The Gary schools; a general account . GARY 7 about whom we have information/ 77 per cent, are nativeborn (Figure 3), but only 25 per cent, are of native par-ents. Both parents of 45 per cent, and one parent of 7 per Figure 3Composition of Population Under Twenty One Years of Age in i 9 i 6. cent, were immigrants; 12 per cent, had themselves passedthrough Ellis Island. Thus, of the youth of Gary, 57per cent, belong to foreign stock, that is, are eitherforeign born themselves or are of foreign parentage. Ofthis foreign stock, sUghtly more than three fourths comefrom southern and eastern Europe.
The Gary schools; a general account . GARY 7 about whom we have information/ 77 per cent, are nativeborn (Figure 3), but only 25 per cent, are of native par-ents. Both parents of 45 per cent, and one parent of 7 per Figure 3Composition of Population Under Twenty One Years of Age in i 9 i 6. cent, were immigrants; 12 per cent, had themselves passedthrough Ellis Island. Thus, of the youth of Gary, 57per cent, belong to foreign stock, that is, are eitherforeign born themselves or are of foreign parentage. Ofthis foreign stock, sUghtly more than three fourths comefrom southern and eastern Europe. (Figure 4.) Sincethe census of 1910, this contingent has relatively in- These data were collected by the Gary authorities in making theschool census of 1916; we tabulated them, following the classification ofthe U. S. Census of 1910. 8 THE GARY SCHOOLS creased; western and northern Europe has contributedrelatively may be safely stated that at the present time Figure 4 Nationality of Foreign Born Under Twenty~One Years of Age, AND OF Parents of Native Born Under Twenty-One Years of Age Having Both Parents Foreign
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