South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-02-27
AUGMENTATION
COMMITTEE HOLDS
FIRST MEETING
ORGANIZATION Intends to Teach
All Foreigners the Habits
and Customs of
Americans.

W L. Chandler of Mishawaka
called the first meeting OF the Am
ericanization committee TO order at
5 o'clock last night at the Chamber
of Commerce. This committee is or
ganized for the purpose Of teaching
our foreign element the primary
principles of the real American citi-
zen.
Mrs. g A. Carlisle. as chairman
OF the publicity committee stated
last night that the organization in
tends to inculcate into the minds
OF all foreigners the customs and
habits of the native born. 1--WE are
going to teach them that as Arneri-
cans they should ad opt our meth
DDS" she said. we shall show
them how we run our household af-
fairs, and inform them of the in
estimable advantage Of becoming
Americanized. of wearing our style
Of clothes, Of becoming interested
in civic work, and TO that end we
have appointed our committees.
This is the way our plan shall
work. If there are from ten 10 fif-
teen employees of one of our indus
trial concerns who wish TO take ad-
vantage of the schooling we are
about TO offer them, they have only
TO let US know and We will furnish
the instructors free of charge. There
are a number Of teachers in our pub
lie schools who have volunteered
their services for this work. We
shall not interfere with their posi-
ton, they may take this up at the
time best suited to their couven-
fence. In this way we place within
the reach of all, the opportunity of
becoming real Americans"
The meeting was well attended, a
representative body of educators be-
ing there who evinced much inter-
est in the plans as outlined.
Following are the committees APP
pointed last night There are some
few others who are being considered
for the attendance committee, but
whose names were not announced
last night.
characterization Committee.
Chairman: w. L. Chandler, Dodge
Mfg. Co. Mishawaka.
Vice chairman: G.. w. J. Kalczyn-
ski. editor semi-weekly "Goniec Pol
ski" South Bend.
General committee: Rev. 2. J.
Carroll, 226 n. Hill ST.: c. Fred Gun
ningham, Oliver Pillow Works: David
Pollock. Singer Mfg. Co; SAINT Par
ker, Anderson, Parker, Crabill and
Crumpacker, attorneys; II. Y. Kim
BILE. Studebaker corporation; Judge
Walter A. Funk. judge circuit court
of South Bend; r. w GayIor, may
or, Rev Achille Schockaert, priest,
Belgium Catholic church, Atty a.
c. Colpaert, Of Mishawaka Claude
Campbell, South Bend Chilled Piow
Co; Clarence A. Sholly, South Bend
Lathe Works; +. L. Jepson. Steph-
enson Underwear Mills; John y.
Campbell, Campbell Paper Box Co.;
Birdsell Mfg. Co, Sibley Machine
Tool Co. South Bend Wooden Co,
of South Bend; Mark Brummit. New
Carlisle, Ind; w. II. Wagner, chief
naturalization examiner, ex officio,
776 Federal bldg, Chicago. Ill: II.
NJ. Appleman, S. J. Chelminiak. l.
/. Graves Mrs. c. A Carlisle, Mrs.
Homer J. Miller
Members of Special Committees.
Schools: H. NJ. Appleman. chair
man, director vocational education
South Bend public
schools: D. W Horton, superintend-
ent public schools. Mishawaka; r.
II. Longheld. county superintendent
of schools. court house, south Bend.
Attendance: s. ]. Chelminiak
chairman, All S Chaplin St, South
Bend: Miss Bess NJ Hay. II. D. Lee
Nero. Co, South Bend; Spyridon G.
Sratigos, Washington restaurant,
South Bend: d. D. Nemeth. Atty,
4O4 s. Chaplin St, South Bend; Emiel
DeWeirdt. sos w. Sixth St. Misha-
waka: Conrad Ferrattii Mishawaka
Wooden Mfg. Co. Mishawaka Miss
Lena Esken, Wilson Bros. Shirt Co,
South Bend: Wilbur Warner, clerk.
circuit court, South Bend.
Publicity: Mrs c. a Carlisle.
chairman. Tippecanoe place. South
Bend: G.. &. Webster. AIishawaka
Wooden Mfg. Co, Mishawaka; J. NJ.
Stephenson. News-Times, South
Bend. F. A. Miller, Tribune, South
Bend.
Recreation and celebrations: Mrs.
Homer J. Miller, chairman, S35 Ash
land av., South Bend; Miss IneZ Hud-
son. Mishawaka; Judge L. N. Ham
merschmidt. J. N. s Bldg, South
Bend: +. Z. Wolfe, recreation di-
rector. South Bend public schools;
A. Shepler. High school, Mishawaka.