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Night classes teach aliens English in Waterloo
Nearly 100 foreign workers attend twice weekly night sessions at East and West high schools to learn English and become citizens. Older students struggle more, but younger learners excel as Hawthorne principal Godfrey Messer leads three classes with Miss Mary S. Christie and Miss Myra Leben assisting.
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West High
Godfrey Messer
Hawthorne School
Mary S. Christie
Alcott School
Myra Leben
Lincoln School
Professor Messer
Miss Christie
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