The united American : a magazine of good citizenchip., May 01, 1925, Page 3, Image 3

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THE UNITED AMERICAN
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Child Life!
A MERICAN landlords or own-
ers of dwellings and apart­
ments for rent have in spite of
public criticisms in recent years
put up the bars against families
with children until there can be
no doubt that the rapid increase
in childless homes in America is
being largely influenced by the
child-barring landlords.
The obtrusive advertising form
“no children” is appearing every­
where today, putting the sugges­
tion plain that children are a dis­
advantage to people with culture,
who are seeking a refined home
atmosphere and are anxious to
have the association of refined
people.
The child life of America is in
jeopardy if this new rating of
children has half a chance to be­
come seasoned public opinion.
The laughter of happy children at
play may not mean much to a
grouch whose god is money, but
it is the acme of mental rejuvena­
tion to the man with a mind that ,
has kept its contact with the j
creative source of life.
The refined atmosphere “that
has become poluted with an inate
dislike for children is not an
American atmosphere of home
life and culture. It is a breed of
a foreign species and has the
germ of destruction in it. De­
terioration of a people, physically
and spiritually, has set in where
a common dispair of children
manifests itself.
A landlord in a metropolitan
center who is sensing this trend
of thought has commenced to put
out his childless tenants, particu­
larly the prosperous ones, in
favor of those who are poorer,
preferably people with children.
This is a step in the right di­
rection and the wounded pride of
parents will feel the magic of a
healing thought—appreciation of
the American child life.
If the more intellectual type of
people in America today were
rearing more families, the quality
of America’s citizenry of tomor­
row would be higher, and the
overwhelming number emerging
from the immigrant centers
where a foreign home standard
prevails, would be less apt to in­
fluence and change the higher
standards of life in America.
AMERICAN
A Magazine of Good Citizenship
Issued Monthly in the Interest of
Americanization and Adult Education
H. J. LANGOE, Editor
Associate Editors:
Charles M. Herlihy, State Superviser Adult Alien Education, Massachusetts
(President Department Adult Education, National Education Ass’n. U. S.)
William Chandler Smith, Chief State Bureau Immigrant Education, New York
(Chairman Editorial Board “Interstate Bulletin”)
Robert G. Deming, State Director of Americanization, State of Connecticut
R. E. Dugdale, Director Extension Dept., Board of Education, Toledo, Ohio
Geo. A. Green, Director Citizens’ Bureau, Immigrant Aid, Cleveland, Ohio
A. C. Strange, Superintendent of Public Education, City of Astoria, Oregon
Publishers: The Northman Publishing Company (Inc.)
Officers: H. J. Langoe, President; B. G. Skulason, Sec-Treasurer
Offices and Publishing House
Labbe Building, 227% Washington Street, Portland, Oregon
Phone Broadway 6600
Joseph A. Rowley, Business Manager
Vol. 3 voiume°us 21
May, 1925
Number 8
CONTENTS
EDITORIAL SUBJECTS—
College Rules for Friendship; The Fruits of Race Prejudice;
An Official National Convention Issue; Tribute to Poe’s
Mother Will Grace Old Churchyard; An Excellent Business
Code; Smuggling Immigrants into America, etc ............ 10-12
COUNTERACTING BOLSHEVISM THROUGH TRAINING FOR
AMERICAN CITIZENSHIP.......... . .............
1
CHILD LIFE ....................................................
3
A RATIONAL AND HOPEFUL VIEW OF A WORLD WITHOUT
FORESTS ............................. .......................................
4
By F. Weiss, Engineer, Madison, Wisconsin
THE GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP FOLLY ...................... 5-7
By H. J. Langoe
BECOMING AN AMERICAN .....................................
8
By A. C. Strange, Superintendent of City Schools of Astoria
A QUESTION AND ANSWER PAGE FOR FOREIGN-BORN............
9
.TWINE PRODUCTION THE SOURCE OF SUPPLY ............................ 15-16
From Christian Science Monitor
BITS OF HUMOR FOR THE HOME-CIRCLE AND THE FIRESIDE 17-19
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