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The attendance is fairly regular.

The average age of the adult alien student is about 25. The courses in the evening classes cover eight hours each week. For several years a systematic attempt has been made in this city to Americanize foreign residents who are either illiterate or are not informed on American ideals.

This Americanization work is a part of the evening school

courses.

Teachers of adult foreigners must be teachers regularly licensed by the State Department of Education. As a rule, we employ in our evening schools only our best teachers of the day schools.

We are paying in this city $4 each evening for two hours' work. This seems to be a large enough remuneration to command the services of the best teachers.

24. Newburgh

Letter from George F. Hall, Superintendent of Schools, November 15, 1919:

"In reply to yours of the 14th, relative to our classes for illiterates, I beg to advise that we have not met with success. It is a subject in which I am intensely interested, but feel that we shall have to change our policies and do more field. work in order to accomplish results.

"We have one class with an enrollment of ten, mostly Italians, some Poles. The line of work followed is teaching them to speak, read and write English.

"Last year we had as high as forty enrolled, but, they soon lost interest or became tired and all but a few left.

"Mr. Crawley of the State Department of Education is devoting some time to field work here and we are looking forward to putting on an Americanization program that will arouse the interest of all the industries and social and

civic organizations of the city and community. Definite plans have not been laid.

"The ones who have enrolled in the classes this year are very regular in their attendance thus far."

25. Niagara Falls

Data furnished by J. B. Laidlaw, Superintendent of Schools. According to the state census of 1915, the population of Niagara Falls was 42,257. The foreign population was 10,965. Poles and Italians predominate, but we have no detailed figures.

The Union Carbide Compary, Carborundum, Hooker ElectroChemical, Aluminum, Niagara Electro Chemical, Acheson Graphite, National Carbon are the leading industries employing foreign-born. Some factory classes are conducted by the State Board of Education.

About 270 foreigners are enrolled in night schools. Their attendance is regular as far as conditions of shift work will permit. The average age is twenty-seven.

We require that extension teachers have a special training by the Direction of Extension Work. They receive a minimum of $3.50 per night.

26. Norwich

Data furnished by Superintendent of Schools.

The population of Norwich is about 9,000, including 600 Italians.

The knitting mill is the chief industry employing these Italians, but it has no factory classes.

We did have night schools for the foreigners, but they have been discontinued. We do no Americanization work.

27. Ogdensburg

Data furnished by Francis C. Byrn, Superintendent of Schools. The population of Ogdensburg is 13,565.

There is practically no foreign population here. A few Italians are employed by the railroads. Last year we started night school and the attendance of foreigners consisted of four Italians. We employed two teachers who had training in the Rome Custodial School for backward children. We paid $2.50 per evening. Personally I feel that a teacher who teaches in schools during the day should not teach in night school, but the only teachers available last year were the day school teachers.

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