Foreign Language Press Service

Despite the fact that the entrance fee was raised last winter, the membership of the Chicago Arbeiter-Verein has steadily increased. The new constitution has been printed and every member has received a copy. As far as we can judge at this time, the Verein will do well under it. The finances

The Chicago Athenaeum's evening school will commence the fall semester in about two weeks. A class is contemplated for Germans who desire to obtain a thorough knowledge of English. If the class is organized, Professor Groh will be the instructor. He has taught German at the Athenaeum for two

The teaching of English has begun in the evening school. Classes are held on Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 7:30 P. M. Anyone wishing to join these classes will kindly report to Mr. Matas at 734 Morgan Street.

The Chicago Public Library Commissioners will in the near future purchase a considerable stock of new books of English, German, French and Scandinavian publication. For the purchase of Bohemian books not one cent has been set aside thus far in spite of the fact that we are continually boastin

English instruction will be given at the Athenaeum, 50 Dearborn Street, next Monday. The course is available to all Germans who wish to study English--reading, writing, and speaking are taught quickly. The aim is to provide an elementary knowledge of English, so that recent arrivals [from Eur

All the readers of the Arbeiter Zeitung will be very happy to learn that we are going to erect a school for the purpose of educating immigrant Germans in the ways of U. S. A. The name for the school is "Chicago Athenaum, 48-54 S. Dearborn Street. The students will learn the English language,

A few days ago we brought the information that our countryman, Mr. Jos. F. Kohout, was made a teacher in the City evening school, located in the Foster school building on Union St. So far as we know, English was taught previously by an Irishman, and in his classes were many Bohemians. These,

Yesterday there was opened a new Sunday and Saturday school at 46 Bunker St., in the building of Matica Skolska (Alma Mater). The new school is for the Bohemian children, especially for children who on week days go to the English public schools. The Alma Mater is conducting the school. The pu

Mr. M. Nardi will help the Italian families of Clark St. He opened a school at 505 S. Clark St. at his own expense, for both young and adults. Mr. Nardi has offered this free to the Italian people of that community. Mr. Nardi has two schools opened on his expense. The other school is at 17 W.

A Pharmacist's Examination was passed a little over a week ago by our countryman, Charles H. Grund, who came here from Karlstad, Sweden, slightly more than a year ago. Of course, Mr. Grund knew all about drugs before he came to America, having studied and worked in Karlstad and Stockholm, but

Come to me all you who are oppressed and enslaved. You, who are not allowed to act, speak, feel, and think, according to the dictates of your heart in your own land; come under "protecting wings of freedom." Here you may profess your religion, express your emotions, and love your country open

The Jewish charities of our city have undoubtedly during the past decade grown in a most gratifying manner. Our population has increased, our means for doing good have become larger, and the number of our charitable institutions has more than doubled in the last ten years. In 1880, we had the

The annual meeting of the Jewish Training School was held on Tuesday night in the Sinai Temple vestry rooms. The Training School was organized for the purpose of helping the children of the hapless victims of Russians who settle here in Chicago. It endeavored to make of them useful

The friends, who attende the closing exercises of the Training School and inspected the exhibited work of the classes, must have carried away from their visit, the deep impression and certainty that marcelous results have been attained in the incredulously brief time that the school has been

The conduct of the Trustees of the Baron de Hirsch Fund, in regard to our Training School, is, to use a mild expression, most perplexing. In a weak hour, the directors of the School ventured to lay the financial situation before them, believing that the nature of the work and the increased ne

The German Evangelical Lutheran Church. St. Jacobi, located at Fremont street and Garfield Avenue has arranged evening classes, which will start October 5th and continue until March 26, 1892, a period of about six months. A very efficient staff of teachers has been engaged for this school, an

The Evangelic-Lutheran St. Jacob's Church is reopening their evening school and will continue for five months. This school gives courses in bookkeeping, arithmetic, correspondence, drawing, reading, spelling, history, etc. Able teachers have been engaged for the season. S

On Thursday, January 14, 1892, evening classes will begin at the school of St. Stanislaus Kostki's church at Bradley near Division, where the following subjects will be taught: A. English Lanugage. (1) Reading, writing, and grammar; (2) Arithmetic (to be given in Polish to those who are not a

This evening will mark the beginning of evening classes for those of us who wish to make their education more complete and for those that desire to learn the principles of the three R's, reading, 'riting and 'rithmetic. Classes for beginners and advanced students will be given in English and

In a few days election day will be upon us. In tomorrow's and Monday's issues, we will publish a facsimile of the ballots to be used. We will point out to our readers the proper procedure to be followed when casting a vote for a candidate. Although the people have been instructed along this l