The North American Civic League for Immigrants is arranging a public
conference on the Education of the Immigrant which is to be held at the
City College, New York, on May 16–17. President Finley of the college is
the chairman of the Committee on Arrangements and Clarence M. Abbott the
secretary. On Friday morning, May 16, Domestic Education for Immigrants,
the Immigrant in Labor Camps and Isolated Communities will be the
subjects for discussion. In the afternoon of the same day the Education
of the Immigrant Child will be the topic.
A large public meeting in the Great Hall of the college is scheduled for
the evening of May 16, at which addresses upon various subjects
connected with the education of the immigrant will be made by speakers
of national importance.
The final meeting on Saturday morning is to be on the Education of the
Immigrant Adult. District Superintendent Albert Shields will also lead a
symposium for principals and teachers upon the organization of evening
schools.
Those who are to serve as chairmen of the various meetings are Mrs. John
M. Glenn, Frances A. Kellor, William H. Maxwell and John H. Finley.