Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-04-10
new CASTLES WORK
IN AUGMENTATION
Prof. Henry E. Snavely Tells Of
Successful Work for Benefit
Of Foreign Element.

Special Correspondence of Every Evening
New Castle, April l0.--'rhe success OF
tho work of Americanization among these
of birth and language who live and work
in and about New Castle WAS evidenced
at the Americanization school commence
ment exercises held last Wednesday.
One of the interesting features of the
exercises was an address by Prof. Henry
T.. Snavely, superintendent OF schools.
In part Prof. Snavely said:
Tonight New Castle proclaims to the
world the successful elimination Of an
interesting experiment in the promotion
of citizenship, in the development of ma
tionality, in the extension of international
ism. Six months ago we planned this
project in Americanization with consider
able doubt as to its outcome and IN the
face Of some hostile criticism; but these
people Of foreign birth demonstrated
tonight that our efforts have not been
in vain.
''They sing the songs of their father
lands, yet raise their voices in the anthems
of America. They carry on the customs
of the lands across the sea yet meet in
this typically American way. They carry
together the emblem of the State of Della
ware and tho Star Spangled Banner
of the United States of America, symbolic
ing that this is an indestructible union of
indestructible states, a single and undivid
cd citizenship. They mingle the colors of
the old world with the colors of the new,
not in opposing lines of battle, not on
cause.-The cause of mutual helpfulncss,
of corporation, Of service, Of human
progress.
THE State Legislature, the governor
the State Board OF Education. Commits,
sioner Spaid, Mr.. Shilling, the Service
Citizens, the New Cattle Boa I'd of Edu-
cation, Miss Burnett and her associates.
the Mayors Committee, the New Castle
Century Club, the teachers, and especially
these men and women of foreign birth,
deserve our hearty congratulations for
cooperating TO make our Americanization
School q glorious achievement, for CO.
operating TO fuse the Old World with the
New. Without ,inselhsh cooperation this
enterprise would have been an ignominious
failure.
II use the word cooperation advisedly.
Americanism means many things; but,
among it's various elements, cooperation
is especially conspicuous and significant.
After the Declaration of Independence
had been signed. that sterling American,
Benjamin Franklin, struck the keynote
of Americanism when he declared: IL
We do not hang together, we shall hang
Hanging together, team
work, cooperation, Is the element of
To which | want To call
your attention briefly.
1--WE should not forget that we are
nation Of foreigners and their descendants,
who. in less than 800 years, by working
together, through cooperation, have
developed the resources of this country,
erected the best government in history,
and created the mightiost nation that
has ever existed. In our striving to-
gether, in our corporation. we serve one
another; we give and we receive, you
teach us and We teach you.
Successive swarns of English, Dutch,
Swedes. French, Irish, Germans, Italians,
Magyars. Slavs, and other peoples have
come 10 our shores 10 escape famine, pow
erty and oppression and 10 find plenty,
comfort and liberty; and we have become
a great nation. because we have permitted
various nationalities 70 practice their
religions, 10 indulge in their customs. and
to express their ideas. When the Italians
honor Cavout, Mazzini and Garibsldi