New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 5, 1925, Page 3

TAREUP TEACHING " WOHEN I HOWES Beening Sobool Comitiee o Discugs Subject: Tomorrow —— o proposal that the school de- pnIthmazto:' an Instructor to tough English to foreign-born’ wom- 0 in their homes will be eonstdered tomorrow afternoon’ at a meeting of the evening school committes in the Walnut Hill school. This proposi- tion las been fnvestigated and re- ports and recommendations have leen tegelved from Hartford and South Manchester, where, the plan is already An force, The committee will make a report to the school Tiriday. lm::lr: Bradstreet, the director of (his work in Hartford, recommends {I1at, {F the work be undeytaken here, o womame supervisor be employed, with. the understanding that she should diylde her time between teaching in the evening schools and cafrying on the proposed work in the homes. During the day she «he should be employed as a home teacher, instructing and organizing clagses for'forelgn-horn women in their honies, preparing suitable tenching and objective material, and supervising and training volunteer assistants, She should also teagh, Mr. Hradstreet urges, in the regular evening.gchools three nights a week and assist at the evening school so- Director., Potter of South comimends that such a and salary Iar scheme. : Cost In Hartford $5,000 The difficulties, triumphs and goals ingsuch work are set forth in the following reports from the two cities where the plan js in force. The Hartford report is as foljows: “Teaching of foreign-horn women in their hemes or at places con- venient to mothers unable to attend the regular evening schools, has Leen carried on in Hartford for ‘five A full time woman super- \igor is employed to devote all of Ler time tq this work “Definita'coniacte haye been mads with approximately 500 familles re- glding in Hartford, and if the chil- Jren of these families are to be con- gidered as having been directly af- focted and henefited th total number of individual contacts is over 1,000, | “The amount of moary expended | for this swork averages approximate- £3,000 per year, | ot insluding vol y teachers | ond goclal wdrkers. the force em-| ploved one fuil time woman sip r and one teacher ho Aivides her time between home {npehing and evening scheol teach- | four oth who are em- | ployed from time to time. | ne hundred und fift ven gep- | a e classes were operated during ! vear, with a total enrollment in | &1l ‘olagses,of 1155, Two hundred tyirty-two fndividual puplls’ recely- | ed training dn h. Two hun- dred and seventee nterested vis- ftors saw th sges in operation, during the r. ‘Since women can now be natural- fzed and vots in their own right, the | of home teaching is more im- fore. § that most of the reign-born women for whom this | one are illiterate, 1. ‘e, un- | 1e to read and write in any lan- | g6, | The cost per capita for this work | iy approximately 328 per pupil. For | {he work to g effective not more {han six pupiis shouid constitute & clasa. All clas§es do not start with } five or six pupis: hut endeavors are hidde to build each class up to thig number. In many cases these es are much smailer, The budget for this work does ot necessarily and materlally in- [aase from year to year. Groups ;0 be handled ooly in small num- ors, not exceeding five or six to the | jome, and of course these groups | st be bullt up by slow. patient tactful work on the part of the v omah supervisor and her aseist- ants, The women reached fu Hart- | d eventvally enter the evening rehools or larger groups. The total average number therefore over a pe- | riod of one year will not exceed wore than 250 fndividual pupils, At- tendgnce s very often irregular and only ecrtain hours and certain days can be devoted to tHe work, depend- ing entirely upon the students.” The report from South Manchester follows: “A home teacher is employed by the school committge of South Ma chester whose dutles are as follow She is expected to organize and teach if possible classes of from five to six puplls each, and to furnish monthly reports as to progress, and in eddition is to teach in the regu- lar evening scheol, without addition- al compensation. A teacher was engaged for a period of 26 weeks at a salary of $30 per week to perform the duties as outlined above, the CanYouShave Quickly in Cofort? Will your razor give you a quick,comfortable shave every day? AValet AutoStrop Razor will, because its stropping device keeps blade sharp. Each blade gives many shaves. Complete outfits, $1.00 and up. Valet p Razor !evening school {to the pupils ! separate classes were organized from with ! |a total {one had six pupils. | three had three, Wil Show Art to Paris Artists IFFICIENCY Bl 24 % Mile. known to American audiences, bodgian and Javanese danci of the 1925 Exhibition of Deco () Nyata Nyoka, famous Cambodgian dancer, well , will lead the combined Cam- nsemble which will be a feature rative Art in Paris, compensation being based on actual work performed and actual time employed, P “It has been found that | Ave to six pupils per c casily assembled, but out as an objective and the, ors are directed to hate this size eventually. “In South Manc ter the cost tnstruction for one pupil in . home is more than twice that of class room instruction as given in the evening school. A class of six is as large as a home i ctor can teach effeetively is obvious that it is impossible fo a home teacher to gi as man pupil hours of ins week as a teacher in the «chool class of 20 pupils will t in three evenings at the two hourises Even with a full quota of pils in each home class (3 ¢ day), the