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Most Americanization classes included students of multiple nationalities, although Clara Soule's report notes separate classes for Italian mothers and Chinese men.

Soule started a class for Chinese restaurant workers in March 1924, after talking to the managers of the Empire and Oriental Restaurants, located at 573 Congress Street and 28 Monument Square.

Unlike many other male immigrants, waiters were unable to regularly attend Evening School classes because of their work schedules.