In order that the State Department of Education may know the names of the organizations and persons in charge of the Americanization work, it is sending out through its directors, blanks to be filled in and returned to the local director of the Americanization work of the State Education Department. After making a copy of the information contained on the sheet, the local director will forward the original sheet to the office of the Supervisor of Immigrant Education, where a record of all these organizations will be kept on file.

Each central organization should work through the official agencies of Americanization activities, such as:

1. Federal agencies.

a. Department of Interior, Bureau of Education.
b. Department of Labor.

(1) Bureau of Naturalization.

(2) Bureau of Immigration.
(3) Children's Bureau.

2. State agencies.

a. Councils of national defense.
b. Immigrant commissions.

c. Industrial departments.

d. State boards of education.

3. Municipal agencies.

a. City boards of education.

b. Community councils.
c. Official municipal agencies.

4. Local agencies.

To be filled in by the community.

Blanks for affiliated organizations or committees may be secured from the State Department through its local director. After they have been filled out by the president or chairman of the affiliated organizations or committees, they should be returned to the chairman of the central organization who will make a copy of them and send the originals to the local director of the State Education Department.

Since the state appropriation for this work is limited, it becomes necessary to depend upon volunteer workers to assist in carrying out the program. Volunteer workers should fill out cards so that the organizations will have definite records of the resources of the community. These cards may be obtained through the local

director of the Americanization work of the State Department of Education, or from the Supervisor of Immigrant Education, State Education Building, Albany.

A COMMUNITY PROGRAM FOR AMERICANIZATION WORK

1. Make a community survey.

In order that every community may know its own needs and its own facilities for Americanization work and in order that the State Department of Education may be able to co-operate effectively, it is essential that a survey be made which shall disclose the attitude of the native-born toward Americanization, the illiteracy and status of citizenship of the members of the community, the attitude of the foreign-born toward Americanization, the official federal, state and local organization which would be interested in an active Americanization campaign, the unofficial agencies which would co-operate, the location of foreign groups, foreign societies, foreign churches, the names and addresses of foreign leaders, the names, place and time of meeting of foreign clubs, the plants employing foreign-born labor, and a definite. estimate of what has been done and may be done in that particular community. Each community is urged to appoint a competent person or committee to make a survey at once in order that the plans for actual work may be taken up more quickly.

Cards for this community survey may be obtained from the local director of the Americanization work of the State Department of Education or by applying to the State Supervisor of Immigrant Education. After they have been filled out they should be returned to the local director who, after making copies, will forward them to the Supervisor of Immigrant Education.

2. Make a survey of the foreign-born in the community.

A survey to give the name, nationality, place of residence, degree of literacy, and status of citizenship of the foreign-born should be made by utilizing the military census, school census, and industrial plant census. The State has on file in the office of the Supervisor of Immigrant Education the name, age, address and nationality of every illiterate and non-English-speaking person between 16 and 50 years of age. This information was secured from the military census of 1917. It is filed by counties and is Lvailable through the local director of Americanization.

In many communities the board of education may be induced to take a school census which would give not only the usual

information concerning children in public schools, but also the names, addresses, nationality, degree of literacy, and status of citizenship of the parents. In communities where a census has been taken, the board of education should be requested to make copies of the census returns of the foreign-born having children in the public, private and parochial schools.

Some industrial plants keep a full record not only of the names and addresses of their employees, but also of their degree of literacy and status of citizenship. Where such a record has not been kept up to this time, it is urged that it be done. Employers, superintendents and foremen working with foreign-born men and women may also give much detailed information. The names and addresses of prospective citizens may be obtained from the county clerk's office. Pastors, public health nurses, and leaders of foreign groups may also assist in making this survey.

Copies of the survey cards should be forwarded to the local director of Americanization. These cards should then be classified and arranged systematically according to wards and precincts, alphabetically by streets, and consecutively by street numbers.

DIRECTIONS TO PERSONS MAKING A COMMUNITY SURVEY a. Make out a separate card for each person over 16 years of

age.

b. Give last name first.

c. Do not put explanatory remarks on the face of the card, but on back of the card.

d. Observe conditions of environment, sanitary and hygienic conditions, etc.

e. Note any complaints about housing conditions, exploitation, personal, domestic and neighborhood difficulties.

f. Offer to secure assistance in making out declaration of intention and naturalization papers.

g. Explain opportunities offered by schools, libraries, legal aid bureaus, clinics, etc.

Blank forms for making the survey may be secured from the local director of Americanization.

3. Campaign for securing attendance at classes in English and citizenship.

a. Publicity.

(1) Foreign press.

(2) Handbills and posters, circulated in foreign sections. of community, in industrial plants, in schools, in movies, in railroad stations, in libraries, in lodging houses, in hotels, in barber shops, in employment bureaus, in elevators of public buildings, in baby welfare stations, in billiard parlors, shoe shining parlors, soft drink emporiums, etc.

Note: Experience has proved that it is better not to present the notice in more than one foreign language or in one language and the English translation, on a handbill, circular or poster.

(3) A map of the community which shows the location of free public night schools, social centers, recreational facilities and public institutions. Map should also be placed on bulletin boards in factories, libraries, baby welfare stations, etc. This map should be published in all foreign and American newspapers.

Note: Local merchants may be solicited to publish such a map as an advertisement.

(4) Notices in pay envelopes.

(5) Announcements in meetings of foreign societies, foreign churches, foreign press, groceries, meat markets, etc. (6) Announcements on motion picture screens or on stere opticon slides.

(7) Announcements in all patriotic and mass meetings where foreign-born come together.

b. Personal calls should be made upon every member of a prospective class or group in order to secure friendly contact with the individual members and to learn what their most urgent needs

The character of the first lesson will be determined by these calls. In case a home or neighborhood class is to be formed, the place and time of meeting may also be determined during this first call. This should be arranged according to the convenience of the majority of the prospective members.

4. Form classes.

Classes in English and civics for every illiterate and non-English-speaking person, native-born and foreign-born, should be formed in (a) day schools, (b) evening schools, (c) factories, (d) neighborhood houses, (e) club rooms, (f) libraries, (g) infant welfare stations, (h) churches, (i) parochial schools, (j) homes.

Classes should be formed wherever and whenever a reasonable number of persons will come together for instruction (3 to 25). a. Aim of classes.

(1) To develop the ability to speak, read and write English clearly and intelligibly.

(2) To develop a knowledge of our history, laws, institutions and standards of living.

(3) To develop a love of all that is best in our American life and a desire to unite with the native-born in advancing the best.

b. Organization of classes.

The State Department of Education will appoint ten organizers of Americanization classes whose duty it will be to secure the cooperation of all educational, civic, social, industrial and religious agencies in securing members for classes in English and citizenship. As the number of these workers is limited, the State Education Department recommends that local boards of education appoint their own organizers wherever possible in order that the ten appointed by the State may be sent to communities which can not support one.

The most important step in organizing Americanization classes is the proper grouping and grading. Grouping according to sex and nationality is advisable, but the wide difference in the knowledge of English has made it impracticable to hold rigidly to this rule in the smaller cities. Grading presents a more difficult task. The following plan of grading has proved successful:

1. Beginners classes include

a. Illiterates.

b. Educated foreigners who speak no English.

c. Foreigners who speak only a few words, write their names and read only simple sentences.

2. Intermediate classes including

a. Those who have completed the beginners' work.

b. Those who can read a simple paragraph.

c. Those who have the ability to read fourth grade books.

3. Advanced classes including

a. Those who can express their own opinions on topics of general or personal interest.