Arizona republican., 1920-02-12
GOOD CITIZENS
 MADE OF ALIENS
 IN MANY TOWNS
Recent Progress of Ameri- canization Work in Ari- zona Is Shown in Reports .Part-Time $ C h o o l S Opened

Opened
 The latest town to add parrstime schools in English for foreigners to its school work is Florence, where classes in English for foreigners have recently been established. The night schools at Ray employ six teachers in stead of two, originally intended, and work has been begun at the neigh boring town of Sonora. Peoria has flourishing evening class in English which meets twice a week, and class in home economies for Mexican women which meets once a week.
 Glendale is most fortune in having a. trained leader at work, Miss Elsie Elliott Under the auspices of the Woman's club, which gives the use of it's comfortable club house to the Americanization committee, part-time classes in English are flourishing. weekly social evening for the Mexican people is observed and an occasional program of general interest is carried out. One of these programs was gwen for the relief of the sufferers from the recent earthquake in Mexico. Early in February a Latin American concert. was presented under the aus pices of the Americanization commit tee, the proceeds to be used for the maintenance Of the work, which is rriva- ely financed. English classes are nelQ edcn shOIudN ana SudS evening. A class in home nursing is also conducted for Mexican women.
 Mesa has recently formed strong Americanizati tion committee which will develop a program for that community.
 Diplomas to Graduates
 Bisbee reports constant growth in the English classes and maintains, in addition to the usual class in English for foreigners, two naturalization classes one formed in the fall and one in January. The class recently graduated numbered 32. These grad uates were presented with government diplomas which entitie them to their final citizenship papers after giving proof of their loyalty to and sympathy with the institutions of this country.
 The question to whether teachers with no knowledge of Spanish those who speak the language succeed best in teaching English to the Mexican people is answered variously by diff forent observers. A writer from Bis bee says: We find the best teachers are those without knowledge of Spanish. A good teacher of American ization must haze the true missionary spirit and show to his students that he is there not only to teach them Ene elish, but to help and befriend them whenever the opportunity offers" Bis bee is to have a new Mexican school house ready for occupation within a short time. This building will contain 16 class rooms. five of which will be devoted to industrial education Twenty five Mexican girls are attend ing high school classes in home economics.
 Woman Does Fine Work
 Douglas conducts eight classes in English for foreigners. in addition to the work done by the Y. w. C. A. and Y. M. C. A. Perhaps the most pro- oraSSiyP work the is heinz done at Pirtleville under trained worker, Miss Jessie L. Brown, loaned to Ari- zona by the national Y. w. C. A. A Community house" was opened De- cember 3, which contains a reading room with literature in both Spanish and English, in addition to games, phonograph and other amuSements. The community house will be used for home economies work and for home nursing classes. This house will be the center for future development of Americanization work in this village. Tucson is carrying on. through the Y. NJ. c. A, a special work among Mexican boys A preliminary survey of the boy population of Tucson carried on by the Y- Nj. C. A. O which report was published in recent is sue of the Pedagogical Seminary. Superior reports through the secre- tary of the local Americanization com mittee, F. A. Nichols, excellent work. The expenses of this work amount to about s115 per month. This amount is raised by popular subscription. the Magma Copper company being the largest contributor. Four minute talks in the theater are given American ization, this plan being original with Superior.
 In number of country school dis tricts Americanization work has taken the form of special recognition of the Mexican element of the population. This may be special entertainment for their benefit, or a special courtesy shown them in some way, perhaps the formation of small class in En- glish. privately taught. The Washing ton school district in Maricopa county has set an excellent example in this regard.
 Individual work is also developing twQ American women living in an isloated place in the Casa Grande val ley teach a small class in their homes No doubt much of this work goes on of which no report is made. In some localities people have been asked to join the "Neighbor's League of America" which is done by pledging themselves to reach one foreigner dur ing the year, by friendly offices of some kind, or by teaching English, if that is what is needed.
 All inq uiries in regard to American ization work from various localities should be addressed hereafter to the corresponding secretary. state com mittee Americanization, Room HIS, Capitol building, Phoenix, Arizona.
 
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