The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-03-26
MAKING AMERICANS
OIJT OF FOREIGN-B0RN
Nt..unsin Town sos hr'gh' fA-
ample In SuIr~~ful Nntnrnilhh-
ttun accomplishments
MAKING THEM FEEL AT HOME
,,,,Juntinn OF New citizens Made an
\rInIr Of General tiNio.
Celebration.

a., ali Wisconsin had shown the
-, and sanity IN educating i,s
,o,..,. populatiou into citizenship
~, ,r, 'itl. city Of Sheboygan has
a, ..uu, recent history might not
49,. been written, according To the
g,.g,mpnfau aut labor reports.
.. long time ShchoSEan mas
,......yl,,. ia the necessity OF max
~, -..I Americans ont Of iis FOR
'..r. rrsidputs. IOyAIy second
a.. ... efforts of the naturalization
-. a. that field. But since 1916,
81. a. l. Rosemau hecdpc super
".,.g.ut uC schools, this work has
,.L.r .u a new. impetus Roscwdn
E,..rHt .. Sh,bdYgnu from hts uni
,,.-.. training from his obserNa-
rlr 70 conditions I'm the state ana
rr country generally "A conviction
W,t .I.s phase ~ education was, FOR
u.. ,...u U,IuE. pTcemiucnt iu inlpnr-
,.n.. soon hy had the energetic ht-
-, Western iuduslrial y.ty unanimous
,r hacking HIS project Every active
a7i pr. gre-a,yc element IN Sheooy-
Van In, is enlisted I'm This work
Looked FOR Motives.
The success OF the s~erlntcndrnt
r, ..noa.s comes from ,vo main fac
Tors ITp has had tho knack ot
nrlrc what every social and indus
trl. and civic element In his city
could Hu best. and he has based hIs
,.npm, ut education Tor the foreign
born upon a just knowledge OF their
re1ulrements aud OF the motives that
act4Atr them ! In other words, he
has united divergent elements In "A
MurU4ya.y sane and human cam
paIEU.
/, IN interesting to see how these
Two factors have spelled success As
soon as the names OF candidates for
citizenship are forwarded by the bu-
rcau o. naturalization and letters
have been written by the bureau urg
ing them tu go 10 school, mems and
vomeu.s committees IN ShcboygHn
are responsible for bringing them
into iHr school Information as to
other uu-AWrricaniLcd foreigners in
Industrial plants and elsewhere Is
brought iu hy committees on infor-
nation. American men visit the for
eigu men, American WUnbn visit
the women. uciEhuurhood parties are
org giHizpd bon the nearest sChoOlhuuse
or Al .he house ut some foreign
born citizen In the school Ccnters.
of which there are 10, everything is
uhordinatct to the purpose Of pre-
pairing these people for real citizen
ship recognizing that citizenship
means friendluess toward other cit
iLrus as well as know Wedge
Therefore. the technically cduCa
uoua part OF :he evenings work
comes INST. and Is followed by mu-
SIC gymnastics. recreation generally,
for b, la realized that people are
nearer 10 cagh other In their pleas.
ure than IN their work, The after
noon work with the women takes
on The character Of an Informal so
yial gathering where tea IL served
and ne women sew or mend in as
ISOLATION with native American
women, FOR II is self-evidcnt that the
ovefulrdcrcd foreign house mother
VIII make more progress both in
knowledge OF the language and OF
the country In that manner than
where "a more cNaCtinR mental de-
mand IS made upon her. il tx note
worthy moreover that while all
NllrQut.!iel volunteer workers are
used In this activity, It has been
found best To have the work organ
ired and directed by trained social
and educational workers
II N par, Of the Shchoygnn sys-
tenn io make q civic event OF the
graduation OF the citizenship stu
Dent as has been so long advo-
calel hy the naturalization bureau.
TINS wear the Amcricauizauon work %
80 There have been eagerly await
.hg 'hO EIIdpaiion certificates fur
.hh'N hE the bureau OF nRtur1liza-
uon As soon as the first copies