Their children will have become an integral part of the American people. � Why. the other day In his report the Director of Education. Mr. Claxton. said that the least Illiteracy is to be found in this country among the children of immigrants. Those who have occasion to examine the records of the public schools of the city of New York are witnesses to the same fact. If you read the lists of the prize winners in our public schools among those who stand at the head of their classes you will find Russian. Italian. Hungarian. and Bohemian names. They are children of the Immigrant. They have a desire to learn. a thirst for knowledge which is extraordinary. and which is largely due to the fact that their parents admonished them to study. to take advantage of the education which they can acquire in this country. who therefore regard it as a religious duty to see to It that their children are educated and that the latter make amends for the Illiteracy of their parents. How different are the poor whites in some of the Southern States who protest against the introduction of immigrants into this country. Compare their percentage of illiteracy with that of the children of the illiterate immigrant. But it is said that the illiterate is undesirable. no matter what his children may become. The mere fact that the illiterate is a man of good character. of industry. is regarded as of no moment. e is undesirable . he is not needed in this country . and that is the end of it.
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