Parents

In New York City, the foreign-born parents of certain children are getting immediate returns from the schools to which they send them. Four hundred and fifty pupils of Public School No. 62, under the guidance of the Allied Patriotic Societies, are now engaged in teaching English to parents or other relatives at home. Graduation exercises were held last week, at which "certificates of progress" were given to parents and "certificates of service" were given to children. The desire to improve a parent seems to be strong, for as many as three thousand pupils have applied for jobs. Those who obtain them agree to teach 15 minutes a day or one hour on Saturday and Sunday, and it is believed by Americanizers that the foreign colony language problem will in this way be quickly solved. The names of some of the pupil-teachers are Mollie Tar-takoff, Lillie Eigengold, Solomon Schneidmill, Mildred Bloom.