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About The united American : a magazine of good citizenchip. (Portland, Or.) 1923-1927 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 1, 1924)
NOVEMBER, 1924 THE UNITED AMERICAN Page Three Take the Step! I | i I | | || l| II || || || A MERIC ANS who have been interesting themselves in the educational aspect of Ameri canization, who became volun teers in the cause to visit the homes of the foreign born to in vite them to the free public night schools, complain that they do not meet with a ready re sponse and the attendance in the night schools, in Portland for instance, indicate strongly a lack of appreciation of public school facilities in the very neighbor hoods where aliens live who are in need of language instruction. Here is an open field for altru istic activities on the part of the naturalized citizens who have crossed the language barrier and qualified as Americans. The United American hereby extends an invitation to every one of its large circle of readers among the naturalized citizens, to consider himself a committee of one to interest some immi- grant who has had no language instruction, to enroll as a stu dent for the winter-term, be ginning January sixth. With teachers and class-rooms available in comfortable school buildings, within a few minutes walk from home, what excuse can an alien offer for incorrect use and ignorance of the Ameri can language? Men and women: who hope to obtain citizenship in America, there is no disgrace attached to being a student in a class room. Take the step in the face of the jeers and slurs of those who glory in their ignorance. The day is not far off when it will be made a necessity for every immigrant to secure instruction in language and American government and be required to show constant pro gress every passing year so that when he has been here five years he shall be able to qualify for citizenship without causing his friends, the examiner and the judge to blush in shame over his unpardonable deficiency. Take the opportunity while the choice is your. Compulsory school attendance, when it comes, may not be so pleasant for those who have nothing but negligence to offer as an excuse. AMERICAN A Magazine of Good Citizenship The Recognized Americanization Journal For Oregon and the Pacific Northwest Published Monthly By The Northman Publishing Company ■ (Incorporated) Officers H. J. Langoe, President B. G. Skulason, Sec-Treasurer Phone Broadway 6600 Offices and Publishing House Labbe Building, 227% Washington Street, Portland, Oregon H. J. LANGOE, Editor Vol. 3 “æous 21 November, 1924 Number 2 CONTENTS EDITORIAL SUBJECTS— The National Election and the Foreign Born Voter; Bringing Americanization into Homes of the Foreign Born; Our Best Citizens; Origin to the Name Viking; Traffic in Tipping; Lincolnism; The Best English; It Requires Courage; The Joy of Living; The Eternal Interrogation; A Matter of Intelligence; Civic Civilization; Life-Guiding Codes, etc............10-14 AMERICA’S REPUDIATION OF RADICAL GROUPS AND FOREIGNISM MADE PLAIN............ ................................ 1 TAKE THE STEP................................................ 3 THE AMERICANISM THAT STANDS THE TEST.................. 5-6 WRECKING CHARACTER AND HUMAN VIRTUES THROUGH THE USE OF “DOPE”..................................... 7 WHAT HIGHWAYS AND PAVED ROADS ARE BRINGING TO OREGON ............:................................... 15 BITS OF HUMOR FOR THE HOME CIRCLE.......................16-18 CONVERTING AMERICA’S WONDERLAND INTO NATIONAL PARKS .................................................. 19 Subscriptions, twelve issues, Two Dollars yearly; single copies, twenty cents. Remit by United States Money Order, Express Money Order or Check. In Canada and other foreign countries, belonging to the Postal Union, fifty cents additional should be added. Back numbers, not over three months old, twenty-five cents; more than three months, One Dollar each. Instructions for change of address should be sent two weeks in ad vance of mailing. Always give old address, as well as the new, and al ways write plainly. The Editor will be glad to consider contributions; but a stamped and addressed envelope must be inclosed, if the return of unavailable manu scripts is desired. Entered as Second Class Mail Matter in the Post Office at Portland, Oregon under the Act of Congress of March Third, 1879.
