Imperial Valley press., 1925-12-05

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rector q lie SUrvey Of race rela-
tio&S an the Pacific coast. speaks
Ss,p 0eciS ;lve{v OF the material Miss
hst2< has contributed 10 the sur
veS, aow being made, through her
Saaw'2edge ot the lives OF these peo-
PIE.
Tho work IS also appreciated by
. the residents OF Fl Centre, who
though :heir various Give organic.
atoms are assisting it in many ways.
y rec ent Issue OF the Imperial ' al.
ley Press comments on Miss krep 5
work as follows:
The project was started more in
the nature OF an experiment than
anything else in the TALL OF 1928.
under Miss Nora kreps. and has
grown by leaps and bounds. ..
lie attendance is more tnan double
that of last year, and there is no
way OF measuring the manifold ben
e14ts to the community in general
as these strangers within our gates
gradually asslmilate and adopt our
language, customs, and standards of
lvlng. :. Miss Kreps is q slender
slip of a young woman with the
bluest of blue eyes, whose effici.
eney and capabilitv have made the
work the tremendous success il has
proved TO be-.
The conditions in the Imperial
Valley create an outstanding need
for educational work of this sort.
The nationalities now represented in
the classes include Argentine, Aus
trian, Chinese, Cuban, Filipino, Ger
man. Greek, Japanese, Mexican por-
tuguese, Swiss. and Syrian. There
are also negroes and Indians in the
valley.
One of Miss Kreps greatest as
sets seems to be her tart and adapt
ability, which enable her to win the
confidence Of these foreign men and
women and to get them to enter the
classes. IN the, course of her duty
she drives all over that section of.
country, stopping whenever she
sees labor camp she doesR't know
about and going into the camp to
invite the laborers to eome TO the !
schools. For her eyR share CT the
teaching size selects the iliiterates,
and with her winning personality
and quick understanding she sue
ceeds in making those ignorant mon
and women, many of them bent and /
,Giied With hard work, speak and
ID and write our language.
Nora kreps graduated in eco
Monies. She first went to Good
springs, Nevada, where she taught I
for one .yeaE When the war broke
out she was at Palo Alto where she
joined ahe Stanford land army and |
pic kef fruit through The season. She
fIen- enlisted in the navy and as a
yooman rose steadily in rank, being
e1nployed an cable censor's office
IN San Francisco. When the war
ended she passed the civil service
examinations and worked for some
months at naval headquarters.
IN the fall Of 1921 she went to-
Needles as teacher IN the first grade
and had school composed of Mexi-
;an and negro children. The unusual
Iaallty of aeG work and personality
itraeted the notice OF Miss Ethel
-'lchardson, vice superintendent of
in California and director
u characterization work in the
state, who asked her to take up
AmericaRization work. After TAX
ng the required special training at
.he Southern Branch of the Univers.
ny Of California, she went back to
Needles and established the Ameri.
classes for adults there.
.eaving after one year to organize
he work IN the Imperial VALLEY.