APRIL 1925
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Good Citizenship
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TF CITIZENSHIP is the founda-
1 tion for our civic and social
structure, the structure is inse-
cure until intelligent training for
citizenship becomes general. The
man or woman in America who
is permitted to assume the posi-
A Magazine of Good Citizenship
tion of a citizen, without training,
Issued Monthly in the Interest of
is a liability to the nation. No
Americanization and Adult Education
person should be given the rights
H. J. LANGOE, Editor
and privileges of citizenship with-
Associate Editors:
out a proper and adequate under-
Charles
M.
Herlihy,
State
Superviser
Adult Alien Education, Massachusetts
standing backed by a definite and
(President Department Adult Education, National Education Ass’n. U. S.)
honest purpose insuring the dis-
William Chandler Smith, Chief State Bureau Immigrant Education, New York
charge of citizenship obligations.
(■Chairman Editorial Board “Interstate Bulletin”)
The superficial question-and-
Robert G. Deming, State Director of Americanization, State of Connecticut
answer formula which touches
R. E. Dugdale, Director Extension Dept., Board of Education, Toledo, Ohio
briefly upon historic facts is
Geo. A. Green, Director Citizens’ Bureau, Immigrant Aid, Cleveland, Ohio
proving as inadequate as any
A. C. Strange, Superintendent of Public Education, City of Astoria, Oregon
other of the innumerable short-
Publishers: The Northman Publishing Company (Inc.)
cut methods by which hundreds of
Officers: H. J. Langoe, President; B. G. Skulason, Sec-Treasurer
thousands of people have been
,
Offices and Publishing House
given certificates of citizenship—
Labbe Building, 227% Washington Street, Portland, Oregon
a share of stock in the American
Phone Broadway 6600
Joseph A. Rowley, Business Manager
governmental enterprise. Even
the ability to quote the language
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April, 1925
Number 7
of our Constitution is no guaran-
tee of fitness for citizenship.
f
Only an intelligent conception
of the principles upon which our
government is founded and the
EDITORIAL SUBJECTS—
knowledge that is essential to the
Entering a Field of Greater Influence for Americanization;
cultivation of a sincere and loyal
“Common Sense Applied to Spending”; Small Predicaments
devotion to American ideals and
of Great Magnitude, etc..........................
10-12
national institutions can render
SHIFTING CIVIC RESPONSIBILITY FROM THE INDIVIDUAL
an individual qualified for natu-
TO THE STATE.........................................................................
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ralization and citizenship.
GOOD CITIZENSHIP .................................................................................
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Intelligent citizenship is good
A MOTHER’S OBSERVATIONS ............................................... ;.............
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citizenship. It is an insurance of
LEAVING THE SPIRITUAL VALUES BEHIND ............................
5-7
loyalty to state and nation as
RELIGION AND SCIENCE .......................................................................
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much as it is to community and
BECOMING AN AMERICAN ................................................
8
By A. C. Strange, Superintendent of City Schools of Astoria
home. It contributes to con-
A QUESTION AND ANSWER PAGE FOR FOREIGN-BORN............
9
structive thought and action and
FALLACIES OF THE FOREIGN-BORN ..........................
14
carries out the plan for the con-
Editorial from “The Union Signal”
sumate good of all. Intelligent
FOLLY OF COMMUNISM AND ITS REACTIONS ON THE RUS-
citizenship means greater interest
SLA OF TOMORROW ................................................................ 15-16.
in civic affairs. It is the most
CO-OPERATIVE MARKETING PROGRESS IN CALIFORNIA..........
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effective weapon against irration-
BITS OF HUMOR FOR THE HOME-CIROLE AND THE FIRESIDE. .17-18
al and unsound tinkering with
WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE AMERICAN?......................................
19
government. It is the antidote of
By Roselle Mercier Montgomery
radicalism. It is the only gilt edge
security by which Uncle Sam can
Subscriptions, twelve issues, TwoDollars yearly; single copies, twenty
hope to keep his assets of a suf-
cents. Remit by United States Money Order, Express Money Order or
ficient value to offset his liabilities.
Check. In Canada and other foreign countries, belonging to the Postal
Union, fifty cents additional should be added.
Upon the shoulders of the in-
Back numbers, not over three months old, twenty-five cents; more
telligently informed citizen rest
than three months, One Dollar each.
the burden of responsibility for
Instructions for change of address should be sent two weeks in ad
keeping America on the right
vance of mailing. Always give old address, as well as the new, and al
course. Adequate training for citi-
ways write plainly.
zenship should become a matter
The Editor will be glad, to consider contributions; but a stamped and
of far greater importance than
addressed envelope must be inclosed, if the return of unavailable manu
the formal naturalization of an
scripts is desired.
alien who is deficient in Amer-
Entered as Second Class Mail Matter in the Post Office at Portland,
Oregon, under the Act of Congress of March Third, 1879.
ican intelligence.
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