El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-02-26
AMERICANIZING OUR IMMIGRANTS
is EASY IF WE co AT IT RIGHT

IT WAS nearly one wear and half ago that began to
talk about AUGMENTATION and what have We done
toward it, Have any fastened those processes
Whereby the Hcrubby and unscrubbed" foreigner becomes
an American IN than name? And have we made the
normal and regular processes any more efileent Keget
tablv those questions must be answered IN the negative
There several ways whereby foreigners acquire the
American viewpoint. We all know, # we have given 1t
thought, that Sciian, Sav, no European Of any
type whom welcome to shores be made to look
Ike an American far features concerned made
to talk ike American far enuncation OF accent
are concerned within the generation Of the immigrant It
only after his grand children have gone through the
melting pot yielded their character the reconstruct
ing processes Of climate colonial traditions landscape
economic forces IN these states and TO our reo1s ana
educational system that the imported strain be truly
said become Amercanzed But preliminary to this
soco-chemcal transmuation Of baser blood caG PIE
pare the aliens thought processes for the transformation
that Is to come.
In the case Of the older immigrants this must be done
through social service, OF community service night schools
churches and through his industrial connections his lea
lures cannot changed but his viewpoint His at
tude toward life warped II has been through political
oppression be gradually brought around to demo-
cratic feeling We must teach the foreigner to assume the
responsibilities Of democracy he loses the burdens OF
antoc1acy Much Of trouble today is due to the fact
that the aliens among have thrown off the feeling Of
restraint imposed them by their former countries with
out taking balancing amount Of responsibility here
The result Of releasing restraint suddenly in mechanics OF
society Is explosion
One Of the very finest ways to give the adult alien the
correct attitude Of mind toward institutions Is for
to give him pleasant social experience By that Of
course It IS not have TO invite him to balls
and pink teas But must treat him kindly. We must
interest in his welfare Not concession, but
as something due him. We must be kind The simple
little thing Of being kind works miracles every day
than have any idea human being is the most sensi
tive thing in the world, particularly human being who
is stranger strange land If the foreigner Just
treated cuy grudgngy and with air Of superiority,
he Is spoiled for long time, If not for ever material
TO be used IN or national structure
The children Of foreigners easily converted and
made into good citizens and good Americans due 70
our public schools But right here is where the whole
process IN danger Of breaking down Due to the short
sghtedness and sesh1ess Of only many Americans Of
wealth and influence Our pubic school system IS lettering
Thousands and thousands Of school teachers leaving
their professions for other fields because they can't get
living wages In Texas there 1000 schools without
teachers right and the correspondngy true IN
other states If this condition Of affairs grows and
the children Of foreigners and poor are permitted
run Wild there VIII be little hope Of BRIGHTER days ahead
It isn't widely enough known that form Of govern
facing the most test IN history. There
grave doubts IN the minds Of OF wsest leaders
whether the melting pot VIII produce desirable national
type. Some point 70 the fact that superior quality IS
BY inferior and that inferior lifted
up Whether that VIII prove true IN racial adxture
remains be seen but 1t is certainty the melting pot
VIII fan do not purify and properly prepare the in
gradients before we put them into the pot