The daily progressive-miner., 1919-04-26
Making Good Amer ; jeans Out of For
 eign Born

 eign population into citizenship that the little city of Sheboygan has done, some recent history might not have been written, according to the Depart ment of Labor reports. !
 For long time Sheboygan has been awake to the necessity of making good Americans out of it's foreign-born resi- dents, loyally seconding the efforts of the Naturalization Bureau in that field But since 1916, when w. P. Roseman became superintendent of schools this work has taken on new impetus. 1 Roseman brought to Sheboygan from his university training and from his observation of conditions in the State and the country generally conviction that this phase of education was, for the time being. preeminent in impor- tance. Soon he had the energetic lit- tie western industrial city unanimous in backing his project, Every active and progressive element in Sheboygan life is enlisted in this work
 The success of the superintendent of schools comes from two main factors: He has had the knack of finding what every social ard industrial and civic element in his city could do best, and he has based his scha'1o C oducation for the foreign-born upon a just knowl edge of their requirements and of the motives that actuate them. In other words, he has united divergent ele- ments in a thoroughly sane and human campaign.
 It is interesting to see how these two factors have spelled success, As soon as the names of candidates for citi- zenship are forwarded by the Bureau of Naturalization and letters have been written by the bureau urging them to go to school, mems and wo- mems committees in Sheboygan are responsible for bringing them into the school. Information as to other un- Americanized foreigners in industrial plants and elsewhere is brought in by committees on information; American men visit the, foreign men, American women visit the women: neighbor- hood parties are organized in the near est schoolhouse or at the house of some foreignborn citizen. Tn the school centers, of which there are 10. everything is subordinated to the pur- pose of preparing these people for real citizenship, recognizing that citizen ship, recognizing that citizenship means friendliness toward other citi- zens as Well as knowledge.
 Therefore, the technically educa tional part of the evenings work comes first and is followed by music, gymnastics, recreation generally, for it is realized that people are nearer to each other in their pleasure than in their work. The afternoon work with the women takes on the character of m informal social gathering, where tea is served and the women sew or mend in association With native Amer tcan women; for it is self-evident that the oyerburdeneG foreign house moth CT will make more progress both in knowledge of the language and of the country in that manner than where a more eXactng mental demand is made upon her. It is noteworthy, moreover, that while all well-qualified volunteer workers are used in this activity, it has tbeen found best to have the work organized and directed by trained social and educationatl workers.
 It is part of the Sheboygan system to make a civic event of the gradua- tion of the citizenship students, as has been so long advocated by the Natur- alization Bureau. This year the Amer ;canization workers there have been eagerly awaiting the graduation certi- ficates furnished by the Bureau of Naturalization. As soon as the first copies reached Sheboygan they were framed and hung in all the centers of the foreign education work as an ab- ject lesson of the esteem in which the Government holds the man who has adequately prepared himself for Amer ican citizenship. It is believed in the Wisconsin city that the certificate is bound to prove strong incentive to citizenship study with the foreigner.
 The elimination of the years Amer icanization work in Sheboygan, the harvest homo of citizenship, will be celebrated this spring when all who nave come into the national fold dur ing the past year will be welcomed by la new citizens banquet given by the i educational committee of the chamber of commerce. At this time the citi- zens of Sheboygan and representa- | tive of the Naturalization Bureau will kextend tre hand of fellowship to over 300 men who have gone lover the top" 1 into citizenship.
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