Show THE IMMIGRANT PROBLEM social work smog amog immigrants is assuming special importance as a college subject according to the bureau of education of the department of the interior fourteen institutions are now offering special courses which treat the subject of immigration though few of these have as aa yet given much attention to the practical problem of what to do with the immigrant its as a man and a citizen sixty nine institutions treat the subject incidentally in connection with courses in economics history and sociology in order to help in the present urgent demand for americanization service for immigrants the bureau of education has had prepared a syllabus ibn entitled titled professional PrOfession il course for service among immigrants giants some of the topics treated are as follows the incoming tide band and its distribution trib ution legislation and restriction tion employment standards ot or living education and ideals and methods method in american work in view of the interest shown by colleges in the subject of immigrant education the commissioner of education has offered to give assistance and advice with respect to courses of study and methods to any colleges or universities planning to introduce courses in training for leadership in americanization service the division of immigrant education in the bureau has centered its attention upon the problems connected with the education of immigrants and the inculcation of american civic ideals dr F E farrington of this division declares american colleges and universities versi ties are more and more awakening to the necessity of touching modern modem life on its dynamic camic side of inspiring and initiating social progress and of training leaders in the work of civic uplift here is afield a field which opens up almost limitless possibilities bili ties in the way of social service one needs however a peculiar sympathy for and a specific knowledge of the foreigner appreciation of his a limitations and hig hie possibilities as well as a realization of wh athe can con to our economic ethical and spiritual progress when pi properly oberly assimilated and what grave dangers I 1 hebean he i can also bring if we fail to imbie him with our national ideals the fieldfare fields field sare are al ready ripe unto the harvest but trained and competent laborers are few letters have been received at the bureau of education lamen lamenting ting the fact that evening school classes for foreigners have been given up ony on account fo the lack of trained principals and teachers to handle this his problem upon our colleges and universities therefore developed dev elopes the responsibility of preparing these workers of giving them breadth of vision and catholicity of purpose in in short of training them for their tasks |