cost of instruction for pupil hour is more . than twice that of classroom instruction at the eve- ning scheol. DBut home ¢ in South ster did not » full quotas. This makes fhe eost of in- struction about five time as great per pupil hour as it 13 in a good sized evening school class. “The home teacher must go to the pupils, and at times most convenier In Manchagter 20 2 to January registration of and an average attendance of 34 and total number of | ns of one hour e glven were 374, Of these 20 ¢ one had five had two @ ten had only one pupil to each cla This was the result of two month: work. The cost per pupil hour in ecach of these classes was approxi- mately $1.10. The classes operated over & perlod of 25 wee Ot the ‘October 152 39 fou at one time, and it ! | |total n { ber of puplls enrolled (39) 19 received two lessons per week of ¢ per lesson and the balance *k of one hour per = total number of pupil hours devoted to the work was 737, nd the total amount of money paid tor this work $750 making the cost on this basis about $1.10 per | pupil hour. Subtracting from this state grant for this kind of work the amount saved over ap- | proximately 90 nights devoted to evening school work, the cost per pupil hour Wwijl be less \Bardsey I Iand—Cut Off From Mainland Aggoctated Pred Jan 12 inhabitante 1sland of Bardsey, off t point of Carnarvon- h becn fsolated from the and for a month, owing to the ing gales, and their friends on ainlani are becoming anxious. ation of the strait between the and and Car vonshire, although wo miles wide, has always ilt, owing to the strong angd for some time it has 5.—T | current been impossible. etores from the malnland for habitants left a month ago, In the of telegraphic or radio com- sation it i3 impossible to learn the isla rs are faring. Ordi- Iy they subsist largely on fish, but the ga have etopped all fish- 2. REPORT FIERCE FIGHTING. Biarritz, Jan. 5.—Jlerce fighting 1s occurred at Rincon-Medik, Mo- ! | rocco, some kilometres from Tetuan, between Spanish occupying force 1 tribesmen, according to privat ;advices received here. It is stated that the Spanish lost a major and a captain and that a lieutenant-col- {oncl was badly wounded. Our International Beauty One of the fairest daugh ~ Sharpens [tself famous French comedienne. boulevard for some time past. ters of France is Spinelly, the She has been the toast of the The last boat tak- | 1S RPORTED T00AY| § Meaure, With $187,11,800, to Be Rustied Through — Washington, Jan, 5.—An emerg- oncy deficlency bill earrying $157,- 111,700 was reported tuday by the house appropriations committes, with-'leadérs planning to rush it to the senate within the week, Of the amount, $150,000,600 would be available for the refund of flle- Kally collected taxes; $3,601,200 for conMinuation of work on dam o, 2 at Muscle Shoals, Ala.; and $3,000, 000 for purchase of the capital stock ' of the newly created inland water- ways corporation. Other ftems included: $275,000 for prevention of epldemic diseases, to s b used particularly ¥ eradicating' picture to dad, at the ports of New Orleans and| gq Oakland, Cal.; $150,000 fof repair worle on the coast guard cutter Man- ning: 861,000 for completition of a post office and court house at Paris, | Tex.; 325,000 for eradication of fn- sect Infestation in natlonal parks, and $10,500 for the expenses of the Pueblo lands board, The measure also would provide' of the number of line, were in need $15,000 for the inetallation of addi jof repalr on December 15, the tional fire protection devices at the ' American Rallway assoclation an- naval observatory, Washington; $14,- { nounted. As compared with Decem- 000 for expenses of messengers con- ' ber 1, this was a decrease of 36 cars. veying the count of ‘the electoral Of the total 145,241 care were vote to Washington, and $7,600 for | need of heavy repair, which was a additional personnel in the,office of | decrease of 1,045 from December 1. the commandant of the coast guard. Items recommended in the bill comprise those sums considered ro urgent that it would be unwise to delay thelr enactment. They are in addition to funds carried in regular supply bills now pending whieh would not be available until after next July 1. The committee report showed to- tal internal reyenue receipts for the last eight years, including the first quarter of 1925, amounted to $27,- 599,431,245.56, exclusive of $2,530,- 386,147 listed as assessments and collections resulting from office au- dits and field investigations. Re- funds over this period, including the 25 per cent refund of 1923, were placed at $404,871,672.72, Refunds were made to 253,320 tax- payers in 1923, to 192,252 taxpay- ers in the fiscal year 1024, and to 41,324 in the five months of the fiscal year 1925, exclusive, however, of 2,- 576,664 refunds under the 25 per cent reduction in taxes. The committee refused to appro- priate 812,000,000 requested for re- funds iord-w.xt year, preferring to make this sum available as the mozey might be requirea. BONUS INSURANCE PAPERS ARE HERE 'Hundreds of Certificates Dis- tributed to Ex-Servicemen jutant stork at the Franklin Many Freighi Cars Are In Need of Repairing Washington, Jan. 6.—A total of | Hundreds of adjusted service cer- tificates have heen dellvered to New | Britain ex-servicemen in accordance | with the World War Adjusted Com- | | pensation act. | | The certficates are in the form of { | insurance policies payable at their | | face value in 20 vears and carry a | cash loan value after the e:mlraflon! | of two years. ! | " Letters from the office of Chiet} |0. W. Clark of the comp | bureau, accompany the policies, letter follows: { “Dear Sir: T have the honor to| | transmit to you herewith your Ad-: |justed Service Certificats. fssued | pursuant to the World War Com- | | pensation act, in the amount of —, based upon the amount of your Adjusted Service Credit, as certified to this bureau by the de- partment ‘which you last served while in the military or naval forces of the United States. 