Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-08-14
CANDIDATES FOR
CITIZENSHIP
superintendent of Schools i'm 1000
Cities and Towns Have Pledged
Themselves to Establish
Evening Classes
WHEREVER NECESSARY
DAY CLASSES GIVEN

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| Students Text Books q Standard
Course i'm Citizenship Instruc-
ton Provided for Cand:-
July 10, 1918.
Supt. of Schools,
Dear Sir:
In April, 1914, the Bureau of
Naturalization, in cooperation with
the public schools, inangurated a
nationwide movement for the for
nation of classes to teach foreigners
who are candidates for citizenship.
The superintendent of public
schools in approximately two thous-
and cities and towns throughout the
United States have pledged them
selves to establish evening classes,
and also wherever necessary, day
classes, to carry on this particular
work.
With the coming on of the war
the attention of the public has been
conferred upon this work-in many
places to the exclusion of all under
taking in school matters. American
ization committees have been formed
throughout the United States as a re-
suit of the work assimilating the
foreign population which the public
schools have been carrying on in
these citizenship classes. Foreigners
who are not candidates for citizen
ship, in addition to those who are
candidates. have attended these clas-
,ses, and as a result the nationwide
movement to- prepare candidates for
citizenship responsibilities has heen
extended into nationwide move
ment for the assimilating of the en-
tire foreign body into the national
body polite.
In furtheranoe of the work of the
Bureau of Naturalization, the Pre-
ISAuSut oh Ihdy lOtH last SiSHSu lHc
Act of Congress which authorized
this Bureau to present, In the name
of the United STATES Government,
leach foreigner who is candidate for
citizenship attending the public
schools with a copy, without cost,
of the Students textbook, stan
dard course in citizenship instruc-
ton. In addition to this, Congress
authorized this Bureau to cooperate
with state organizations interested
in advancing the work of citizenship
training carried on by the public
schools.
Your school is one of those who
have pledged to cooperate with the
work of the Bureau of Naturaliza-
ton. This Bureau will be pleased
to send you sufficient copies of
the citizenship text book for each
student in your classroom Of foreign
birth for his use while student.
1t will present copy to each student
who is a candidate for citizenship,
and to others as soon as they declare
their intention to become citizens,
to be their personal property as
soon as they become citizens. In
addition to this, it will furnish you
copies of the Teachers Manual for
- IN oil
The Bureau will be ready to furnish
these books as soon as you advise 1t
of the number of each you will be
able to make use of-in accordance
with the foregoing.
In addition to the text book and
manual which is to be furnished to
you for this work, the Bureau will
present motion picture films showing
various governmental activities, for
the use of the class room for the pur-
pose of yisualizing the United States
Government to the entire foreign
population of your community. The
films will be presented without cost.
At such time, therefore as you have
facilities for projecting pictures OF
this nature, the Bureau will be
pleased to be advised, in order that
a closer and broader cooperation
of our forces may be accomplished.
The Council of National Defense
has notified the state Councils OF
Defense in your state to cooperate.
with the Bureau of Naturalization
IN this work of Americanization.
A communication has been addressed
TO the state Council of Defense. and
such aid as you may desire from that
organization will undoubtedly be
freely given.
Cordially yours,
RICH X. CAMPBELL,