Word: assimilationism
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The greatest thing that a man has to learn before he can attain any great success in college is to concentrate his energies entirely on the subject in hand--whether it be preparation for a recitation the next morning, or the assimilation of the signal code of the football team...
The character, quality and type of the immigrant today are as good as those of any immigrants who have come to America. There is now a distinct need for the immigrant just as there has always been, and therefore we do not need an literacy test to cut down numbers...
First we cannot assimilate him. Assimilation is based on likeness of standpoint and knowledge of a language. Since the 35.6 per cent of the immigration from Southern and Eastern Europe is illiterate, illiteracy is the reason for poor assimilation.
Immigration to the United States should be further restricted, because our present immigration is undesirable and is coming here in too great numbers; over 1,000,000 per year. An illiteracy test, by cutting down the numbers of this present undesirable immigration 300,000 immigrants every year, 1,000 immigrants...
Education is a desirable, but not a necessary qualification for citizenship in this country. Partial assimilation of the immigrant is obvious, but complete assimilation is unnecessary. A literacy requirement would lower the standard of living, rather than raise it, through its effect upon wages. Unemployment cannot be attributed to immigration...