The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-01-16
MOVEMENT LAUNCHED AT MAR
KET AUDITORIUM GATHERING.
Industrial Leaders and Club workers
Rear OF Great work.
Miss o'Donneu Of Detroit IN Able Nd
dress on Program to BE Carried Out.

Tho hror.cam@a'iou movement was
TlNrn lis Illlal Nn"' tUS last night at
t!,, Chuluh"" - tUmW,rr" meeting At
which tho lradlu; industries "G tl'
ONO valley aui many ot the most prom
inert NyuiuCU'S clubs W,r" represented.
III" enthusiasm MAS unh'Uudrd, and II
may Ice safely stated that 1t - un" "t
the FIRST tlrlr5 ~ the history IF Nh"'.i-
inv; when auy decision has l"'u a"rINr!
~ r, gurdi'S a matter Of ~, n ST'At I'M
IuriauCc Ut u first meeting.
Following 4 V'ry alb" discussion of
the principal points Ct The Ann TlcI"i2r-
;Ion pruErHIH as given hy Miss Mary
OpuuuriL r,prvs,ulluS tn" Detroit
Board Of COmln"r'r. in u IN Sh" en-
phaSlZ"d IN" necessity ui ,.h,;lISN teach
InE, the forming Of "a Information hu-
rrnu and Corporation Of ia" school
board, 4 round tnbI" ClSCU~=t[n vas
hciJh during which MSS O'Hnuuvll NJ.
swtrcd all questions r,g@:dluE .Nm"rl-
CaulzatiOn. The first Sup which Mas
decided upon WAS a thorough survey If
this SECTION Of tn" OHIO Nallc:. both ON
thIs and the Ohio side Of tn, river, with
IN" Iuriu& OF aSccrtIiiIu-; how many
owiauvrS there are who can or cvuiluI
speak English, how many members
there ar" IN cpch family and all '>~'.n-
thai data, with view toward! making
IN" FIRST step in the program Of Nn'rl-
cau"ntl"n and the organizing 81 day
and MIGHT classes IN all sections OF lh2
GrrIlcr Wheeling district
As nil the heads ur Industrial or
Eaui2ItlurS Of the ohio valley are ia
rolled in tn" plans f,r Tho .i"rII'.uIha-
ton program. and have promised thar
h"aru"st to ri Hni c"-"rrratI"n IN
tn" plrnS ~. a have been outlined.
III" success at differentiation IN this
section - assured from the outset.
The organizations rcurcscnirG laet
night w"r" the " uurin'S rlUh. ut Wheel
H.; paa-H'"rS Of IA" -N'urriruu Eryo!u-
ton. "a" Grand .Arwv Of IN' E,pJ!.lic
and tn" WumnuS suffrage l"H.u, Til.
vera Miss Mary - Duuncll. OF nuiru.i.
who rrrrvs'ntcd II" Detroit Euird ct
Comnl"-"". and hr. W. T. Mrur'r. Il
New York. who - here engaged IN tn"
work or AmcrICau!Zn'I1n which Ia l., ,u-
! carried on by tie Wheeling Mould and
Foundry complny.
Miss O'Donn"N was introduced ny Mr..
Alfred Brady Harry T. Cnrcrrln man
a=cr of the Chamber of Commerce. PIE
| sided aS chairman. Mss CNuUn"ll SpnkC
| Of the work in pC,rult with view a.:
| helping thOs" Interested in American
| ization Of the foreign born as 10 how It
NAV be ACCOMPLISHED hero. cNrla.nIrE
| the methods which wcrc used in Detroit.
which has urChnhlV the largest rcIrcnt-
axe Of foreigners included IN its populh-
tion Of anv American Cl,H.
"Fhe work was first lu'r"dUC"d IN I'"-
trnlt IN 1914 as an organized emergency
bureau to core with the serious Strlh"
proposition which hid at thnt tim"
greatly handicapped Detroit Miss ~
Donrcll said.
1T was found on Investigation that
out ~ 10000 mon. 10000 could not sp"a|
English. and that this larg" n"rc"n'AT"
were ALWAYS among ih"S" Wh" wcr" lh"r
first to strike. the first I" L. diSrh'r"'I
and the last to secure i"he. II w7S
through this Investigation that thu t"1rd
received its first insDiration. Follow.
ing this a complete survey vas MI 81
the CITY for an estimate ~ inc nr%p', ',,,
10 b. taken ur The thing which WIS
considered Of paramount innnr'nnC" !"
MI was a knowl"hC" Of EnGlIh: N'-
ttvItiNs wcrN begun Mt ono" hui ~ W..
NOT until nFtcr tho var. when IA" prcS,ut
ho,-d which IL formed Ny i've at lh'
rooct nrOmincnt business r'"n OF -
troit and headed hv tho ur'N"l"Hl or 'h'
hoard Of education. that ~" 'uIl Srnn'
- tho work became c~t0hl'Sh"d nc
committee Is ahIv assisted by four Won
- ard ,hrcc mon. two OF whom ar" M
tcrncr'crS. ,, - .l.,
ro-l, thrv we're rerar.lcd whit suspicion
nv The foreigners. but following Tvs
who, a wa realized that Tr"7t h"n"u'S
vcrc 70 nc dnrivod from tho Co-"n"rHti"n
~ the workers. suspicion rarc WY !"
trust and Tho knNw'"dc" th1' 'hNr" W.
rrrn.u which worked for tNcir aid ~
u,.or,, wy which could h"'r them t. h"-
como hct'cr and moro efficient "it'Z"nS'
Ae ,bn rhIcF problems If IN" tor"irn"rS
arc how n bring their families over "nh
how 70 keep Thorn here aft"r th'v come
thn board helps with regard to nnsS""r, <
md makes their isSuanc" ahS"'n'"iF
FREQ But the chief question was 'h'l
~ education. Nights schools w"r"
formed. and tho hoard "f cin"ai '|n
sends tcachers. The Detroit night
school oncned with membership -
over 900 with 1000 turned away,
There are 70 tcnch"rs on duty. With
classes hold four nights week.
after tho frst year @1.o'N aN0''r'-
tons for naturalization wrr" n''''
Tho public was in every way F"n"r'.l~
| - tho proposition. supporting It 10 ~"
utmost An international festival ~
costume ~ nations represented. ran ~
| ono Of the Detroit theatres for i"""
months, and following II IN" fer .rn"r@
we're So apprcriativc of the SaT0yr' 81
| .hcir almost strictly American a"d'"n'"
| mat They gave the 0crtormau'" n Ing
lrsh. Their enthusiasm and Tl"r>ur"
! over tho interest taken in them c'"'r''I-
Ilv made the work Of the pH"p'" IN
charge easv after The frs f"w months
| Of 'ro breaking took place
| Miss O'Doun"ll told Of ~" "NN'h'iS
wh;r', ..rrc hold at tho Detroit NG."'''n
| Of ATT and other places whirn " ="
mostly the work Of tn" fhr"i"n"rs. Nh"
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