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Show oo NIGHT SCHOOLS FOR FOREIGNERS. Seeking to bring about a better understanding un-derstanding of American Institutions, the bureau of naturalization at Washington Wash-ington is encouraging night schools for our foreign-born population, and, with that end in view, the bureau has sent the following letter: "Editor Standard, Ogden, Utah: In approximately 650 cities and towns located In 45 States of the Union the public school authorities, in co-operar tion with the Bureau of Naturalization of the United States Department of Labor. have established evening schools for the Instruction of their foreign-horn population. Several municipalities, muni-cipalities, with a ken realization of the educational deficiencies of the aliens, and appreciating the advantages advant-ages to be derived through their knowledge know-ledge of English, have extended the period of Instruction to the end of the present scholastic year. In other cities cit-ies the school authorities have signified signi-fied their Intention of maintaining the public schools as long as there 19 any evidence of need on the part of the adult alien population. "Unfortunately, according to reports received by the Bureau of Naturalization, Naturaliza-tion, the public school authorities of a large majority of the cities and towns, which have engaged In this stupendous stu-pendous campaign for citizenship preparedness, pre-paredness, have discontinued, or are about to discontinue, their classes for alien instruction. Various causes are assigned, but the main difficulty appears ap-pears 'to be a lack of funds for the compensation of teachers. In order to combat this condition, patriotic public pub-lic school teachers and representatives of the principal organizations in many places have volunteered their services to continue this Bplendid work until such time aa proper appropriations may bo made for the purpose. "In all of the cities and towns now co-operating with the Bureau of Naturalization Na-turalization in this great educational movement the intention is to reopen the night achoolts at the beginning of the fall term. Advices have been received re-ceived from various other smaller places pla-ces whore, for one reason or another, they have as yot been unable to Join in this undertaking, that the public school authorities have determined to open night schools (for alien instruction instruc-tion at the beginning of the next scholastic scho-lastic year. There is also contemplated contemplat-ed In various cities a plan whereby the summer classes, which have hitherto hith-erto run from July 1st to August 31st, may open their doors on May 1st, and extend the period of instruction to September 30thJ' Ogden, Joined In this movement two years ago, but-found that the expense of keeping np a night school could not be met by a depleted treasury, and, If persisted in, tho children of the dty -.would jsuf fer through the in-'abilfty in-'abilfty of the board of education, to meet the drain on the funds specifical-Wy--ialaedeJXKBnijde-Acolingcfor-tJie young people of school age. At first It was proposed to have tqachers volunteer their services, but this failed as tho board of education was called on to pay for the extra work. The Idea Is a good one and night schools should be established wherever wher-ever the schools have resources with which to meet the required outlay. |