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About The united American : a magazine of good citizenchip. (Portland, Or.) 1923-1927 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 1, 1924)
DECEMBER, 1924 Page Three THE UNITED AMERICAN Living for Ideals “ * * * make us, this and every day, To live more nearly as we pray.” WTTHIN THE heart of every ’’ man there is a fairly well defined idea of the man he would want to be and the things he would want to accomplish. These ideas are ideals for which men struggle, some for their entire lives while others tire of the struggle, give up and begin to drift. The man who drifts is a menace to himself and society. We may never reach the goal of all our ideals but if we were faithful and persistent, most of us would reach a conspicuous place on the ladder of fame. Perhaps in the mental picture of ourselves as we would like to be, each of us sees a man who de serves the respect, esteem and 8 confidence of the entire com munity. And yet there is scarce a day in which we do not commit some indiscreet act, indulge in some excess, neglect some oppor tunity for service that inevitably tends to lessen that respect, forfeit that esteem and abuse that confidence. Fancy the picture of a happy home. Each one of us began early to dream of his or her own home and what it should be. Yet those of us who have attained a home are daily guilty of thought lessness, lack of consideration, careless words or ill-temper, which contributes to make the home atmosphere anything else than the home idyl we had pictured before we possessed it. True ideals promote perfec tion and while it is realized that no human being can become perfect it is worth while to strive in that direction. Lack of honest efforts to approximate the ideal has no defense. The failure of our efforts may be deplored but the failure to make them cannot be sufficiently condemned. What are ideals worth if we satisfy ourselves with contem plations and make no faithful en deavors to attain them ? I This season offers an abun dance of suggestions to renew our ideals. Why not ignite the spark that gave youth such glow and eagerness and go an our way once more filled with high aspirations? AMERICAN A Magazine of Good Citizenship The Recognized Americanization Journal For Oregon 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 ST21 December, 1924 CONTENTS EDITORIAL SUBJECTS— Keeping -the Faith; Necessary Elements in the Promotion of Americanization; Preserving Our Nation’s Indivisible Strength; The Atonement; Those Who Find No Content ment; Safeguarding America’s Children, Etc........................... THE CHRISTMAS TEMPLE OF GOOD WILL, WHERE OUR FAITH MAY BE RENEWED..................... ............................. LIVING FOR IDEALS................................................... ......... ................ THE SPIRIT OF AMERICANIZATION... . . ....................................... . By Albert Ernest Jenks. AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL.................................. . ............... By Katherine Bates. THE HELLENIC-AMERICAN LEAGUE AS AN AGENCY OF AMERICANIZATION ............................................................. PROGRESS IN AMERICANIZATION AND CITIZENSHIP TRAIN ING IN ASTORIA...................................................................... A TRANSPORTATION QUESTION OF PUBLIC INTEREST.......... PLEAS FOR HIGHER IDEALS AND UNITY MADE THROUGH MESSAGES OF PEACE................................................................. 12-13 By Prominent Clergymen of Portland. UNIFYING AMERICANIATION WORK... ............................. . ........... 14-15 By Anne Helene Anderson. LIBERTY ..................................................... INDIVIDUAL HOMES AND CO-OPERATIVE HOUSING FOR WORKING PEOPLE ...................................................... .17-19 AMERICA’S PASTORLESS RURAL FLOCKS.................... 27-28 THE IMMIGRANT WOMAN AS AN AMERICAN HOMEBUILDER.’. .29-30 THE ORPHAN BOY FROM THE POORHOUSE.....................31-34 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. ns Colors by Munsell Color services Lab Number 3