1 “If correspondence be necessary with this bureau in regard to your adjusted compensation, you re- | | spectfully requested to refer to your application number, and not to the face of your are | number shown on tha f | Adjusted Service Certifica | George J. Unwin of 200 South Main street, a veteran of the World War service who was also at the | Mexican border, was one of the first to recelve his polfcy Sat and was also the recipient of one of the largest certificates sent into this city. (‘hicagtréoal Truck> Men Go On Strike Today Chicago, Jan. b.—Coal wagon and truck drivers went on strike here today declaring fuel would be de- | livered fo hospitals and orphanages only. The 3.000 members of the | Coal Teamsters' union voted vester day to strike after two weeks of | negotiations had failed to obtain a pay increase of $2 a day and em- ployment by the Merchants' Asso- clation of Shovelers to handle the coal hauled by the drivers. The merchants offered $1 a day pay in- crease, refusing to consider greater | demands LIMITS RADIO | Commerce Department Forbids Use of 105 to 110 Metre Wave Lengths l visad regulations governing amateur | o station operations, just issued Commerce Department, AMATEURS. Washington, Jan. 5.—{ | meters. This section of ether “ity 18 belng taken up by ¢ and government stations Amateurs who operate &park set, which depar | classifies as a soarce of much int fere are instructed to use the wave length band between and 150 m int la teurs must cease using the the ynly \ band between 105 and in. ed 4t ductive of less er radio communication 189,104 freight cara of 8.2 per cent| in| e Y] ] T . N o This fellow will have a curious effect when you show his It will be sure to remind him of the bills that cation und Signor reported bubonic plague among rats he found in the mail today. The photo is of “Jeremiah,” the Minister of public works, but prob- Park Bird House in Boston, | DOUBLE INSTALLATION. Btanley Post and Stanley Women's Relief Corps will hold a double in- stallation in Grand Army hall Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock. | The officers elect of the corps ar requested to wear white. Lilllan G Burr, past president, will instail the officers of the corps. The officers of the Sons of Veterans auxillary and the officers of the Daughters of Vet- |erans have been invited to attend ‘t\m exercises. (MUSSOLINI OFFICIALLY ACCEPTS RESIGNATIONS Two Cabinet Members Out—Denials Issued That Newspapers Are to Be Suspended. Rome, Jan. 0.—~The Messaggero | this afternoon published the follows ing “Premier Mussolinl, having shown lils determination that the entire re- sponsibllity of the situation should rest on Fascism, and also his inten. tion of accentuating the FFascist com- plexion of the cabinet, Ministers rrocchl and Casati, both liberals, have placed thelr portfolios as min- ster of public works and education, ;rw‘.\]h-(‘ll\'l-lv, at his disposal. Pre- | mier Mussolini accepted the resig- | nations and it is expected that he will submit the names of the new | ministers to the king for his ap- proval today. | "Andrea Torre has been men- tioned as the new minister of edu- Decapitani as |ably a senator will be chosen as the | minister of education | “Contrary to reports spread by the opposition, no newspaper will be suppressed or suspended, but the prefects will continue to carry out rigorously seizures provided by the press law for use against journals publishing news which might excite public opinion or arouse unjustified alarm The arrest of Signor acting as correspondent of an fcan newspaper, been According to reports received the government from the provinces, order is prevailing throughout the country. Police carabineers and the militla were sald to be fn defending opposition newspapers and political assoclations against elements which, it was feared, might altack thent, The Glornale D'Italla says that Signor Salandra, who disapproves of the present system of government, has sent to Mussolini h's resignation as ltallan delegate to the league of nations. Balandra has resigned as presi- dent of the budget committes of the chamber. Govt. Orders Dissolution Of Italian Liberty Soc. By The Assoclated Prese. Rome, Jan. b.~The government has ordered the dissolution of the central committes of the Italla Libera assoclation (Assoclation for Ttallan Liberty) also all ita sections in the provinces. The measure, which is one of those announced SBaturday by Pre- mier Mussolini for overcoming the opposition to the Fascits government is being carrled out everywhere without ineident. Special Notice The Young Judea Council of New The government is continuing the | Britain will hold & Card measures announced by Premier | Wednesday evening, Jan. Tth, at the Mussolini to the deputies on Satur- | Burritt Hotel day for overcoming within a 48- | {hour period the opposition to thex Fascist regime, % That1925 Will be A Better Year For You Prizes will be awarded at each table. Refresh. ments will be served. The Publia‘ls invited—advt. Much can happen within a year. A dozen business or money-making oppor- tunities may come—and go —for lack of ready cash. Let this strong bank help you build up a substantial bank account, for oppor- tunity nearly always asks— how do you stand with your bank?