PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE OF THE EARLY EUROPEAN IMMIGRANT.
THE STORY OF A YOUNG POLISH SCHOOL TEACHER. (con't)
the high school, and began to struggle with the subjects, of the second
class and junior matriculation, which I mastered in eight months. Then
I packed up my books, dish~s, and the necessary school equipment, and
took charge of Folkstone school, which had an enrolment of forty children
of Ruthenian parentage.
"There I spent fourteen months in teaching English to the non-Anglo-
Saxon boys and girls, and stimulating the young and old, who took part
in concerts, picnics and entertainments. During the winter months I
conducted a night school, where many of the adult members of the com-
munity were taught to speak, read, and write English. A young people's
society was formed and concerts arranged for in order to aid in patriotic
purposes."
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