil nc -dcr.l government eili
step a apd rnq9.re uat o-ar rn norn re-t
dents L th- ett.rtt. ttrrsr ..fi/eu- 5t
tracur .r gc' aaf vii ..at Hrg tecarue
c.tizcus III thc t.ljr-t ra{r II -a1f ferm
carnug slc fngl'-h agaarc nd ae
cllstoms and RESPONSIBILITIES of ttrnr3oan-.
~ war ha4 trpgh. howt ho tc'
that Ne iarr large groups pt prnr!r whp
haven begun ~ a--lnilafc fwer ranisvo
And If is oar fatllt ha' 'Ecr lsrr -rt dnn~
- VIE arc starting n tate ~ raned
this situation bgt mU-' hc changed
AZ ~ first step Jr Nlrg ha- organ
i2rd 4 Comfnittee " lfne Hundred rsp-
! rn-cnttu9 ali The 3ead,ng A-~.n nrEanira-
i.on- ard 'be various racial grouns and
will have HE support u t.ti4 committee
b Masking a communicable matter ol
I the irnorirani1ation rnrk
! ttfflt-t~ ttftitftG rf't7#t'~ Nff+I' tff EtATi
zed 4i hrh standardized course M
Instruction was iald out for those Who rrifi
conduct classes several hundred special
teacher Arc jasrg engaged FIR ne work.
The plan outlined asks hat racn per-
son applying l0r final citizenship paper
/ t.a renuired 70 nreeen' = certificate to ae
naturalization 4utboutles showing haS
/ he ba8 completed this course
ov-p-F ,ovprrr.4grgy
/ II a proposed That + course re worked
( ont FIN expert educators and that oe
made mandatory 'l0on public schooi an
| th0rirIas to establish tn every school dis
/ trirt the complete course ana equipment
/ required tv local conditions The course
/ NJ -tudv -hotld include lessons n ing
! hsh american history civic. social GUS
toms ana American ldeaIs i declared.
ana r i asked that school authorities
+ he Instructed to soc a4t each group ~
4 foreigners ~ made acquainted WITH aI
4 ~ l1stltt. IONS FOR aettermenl ai lsnds-
en- existent n -s orantv II lr-
arg requested -4a, ,cagpi -1arls Le- b.
,,ructed b provide an adequate rNlrsa ~
social ana aeademle raining f0r he teactl-
/ rr- VINO are /, flave elarge II hls rupor =
aut {mpri.anizauou works ~ husria Il
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