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144 THE GREEKS IN AMERICAsongs will be produced and additions and omissionsmade, as is done in other churches.English a unifying force.—But the Greek churchin America may ultimately adopt the English languagefor its services as the coming generation willhave the English as their mother tongue and exceptingthe newcomers will not understand the Greek.Then people of other races and of Orthodox faith,the Syrians, Eumanians, Serbians, Albanians, etc.,may cooperate with the Greeks. In fact they mightall unite as one and the same denomination. OtherAmericans might join it as one of the prominent denominationsof the country. There are already casesof American women marrying Greek husbands andthus joining the Greek church.There is already a precedent in the Eussian OrthodoxChurch which inaugurated services in Englishin the chapel of St. Vladimir ^s Home, 233 East 17thStreet, New York. The Liturgy of St. Chrysostomwas said there in the English language. The churchwas open to all Americans.The English language will open to them all thetreasures of English literature, and make them acquaintedwith American thought. This, however,cannot happen during the present generation, whichuses Greek, and is not accustomed to English associationof ideas. The Greek language and otherusages brought from Greece are too sacred to them,and cannot be changed easily. Changes will be effectedmore readily with the new generation.Greek Protestants.—Protestant Greeks are moreopen to Americanization and assimilation. In factthose who attend American churches, especially thechildren and young people are already Americanized.The few congregations in existence use the Greeklanguage for sermon, prayers and hymns, but Englishhymns and anthems are being introduced, atleast by the Protestant Armenians, whose work is
' ''THE GREEKS IN AMERICA 145similar to the Greek. Children go to American Sundayschools, unless there is a separate Greek school.English is coming in slowly but surely. Greek maycontinue to be used for the sake of the newcomers,but for the rising generation English will be the languageof the Greek Protestant churches. They willbecome Americans.RECOMMENDATIONSThe following recommendations came from variouscorrespondents:The chief needs of Greek immigrants are '* sympathy,friendship and respect from native bornAmericans. Make them feel that America is theirhome. ' ^'' They need lectures, entertainments, books,and close friendship with better class Americans,preferably on the non-sectarian basis. The future ofthe Greeks in America is very optimistic.''^^There are needed schools for adults to teachthem the English language and open their eyes tothe higher opportunities this country offers. Thereshould be a law requiring adults to learn English.All the Greeks in the United States should form localcommittees and through these, should unite into aNational ^Pankoinotic' Union ('of all the communities').There must be a radical reform of thechurch, which is almost dead (the writer is GreekOrthodox). If the Greeks can be made to work inharmony with one another in all important matters,they will be ahead of the other foreign elements inthe United States. The greatest need now is men.Where are they?"''Greeks should be obliged to attend school.""They should be considered as the best lovers ofAmerica and be treated accordingly. '"The chief need is organization, and the outlookfor the future is hopeful. ''' Chief need is education. '
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