MAY, 1923
THE WESTERN AMERICAN
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The Public School!
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E BELIEVE that the Amer-
•’ can fathers and mothers
should have the right to de
cide for themselves where their
children are to be educated,
whether in the public school, the
private school, or the parochial
school, and that our accepted
principles of democracy are be
ing tampered with when we
proceed by law to eliminate the
latter in favor of the former.
For this belief we have no apolo
gies to offer.
With equal firmness do we be
lieve that no one should be al
lowed, directly or indirectly, to
tamper with the progress, bet
terment and safety of the Amer
ican Public School, the one
fundamental American institu
tion in which the large major
ity of the American people have
a common concern. The public
schools should always have the
first consideration of the many
needed improvements called for
from time to time, in a growing
American community. The stand
ard of tomorrow’s American citi
zenship depends on the training
the American children receive
today. Upon their standard of
mental and physical fibre and fit
ness rests America’s future.
No better thing can be said in
favor of an American commun
ity than that its biggest item of
expense is its public schools,
that the community has even
gone heavily in debt to erect
fireproof, modem and sanitary
school buildings, with an eye
to the future and its needs.
A school election will be held
in Portland on the 16th of June.
Besides the election of two direc
tors whose terms are expiring,
the real issue of this election is
the voters’ approval or rejection
of another bond issue of $7,500,-
000, called for by the majority
of the school board, to provide
for erection of modern fireproof,
school houses to remedy the pres-
ent makeshift arrangement and
to take the places of the small
portable school buildings, now
housing the overflow of children
that can no longer find accom-
modations in the public schools,
built corresponding to Portland’s
size and needs, several years ago.
You should vote on this issue!
AMERICAN
A Magazine of Good Citizenship
The Recognized Americanization Journal For Oregon
Pacific Northwest
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B. G. Skulason,
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H. J. LANGOE, Editor
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&ümë°U8 19
May , 1923
Number 8
.CONTENTS
EDITORIAL SUBJECTS—
An Important Information; Justifiable Defense; Men and
Issues; The Urge of Good Citizenship Emphasized; One
Hundred Per Cent, More or Less................................................. 12 to 16
RESPONSIBILITY AND REMEDY FOR SOME INFRACTIONS
OF THE AMERICAN LAWS..................
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THE PUBLIC SCHOOL.......................
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ON THE BORDERLAND OF MANY LANGUAGES.................................... 5
FACTORS IN BUILDING THE BETTER AMERICAN COMMUNITY. .. 9
A MESSAGE OF INESTIMABLE MERIT.............................
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AN AMERICAN OF THE TYPE WE NEED MORE OF............................. 18
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