| Show r biga T IT ariola ly VEST U AKING goo good merican american c cit t eizens of the vast number of im immigrants migrants dhove come to the united states and of their children is a big problem especially in our cities this article tells how chicago where there is is a foreign population of nearly a million is using a great pub public aie school in solving the problem N fc tian HAT Is the united states going to do with its ita great immigrant population how are we going to make loyal useful amerl american citizens of the horde of foreigners that have come to us in the last few years are we going to shut the gates against the entry of more of them until we can digest into our national body those now here thase these questions are very important they are making many intelligent americana do some hard bard thinking 4 these days the problem amount to much as long as the bulk of immigration came from western europe from germany england ireland france norway sweden den mark in tact fact america sorely needed these sturdy folk who came here to be one with us under the stars and stripes but of late years most of the immigration has been baen from russia italy eastern austria european and asiatic turkey and the lord only knows where else in this country they generally herd in city settlements for the most part a dirty ignorant burden to city communities they dont mix with us they dont become a part of our citizenship their traditions and ideals ideal and conceptions of the american social order are not ours a sort of indigestible lump in our gizzard cities tackle job ob almost with tho the bravery of despair the larger colchester co cities new york chicago cleveland pittsburgh rochester chester where low class immigrants are especially heavy in numbers havo have set out to perform the task of making citizens of this unpromising material the public schools are the most useful instruments tor for the purpose at hand our city schools are becoming great melting pots for all races and creeds our small cities our towns and our rural stretches do not have to face this great problems solution directly but the general welfare of the nation depends on how low well the cities meet the we are and we should be interested encouraging onlookers this Is really a story about the work being done in one big high school in chicago a city with a very large foreign population in one grade school room there are children of seventeen distinct nationalities just consider the task of making good patriotic americans of all of them japanese chinese turks and the rest its being done though and theres a hint bint in this story of what wo can do to make mako our local schools more useful to us than they are real melting pot the real melting pot of chicago lb Is situated less than a mile from the cites business center it t is a melting pot that takes boys and girls old men and graying women representing twenty national aties and turns them from lonesome bewildered a strangers tr angers into useful ambitious citizens it teaches them everything from trades to dancing from wood turning to wireless wi relesa telegraphy the melting pot Is lane technical school the most remarkable ot of all Chi cagos public schools and one ot of the most wonderful schools in the world it has a teaching staff of more than a hundred and fifty more ihan eighty classrooms and aboud about eight thousand pupils with thi the larg largest est night school in the world lane teaches almost every subject imaginable from the sixth grade of gra grammar tamar school to the second year of college it teaches steam and e electrical engineering carpentry and agriculture 1 it t teaches salesmanship and advertising it teaches stenography bookkeeping and designing it teaches hundreds of other useful subjects and of course every subject at lane la is free lane teaches too the love of work how bow to make friends and how to find a place in the world instead of opening at nine and closing at four ELS as the majority of schools do lane Is open all day and all evening it opens at eight in the morning at it starts special training for trades apprentices night student classes prom until possession nearly all of 0 the night students are employed at hundreds of different occupations during the day but though they are tire dafter alter their days work they seize the opportunities at lane to learn new languages new trades or to fit themselves tor for higher wages in the trades at which they work during the day there Is in metallurgy for foundry foremen courses T automobile engineering and re enforced concrete 8 there Is a valuable class too to which young men may go it they are in doubt as aa to which trade or profession they would be best suited the vocational class prevents square pegs in round holes expert psychologists question the members of the class and advise them as to their future it you dont see what wha you want wan task ask forit tor it Is s lanes nos advice to seekers for knowledge if several men or women want to study chatas not included in the regular courses they sign a petition and a new class under expert instruction Is started some of the new classes are journalism copper work and automobile construction last year advertising and spanish were new subjects but this year they take their places place sas aa reg ular biassey bi classes asses opportunities for girls forthe for the girl who works during the day lane proves especially inviting and valuable it to Is hard bard to get acquainted in a city A young man can can go out alone at night A girl busy all day has little time to make friends it is pretty lonesome to spend evening after evening alone in a little room it necessary in chicago for lane la Is ready to take care of lonesome girls to give them a pleasant time and valuable instruction three evenings each week the big gymnasium Is 1 Z na A CL aj K aa A J V araw twya turned over to the girls clad in neat middy blouses and comfortable bloomers blo omars several hundred girls and older women too are taught graceful folk dances games and drills but that all the girls aie are taught modern dances as well to the accompaniment of music and under the directions ions of a skilled teacher of dancing the girls are taught the one step the foxtrot fox fo trot and other modern ballroom dances the girls have a ch chance anceto to practice the dances for one night each week there is a big dance at lane which hundreds of students attend the dances are under the supervision of principal and teachers and these social evenings do much toward strengthening lanes school spirit lane to is a real social center they learn to sew dancing is not the only thing offered to girls at the night school there are classes in hand and machine sewing in the use of patterns and in fitting and designing young women make dresses suits and party frocks both for themselves and others they learn to make hats bats too designing the hat making the frame covering it and trimming the bat abd tbd i lane publications are things of which both students and faculty are proud tor for the lane tech dally daily la is the only daily newspaper in the united states that Is both published and printed by students of a high school members of the journalism class write the news for the daily others edit it still others set type make up the paper and run tho the presses the daily keeps the pupils posted on all school news the pupils of the evening school issue an eight page weekly paper the lane lana tech news any pupil at lane may write for the news or the dally daily for pupils with literary ambitions there is the lane tech prep a monthly magazine full of short stories essays and nd oven even play lets for the backward boys lanes prevocational pre vocational department Is one of its most successful features in every city there are boys of fifteen sixteen or seventeen who because I 1 of sickness financial conditions condit lonso or change of residence have been backward in their classes usually these boys drop out of a school chool and ana go to work poorly prepared to enter into competition with other boys the prevocational pre vocational department Is 18 especially for tho the boys who are delinquent in the grade schools it gives the motor type of boy an opportunity to make aphis up his work laste instead a of boing in a grade school among the little fellows among whom he feels ashamed he is part of ofa a big high school with boys his bis own age his interest is awakened by being allowed to do things he be la Is taught technical shop work and usually leaves school capable of ea earning an honorable livelihood the laboratories at lane land are well equipped there Ther earo aro three the biological physical and chemical ical aquariums with large collections of fish frogs snails enalls and turtles interest some atu students dentZ there is a wireless outfit electric light testing machines an xray X ray outfit a model dynamo end and motors boys who come to lane lana without definite nite ambitions soon find just the things to interest and develop them interesting shop work the shops chops at lane have proved interesting to educators all overt over the be world in the wood shops chops there are exam examples example of the work of the students 1 1 ica L mahogany and mission turn furniture iture lamp stands and s shades hades desks bookcases and library tables carpentry students to make portable cottages and garages in the electric shop are toasters flatirons rons fans and wireless instruments all tile the work of boys although primarily a 96 technical school art la is not neglect neglected ed from freehand free tree hand drawing and drawing from live models the student may take up architecture and designing later he may do metal work and construct buckles toba fobs rings and bracelets because for or years high school students were in the habit or bringing indigestible lunches to school or wor worse so still spending their money oi on pickles and ice cream iane ano ha has a installed EL a model cafeteria where at cost the toys boya can get hot appetizing lunches although it to la a most businesslike there la is time tor for play too A coach directs football track and baseball baseda 11 teams bach year too there are two amateur plays four performances for mances minces of each are given and several thousand dollars added to the school fund there are orchestras and bands too composed of the musical students at lane on sunday there are are amateur and professional band concerts concert sp attended not only by students and people who live near by but by people who come miles to listen to good music thirty helpful clubs cluba over thirty clubs help the social side of 0 the aner school nearly all of them are open to any student who is interested tor for lane is 13 absolutely democratic in spirit some ot of the clubs are the wireless club the mathematics lathe matics club tile the debating club the camera club the dramatic club the tha sketch club the german club the economics clubs club the skating club and the civics industrial club lane Is not just tor for poor people some of the students arrive in their automobiles A famous interior decorator is taking a course at lane which will teach him about enameling woods something he could not loarn learn anywhere else in chicago A sculptor la Is taking a course in forging be calies it will help him in the molding band and casting of statues artistic women are learning how bow to make hand wrought silver but in spite of this tho the most popular students are those who are working their way through school the majority of lans lane boys in fact are working their way students who work under the direction of william J bogan began principal of lattne and noted educato ray raymoin aman mEin who understands der stands youths hundreds hun dreda of positions are obtained bained tor for boys who must work tor for their board v and clothing these positions ranged range from ushers in movie shows to workers in electric shops all of them thed 1 teach the boys to be self reliant and independent and most of them are along the line of work that the boy wishes to take up when he has left school to young and old lane high school offers hundreds of opportunities serviano ians germans russians chinese japanese and filipinos in chicago are gaining there a real national spirit and a real education hundreds of americans are knowledge that will lead them to better positions ons and higher earnings the school motto la 18 there bisno is no royal road to td learning but there laan opet open lane and the thousands who attend prove that they are anxious to take advantage ot of the open lane |
